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Column: Let’s Form A Maths Education Council
[Opinion column written by Shadow Minister of Education Cole Simons] It is with heavy heart, that I read the Minister of Education’s recent statement in regards to the performance of our students in the most recent Cambridge International Assessment for students in the Bermuda Public School System. These results are very similar to previous years’... Read more of this article
Column: Famous On ‘Information vs Deflection’
[Opinion column written by MP Chris Famous] On Friday, February 9th, 2017 in Parliament, the Opposition Leader Jeanne Atherden asked Parliamentary Questions [PQs] pertaining to the cost of the Premier David Burt’s staff. The total cost of Premier Burt’s staff is approximately $228,000 per annum. Ironically, 5 years ago, on December 6, 2013,... Read more of this article
Column: U.S. & Caribbean On Climate Change
[Opinion column written by Elizabeth J. Zechmeister & Claire Q. Evans] During the 2017 Atlantic basin hurricane season, six major storms – all of which were Category 3 or higher – produced devastating human, material and financial devastation across the southern United States and the Caribbean. Last year’s above-average storm activity was... Read more of this article
Column: Valentine’s Day ‘Say It With A Will’
[Written by Harry Kessaram] Valentine’s Day is soon upon us. One does not usually associate love with death, except in Romeo and Juliet, but the day of love is actually an appropriate time to think about making a will. Why? No-one knows when their time will come, and one way to show you care about your loved ones is to make provision for them... Read more of this article
Column: Cultural Dynamics Of SSM Debate
[Opinion column written by Ryan Robinson Perinchief] The recent saga surrounding the passing of the Domestic Partnerships Bill has done a great disservice to the majority of Bermuda. I say this not on the basis that it is a step towards the inevitable legalisation of same-sex marriage, nor that it has stripped away fundamental rights from the LGBT+... Read more of this article
Column: Teen Domestic Violence Awareness
[Written by Tina Laws] It’s 3:29pm on a sunny Monday afternoon. My homework is packed away in my bag, motorcycle keys in hand, jacket already on and zipped up and my helmet is under my desk. It’s 3:30pm, the dismissal bell rings, and I am the first one out of the classroom door. As I pass my friends in the hallway, I wave goodbye, and swiftly head... Read more of this article
Column: ‘Truth About Dec 2 Must Be Revealed’
[Opinion column written by MP Chris Famous] On December 1, 2017, the House of Assembly agreed to establish a Parliamentary Joint Select Committee to carry out an inquiry into the events of, and leading up to, December 2nd, 2016. This Committee is tasked to: 1. “to inquire into the events as aforesaid as thoroughly as may be; 2. to bring closure... Read more of this article
Carla Seely Column: Think Before You Give
[Written by Carla Seely] Think before you give: Four situations where you may not want to split everything evenly among children During my childhood, the holiday season was the main time my relatives gathered together, both immediate and extended family. Most times it was at my nanna’s house with all my cousins – sixteen of us squeezed around two... Read more of this article
Column: Getting ‘On Board’ With Diversity
[Opinion column written by Ross Webber] A new year is an opportune time to re-calibrate—to take a fresh look at working environments and ditch preconceptions. A recent panel organised by Bermuda’s Women in Reinsurance [WiRe] deftly tackled this topic from a corporate governance point of view. Its focus was how to encourage more diversity on boards... Read more of this article
Column: Plastic Threats To World’s Coral Reefs
[Opinion column written by Joleah Lamb] There are more than 11 billion pieces of plastic debris on coral reefs across the Asia-Pacific, according to our new research, which also found that contact with plastic can make corals more than 20 times more susceptible to disease. In our study, published in Science, we examined more than 124,000 reef-building... Read more of this article
Column: Self Governance & Same Sex Marriage
[Opinion column written by Eron Hill] This past Monday, I accompanied fellow Bermudian law student, Izabella Arnold, for a visit to the House of Commons in London. We set out to witness what we believed was going to be an unprecedented event in Bermuda’s history. The topic of interest was that British MPs were scheduled to hold a ‘debate’ about... Read more of this article
Column: Data Privacy Day, PIPA & Bermuda
[Written by Nancy Volesky] Sunday, January 28 is “Data Privacy Day” an international celebration of privacy and data protection best practices held in 50 countries, including the EU, Canada and the United States. While Data Privacy Day has not yet been celebrated in Bermuda, 2018 will prove to be a watershed year for the country with regards the... Read more of this article
