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In an interview with ZBM on August 3, a seemingly irate Michael Dunkley spoke about how he is a Bermudian and, how he “ ... sleeps in a Bermudian bed ...” and “ ... feels Bermudians’ pain ...” Needless to say, this was not received well and many Ber...

“Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery, none but ourselves can free our minds!” — Marcus Garvey Emancipation Day, August 1, 1834, the day the English “granted” freedom to the Africans they had enslaved for four centuries. Freedom that they never ...

There is a saying about separating wheat from chaff, essentially separating the positive wheat from the useless chaff. For different reasons, a number of Bermudians who may have been frustrated three years ago decided to vote for OBA. Many of them wo...

“Nobody knows the trouble I’ve seen Nobody knows my sorrow Nobody knows the trouble I’ve seen Glory hallelujah!” Negro spiritual 1500-1860 Twenty million Africans stolen and transported into European colonial slavery Blacks react with hurt 1968 Mart...

The One Bermuda Alliance, as predicted, brought privatisation to the forefront post-election, with the formation of the SAGE Commission. One of the main directives of the SAGE Commission was to identify activities that can be privatised. Privat...

In 1981 a man returned to Bermuda from an extended trip to Canada. As he made his way to his home, he noticed a few new young faces among those children he had left behind. He had never met most of these new faces. Likewise these new faces had never...

In September 1980, approximately 120 students walked nervously yet excitedly into the gates of a high school. They came with their well shined Clarkes’ “roach killer” brown leather shoes. They came with their A-lined navy blue skirts reaching down be...

National Heroes Weekend, eh. For many, when they think of heroes the first thing that comes to mind would be some Superman or Batman-like individual swooping down from the sky to save the damsel in distress. For others, they may envision Chuck Norris...

“Berkeley, dear Berkeley, children of thine are we. The green and gold we will ever uphold ...” For more than 100 years, generations of Bermudians have sang this school song. For more than 100 years, thousands of Bermudians have embedded those words...

“Nobody needs unions” — Bob Stewart, BDA SUN Aug 31, 2012 “Last week’s industrial action was, quite simply, a case of the BTUC and its members protesting in favour of its own selfish interests.” OBA MP Leah Scott, February 10, 2015. The war against ...