59 results returned for search: "" category ("Other" AND "Opinion") author Glenn Fubler
The Premier’s response to the Progressive Labour Party’s overwhelming victory in the General Election last week deserves kudos. In it he has demonstrated statesmanship, using the occasion of the electoral success to “reach out to all Bermudians, but ...
DATE: Oct 07, 2020
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August, a traditional time of recreation for families in Bermuda, offers an opportunity for reflection, facilitating our capacity to respond rather than react to life’s inevitable challenges. In light of 2020s surprising challenges, we are inviting e...
DATE: Aug 05, 2020
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We wish to thank those who contributed to the Appreciation Celebration at City Hall last Thursday, marking the success of the 1959 Theatre Boycott.
This includes Charles Gosling, the Mayor of Hamilton, and the entire Corporation of Hamilton for provi...
DATE: Jul 06, 2020
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“We must be concerned, not merely about who murdered him, but about the system, the way of life, the philosophy that produced the murder”
The above quote was from the Reverend Martin Luther King’s eulogy of the Reverend James Reeb, a white minister,...
DATE: Jun 12, 2020
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The iconic video footage of Minneapolis policeman Derek Chauvin sitting with his knee placed on the neck of the handcuffed George Floyd for eight minutes and 46 seconds has sparked a global response.
The scene is hauntingly surreal: Chauvin sitting ...
DATE: Jun 02, 2020
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During the press conference last Friday, when an update was provided on the Covid-19 pandemic, David Burt indicated that the collaboration that has brought us this far was under strain. The Premier referred specifically to challenges within the relat...
DATE: May 19, 2020
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During the press conference on May 1, David Burt reminded us that the Government is collaborating with the Opposition in response to the multiple challenges of the coronavirus pandemic. To reinforce that point, he invited the Leader of the Opposition...
DATE: May 06, 2020
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“Where words fail, music speaks” — H.C. AndersonM
With the danger of many of us overdosing on media coverage of the devastating Covid-19 pandemic, the charity Global Citizen produced a music festival — One World: Together at Home.
The production, w...
DATE: Apr 25, 2020
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On this day in 1967, the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr made a transformative speech at the iconic Riverside Baptist Church, in New York City — the epicentre of the coronavirus pandemic in the United States.
The address, entitled Beyond Vietnam: A Ti...
DATE: Apr 04, 2020
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On March 2, 1955 — 65 years ago to the day — 15 year-old Claudette Colvin, an honour student at Booker T Washington High School in Montgomery, Alabama was travelling on a bus when she and group of other blacks were ordered by the bus driver to move f...
DATE: Mar 02, 2020
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