110922 results returned for search: "" category ("Other" AND "News")
Police addressed the murder investigation into a missing woman, Chavelle Dillon-Burgess, who has not been seen since April.
Stephen Corbishley, the Commissioner of Police, spoke yesterday after Black Lives Matter demonstrators paused for a moment of ...
DATE: Jun 08, 2020
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Bermuda’s biggest gathering in recent memory, which echoed Black Lives Matter demonstrations around the world, took both its organisers by surprise.
Dynera Bean, 24, and Jasmine Brangman, 29, brought out more than 7,000 protesters through social medi...
DATE: Jun 08, 2020
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Police will channel the public mood into community outreach in the wake of the Black Lives Matter protest yesterday, police commissioner Stephen Corbishley said.
Speaking after the march, which brought more than 7,000 people onto the streets of Hamil...
DATE: Jun 08, 2020
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A graduate from the Bermuda High School for Girls is biding her time to go to a prestigious university in Britain next year.
Erin Jones, 18, said that she hopes to study history at the University of Cambridge in the autumn as long as she stays on top...
DATE: Jun 08, 2020
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
A sea of peaceful demonstrators marched through Hamilton yesterday in a mass show of support for the Black Lives Matter movement.
The protest swelled to about 7,000, making it the largest such gathering ever seen in the community, according to police...
DATE: Jun 08, 2020
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A police officer was suspended pending an internal investigation into a social-media post over the weekend.
The officer sparked fury across the community by posting a meme of a car driving over stick figures, with the words “All Lives Splatter. Nobod...
DATE: Jun 08, 2020
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A demonstration against racism this weekend has been given the green light by police.
The Bermuda Police Service said organisers have been given permission to hold the march tomorrow, despite Covid-19 restrictions.
Chief Inspector Jerome Laws, who wi...
DATE: Jun 06, 2020
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Trailblazing footballer Clyde Best backed protesters yesterday as they prepared to demonstrate in support of the Black Lives Matter campaign tomorrow.
Mr Best, who endured racism during his professional career in England, advised people to learn from...
DATE: Jun 06, 2020
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Teenagers said yesterday that it was important to break down barriers and unite in the battle against racism and inequality.
McKenzie-Kohl Tuckett, Ywione Darrell and Nizae Douglas, members of the island’s Youth Parliament, were speaking before a pla...
DATE: Jun 06, 2020
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
When art teacher Rachel Swinburne’s pupils learnt about the death of George Floyd at the hands of police officers in Minnesota, they wanted to show their support.
However, Ms Swinburne, who works at Bermuda High School, said: “Attending the peaceful ...
DATE: Jun 06, 2020
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
AUTHOR:
Jessie Moniz Hardy