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February is Black History Month and this year marks the 400th anniversary that blacks were brought to Bermuda as indentured servants. Throughout this month, The Royal Gazette will
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DATE: Feb 04, 2016
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I would like to commend Cheryl-Ann Griffin, whose letter written on behalf of the community objecting to the Shelly Bay Beach restaurant and parking lot plans was carried in The Royal Gazette on Monday.
I know she has spent a great deal of time organ...
DATE: Feb 04, 2016
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“If I’m not for me, then who is for me?“If I’m only for me, then who am I?“If not me, who? If not now, when?”Last week’s announcement of a collaboration in which J.J. Soares made an agreement with Age Concern to provide free medical examinations for ...
DATE: Feb 04, 2016
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Glenn Fubler
February is Black History Month and this year marks the 400th anniversary that blacks were brought to Bermuda as indentured servants. Throughout this month, The Royal Gazette will feature people, events, places and institutions that have contributed ...
DATE: Feb 03, 2016
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February is Black History Month and this year marks the 400th anniversary that blacks were brought to Bermuda as indentured servants. Throughout this month, The Royal Gazette will feature people, events, places and institutions that have contributed ...
DATE: Feb 03, 2016
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The slave ship Zong departed the coast of Africa on September 6, 1781 with 470 slaves. Since this human chattel was such a valuable commodity at that time, many captains took on more slaves than their ships could accommodate to maximise profits. Th...
DATE: Feb 02, 2016
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Emperor Haile Selassie was born on July 23, 1892 as Tafari Makonnen just outside the city of Harrar in Enjersa Goro Province, Ethiopia. His mother was Yeshimbet Ali Abajiffar and his father was Ras “Duke” Makonnen Wolde Michael, Governor of Harrar, r...
DATE: Feb 02, 2016
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Apartheid is the name of the racial institution that was established in 1948 by the National Party that governed South Africa until 1994. The term, which literally means “apartness”, reflected a violently repressive policy designed to ensure that whi...
DATE: Feb 02, 2016
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When the Food and Drug Administration approved a drug to reduce the risk of HIV infections in July 2012, gay men rejoiced. If taken daily, Truvada works like a vaccine against HIV, effectively halting its spread. The Centres for Disease Control and P...
DATE: Feb 01, 2016
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Oxford University’s Oriel College has decided not to tear down its statue of the British colonialist Cecil Rhodes because of the “overwhelming message” it received that the statue should stay. The true motive appears to have been money.
The college r...
DATE: Jan 30, 2016
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