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Legislation tackling the legacy of racism in Bermuda will be brought to the House of Assembly, David Burt said last night.
Speaking during the motion to adjourn, the Premier told MPs he hoped people fired up for action over racism would “not let this...
DATE: Jun 06, 2020
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Lawyer Rod Attride-Stirling believes the issues raised by the Black Lives Matter campaign are just as relevant in Bermuda as they are internationally.
He and his family, including mother Lucy, a former human rights advocate with Amnesty Internationa...
DATE: Jun 06, 2020
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Bermudian schools are standing in solidarity with Black Lives Matter protesters on the island and around the world.
Many schools will take part in a march along Front Street in Hamilton tomorrow to protest police brutality in the United States and in...
DATE: Jun 06, 2020
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The leader of the Anglican Church of Bermuda has branded the death of an unarmed black man at the hands of American police officers, wrong, tragic and evil.
The Right Reverend Nicholas Dill, Anglican Bishop of Bermuda, said the death of George Floyd ...
DATE: Jun 06, 2020
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Young black people who found themselves in court often implied they felt like voiceless “pariahs”, the island’s senior magistrate said yesterday.
Juan Wolffe added that, based on his observations of people who appeared in civil, criminal and family c...
DATE: Jun 05, 2020
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Fiona McWhirter
An outdoor centre for people with special needs has announced its new executive director.
Tina Nash, one of the organisers of the Third Sector Co-ordinated Crisis Response team, has succeeded Chrissie Kempe as head of Warwick-based WindReach.
Ms Nash...
DATE: Jun 05, 2020
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The murder of George Floyd triggered widespread outcry in the United States, internationally and at home in Bermuda. And so it should.
While we sit 700 miles apart across an ocean, the underpinnings of the social and racial injustice that exist in t...
DATE: Jun 05, 2020
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Bermuda will move to the third phase of relaxation of Covid-19 restrictions on Thursday, it was announced last night, but public schools will stay shut until September.
David Burt, the Premier, said the final details of the next stage of a return to ...
DATE: Jun 05, 2020
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
The death of an unarmed black man at the hands of American police officers has sparked a surge of interest in an island antiracism group, its president said yesterday.
Lynne Winfield, the chairwoman of Citizens Uprooting Racism in Bermuda, said the o...
DATE: Jun 05, 2020
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Hundreds of laid-off hotel workers have applied to take money from their pension fund — only to find that they are ineligible for a $12,000 withdrawal option under emergency relief rules.
The island’s hotel workers number more than 2,000 and most of ...
DATE: Jun 05, 2020
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