Dr Edgar Fitzgerald Gordon championed the cause of Bermudian workers and fought tirelessly for equal rights for black Bermudians - laying the groundwork for much of the political and social change that came about after his death.
He received his ear...
Dr Pauulu Roosevelt Osiris Nelson Brown Kamarakafego was a campaigner for universal adult suffrage in Bermuda, a Progressive Labour Party (PLP) member of parliament, and worked with the United Nations, but he always considered himself to be a quiet m...
June 6, 2011
Dear Sir,
There were five Letters to the Editor in The Royal Gazette this morning (June 6). Four of them addressed our deep racial divide, in one way or another. Neither Mr Commissiong or I wrote either of them! So why is so much hostili...
DATE: Jun 15, 2011 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor |
Education Minister Dame Jennifer Smith has stepped down as chairwoman of Government’s African Diaspora Heritage Trail (ADHT) programme.
Former teacher Maxine Esdaille now heads the cultural tourism initiative, which promotes African history in Bermud...
DATE: Jun 15, 2011 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Jonathan Bell
A teacher known for being ‘small in stature but a giant in the classroom’ will be recognised this weekend with an Excellence in Teaching Award.
Wendie Warren, an elementary teacher at The Bermuda Institute has been lauded for ushering in a “high sta...
Two teenage musicians learned to “push themselves to the limit” when they took their talents to the international stage without much time to practice.
Dylan Hollis, 15, and Willis Steede, 17, only had about 10 days to look over their music before the...
The decision by then Premier Ewart Brown to provide refuge to four Guantánamo detainees in Bermuda in June 2009 continues to vex residents some two years after the fact. We now know that the American and British governments are involved in discussion...
DATE: Jun 15, 2011 | CATEGORY: Opinion Writer | AUTHOR: Walton Brown
Schoolchildren have learned the importance that people “who ride around on rental bikes” have on Bermuda’s economy.
Eight to ten-year-olds at Harrington Sound Primary have gone from knowing nothing to everything about tourism in just a couple of mon...
June 3, 2011
Dear Sir,
I have been sitting back for a long time now, watching our little Island going deeper and deeper into the ground. Our young kids are been bullying each other, using drugs and weekends there is no place to go. I try to keep my ...
DATE: Jun 14, 2011 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor |
The successes of Bermuda’s schools in establishing lifelong healthy habits in our future generations have been celebrated.
Health Minister Zane DeSilva said a lot of people went a long way to ensure schools across the Island were healthy.
He hosted t...
