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As we approach 2020 and the fourth year of the Bermuda Truth & Reconciliation Community Conversations (TRCC), the President of CURB Lynne Winfield answers questions about where we go from here. Why did CURB feel there was a need to begin the Bermuda...

November 4 will be upon us before we know it. That date is significant in that it will be the first public holiday in Bermuda to recognise the contributions that Portuguese have made to these islands over the past 170 years. Without question, there h...

Last week, Baltimore lost its representative, America lost a hero, and I lost my mentor and the namesake of my son, Eli. Elijah E. Cummings leaves behind an invaluable legacy as a congressman for Baltimore for more than two decades and as a champion ...

Letters to the Editor Dear Sir, It has been clear to me for a long time that the manipulation of the ideals of the democratic system could easily lead to the entrenchment of dictatorial ideals that over time would slowly strip away our hard-fought ci...

When Brandt Jean offered forgiveness, then a hug, to the former police officer who walked into his brother’s apartment and fatally shot him, the gesture revealed a societal split. Some saw it as a powerful show of grace. Others saw it as a disappoint...

Not everybody shared the love 50 years ago when Linda Smith, a black Bermudian, tied the knot with Rudolf Stroble, a white German. Some people even sent back their wedding invitations. Others said the marriage did not stand a chance. “I feel like bei...

Former United States vice-president Joe Biden spent Sunday at the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, speaking on the anniversary of a bombing there that killed four black girls in the middle of the civil rights movement. The candidate...

James Small started life in a staunchly Christian family in rural South Carolina. In his twenties he became an Imam working with Ella Collins, the sister of Malcolm X. At 74, he’s a Pan-African activist, scholar and speaker and a Yoruba priest. “God ...

Truth and reconciliation talks led by an antiracism charity will resume next month. Citizens Uprooting Racism in Bermuda urged people to attend the sessions at the Human Rights Commission for seven consecutive Wednesdays beginning on September 25. A ...

Dear Sir, It is interesting to note that an elected member of the sitting government is anxious to cement old relationships between African-Bermudians and Portuguese-Bermudians because English-Bermudians caused racial segregation within this once uni...

That July 18 was the 101st birthday of Nelson Mandela made it very appropriate to hold the prize presentation for the quiz of the 60th anniversary of the Theatre Boycott. This took place at One Communications’ Church Street venue, just across the st...

An epidemic of bullying and abuse of expatriate workers is to be tackled by a union chief. Jason Hayward, the president of the Bermuda Public Services Union, said a survey at one large organisation with hundreds of employees had shown more than half ...