The following is an open letter of congratulations to the newly elected President of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa.
Dear Mr President,
I am writing to offer you and your team best wishes after your re...
There is an ancient Chinese saying that suggests challenging times offer opportunities. The Royal Gazette reported yesterday that only four children had been enrolled at Elliot Primary for this coming...
“He not busy being born is busy dying”
This quote from Bob Dylan speaks to the capacity of humans to decide how we navigate our life journeys. The following is an example of people “busy being born” ...
Taking a courageous stand on a fundamental principle that has global implications is challenging for most people, let alone a 15-year-old girl. These past two weeks during the United Nations’ Annual C...
I attended a community meeting on Thursday that spoke to concerns that I have had since hearing the urgent report last month by a United Nations agency on the matter of climate change.
At least 130 re...
The United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change published a report last week that deserves close attention. While three years ago, the historic Paris Conference concluded with a consensu...
Reminded that “it takes a village ...”, the Back to School Gathering at the Bermuda College took place last Thursday to promote the tandem between families and schools to the benefit of our island’s c...
Flora Duffy’s performance this past weekend was far more than a victory in a sporting event. As social development and sports minister Michael Weeks pointed out: “Those who attended on Saturday experi...
Freedom Day is April 27 in South Africa, marking the republic’s first democratic General Election in 1994. That milestone came after decades of struggle both at home and abroad; success coming at grea...
On March 2, 1955, a 15-year-old high school student named Claudette Colvin was arrested on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama, for refusing to give up her seat.
This happened nine months before Rosa Parks’s...
