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I love history, in particular the nuance that different perspectives lend to its narrative and accounts. I remember years ago reading about the beginnings of the Bermuda Union of Teachers and the cause of its inception. At the time, my interest was ...

Winfield Herbert Simpson, nicknamed “Kid McCormick”, was the son of Horace McCormick Simpson, a Jamaican national, and Doris Trott (née Joell), a Bermudian. Doris was the granddaughter of William Herbert T. Joell, the first Coloured or Black man ele...

When a young mind is inspired it is more than hopeful, it is great — Lisa Baksh Aspiring boxer Chanz Smith met his hero last week in the culmination of a Black History Month Celebration project assigned by his teachers at Purvis Primary Scho...

“It is not enough to be compassionate. You must act.” — Lhamo Thondup, 14th Dalai Lama The Progressive Labour Party believes in easing the burden of our people in practical, impactful ways through legislation and policy. This approach is refl...

In the mid-1920s, St George’s businessman Henry E.A. Dowling, William Cooper MCP, W.R. Perinchief, Lorrie Williams and others met to discuss concerns regarding the quality of education afforded the children of St George’s. They approached C.G. Gilber...

Conyers continues diving into different topics relating to Bermuda’s privacy legislation, including: why we need privacy legislation and its purpose, how to prepare for the Personal Information Protection Act 2016, the role and requirements of pr...

In acknowledgement of Black History Month, The Royal Gazette continues the publication of stories throughout February on African-American, Black Bermudian and global African people, events and institutions, and their contributions in history Alm...

I know that democracy is not the be-all and end-all, but when an individual can simply decide on their own to plunge millions of people into war with no one to check the limits of their discretion, democracy begins to look pretty good. In trying to b...

Last Sunday, we had a great communty event that started at 9am. Residents of Devonshire Bay and Rocky Bay came out and joined in with a numnber of young persons to beautify the Mary Prince Emancipation Park. About ten persons picked up bottles and tr...

In acknowledgement of Black History Month, The Royal Gazette continues the publication of stories throughout February on African-American, Black Bermudian and global African people, events and institutions, and their contributions in history On ...