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A raft of decisions made by Bermuda’s employment tribunal have finally been made public — more than a year after a change in the law required their disclosure. But the parties involved in the disputes have been anonymised, meaning employers found to ...

Bermuda’s marriage equality controversy is expected to feature in a debate in the UK’s House of Commons. Crispin Blunt, a Conservative backbencher, has secured a parliamentary slot for a discussion of LGBT rights in Britain’s Overseas Territories. Mr...

The importance of data privacy rights will be marked at a weeklong series of events this month. Alexander White, the Privacy Commissioner, said the events were organised to coincide with Data Protection Day next Friday. Mr White said: “We have create...

“How long? Not long”, a speech by the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr made on the steps of the State Capitol of Montgomery after the Selma to Montgomery march. Since that speech, how many times has that question borne relevance? Do we see an end t...

The “Queen of Bermuda” is to organise two events around a beach party to celebrate Bermuda’s LGBT people. Mark Anderson, the man behind Sybil Barrington, will put on drag performances tonight – either side of Pride Bermuda’s celebration at Cooper’s ...

Bermuda Pride is to throw a beach party to celebrate the island’s LGBT people and supporters. The organisers of the group said: “The founding principles of Pride are community and togetherness. “Whilst the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic has meant that w...

August 1 marked the anniversary of emancipation. Today, we reflect on the life of Bob Moses, a quiet hero of the American Civil Rights movement who died on July 25, aged 86. Bob, an unpretentious soul, voluntarily confronted Mississippi terror alone...

The murder of George Floyd and support for the Black Lives Matter movement saw thousands march from Front Street a year ago today. Bermuda-based companies were also galvanised to look at how they could make a difference. The Royal Gazette heard abou...

A massive turnout for the island’s Black Lives Matter demonstration a year ago was a moment of truth for the leaders of the charity Citizens Uprooting Racism in Bermuda, its president has said. Lynne Winfield, the head of CURB, joined the procession ...

An award in the name of racial equality campaigner Eva Hodgson has been launched by an antiracism charity. The Dr Eva N Hodgson award was launched by CURB to mark the first anniversary of her death. A CURB spokesman said: “The award is open to organi...

Diallo Rabain, the Minister of Education, has rejected calls to abolish “coerced” collective worship in schools. Mr Rabain said he supported legislation which dictates that schools “shall begin with collective worship on the part of all pupils in at...

The Premier has said that the legacies of two American civil rights pioneers were “secured” as he marked their deaths. David Burt paid tribute to John Lewis, a Georgia congressman, and the Reverend C.T. Vivian, who was a Baptist minister and field ge...