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While much of the world is occupied with dealing with a spin-off variant from the Delta virus, including Bermuda, stability in our global community has been shattered close to the breaking point, trying to cope with challenges never seen before. A ma...

A civil rights champion and teacher was remembered yesterday for carrying on a family legacy of fighting for social justice as a leading member of the Progressive Group. Marva Phillips taught at primary schools and at what is now Sandys Secondary Mi...

More than 30 people have taken part in a secretive witness protection programme since it began ten years ago, The Royal Gazette can reveal. Cindy Clarke, the Director of Public Prosecutions, said there had been 33 participants and 18 “connected perso...

A campaign group tonight appealed for a drive to end violence against women. Social Justice Bermuda made the call on the eve of International Women’s Day, which will be marked around the world tomorrow. The group said: “Gender-based violence is one o...

An anti-racism group will hold a second virtual training seminar on restorative practices. Citizens Uprooting Racism in Bermuda will hold the training on January 22 and January 23. People people can register by contacting CURB at admin@uprootingracis...

New treatment courts are planned to help keep people out of prison and instead treat their problems, the island’s senior magistrate has revealed. Juan Wolffe said that discussions to develop juvenile mental health, family health and sex offenders’ tr...

Supreme Court trials are scheduled to restart next week after a months-long halt caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. Puisne Judge Charles-Etta Simmons said at yesterday’s arraignments session that work to reopen Supreme Court 1 in Sessions House with Co...

Jury trials in the Supreme Court could soon restart, a judge signalled yesterday. Puisne Judge Craig Attridge said during a hearing that court facilities to safely hold criminal cases were expected to be ready in the “not too distant future”. Mr Jus...

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...

A man who had been charged with attempted murder claimed it was unconstitutional for a Crown prosecutor to bypass ten potential jurors — all of whom appeared to be black people. Jahmico Trott, in a civil action launched in the Supreme Court, claimed ...

The thought of justice and the idea of equal justice under the law have once again raised the attention of lawmakers in the United States, this time with added awareness and apprehension spread around the world. Ultimately it comes around to the cour...

An online consultation about race relations in Bermuda was relaunched by the Minister of Community Affairs and Sport today. Lovitta Foggo said it was important to encourage discussion in order to bring about change. She explained: “On June 7, I was p...