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‘Bermuda. Beautiful but ugly’

A same-sex couple was turned away from several rental apartments and treated with hostility by Bermuda Immigration, it has been alleged. In a recent Facebook posting Jameka Smith wrote that she and her wife, Charlene, struggled to find a place to liv...
Nov 18, 2013
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Gender policy aims to build a more inclusive Bermuda

Government hopes to build “a more inclusive Bermuda” through drafting a National Gender Policy aimed at “removing impediments and barriers wherever they exist”. Announced in the Throne Speech, a National Gender Policy “will establish a framework for ...
Nov 13, 2013
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Filipino community fearing for loved ones after deadly storm

Filipinos in Bermuda were yesterday waiting for word from friends and family as a massive typhoon roared over the Philippines. Super Typhoon Haiyan made landfall in the Eastern Visayas early yesterday morning with sustained winds of 315kph (195mph) a...
Nov 08, 2013
Letters to the Editor

"Gay agenda is a dangerous liberal ideology"

September 16, 2013 Dear Sir, What a difference a day makes here in our world out in the mid Atlantic. Bermuda is a hot bed of controversy, politics and inveterate religious fervour. Further to my most recent letter concerning open season on people of...
Sep 18, 2013
Letters to the Editor

"A worrisome and escalating trend "

Dear Sir, The escalating trend of people in the public domain making outrageous statements with impunity is worrisome, especially given the delicate economic position the Island has found itself in. Deputy Mayor Donal Smith’s recent rant against hom...
Sep 17, 2013
Letters to the Editor

"Comments were hateful and insulting"

September 16, 2013 Dear Sir, I just got the news! There is a god, and he has a new name! It is Deputy Mayor, Donal Smith! Being occasionally a day late and a dollar short, I missed the first announcement of this momentous occurrence. Oh! You didn’t k...
Sep 17, 2013
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"Rainbow Alliance awaits Deputy Mayor’s apology"

A blistering condemnation of homosexuality and same-sex marriage by Hamilton Deputy Mayor Donal Smith has been denounced as homophobia by the Rainbow Alliance. Mr Smith made the remarks on ‘Issues’, a community programme broadcast on Thursday night b...
Sep 16, 2013
Letters to the Editor

"Discrimination by any name"

To The Editor, It’s never really about the surface issue — what colour people are, or what religion they practice, or even who they are attracted to. It’s always really about people’s fears and hatreds and desire to have power, strong feelings emanat...
Sep 16, 2013
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"City distances itself from Deputy Mayor’s attack on homosexuals"

Corporation of Hamilton Deputy Mayor Donal Smith has launched a withering attack on homosexuality, grouping gays with “freaks”, while claiming that anyone who supports same sex marriage is “condemned”. And he also lashed out at international business...
Sep 13, 2013
Letters to the Editor

"Do not discard me"

Dear Sir, Like many I was very pleased to see homosexuality included in the Human Rights Act, something long overdue. Unfortunately, the Members of Parliament did not consider the abolition of a mandatory retirement age to be of sufficient importance...
Aug 30, 2013
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"Lecturer to speak on gay rights in the UK"

Visiting human rights lawyer Nicola Barker will speak tonight at the Bermuda College, in a public talk on the implications of gay rights in the UK. The Kent Law School lecturer’s talk coincides with the graduation of the college’s last law students t...
Aug 15, 2013
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