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Dear Sir, On behalf of my fellow former presidents of the Bermuda Union of Teachers, I would like to express best wishes to our most senior former president, Elizabeth Kawaley, who celebrated her 100th birthday on Saturday. I’m sure that we share the...

I recall talking to the late Eva Hodgson PhD, who once said to me: “Khalid, don’t look to me for solutions for the future. I admit my life is tainted by my experiences and I cannot escape my past. I think maybe those answers may come from a younger g...

Dear Sir, Several years ago, The Royal Gazette made the decision to do away with anonymous Letters to the Editor. This letter is to request that The Royal Gazette should seriously consider also removing the “cloak of anonymity” from its online commen...

Independence may be the island’s road map away from racism, a former Progressive Labour Party premier has claimed. Ewart Brown said that Black people were still treated as second-class citizens in Bermuda and that racial discrimination was rife. But ...

An anti-racism charity has praised the work of the Bermuda Festival in bringing a powerful show about Mary Prince, a national hero and abolitionist, to the island. Citizens Uprooting Racism in Bermuda said the performances of Sold – The Story of Mary...

You learn a lot writing a book, as I did with my latest effort, Fixing the Racial Wealth Gap: Racism & Discrimination Put Us Here, But This Is How We Can Save Future Generations. I researched the history of the economic racism that is responsible for...

The group Citizens Uprooting Racism in Bermuda has appointed Stacey-Lee Williams as its first full-time and permanent executive director. The antiracism charity said Ms Williams came to the role with more than two decades’ service in education and di...

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...

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...

Dear Sir, I read the front-page article with comments attributed to Derrick Burgess on the matter of the appointment of a new ombudsman. Surely, it is time to move beyond racial complexion, White or Black, being some form of qualification. What is ...

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 ...

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 Sta...