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Politicians dealing with deaf rights in Bermuda are “like lions without teeth”, a community leader has claimed. Franklin Fahnbulleh, coordinator of services at the Bermuda Islands Association of the Deaf (BIAD) charity, insisted that interpreting ser...

Animal lovers are inviting people to support their cause by sporting special bracelets and key chains. Punish the Deed not the Breed Bermuda is giving away the items free to raise awareness for its campaign. The group advocates for the welfare of a...

Dear Sir, In our island society, we are determined to fly our flag proudly. The tag — “Quo fata ferunt” (Wherever the fates may lead) — is a concept that should have been replaced a long time ago. This ideal is fraught with illusion and shifting goa...

Dear Sir, The recent publicity in the media concerning pitbull dogs is a cause of grave concern to me. Do not blame the dog wardens for your dilemma; they have to go by the book and the law. The breed ban has been in place since 2003. Here it is 2015...

Initiatives aimed at raising children’s physical activity levels are expected to be launched next year as part of the new Premier’s Council on Fitness, Sports and Nutrition. The Department of Health has teamed up with a host of professionals to estab...

A mother has described her gay son and his partner as “very courageous” for launching a bid to have Bermuda’s first same-sex marriage. Sylvia Hayward-Harris told The Royal Gazette it was typical of her son Ijumo Hayward to “not worry about public app...

After selling out its initial two-year print run in less than three weeks, Island Flames second edition will go on sale early next year. Jonathan Smith’s book chronicles the story behind Bermuda’s 1977 riots, which saw two tourists and a Bermudian ho...

No community, and certainly no political or social system, is ever complete — they are always continuous works in progress. To survive, all societies must evolve in response to changing needs and circumstances. And, as is the case in the natural wor...

Dear Sir, This weekend I was impressed by the concern and dismay expressed by a local building contractor, who, as he puts it, can see the end of the road. The end that he describes will be the conclusion of his pedigree because he doesn’t see the e...

On the 38th anniversary of the Bermuda riots, Cordell Riley has called for a committee “with teeth” to look into the social problems behind this dark chapter in local history. The social commentator and statistician, who wrote the closing chapter of ...

A court ruling promising same-sex partners of Bermudians the same rights to reside and work as spouses of Bermudians has garnered international attention. Cayman premier Alden McLaughlin told The Cayman Reporter on Monday that the ruling had bolstere...

The Bermuda family experienced one of its deepest crises on the weekend of December 2, 1977 — the violent conclusion to a five-year period with ten lives lost. Notwithstanding the tragedy, as documented in Jonathan Smith’s latest book, Island Flames,...