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Unmarked graves have not been desecrated, say club officials
Officials at Tucker’s Point Club have hit back over criticism that unmarked graves were being desecrated and poorly maintained. Last week, a group taking part in a Bermuda Race Relations Initiative (BRRI) tour of Tucker’s Town visited a gravesite, in the middle of the golf-course, which is the final resting place of displaced blacks who owned the land until the 1920s. Members of the group claimed golf balls could be seen around the graves which were untended.
2007-05-28 12:40:08 GMT

For the Record
A caption on yesterday's front page incorrectly stated that the Tucker's Town graveyard is located in Mid-Ocean Club golf course. It is located in Tucker's Point golf course.
2008-07-29 13:26:01 GMT

Morgan's Point `not new Tucker's Town'
A multi-million dollar redevelopment of Southampton's old US Navy Annex will not be an exclusive Tucker's Town-style development for the well-heeled, the area's developer pledged last night.
1997-04-16 03:00:00 GMT

Five people running for St. George's alderman::
Five candidates will vie for three Alderman's positions in the Corporation of St. George's elections next week. They include common councillor Clarence Minors and Board of Education member Garth Rothwell. Mr. Minors, who has served in the role of common councillor for six years, is now hoping to make a difference as an Alderman. "I would like to play an integral part in turning this town around," he said. "As one of the constituents told me, St.
2009-11-27 12:55:07 GMT

A journey into a troubled past
Around 50 people taking part in the Bermuda Race Relations Initiative (BRRI) will tour Tucker’s Town today to view land that was seized from black Bermudians in the 1920s. The two-day summit began yesterday at the Fairmont Hamilton Princess and represents the third in the series of race forums being held until November. American experts Dr. Bernestine Singley and Professor Robert Jensen are facilitating the discussions, entitled ‘The Big Conversation’.
2007-05-22 16:43:41 GMT

'We must integrate socially'
Affirmative action and the creation of economic opportunities for black Bermudians is "a good thing", according to former Bermuda Sun editor Tom Vesey. However, while focus on black economic opportunity is clearly needed, efforts to socially integrate the races are just as important � and will help black Bermudians economically.
2004-02-26 04:00:00 GMT

Golfers take swing at new club owner
look at ways of challenging a $20,000 fee to join the new Tucker's Point Golf Club. They claim the fee to join the new course on the same site is far too high -- particularly because Bermuda Properties Ltd,
2001-04-10 03:00:00 GMT

PLP's Butler calls for sensitivity training for foreign managers
PLP backbencher Dale Butler is calling for sensitivity training for foreign managers to calm down friction in the workplace and protect jobs for Bermudians.
2000-09-23 03:00:00 GMT

Unmarked graves — a distressing symbol of Island’s racial divisions
It was a history lesson that left its students tearful and speechless. And the emotional drama hit blacks and whites equally hard. It came during a visit yesterday to unmarked graves of blacks who owned Tucker’s Town before being uprooted. The controversy over that grim period in Bermuda’s history has long troubled the Bermuda psyche.
2007-05-23 13:43:55 GMT























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