St Paul A.M.E. church now has a new presiding elder – Reverend Howard Dill – in a move which removes administrative responsibility of the church from Reverend Betty Furbert-Woolridge. The development could boost a campaign to force government to rescind its decision not to renew Reverend Nicholas Tweed’s work permit. Bishop Gregory Ingram made the…...
Police action against airport protesters to be investigated
BIU members file complaints; premier and seniors advocacy group join calls for investigation
About 24 members of the Bermuda Industrial Union descended on police headquarters this morning to file complaints against officers who discharged pepper spray indiscriminately on unarmed non-violent protesters. They were directed to the Police conduct unit – formerly the police complaints authority – on lower Court Street, to make individual complaints. Accompanying the complainants were…...