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An international summer training experience completed by a trio of Bermudians will benefit local schoolchildren. Nicola Paugh, Khalid Davis and Jeanene Todd took part in an eight-day training course at Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas. Th...

Whenever artist Shakira DeRoza sees something with a butterfly on it, she has to buy it. Butterflies are a reminder of her late sister, Shakeya DeRoza, who was murdered in 2009. “She just loved butterflies,” the 30-year-old said. So earlier this mo...

Men can do more to help prevent sexual harassment of women, an activist said yesterday. Elaine Butterfield, executive director of the Women’s Resource Centre, said: “We want to hopefully bring some understanding to why women feel the way they feel, w...

Men have been called to support women and join a “silent walk with a purpose” on Mother’s Day. Participants will cover their mouths with masks for the walk through Hamilton on Sunday as “a sign of paying respect to the departed and a token of prayer”...

A 44-year-old father of eight was handed a suspended prison sentence yesterday for beating up an ex-girlfriend. Desai Jones, of Warwick, was given an 18-month prison sentence, but magistrate Khamisi Tokunbo suspended the sentence for two years. Jon...

It is mightily disappointing that PHC’s record-breaking tenth football league championship has been forced to share time in the news cycle with the shenanigans that followed the club’s celebration party last Sunday. They did not deserve that. But a ...

A “jealous” former boyfriend who threatened to kill the mother of his child in a mobile phone message was jailed for a year yesterday. Chae Foggo sent a series of abusive messages to Danyelle Ible, denigrating her and saying: “Let me see you, I’m goi...

Just weeks before he was battered to death by his partner, Edmund John Flood told a friend: “I might not be alive much longer.” The chilling comment in September last year came only a day before Keivon Scott viciously attacked Mr Flood and put him in...

As Tina Laws struggled to get out of an abusive relationship, her grandmother had faith that God would use the hardship for good. It took nearly 30 years before Bernice Brangman’s prayers came to fruition. Mrs Laws offers counselling to people affect...

A Bermudian social worker is launching a book about domestic violence, abuse and sexual assault to raise awareness and help tackle the island’s social problems. Veronica Outerbridge, a pastor who runs her own counselling firm, will be unveiling Strai...

A 44-year-old Devonshire woman was being treated in hospital yesterday after a domestic incident with her 40-year-old brother. According to a police spokesman, the brother “apparently” brandished a bladed article and injured his sister at about 1.40...

The Centre Against Abuse is noting an “extreme increase” in requests for protection orders and warning letters. But pleas for safe housing assistance have been in “drastic decline” over the past three years, according to executive director Laurie Sh...