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Bermuda’s divorce laws have been in place for close to 50 years. While many other jurisdictions have adapted their laws to reflect changing attitudes to divorce, Bermudian legislation has remained unchanged. Divorce rules in England and Wales, which...

Jahmah and Devonna Samuels believe that marriage should be celebrated daily. The couple created a Facebook page with the specific intention of doing just that. Marriage Motivation with the Samuels promotes positive, happy and healthy marriages and re...

Few areas of our lives have been unaffected by the ripple effects of the pandemic, and relationships are no exception. Health and financial worries are well-known stressors on any marriage, but Covid restrictions also forced many couples into unusual...

Seventy years after their wedding day and Kenneth Simmons still describes his wife Gloria as his true love match. “I have the feeling it was sort of meant to be,” the 95-year-old said. “Everything sort of fell in place for us to be married but the ma...

For at least the last decade, when couples have said “I do”, there was a better than 50 per cent chance that neither of the newlyweds were from Bermuda. Not only were the highest number of weddings carried out between two non-residents, but the numb...

Youngsters will learn how to identify and avoid abusive relationships as part of an upcoming event. Rena Lalgie, the Governor, and Alison Crocket, the Deputy Governor are guest speakers at the three-day Student Leadership Camp hosted in partnership ...

The death rate on the island in 2020 hit its highest levels for at least 20 years, the home affairs minister said yesterday. Walter Roban said the number of deaths rose by 31, or 5.8 per cent, to 566 last year. Mr Roban, speaking in the House of Asse...

A drive to promote the island as a safe wedding destination is to be launched. David Burt, the Premier, said that a task force drawn from the ministries of health and national security and the Bermuda Tourism Authority had drawn up a plan which would...

The Premier launched a socially distanced commemoration for International Marriage Week yesterday. Allan and Mildred Hunt, who are marriage counsellors, said David Burt was likely to issue an electronic proclamation to mark the occasion because of Co...

Bermuda’s marriage rate has dropped to its lowest level in almost 70 years, the latest population statistics have revealed. The number of weddings fell by 18 per cent between 2018 and 2019 – 473 to 386 - the lowest since 1954. Figures from the Depar...

After a May 2017 hearing that found prohibiting same-sex couples from marrying was discriminatory and unconstitutional, the Chief Justice of Bermuda’s Supreme Court ruled that same sex-marriages in Bermuda should be legal. In November 2018, the Gover...

A Bermudian with terminal cancer has married his sweetheart in England. Sherwin Hall and La’Troya Caines tied the knot in Leeds, West Yorkshire. Ms Hall said: “It was a wonderful day. We were married at our house due to Sherwin not being as mobi...