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Delegates from 15 different countries came to Bermuda this week for the Biennial Caribbean Ombudsman Association Conference. Victoria Pearman, Ombudsman for Bermuda and outgoing CAROA president, said the results were positive with public sessions tac...

An international conference held to highlight the work of ombudsman and human rights teams opened in Bermuda yesterday. The conference included a panel of speakers who talked about the balance between strong relationships with organisations and the m...

Bermuda will host a conference for ombudsmen from across the Caribbean next week. The 10th Biennial Caribbean Ombudsman Association Conference will take place at the Fairmont Southampton. Events will include a panel discussion on “Strengthening Relat...

The Ombudsman for Bermuda Ms. Victoria Pearman has been elected to represent the Caribbean and Latin America as Caribbean Director of the International Ombudsman Institute. She will serve as president for the Caribbean and Latin American region. In t...

The Ombudsman has launched a probe into a Government ministry over its ability to deal with allegations of abuse. The Ombudsman’s office said the investigation into the unnamed ministry was launched last year because of a 2014 case which is still to ...

The Office of the Ombudsman handled 283 cases in 2017. To read the report, visit www.ombudsman.bm. To read a press release about the report, click on the PDF under “Related Media”.

Teaching children about the historical contributions of Bermudians should start at home, Ombudsman Victoria Pearman said yesterday. Ms Pearman was one of several black Bermudians recognised yesterday by Bermuda’s First Black History Museum at Paget ...

Victoria Pearman, the Ombudsman for Bermuda, tabled her 2016 annual report earlier today in the House of Assembly. The report was filed with the Speaker of the House on June 30, but could not be released until Parliament had reconvened. According to ...

Does anyone remember the introduction of the Office of Ombudsman? I do, and also remember that it came at the advice of the British Foreign Office and not because of any evolution of government consciousness on our end. In fact, I can clearly rememb...

Poor communication between the Bermuda Government and applicants for civil servant posts were targeted by the Ombudsman in her most recent report. According to the 2015 Annual Report, the Ombudsman wrote that her office received a complaint from an a...

Ombudsman Victoria Pearman received 161 new complaints throughout 2015, she revealed as she released her annual report. The Office of the Ombudsman concentrated on individual complaints during the calendar year, launching no systemic investigations....

Bermuda’s Office of the Ombudsman has been in operation for ten years, growing into “one of the most highly regarded in the Commonwealth, at least in the smaller states”. This is the view of Victor Ayeni, the governance specialist who was the keynote...