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Children’s groups hope the Government will provide more information about the newly established panel of litigation guardians. They said yesterday that questions about funding and the selection process remained unanswered. Scott Pearman, the shadow l...

A march designed to encourage men to become role models for schoolchildren has the backing of education authorities, the Government said today. A spokeswoman for the Government said: “The Department of Education has confirmed that Mr Crockwell did re...

The Ministry of Legal Affairs wishes to provide the community with accurate information regarding the Department of Child and Family Services (DCFS). The stories published in The Royal Gazette as it relates to old Psycho-Ed and Residential Treatment...

At 13, he thought he was going to Disney World — but instead was flown overseas for a year in therapy. At 15, he should have been in a children’s home — but was “jailed” for months at the Co-Ed in St George’s despite never being convicted of a crime....

An investigation into the death of a teenage Bermudian girl in an American treatment centre should be independent, an Opposition MP said yesterday. But the Government would not confirm who would carry out inquiries after the 16-year-old died on Satur...

Mothers will be offered free advice on how to access child maintenance by an expert in family law tomorrow. Cristen Suess is to present information and answer questions on the topic at an event hosted by the Women’s Resource Centre. She said the semi...

The Attorney-General was accused yesterday of a denial of legal protection to a five-year-old boy through a failure to fund independent court representation for him. Lawyers filed an application for leave to apply for judicial review by Martha Dismon...

Some antenatal health checks at Hamilton Health Centre are being undertaken in the Communicable Disease Control Clinic. A sign in the Maternal Health and Family Planning Clinic at the centre said: “Due to lack of resources, the maternal health progr...

A Bermudian father locked in a transatlantic custody battle after allegations of sex abuse overseas has been told he can keep his two daughters until a hearing on their future is held. The Court of Appeal heard the pre-teenage girls, who cannot be id...

A GoFundMe drive set up to raise money to buy equipment for a child with cerebral palsy has almost hit its target. More than $12,000 of the $13,000 target had been donated to the crowdfunding campaign by last night for Ehsan Smith Perinchief, who is...

With Father’s Day approaching, attention will once again focus on the important role of fathers in helping to provide guidelines for sons or daughters in coping with the challenges of life. While mothers have always been regarded as key in providing...

A single mother with a part-time job and debt said yesterday she feared arrest for a missed hearing in “humiliating” debt court over a debt of just $1,300. Sheelagh Cooper, chairwoman of Habitat for Humanity in Bermuda, said that the woman’s plight s...