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The island’s foster parents were treated to an “appreciation tea” on Sunday in recognition of their crucial role. Michael Weeks, the Minister of Social Development and Sports, thanked guests at the Fairmont Southampton for their “indescribable job”. ...

Holly Roque was torn between becoming a paediatric nurse or a midwife. When she witnessed child birth for the first time while studying nursing, she knew that midwifery was her calling. Ms Roque said: “Nursing and midwifery takes time and dedicatio...

May 5 is the recognised day for highlighting the work of midwives. International Day of the Midwife was launched in 1992 when the International Confederation of Midwives asked the world to focus on the role of midwives and midwifery, and to widen the...

Bermudian mothers should have the option of a specialised birth centre outside hospital, a top British-based midwife has said. Tandy Deane-Gray added that island midwives should be able to provide a broader range of services to expectant mothers. Ms ...

An abuse prevention class for children designed to change Bermuda’s culture has taken off in local schools. The “Speak Up Be Safe” programme has been backed by parents and has also resulted in youngsters speaking up, according to Rachel Dill, the lea...

US Consulate staff have been trained in child sexual abuse prevention. Nineteen employees took part in the Darkness to Light Stewards of Children training run by charity Scars. Mary Ellen Koenig, the US Consul, said: “I think all of us were startled ...

New customs officers are to be trained in how to combat child sexual abuse. Andrea McKey, a senior customs officer, said all new recruits would take the programme run by charity Saving Children and Revealing Secrets as part of their basic training c...

Elisha Joell is delighted to be able to cradle her daughter in her arms at home. Christmas Day baby Kee-Ijah Bailey, born ten weeks premature, was able to leave the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital a week ago. Ms Joell, 38, said: “Kee-Ijah is doing ...

Police officers who seized a terrified three-year-old boy from his parents acted outside the law, the Supreme Court has ruled. Assistant Justice David Kessaram said that the Department of Child and Family Services and Family Court had been wrong to b...

A premature baby girl airlifted off the island for emergency medical treatment in Canada has returned to Bermuda. Christmas Day baby Kee-Ijah Bailey and her mother, Elisha Joell, flew back to the island last week after nearly four weeks of treatment ...

Dear Sir, We are witnessing in the world today a disturbing aggression in our youth that I do not remember occurring in the past. It is a cruel behaviour that should not go unheeded by the authorities. I venture to say that a child starts off pure an...