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A plan to create a dream kitchen turned into a nightmare, a homeowner has claimed. Karen Cross said she had been left without proper cooking facilities for months after she signed up with Warwick-based home improvements firm Baptiste to remodel her k...

Bermudians have to rise above the toxic legacy of the country’s past, a leading social worker has warned. Martha Dismont, the executive director of Family Centre, said: “We’re in an atmosphere of angry rhetoric because of what’s happened in the past....

Compensation for crime victims will be speeded up if changes are made to the body responsible for payments, an island lawyer said yesterday. Cristen Suess, of law firm Wakefield Quin, said the proposal to replace a judge with a senior barrister as c...

My first reaction to reading the article on the tragic death of an at-risk 16-year-old girl placed in an overseas institution was guilt. I felt this way because, apart from a few heroes, I remained silent like the rest of our society over the alarmin...

Communal areas of an East End housing complex slammed for unsanitary conditions are regularly cleaned, a government representative said yesterday. The spokesman for the Ministry of Public Works said that the Bermuda Housing Corporation employed prof...

Sports clubs have thrown their support behind an anti-violence drive, its organiser said yesterday. Desmond Crockwell said that his Clubs Against Violence campaign had been backed by several East End clubs, including St David’s County Cricket Club, ...

A Government farm programme designed to deter young people from a life of crime has welcomed its first participants. Eight “at-risk” young men were introduced to Redemption Farm this week. The programme was funded by the Government with public and p...

Racism, sexism, gang violence and problems in the education system will be discussed at a forum this weekend. Community activist Dennis Bean, who organised the event, hopes political representatives and members of the public will attend to hear possi...

A lunchtime march for women’s rights is to be held today. The event is being hosted by Women’s Action and Change Today, and Move Bermuda Forward. A spokeswoman for Women’s ACT said that “people should be safe from abuse, whether it be sexual, physic...

A Bermuda College conference on race relations on the island Saturday involving a world-class British university will be live-streamed to a bigger audience because of public demand. The event, “Race and Resistance: Understanding Bermuda Today”, will ...

While many of the island’s working men’s, community and sports clubs are victims of their own failure to adapt to changing social, familial and business dynamics, they remain relevant and necessary to the micro-communities they serve while combining ...

Men in sport will play a significant role in steering youngsters away from violence, a government minister said yesterday. Michael Weeks, the social development and sport minister, said: “Sports clubs and sports teams provide youth with positive role...