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The Government will unveil a “college promise” programme in its second Throne Speech this morning. An excerpt from the speech, released last night, revealed the merit-based programme would offer Bermuda College scholarships to public-school students ...

The former social development minister rejected a claim yesterday that he was fired from Cabinet for his handling of an inquiry into allegations that children in care were mistreated. Sources claimed Michael Weeks was ousted because he insisted that ...

The Attorney-General was accused yesterday of confusion in a row over the representation of vulnerable children in court proceedings. The claim came after Tiffanne Thomas, a freelance social worker, announced she was to quit as a litigation guardian ...

Midwifery in Bermuda could be line for an overhaul — just as a new book is published calling for more choice in childbirth on the island. The Ministry of Health told The Royal Gazette it was “actively engaging” with Bermudian and overseas midwives to...

Shadow legal affairs minister Scott Pearman has called on Attorney-General Kathy Lynn Simmons to explain to the public why she has been named as a codefendant in five civil lawsuits. The five writs are among 14 cases filed in the Supreme Court since ...

A second inquiry has been launched into the island’s child protection agency in less than three months. The Government revealed yesterday that the Department of Internal Audit was conducting a review into the Department of Child and Family Services....

Vulnerable children involved in court proceedings will have no legal representation because of the Government’s refusal to pay for the services, it was alleged yesterday. Tiffanne Thomas, a freelance social worker, said she was withdrawing as a litig...

A top Crown counsel is being sued for an alleged failure to pay back more than half a million dollars to a “self-help” club set up by a group of friends in North Hamilton. Club 10 Foundation Ltd claimed that Myron Simmons, a senior lawyer in the Atto...

A former Miss Teen Bermuda who became an international award-winning midwife has spearheaded an attempt to make sure women in war-torn Syria get proper maternity care. Pandora Hardtman set up a programme to promote safe births in the devastated Middl...

A doctor from one of the world’s leading universities has discovered a gene mutation in a Bermudian mother and daughter that could help to find a cure for a potential killer disease. The two women both suffer from lupus, which attacks the immune syst...