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Chemical castration should be considered for paedophiles “to take the urge away”, a former government minister has said. Zane DeSilva, a Progressive Labour Party backbencher, added: “If you can stop a paedophile from offending a young child I will ag...

A disused church in St George’s will soon be home to a new congregation. Gillian Outerbridge, parish administrator at St Peter’s West, said that building on Wellington Slip Road will now be used by the New Testament Church of God. Ms Outerbridge s...

Trinidadian Nobel Prize-winning author V.S. Naipaul, who died on Saturday, aged 85, was “a giant”, the island’s West Indian Association has said. Naipaul, whose books such as Miguel Street and A House for Mr Biswas are required reading in his homelan...

Hundreds of workers will see a savings scheme close this year after nearly four decades. The Bermuda Public Services Union programme has “grown exponentially” since its creation in 1979 but interest on its funds is now “negligible”, members were told...

Inspectors are to make regular visits to a nursery where three toddlers wandered off in a bid to ensure security improvements are carried out. Operators of the First Church of God daycare centre in Pembroke were warned its licence could be suspended ...

Child protection experts warned yesterday that a register of sex offenders was not “a silver bullet” and that the public should still guard against the risk of abuse. Jon Brunson, chairman of child abuse prevention charity Scars, highlighted that abo...

A cancer charity is to hold a “Mad Hair Day” to raise funds to support its work. Pals wants schools and businesses to join in and style their hair in “a mad or crazy way” or hold a Denim Day to boost the Paget-based charity. Colleen English DeGrilla,...

The management of Bermuda’s pension fund must be improved and the Government should take immediate action to get its annual accounts up to date. Legislators were also asked to implement a string of proposals first put forward by spending experts more...

BELCO would like to advise customers that in order to facilitate back-end server upgrades, its website, www.belco.bm, including the customer portal, will be unavailable from 10am Friday August 17th for 24 to 48 hours. Customers who typically make ...

Barrett Lightbourn, an engineer and environmentalist who pioneered solar power and energy conservation in Bermuda, has died. He was 66. Friends and colleagues said Mr Lightbourn was a modest visionary who brought renewable power to the island decades...