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Two British legal consultants, including a Queen’s Counsel, are on the island until next March to strengthen the island’s system of independent court advocates for children. Tinée Furbert, the social development minister, revealed that “experienced f...

A charity leader said she looked forward to supporting the Government’s “groundbreaking vision” for a Children’s Commission. Kelly Hunt, the executive director of the Coalition for the Protection of Children, was speaking as a replacement for the Chi...

Youngsters will discuss their concerns about the future in a televised event tomorrow. The Bermuda International Youth Summit, organised by the Hamilton Rotary Club, will allow youth groups and university students to air their views on topics such as...

Details of the new Children’s Commission’s powers will be made public in the next month, the Government said yesterday. Tinee Furbert, the Social Development and Seniors Minister, promised that the “flagship” policy to replace the Child Care Place...

Covid-19 outbreaks have hit schools in the wake of a return to classes after the midterm break, the education minister has said. Diallo Rabain said: “There have been some. They are private matters. He added: “There have been a few – there have been v...

A charity leader said yesterday she looked forward to consultation over Government plans to boost child protection. Nicola Paugh, the executive director of the Inter Agency Committee for Children, Families and the Community, said the organisation was...

Young artists can win cash prizes in an art competition held by the Bermuda National Trust. The trust yesterday opened its doors to applications for their 2021 Student Art Competition, whose theme this year is “My Bermuda”. Karen Border, the executiv...

Bermuda will not start Covid-19 vaccines for children aged under 11 until the Government gets the green light from the UK, it was revealed last night. Ayo Oyinloye, the chief medical officer, said that the US Food and Drug Administration had authoris...

Hundreds of kids will have Sophia Araujo to thank for their Halloween fun this weekend. She's behind tomorrow's Spooktacular Halloween Boo-Thru in the Botanical Gardens. Costumed characters will decorate a route through the Paget park, handing out ca...

A campaign to deliver breakfasts to children in their homes was a “great success”, the charity that ran the event said yesterday. The Coalition for the Protection of Children said its first National Breakfast Day campaign on Monday delivered about 20...

Pupils and prisoners have been helped by a community group that launched campaigns to provide computers and books. The Grateful Bread rallied supporters, who paid for 20 Chromebooks for children and donated boxes of books to Westgate inmates. The gro...

Childhood obesity is on the rise and there does not seem to be any decline in obesity in general. Recently, The Royal Gazette reported on childhood obesity in Bermuda and as a new father, these words from the Bermuda Diabetes Association resonated wi...