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“Premier: Questions Remain on JSC Report on December 2, 2016, Pepper Spray Protest at HOA” “A regrettable lack of co-operation has deprived the people of Bermuda of the full truth of what led to the events of that terrible day” “Burt not satisfied wi...

Darren Woods For the past 16 years, David Thompson, the president of Bermuda Overseas Missions, has provided people of Bermuda, from all backgrounds, ages and faiths, an opportunity to make a difference in our world by addressing global issues throug...

The trial of a 58-year-old man accused of a string of sexual offences against an underage girl began in the Supreme Court yesterday. The Devonshire man, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, has denied sexually touching the preteen while in a p...

The safety of children is paramount to the Ministry of Education and Department of Education”. This is a statement I have said many times and in different ways over the past year. It is a statement I stand by and is not to be limited to physical heal...

A couple whose three-year-old son was unlawfully seized from their home by police on the instructions of the island’s child protection agency are to sue for compensation, The Royal Gazette can reveal. The man and woman, who cannot be named for legal ...

An anniversary is the yearly recurrence of the date of a past event. For some, an anniversary date is a reminder of a pleasant or happy event or time. For others, it is an unpleasant reminder of pain, hurt and suffering. It is a date that one would r...

Young people from 11 middle schools took to the water for the 2019 Endeavour Graduate Summer Programme regatta. Graduates from the Endeavour Community Sailing programme sailed from the Endeavour Forts in St George’s and Dockyard to Shelly Bay, where ...

Parents must get more comfortable talking about child sexual abuse and the wider community needs to “face up to the truth” that it is happening, MPs said yesterday. The House of Assembly heard that the issue had been “hidden for far too long” in Berm...

Information Commissioner Gitanjali Gutierrez has upheld a decision by the Department of Internal Audit to withhold the findings of an inquiry into the head of the island’s child protection agency. However, Ms Gutierrez told The Royal Gazette that alt...

Last week, the Government rushed legislation titled the Child Safeguarding Bill 2019 through the Senate, despite Opposition protests as to the unnecessary disregarding of due process. Only senators were invited to a briefing session less than 48 hou...

The Child Safeguarding Bill is a vital leap forward for children’s rights and child protection in Bermuda. First, we at the Coalition for the Protection of Children want to commend the Government for making these historic and necessary changes for ch...