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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...

A member of Bermuda’s Youth Parliament beat an international field to win top honours at a Caribbean competition. Halle Teart, an 18-year-old sociology and Africana studies student at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, came first in a debate on t...

Better communication among government departments, police and other agencies could help to prevent vulnerable children from “falling through the cracks”, a child protection group said yesterday. The Coalition for the Protection of Children added that...

A longtime child welfare campaigner welcomed a proposed law to improve protection for youngsters yesterday, but said it lacked a guarantee of funding for independent legal representation for vulnerable children in court. Sheelagh Cooper said: “I am v...

An opposition senator said he had still to get answers to questions he asked last month about an investigation into the Government’s child protection agency. Nick Kempe, the One Bermuda Alliance leader in the Upper House, said he had questioned why a...

Two schoolgirls have inspired an environmental charity to form a youth council. Eugene Dean, the chairman of Greenrock, said environmental work by Katarina Rance and Salayah Stange had prompted the move. The 15-year-old schoolgirls organised two sch...

A two-hour information session was held for senators two days before they were asked to consider wide-ranging legislation to enhance the protection of children against sexual abuse. They were invited to the briefing ahead of an “unusual” move in the ...

Residents who commit sexual assaults against Bermudian-based children overseas could face prosecution on the island under legislation backed by senators yesterday. Kathy Lynn Simmons, the Attorney-General and Minister of Legal Affairs, said the legis...

An Opposition MP has questioned why audit experts were ordered to carry out an investigation into the Department of Child and Family Services. Scott Pearman, the Shadow Attorney-General, claimed it made “no sense” to have the Department of Internal A...

Teenage debaters will be pitted against former world champions at the end of a two-week boot camp designed to hone their skills. Three members of Bermuda’s national debate team will take part in the match next week when they will face the 2016 world-...

Justice was served! Our hearts go out to this precious child who was so courageous and spoke her truth in a court environment that could be classified as intimidating, scary and which I feel is inhumane. I applaud her family and advocates, who not o...