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A child sex offender is to be released from prison in less than a week, the legal affairs minister announced yesterday. Kathy Lynn Simmons, who is also the Attorney-General, said Melvin Martin will be freed from Westgate prison on Sunday. Charities w...

Girls were told to reach for the stars at a special event organised by a netball league. About 70 youngsters attended the Digicel Bermuda Netball Association Junior League event at CedarBridge Academy in Prospect to hear motivational speakers Shacolb...

Campaigners have called for the findings of an inquiry into allegations of misconduct at the island’s child protection agency to be made public. Lawyer Saul Dismont, who wrote the letter of complaint that triggered the inquiry, said yesterday: “I wou...

The rights of children in Bermuda will come under the spotlight at a major conference in Japan next week. Tiffanne Thomas, an independent social worker, has been invited to speak on child protection and the influence of culture on a country’s protect...

Recognising that many young people are not making conscious health and wellness decisions, Generation Next founder and chairman Eron Hill said the organisation will be launching a “bespoke health and wellness awareness programme for young Bermudians”...

A year ago, Elisha Joell could only hope and pray for the survival of her tiny girl Kee-Ijah Bailey, who was born ten weeks premature on Christmas Day. Tomorrow, happy and playful “miracle baby” Kee-Ijah will mark the end of a remarkable year by cele...

The Government was accused of failing to carry out a proper consultation yesterday after a House of Assembly debate on a controversial Bill opposed by children’s rights campaigners was postponed. Craig Cannonier, the Opposition leader, said he was “e...

Children’s rights campaigners urged the Government yesterday not to push on with a proposed legal change that they claimed would erode the right of vulnerable youngsters to independent legal representation in court. Katie Richards, a family law exper...

An Opposition MP has accused the Government of a rush to table a Bill in Parliament that “seeks to reduce the level of support for Bermudian children in the court system”. Scott Pearman, the shadow legal affairs minister, criticised the Progressive L...

A 57-year-old man has denied four alleged sexual offences involving a minor. The arraignments session at Supreme Court heard yesterday that the man was charged with two counts of sexual exploitation of a minor and two counts of carnal knowledge of a ...

Saving Children and Revealing Secrets is extremely pleased with the statement submitted by the Attorney-General and Minister of Legal Affairs with reference to the Criminal Code (Sex Offender Management) Amendment Act 2018, especially given that spec...

The phrase “it takes a village to raise a child” is frequently uttered in Bermuda — so often, perhaps, that it’s become something of a trope. We all understand its noble meaning — that we, as a society, are all responsible for bringing up the island’...