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Up to 15 contracted members of staff at the Island’s three community centres could lose their jobs amid fears over cuts to services. A source close to The Centre in Pembroke said staff had been informed verbally by the Bermuda Government that any job...

A leading public health nurse wants parents to step up the conversation on sexual health with young people amid concerns of continuing ignorance and risky behaviour. Kim Ball, the HIV coordinator for the Department of Health, said casual attitudes we...

Senator Renee Ming has branded proposed cuts to Bermuda’s three community centres as “beyond concerning”. The Progressive Labour Party senator said that she has been made aware of job cuts across the St George’s Community Centre, The Centre in Pembro...

Described by his friends as fun, friendly and encouraging, 14-year-old Cole Eicher has been through a lot more than most children his age. After receiving a diagnosis of medulloblastoma, a brain tumour located in the lower, rear portion of the brain...

DanceSations School of Dance teamed up with a local charity this weekend to provide child sexual abuse awareness training for parents and instructors. Director and owner Holly Pacheco said she invited Scars to conduct the training to help the organi...

Two years ago a series of 114 youth conferences were held worldwide, attracting more than 80,000 youth between the ages of 15 and 30. Fourteen young people travelled from Bermuda for this auspicious event. A few months earlier, an invitation was giv...

When Lorrie Peniston brought her baby son home from the hospital 17 years ago, her first thought was, “I’ve no clue what I’m doing”. She has since discovered she was not alone. The psychotherapist regularly meets people struggling to meet the pressur...

A food and nutrition adviser from the Pan American Health Organisation visited Bermuda to provide technical support for the development of a child healthy eating programme. Audrey Morris held talks with Department of Health programme managers, Bermud...

The key to improving children’s health is changing the behaviour of adults, according to nurse Laura Lynn Jackson. Ms Jackson, of the Department of Health, who spoke at Hamilton Rotary Club yesterday, urged parents and other adults to play their role...

More than 20 members of the community were trained at the weekend to become facilitators of a sexual-abuse prevention training programme. Police officers, corrections officers, members of the church community and representatives from schools were a...

Mark Pettingill would strongly oppose giving the parents of victims of sexual offences the right to waive the anonymity of their children. The One Bermuda Alliance MP spoke out after Sheelagh Cooper, founder of the Coalition for the Protection of Ch...

A children’s charity has partnered with Bermuda Broadcasting to produce a three-part television series to shed light on the issue of child sexual abuse in Bermuda. The episodes, starting tonight, will feature survivors, parents of abused children an...