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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...

There wasn’t a cloud in the sky yet everyone at the Dame Marjorie Bean Hope Academy was drenched. Teachers, students and volunteers all took part in the school’s HSBC-sponsored “Back to School Fun Day” yesterday. Wayne Scott, the Minister of Educat...

When you think about Nasa, you probably picture outer space, comets, and galaxies. But there is also much to explore on our home planet, Earth. We still have a lot to learn about the weather, the water cycle, Earth’s interior, and our planet’s many e...

More than 3,000 people have gone through training to help combat the difficult issue of child sexual abuse, according to Scars chairman Jon Brunson. Addressing the Hamilton Rotary Club yesterday afternoon, Mr Brunson said that since 2011, around 3,21...

Gretchen Conyers realised she was different once she started elementary school. It was hard to pay attention and stay organised and she couldn’t read at the same level as her friends. She received a formal diagnosis at eight — attention deficit hype...

It’s September and Bermuda’s children crept unwillingly back to school this month. Doubtless many of them are already counting the days until the Christmas holidays begin — as are their parents, although for altogether different reasons. The start of...

Bermudians are leading an initiative to build a farm in Haiti that will serve children at an orphanage and school. Project manager John Singleton is being supported by the technical expertise of farmer Tom Wadson; they will join forces with Bermudian...

Schoolchildren will get the chance to discover new activities at a Youth Sports Expo today. More than 20 sports, including football, cricket, netball, equestrian and water polo, will be featured at the National Sports Centre from 11am to 4pm. The exp...

Family Centre plans to make a big splash with a new fundraising campaign “Take De Plunge”. The local charity hopes, albeit on a slightly smaller scale, to piggyback on the success of the international ice bucket challenge that raised $100 million fo...

Residents who want to make a positive difference in children’s lives are being asked to support the latest campaign by Scars. The charity, Saving Children and Revealing Secrets, aims to reduce the risk of youngsters being sexually abused and tries t...

A leading charity is urging the public not to spread footage of criminal activity online. Speaking yesterday, a Family Centre spokeswoman said: “As an organisation that aims to strengthen families and systems to create a healthier community for child...