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Government lawyers will argue in court that the Registrar-General was right to refuse to marry a gay couple because marriage is not a “service” as defined in the Human Rights Act. Acting Solicitor-General Norman MacDonald told a Supreme Court hearing...

Adam Marshall set a high bar with his romantic marriage proposal — with a little help from the Royal Bermuda Regiment. Mr Marshall popped the question to his girlfriend Kim Bergeron while the Massachusetts couple were flying over Warwick Long Bay in ...

A charity will embark on a hard-hitting awareness campaign to tackle the “disturbing” rise in child neglect reports in Bermuda. Referrals for child neglect increased by more than a quarter in 2015 and make up the highest number of referrals the Depa...

The number of venues that civil marriage ceremonies can be conducted has been expanded by the Registry General with the passing of the Marriage Amendment Act 2016. Under the Marriage Act 1944, civil marriage ceremonies were only permitted to be cond...

A gay Bermudian and his fiancé have been granted leave to argue in the Supreme Court that they should be allowed to wed on the island. Winston Godwin and Greg DeRoche, who live in Toronto, had their application to marry rejected by the Registrar-Gene...

Seven young children have been left without fathers in the past three months as a result of gang and gun crime in Bermuda. The startling statistic was lamented last night by community activist Gina Spence, who expressed her deep concern at the recent...

A yearly school uniform drive is experiencing unprecedented demand from needy families, who have come to dread the end of summer. “We started getting calls for support after May 24, which is unheard of,” said charity head Gina Spence, whose Each One ...

Parents caught up in “highly emotional” custody cases need to keep in mind the potentially huge costs of pursuing legal action, according to Family Centre’s Martha Dismont. Ms Dismont, speaking after a Supreme Court judge ordered a father to pay a $1...

A father who racked up a legal bill of $129,000 in a custody battle for his child has been ordered by a court to pay his former lawyers in full. The man, who has already paid $65,600 to Marshall Diel & Myers, must now stump up an outstanding $63,893,...

Bermuda is unprepared to deal with recent levels of unemployment, the head of a family charity has claimed. Martha Dismont, executive director of community charity Family Centre said there was “very little recourse” for those who have been made redu...

Family get-togethers often welcome disparate members of the same bloodline, but this weekend’s “Rawlins Clan Reunion” went one hefty step further. The celebration, which spanned Saturday and Sunday, united members from six branches of the same famil...

Dear Sir, Now that the same-sex marriage issue has subsided, I look forward to the newly registered charity Preserve Marriage focusing its 400-strong action team members’ efforts and resources on addressing these very important marriage issues: 1, Di...