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When the family unit begins to crack for whatever reasons, values for good positive living are sometimes neglected, even when there is no intention to do so, and troubled young minds become vulnerable to negative elements that are never far away. In...

Jakob Leeuw fell madly in love with Maria Cabral the first time he saw her. She was at work, selling souvenirs in Riihilouma’s, and wasn’t at all impressed by the Dutchman’s sense of style. Plus, at more than 6ft tall, he towered well above her 4ft 9...

Dear Sir, I never go into Hamilton late in the day, but recently I went into town after 4.30pm. I was absolutely appalled at what I saw. Town was teeming with schoolchildren. This is a problem. Schoolchildren need to be home after school doing homewo...

The word is spreading on the applications of collaborative law, a harmonious approach to navigating a breakdown in a relationship. “I’m really excited that we are opening it up to other areas of personal conflict,” said lawyer Jacqueline MacLellan, p...

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...