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The recent passing of the Employment [Maternity Leave Extension and Paternity Leave] Amendment Act is to be celebrated. This reflects recognition that the first few months of a child’s life are critical to attachment and bonding in families. The Empl...

An Opposition MP called on the Government to act over “scandal after scandal after scandal” at the Department of Child and Family Services. Scott Pearman, the shadow legal affairs minister, applauded The Royal Gazette’s Who Cares? series about how th...

Children’s groups hope the Government will provide more information about the newly established panel of litigation guardians. They said yesterday that questions about funding and the selection process remained unanswered. Scott Pearman, the shadow l...

A march designed to encourage men to become role models for schoolchildren has the backing of education authorities, the Government said yesterday. A spokeswoman for the Government said: “The Department of Education has confirmed that Mr Crockwell d...

A march designed to encourage men to become role models for schoolchildren has the backing of education authorities, the Government said today. A spokeswoman for the Government said: “The Department of Education has confirmed that Mr Crockwell did re...

The Ministry of Legal Affairs wishes to provide the community with accurate information regarding the Department of Child and Family Services (DCFS). The stories published in The Royal Gazette as it relates to old Psycho-Ed and Residential Treatment...

At 13, he thought he was going to Disney World — but instead was flown overseas for a year in therapy. At 15, he should have been in a children’s home — but was “jailed” for months at the Co-Ed in St George’s despite never being convicted of a crime....

An investigation into the death of a teenage Bermudian girl in an American treatment centre should be independent, an Opposition MP said yesterday. But the Government would not confirm who would carry out inquiries after the 16-year-old died on Satur...

Mothers will be offered free advice on how to access child maintenance by an expert in family law tomorrow. Cristen Suess is to present information and answer questions on the topic at an event hosted by the Women’s Resource Centre. She said the semi...

The Attorney-General was accused yesterday of a denial of legal protection to a five-year-old boy through a failure to fund independent court representation for him. Lawyers filed an application for leave to apply for judicial review by Martha Dismon...

Some antenatal health checks at Hamilton Health Centre are being undertaken in the Communicable Disease Control Clinic. A sign in the Maternal Health and Family Planning Clinic at the centre said: “Due to lack of resources, the maternal health progr...

A Bermudian father locked in a transatlantic custody battle after allegations of sex abuse overseas has been told he can keep his two daughters until a hearing on their future is held. The Court of Appeal heard the pre-teenage girls, who cannot be id...