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A woman sent overseas for residential care when she was aged just 12 said the move felt like a punishment and left her unprepared for adult life back home. She explained that her only childhood problems were emotional and that she was “tricked” on to...

Dear Sir, In all of the articles about at-risk children, in all of the quotations from people over the past year, I don’t ever remember seeing the word “parents”. Why did the parents not take the primary position regarding their children? Where were ...

Colleagues teased mason contractor Headley Stephenson when he first formed his own company. “They said we remember you were wearing sneakers when you stepped off the plane,” said Mr Stephenson, who came to Bermuda from Jamaica in 1969. “In those day...

A weeklong series of events designed to promote childhood early development was launched yesterday. The Week of the Young Child welcomed teachers, caregivers, children, parents and passers-by to an opening ceremony on the steps of City Hall. Diallo R...

Children from Bermuda have been sent to schools and institutions overseas for decades when social workers here deem them to have exhausted all available local services. Health minister Kim Wilson told MPs last month that children who go abroad for “t...

Vulnerable children are likely to continue to be sent abroad without any legal representation, according to Shadow Attorney-General Scott Pearman. Mr Pearman said despite the Government allocating $242,000 in this year’s Budget for independent advoca...

A children’s advocate said yesterday that a scheme for government staff to visit vulnerable youngsters placed in overseas schools was “woefully inadequate”. Tiffanne Thomas believed the level of contact could lead to feelings of abandonment and knew ...

Vulnerable boys from Bermuda were for decades sent to an American reform school now under investigation for alleged child abuse and cover-ups. The children went to Glen Mills Schools in Pennsylvania at the request of the island’s Department of Child ...

The Premier discussed Bermuda’s efforts to build its relationship with the United States when he met members of Congress in Washington, yesterday. David Burt said the island’s co-operation with the US on tax transparency and its assistance in helping...

Dear Sir, The following is for the attention of the Deputy Governor of Bermuda, Alison Crocket. Dear Ms Crocket, Earlier today (March 3, 2019) a Private Members’ Bill was introduced into the Houses of Parliament at Westminster Palace by Conservative ...

David Burt will hold key meetings with members of Congress in Washington, DC, tomorrow. The Premier will discuss national security and financial services with the office of senator Tim Scott, the chairman of the Senate Subcommittee on Financial Insti...