A convicted murderer considered high risk and likely to reoffend breached his parole and was left unsupervised for months due to mismanagement at the Department of Court Services in 2012 and 2013. According to documents seen by Politica, at least two senior probation officers were reprimanded after it emerged that Troy Shorter's breach of his parole conditions had not been … [Read More]
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Bermuda Tourism Authority under the microscope at next ThinkFest
Researcher Cordell Riley is to probe the performance of the Bermuda Tourism Authority at the next ThinkFest event on Thursday. In a talk entitled “Getting beyond … [Read More]
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Minimum revenue guarantees not needed for air service development – transport minister
Bermuda can increase airlift to the island without resorting to incentives such as minimum revenue guarantees, transport minister Zane DeSilva has said. This one week after delivering a statement harshly critical of Skyport which is in charge of the airport … [Read More]
Bermuda College students find thousands of dollars in savings from energy audit
Students at the Bermuda College have unearthed thousands of dollars in savings after conducting an audit of their energy use. Their findings were outlined in a presentation at the Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute on Monday. Their recommendations, if … [Read More]
Government continues stonewalling on DCFS investigation
Days after casting its investigation into the Department of Child and Family Services as purely a human resources matter, the Social Development Ministry has suggested it is looking into several matters including child abuse allegations we brought to their … [Read More]
Government goes silent on DCFS child abuse probe
Government is refusing to update the public on its internal investigation into child abuse allegations at the Department of Child and Family Services, despite pledging the process will be transparent. And it appears that the minister and permanent secretary … [Read More]
Tiffanne Thomas: “Somebody help these children”
On July 19, Tiffanne Thomas wrote an open letter to the Premier alerting him to the fact that, for the past 20 years, Bermuda has failed to protect the rights of vulnerable children who have no where else to turn to but the state. In this July 20 interview … [Read More]
The crisis at Bermuda’s child protection agency
Saul Dismont of law firm Marshall, Diel and Myers has sent us this statement following our story on allegations of child abuse and neglect at the Department of Child and Family Services. Dismont's letter to the Minister of Social Development and Sport was at … [Read More]