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Bermuda must develop a strategy to cut the cost of care for seniors and help families to look after their relatives at home, the executive director of Age Concern Bermuda said yesterday. Claudette Fleming said the organisation had highlighted the gro...

Lawyer Eugene Johnston revealed he relied on his support network because his family had “no ability to eat” when he found himself out of work. Mr Johnston, who has handled a series of prominent court cases over the past decade, fell on hard times aft...

Taxpayers will continue to “pick up the slack” if workers do not get a living wage, a public forum heard this week. Martha Dismont, the executive director of Family Centre, said financial assistance for food and housing for struggling Bermudians was ...

Nearly one quarter of the Bermuda population will be aged 65 or older within the next ten years, a report said yesterday. Government statisticians predict the proportion of seniors will climb from 16.9 per cent in 2016 to 24.9 per cent in 2026. It wo...

All three Opposition senators will be replaced before Parliament reconvenes next month. Robyn Swan, Nandi Outerbridge and Justin Mathias have been told their appointments in the Upper House have ended. A new One Bermuda Alliance line-up will take th...

Survivors and supporters took to the streets for the BF&M Breast Cancer Awareness Walk yesterday. More than 2,000 people, including school groups, took part in the event, which started at Barr’s Bay Park in Hamilton. It was organised by the Bermuda C...

Five local chefs will sharpen their knives for battle as the City Food Festival gets under way at Fort Hamilton tonight. Antonio Belvedere, Elizabeth Blankendal, Mohamed Elfeky, Ebrahim Elassal, and Marcella Smith will take part in the event in an at...

Life skills including advice for parenting and employment will be part of a new programme for women. Single mothers ill-equipped to enter the job market are among those expected to benefit from a series of workshops and support to help boost their em...

Closer links between Bermuda and the British Parliament would “cause unease”, the former Governor of Bermuda said yesterday. George Fergusson was asked by a UK parliamentary committee to consider the relationship between other countries and their for...

Two seniors were brought to Bermuda in separate ship medical evacuations yesterday. A 67-year-old crewman on the US-registered bulk grain carrier Liberty Grace was suffering from unexplained dizziness. The vessel was travelling from Galveston, Texas,...