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If the Budget were Christmas, “expect Scrooge instead of Santa Claus”, says Charles Jeffers, the deputy chairman of Age Concern. Seniors advocates would like to see an increase in monthly pensions, but Mr Jeffers has conceded that it would take “a mi...

Readers could be forgiven for wondering exactly what the ocean phenomenon was that raised Bermuda’s sea levels just in time for torrential rains. A warm-water eddy is not an uncommon visitor to local waters, according to Bill Curry, president and CEO...

An austere 2015-16 Budget, heavy on savings measures, can be expected this morning from Finance Minister Bob Richards. Mr Richards told The Royal Gazette that his Budget speech would include material from the Spending and Government Savings (SAGE) Co...

Glimpses of recovery can be seen in the Budget, according to Bob Richards, Minister of Finance, who characterised the latest Budget as part of a multi-year national recovery plan. Mr Richards got applause from colleagues when he told MPs that the cur...

Financial Assistance faces a harrowing Budget tomorrow, with a $45 million cap likely — cutting it short of last year’s unprecedented $50 million. But helping agencies across the Island see no end in sight to the rise in people who need support. “Cu...

A woman who says she has been beset with illness after testing positive for high levels of measles among other antibodies now believes local health authorities have given up on her. Stacey Dunn contacted The Royal Gazette after a suspected but unconf...

The controversial issue of medical precertification remains on the cards as the Ministry of Health appraises proposals. Government maintains the process will save money but many local doctors oppose such a move. Three firms, all from overseas, have r...

Eight staff in the maintenance department of The Reefs hotel have been made redundant, in a move attributed by the Southampton hotel to outsourcing. Workers who lost their jobs will be able to reapply for positions with the alternate firm. The layoff...

The family of an elderly woman facing 14 days in prison over an unpaid Digicel bill allegedly run up by someone else is seeking now to have a judgment against her put aside. Janice Beek, 73, of Smith’s, appeared yesterday in debt court before Senior ...

Grieving mother Sandra Matthews-Wilson is still seeking answers into the death of her son, Haile Matthews, after finding little satisfaction in Police reports attributing the fatal crash to alcohol. Known to all as Marcus Garvey, Mr Matthews was kill...