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Government will spend $3 million replacing the ageing vehicles in Bermuda’s public bus fleet, Transport Minister Derrick Burgess announced yesterday. He told a press conference the Department of Public Transportation (DPT) had been allocated the fund...

A husband angry at the treatment his sick wife received at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital has formed a group for other dissatisfied patients and relatives. Allan DeSilva, 77, says more than 25 people have agreed to join his committee, which is cal...

Allan DeSilva claims his wife Silvia came out of King Edward VII Memorial Hospital at the end of last year with problems she hadn’t gone in with. Mrs DeSilva, 71, is diabetic and was admitted for pain management in August. According to her husband, s...

Four years ago, Raymond Evans began suffering from a “gagging feeling” which was so bad that he took himself to King Edward VII Memorial Hospital’s emergency room. “They said there was nothing wrong,” said the 62-year-old. “I left. I told myself it w...

John Pacheco's complaint dates back to September 2007, when he says he suffered kidney failure during a stay at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital. The 53-year-old, who has had both legs and seven fingers amputated due to poor circulation caused by hi...

Government hopes to rake in $7 million in the next financial year by rolling back two tax breaks for seniors. Premier Paula Cox announced in her Budget statement yesterday that property owners aged 65 and older will have to pay land tax if their home...

The majority of the private sector is unlikely to take advantage of a plan to let companies and their employees suspend pension contributions for a year, according to the Bermuda Employers’ Council. Council president Keith Jensen said he did not beli...

The shipping industry and consumers alike will be hit hard by Government's decision to charge 25 percent duty on all goods imported for personal use, according to three of the Island's couriers. They criticised Premier Paula Cox's announcement in her...

Prosecutors have decided not to charge two men accused of abusing and exploiting a vulnerable old woman in her own home. Police spent years investigating allegations against the pair but didn’t share their findings with the Department of Public Prose...