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Healthy and able seniors should be allowed to continue working without discrimination, a Human Rights Commission representative declared at a meeting in Hamilton last night. Sarah Clifford, education officer at the Commission, spoke out at a forum on...

Tawana Tannock, the Human Rights Commission’s newly appointed president, sees “exciting and dynamic times” ahead for human rights in Bermuda. “Human rights have been at the forefront of Bermuda’s imagination for the last three years — it’s a great ti...

Lawyer Tawana Tannock is the new chairwoman of the Human Rights Commission. Ms Tannock, who has been appointed for the 2016-18 term, is joined by deputy chairman John Hindess and commissioners Ben Adamson, Carla Lambert, Kim Simmons, Donna Daniels, F...

Reducing rates of chronic, non-communicable diseases while achieving affordable healthcare cover are priorities of the Bermuda Goverment’s Health Action Plan, an industry symposium heard at the weekend. Members of the health insurance and medical com...

A new advertisement for the post of Director of Public Prosecutions has been published, seeking Bermudians or Bermuda residents only. The advertisement, which appeared on page 29 of yesterday’s edition of The Royal Gazette and was placed by the Judic...

After two years of teaching social skills to autistic children in Hamilton, Amber Clark has witnessed some remarkable developments. The Paget native participates in a programme every second and fourth Saturday of the month at the Tomorrow’s Voices a...

A Commission of Inquiry is to investigate concerns raised by the Auditor-General over the handling of taxpayers’ money under the previous Progressive Labour Party administration. The body will be appointed by mid-January and the four-strong team will...

They have raised more than $20,000 for Bermuda’s charities in their short existence as a group. Now, with an historic Irish anniversary coming for the year ahead, the Bermuda Irish Association has bigger plans for 2016. “We’re hoping to grow and brin...

Former minister Quinton Edness is calling on the Cabinet to launch an immediate investigation into the most recent findings of the Auditor-General. Mr Edness said scrutiny of the “litany of non-compliance with financial instructions (FIs) and related...

Head of the Civil Service Derrick Binns stressed that decision-making lies in the hands of ministers as he spoke out on the controversial failure to follow financial instructions. Auditor-General Heather Jacobs Matthews has heavily criticised the Ber...