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The work of the Human Rights Commission could move ahead at three times its present speed now that it can step out from under the purview of the Bermuda Government. Michael Hanson, the HRC’s outgoing chairman who is finishing his term after three yea...

A retroactive regime promising zero tolerance for corruption and graft would be a top priority by a Progressive Labour Party Government. Delivering his party’s “peace and prosperity agenda” in response to the Government’s Throne Speech, Marc Bean sai...

A team of students have helped a disabled senior’s dreams come true by getting his old mobility scooter back on the road. Owen Lindsay’s vehicle had been sitting rusting in his front garden for more than two years after it broke down and he could not...

A review of pension arrangements by the Bermuda Government could adversely affect employees’ eventual windfalls, according to statistician Cordell Riley. Speaking after the Throne Speech, Mr Riley claimed that “what has not been said is more importan...

The protection of children, seniors and the sick were all prominent features of a Throne Speech that promised to look after Bermuda’s most vulnerable people yesterday. Penalties for predatory sexual crimes against children will be toughened up, legis...

Five good causes are sharing more than $68,000 as part of the Cash Back for Communities initiative. The charities and organisations were chosen thanks to their “tremendous track records of success with their target populations”. The money comes from...

Ethical issues that arise over long-term care are being discussed by medical staff as part of Ethics Awareness Week. Expert Christy Simpson, the head of the bioethics department at Dalhousie University, is working with staff from King Edward VII Memo...

On this date in 1978, the British Government intended to push Bermuda towards independence, according to recently declassified documents. A cable sent from the London Embassy to the US Secretary of State and US Consulate, dated October 30, 1978, deta...

Malaysian artist Kok Wan Lee is hosting his debut photography exhibition for charity. All of the show’s proceeds will be donated to the Sunshine League which supports and assists young people. The exhibition, Dialogue to Nature, features images, mos...

A drive to buy a high-tech, motorised wheelchair for a shooting victim left paralysed has been launched. Friends of Ralph Burrows, who was paralysed from the chest down after being mistaken for someone else and shot, decided to launch an appeal to ra...