A 90-year old widow with a developmentally disabled adult child struggles with the everyday cost of living while trying to make sense of the proposed government budget tax and social service increases. This is a hypothetical composite case based on r...
“It’s déjà vu all over again”
— Yogi Berra
The more things change the more they stay the same.
What I am referring to is the recent announcement by Walter Roban regarding the Government’s desire to take full control of the municipalities of the City...
In conjunction with Bermudabiographies.bm, The Royal Gazette is featuring a series on prominent people who have made a contribution to Bermuda in all spheres. Bermudabiographies.bm was created by veteran journalist Meredith Ebbin.
Dame Lois Browne-E...
Residents on BHB’s Gordon Ward have access to an electric scooter, thanks to a donation from Bermuda Red Cross. The donated scooter will be used by various residents who have mobility issues, to help them within and outside the hospital building.
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DATE: Feb 05, 2019 | CATEGORY: Health | AUTHOR: Press Release
Bermuda will find it hard to promote itself as a “sparklingly clean” gambling jurisdiction if the industry regulator is not upfront about its own finances, overseas experts have warned.
Gene Johnson, a gaming consultant, told The Royal Gazette that a...
DATE: Feb 02, 2019 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Sam Strangeways
In the fourth of five articles in conjunction with the Bermuda’s Demographic Challenge series, Bill Storie highlights the hopes and concerns of those approaching retirement.
Today we discuss the third age group in our series — the 50 to 65-year-old...
DATE: Jan 31, 2019 | CATEGORY: Opinion Writer | AUTHOR: Bill Storie
More than 200 young people and adults turned out for a pilot youth forum.
The event on Friday focused on problems such as bullying, suicide gang violence and the decriminalisation of cannabis.
Kasia Burgess, 18, from CedarBridge Academy, Vincent Darr...
DATE: Jan 21, 2019 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Jonathan Bell
The “special relationship” was not supposed to look like this. On both sides of the pond, governments are wracked by chaos and paralysis.
In Washington, an attempt by President Donald Trump to get funding for his border wall has triggered the longes...
Washington Misick chooses his words carefully, each one delivered at a steady, considered pace. So the candour that accompanies them is unexpected.
It emerges when he talks about the challenges currently facing the Turks & Caicos Islands. Again when...
Extra legislation to protect the independence of human rights commissioners is needed, it was claimed yesterday.
Tawana Tannock, the outgoing chairwoman of the Human Rights Commission, said the organisation was not linked to a government department b...
DATE: Jan 15, 2019 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Fiona McWhirter
