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Betty Doyling Vacations are usually a break from routine and, while they can be great for relieving stress, they can also wreak havoc on exercise plans. When travelling, I normally manage to get a workout in by starting early before the day gets star...

In celebration of Red Cross Month, KFC is pleased to announce that they raised $1,968 in support of Bermuda Red Cross after a successful fundraising initiative throughout the month of May. KFC customer Sheena William’s generosity paid off when she w...

Bermuda’s new sugar tax will be introduced in stages after a backlash from businesses, the House of Assembly heard yesterday. The 75 per cent tax, scheduled to begin at the start of this month, was criticised by soft drinks producers — and the modifi...

An amended version of a proposed tax on sugar won cross-party support in the House of Assembly yesterday. But Opposition MPs questioned if an extra charge on sugar-laden products would drive people to make healthier choices. Susan Jackson, the shado...

Former minister Patricia Gordon-Pamplin revealed she had recently had a cancer scare to the House of Assembly yesterday. But the One Bermuda Alliance backbencher said she was “fine” in the wake of surgery and precautionary chemotherapy and radiation ...

A Bermuda High School teacher has launched a bid to swim around the island in a fundraising tribute to a friend who died from cancer. Dmitri Haas says he hoped to use the event to raise $6,500 for Open Arms Malawi — a favourite charity of late friend...

Last week I was away in England for a big family wedding. My cousin Sarah was getting married and somehow we managed to get every single cousin on my Mum’s side (there are 13 of us) in the same place at the same time. We’d gathered from all over the ...

The Healthy Schools Awards ceremony put on by the Department of Health at The Bermuda Society of Arts, City Hall, this week honoured schools which consistently promote health to its students and staff. Schools targeted five specified categories of h...

Patients with serious mental disorders will be given the opportunity for overseas treatment in specialised facilities thanks to the passing of the Mental Health Amendment Act in the Senate today. Junior Minister for Home Affairs Crystal Caesar said t...

It is not every day that a nine-year-old boy has their own art exhibition, but Rico Lambert is no ordinary boy — or an ordinary artist. Diagnosed with autism at the age of 28 months, art has brought him out of his shell and his progress has amazed hi...

Last article, I highlighted a client who has made tremendous headway in her fitness and wellness journey. Sometimes, it isn’t about aesthetic goals, weight loss or gain. Sometimes it is simply about movement, regaining strength after some time away, ...

It’s not easy being a single mother, coping with a learning disorder and going to university, but somehow Tene Dowling is managing. In September, the 31-year-old goes into her last year of an undergraduate psychology programme at York St John Univer...