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Complaints about the abuse of vulnerable older people have jumped in the past six weeks, the Department of Ageing and Disability Services said yesterday. Kim Wilson, Minister of Health, said the increase could be because of “the stellar job that sect...

An ageing well committee chaired by Government MP Derrick Burgess was announced this afternoon by David Burt, the Premier. Comprising members of the private sector as well as the civil service, the committee is to produce is to produce a Bermudian ch...

Bermuda’s sewage treatment and energy infrastructure are in line for upgrades after the Bermuda Government announced it is seeking a $100 million investment from local insurance companies. The Bermuda Infrastructure Fund will boost a series of constr...

A new set of standards for childcare was today unveiled in the House of Assembly. Kim Wilson, the Minister of Health, said that Bermuda had lacked formal standards for daycare providers and daycare centres, although regulations governing daycare have...

Claudette Fleming will be awarded a Peace and Social Justice Award for her work supporting seniors. Dr Fleming, the executive director of Age Concern, will be presented with the honour by the Roman Catholic Church of Bermuda tomorrow evening. She is ...

Bermuda’s seniors are due a pensions boost after Parliament approved a rate increase. The rise, which will come into force next month, was welcomed last night by Charles Jeffers, deputy chairman of Age Concern. Mr Jeffers said: “I’m sure every senior...

Opportunities. If you look forward with optimism then you will always identify great opportunities. The future is always ahead of you and what you do with that is up to each one of us. I always recall the story that back in about 1900 the head of th...

Dear Sir, I saw David Burt’s interview with Sky News last night here in London. Although confident and holding firm to the regulatory regime of the Bermuda Monetary Authority, the Premier’s answers will lead to more probative questions than satisfact...

A former Bermuda premier predicted yesterday that under-siege law firm Appleby may not survive after confidential company information was hacked in a massive cyberattack. Michael Dunkley, who led the country as One Bermuda Alliance premier until July...

US entrepreneurship experts are coming to the island next week as part of Bermuda’s Global Entrepreneurship Week event. The US Consulate has invited Monica Dodi and Buzzy Thibodeaux to take part in several events, sponsored by the Bermuda Economic De...

Ousted former premier Craig Cannonier is to make a fresh attempt to lead the One Bermuda Alliance. Mr Cannonier, who quit in the wake of the Jetgate controversy in 2014, is to stand for leader of the party against interim Opposition leader Patricia G...

The Premier identified yesterday the 14 promises he claimed the Progressive Labour Party government had completed in its first 100 days. David Burt announced in Parliament last Friday that two-thirds of the PLP’s 21 pre-election pledges had been fulf...