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A residential home criticised by Derrick Burgess, the Shadow Minister for Seniors, has hit back at his claims of inadequate standards — while staff at a second facility named by the Opposition politician say a community-wide effort is needed to ensur...

The decision to move someone from their own home into a rest home or nursing home is one that should not be taken lightly. Studies show that once a person enters a nursing home, their life expectancy is greatly reduced and this alone should prompt u...

Since having kids, all sorts of strange things have happened to my food. I have discovered glitter in my cereal and crayons in my tea. I have rescued Strawberry Shortcake from the bottom of a bag of nuts. I will never, ever, forget the case of the ex...

The America’s Cup Event Authority has taken on a Bermudian recruiting firm to hire local workers for positions relating to the 2017 America’s Cup races. Minister for Economic Development Dr Grant Gibbons responded today to questions raised by the Pro...

An old photograph has prompted a teacher to try to trace the descendants of a group of Dockyard employees who worked with her ancestors. Betty Ann Townsell came across the black and white picture that shows her great-grandfather, Albert Cann, and his...

I have been a member of Youth Parliament since the start of the 2014 School year and the experience has been extremely enriching and empowering. As a former member of the school Debate Team, the Human Rights Friendly School Youth Committee and a curr...

Community leaders in St George’s have expressed high hopes for the coming year with the prospect of ground being broken on the old Club Med site and the completion of a new marina. MP Kenneth Bascome told The Royal Gazette he was confident that the D...

A Bermudian living in Paris has spoken of the shock and devastation wrought by yesterday’s terror attacks on the offices of the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo. Eight journalists, including the magazine’s editor, and two policemen were among ...

Families are being stopped from moving their elderly relatives to different residential homes from facilities that they are unhappy with, it has been alleged. The daughter of an 89-year-old woman claims that she and her siblings have been blocked fro...

A residential home for seniors in Paget is at the centre of three separate alleged cases of neglect. Sunny Vale Rest Home on St Michael’s Road claims that it offers “outstanding” care to the elderly, but one former resident told The Royal Gazette tha...

I often wonder what I would actually do if I were marooned on a desert island. Would I just give up, wallow in lonely self-pity until I dried up like an empty corn-husk? Would I laze around all day gorging on wild berries, makeshift sushi, swimming i...