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Seniors are expected to see an increase in their pensions after MPs backed a rise in payments. Legislators supported raising the amount by 1.4 per cent although Opposition members claimed the rate was “embarrassing”. Curtis Dickinson, the Minister of...

Joycelyn Martin just couldn’t believe it when a doctor told her she had ovarian cancer. She had not felt any pain despite the mass, found in her stomach during a routine checkup two years ago. The doctor repeated himself three times before she accep...

Bermuda’s chief medical officer is to be released from routine administrative tasks under new legislation approved Friday by MPs. Kim Wilson, the Minister of Health, said requirements for the job had included “wholly inappropriate” tasks. These inclu...

A seniors home was transformed into a party scene when residents, visitors and staff gathered for a Christmas lunch and carol singing. Westmeath Residential and Nursing Care Home welcomed about 120 people for the event. Tinsel, baubles and decorative...

A 17-year-old has denied having any part in the murder of Bermudian Lyrico Steede. The male, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, said he was not in the park where Mr Steede was fatally stabbed. He said he had lost his phone — found in the tax...

An Opposition backbencher has hit back at “insulting and disparaging statements” about him by the public works minister. Trevor Moniz said Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch had attacked him and the One Bermuda Alliance last month and accused the former ...

Many Bermudians plan to return to the island after completion of their studies in Britain, David Burt said Friday. He told the House of Assembly: “I was honoured to see Bermudians still very much connected to their home and remaining in contact with ...

Putting food on the table is a major worry for older residents, the head of an island charity said yesterday. Claudette Fleming, the executive director of Age Concern, said members had raised concerns over price increases in a recent survey. She said...

A Bermudian gospel duo have reached the top spot on the American Billboard chart with a song written in only 15 minutes. Last Call, made up of Adrian Jones and Tricray Astwood, hit No 1 on the Billboard Gospel Indicator Chart with Victory, a song pro...

An Opposition MP has accused the Government of a rush to table a Bill in Parliament that “seeks to reduce the level of support for Bermudian children in the court system”. Scott Pearman, the shadow legal affairs minister, criticised the Progressive L...

Anti-violence campaigners took their message to the Berkeley Institute. Youthvision focused on how to address violence and antisocial behaviour among young people at a special assembly for S3 students. Keynote presenter was former Progressive Labour ...

A 57-year-old man has denied four alleged sexual offences involving a minor. The arraignments session at Supreme Court heard yesterday that the man was charged with two counts of sexual exploitation of a minor and two counts of carnal knowledge of a ...