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Premier Michael Dunkley has told seniors that their needs are of ‘paramount concern’. Mr Dunkley was addressing close to 500 seniors at the annual Seniors’ Awards Ceremony at the Fairmont Southampton yesterday. The luncheon coincided with the UN Inte...

Health Minister Jeanne Atherden has denied Opposition suggestions that the Government is “abandoning” seniors. Ms Atherden said the Government was steadfast in its commitment to seniors, saying: “We believe that seniors are an invaluable resource to ...

The implications of outlawing age-based workplace discrimination are still under examination by Government. However, Finance Minister Bob Richards said yesterday he wasn’t convinced outlawing age discrimination at work would help the Island’s economy...

Campaigners are calling on Government to clarify when it will fulfil its promise to outlaw age discrimination in the workplace. A member of Age Concern quizzed Cabinet Ministers Bob Richards and Jeanne Atherden on the topic at the charity’s recent an...

Seniors have been told by Finance Minister Bob Richards that they won’t be getting an increase in their state pension because “money does not grow on trees”. Age Concern said yesterday that the news, delivered by the Minister during a question-and-an...

Senior statesman Quinton Edness has issued a scathing indictment of Government’s decision to freeze cost-of-living increases in Government employees’ pensions without freezing their own. However, this was said not to be the case by a Ministry of Fina...

A horrific image of an elderly care home resident with massive bed sores has been used to reinforce calls for an independent watchdog for the nursing home sector. Derrick Burgess, Progressive Labour Party Seniors and Workers spokesman, showed the ima...