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Around 200 seniors came together in competition yesterday as part of the third annual Seniors’ sports day. Seniors from eight of the Island’s rest homes took part in a raft of events and activities, including egg races, wheelchair races and walking r...

The social highlight of this week was the 100th Birthday celebration of Miriam Wilson Webb-Trott at Bright Temple AME Church Hall on Monday, April 1st. Mrs Trott was a bright, forward-thinking, pacesetting young lady ‘back in the day’ when she becam...

Bermuda needs to change the tone of debate about poverty and focus on quality of life, according to Age Concern’s Claudette Fleming. Bermuda has very little absolute poverty, but Ms Fleming said the issue of relative poverty remains, bringing nearly ...

Seniors cannot be exempted from paying vehicle licence fees due to financial hardship, according to Attorney General Mark Pettingill. The Minister had previously said that seniors who couldn’t afford the increase could apply under section 62B of the ...

Legislation ending the exemption for vehicle licensing fees for seniors was approved in the House of Assembly early this morning, despite arguments from the Opposition. Government described the exemption as a mistake, but the Progressive Labour Party...

Seniors’ rights group Age Concern is confident that a compromise with Government will be reached over plans to reinstate the vehicle licensing fee for some older motorists. The advocacy group met with Finance Minister Bob Richards yesterday morning t...

Government looks set to backtrack on controversial plans to make all senior motorists pay for a vehicle licence. Laws exempting older owners of any vehicle from the annual fee were introduced by the former Progressive Labour Party Government in 2007....