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The Royal Gazette asked members of our Readers’ Forum how they have been affected by the rising cost of living in Bermuda. If you want to join our forum, e-mail jdeacon@royalgazette.bm Danny Matthews I accepted the call for everyone to pull together...

Government last night responded to Age Concern’s call for tax breaks for seniors struggling to cope with the soaring cost of living. In Monday’s Royal Gazette, the charity said some elderly people desperately need help as staple food prices have clim...

Dirk Willem te Velde: Economic growth in China, and oil prices, affect food prices Small island states will be exposed to yet higher food prices if China’s growth continues and global conflicts send oil prices up once more, according to expert Dirk ...

For Daily Bread organiser Margaret Ward, it’s enough to make her cry. She’s seen more hunger than she imagined possible in Bermuda since the Eliza DoLittle Society launched its free feeding programme in September 2010. And some of the most desperate,...

Generous Royal Gazette readers have come to the aid of an 89-year-old man who was unable to afford anything but the most basic of groceries. One woman, Rachael Ashford, has offered to forgo some of her nights on the town and, with the money she saves...

Bermuda needs a national plan to help increasing numbers of people below the poverty line, according to campaigner Sheelagh Cooper. Four years ago, the Low Income Threshold for Bermuda Households in Need study found 11 percent of families fell below ...

With seemingly less money in everyone’s pockets right now, you might think charities would find crucial donations even harder to come by. You’d be wrong, according to the Salvation Army, which has observed residents being more generous even as econom...

Being poor is no barrier to being happy, explained married couple Glenn and Althea Iris as they spoke to Tim Smith as part of The Royal Gazette’s The Cost of Living series. He squats in an abandoned property with his wife and hasn’t had a regular jo...

Bermuda’s reliance on fossil fuels is largely to blame for a huge hike in household electricity bills, according to environmentalists BEST. The average family’s monthly Belco bill has jumped from $185 to $312 in the space of eight years, an increase ...

The number of people on financial assistance has nearly doubled in the past seven years, and the amount they’re receiving has dramatically increased. Government figures show 1,375 people are claiming assistance, up from 1,350 last year, and a rise of...

When your monthly wages are $900 and your monthly rent is $900, to say you haven’t got much money to play with is a bit of an understatement. That’s the problem currently faced by Miss X, a single mother who often has to go without food herself so he...