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“The true measure of any society can be found in how it treats its most vulnerable members.” – Mahatma Ghandi By Liana Hall Having been provided a platform from which to share my musings, I have pondered long and hard as to what form this column mig...

Homeless people in the City of Hamilton are “wallowing in filth” in an emergency shelter that should be condemned, according to a new task force set up to seek funding for an alternative facility. City Hall has formed a committee whose aim is to prov...

If Derrick Phipps looks familiar to you, that’s probably because you’ve seen him begging for money on the streets of Hamilton or finding shelter in a shop doorway. But you probably haven’t seen him doing that in a while — because Mr Phipps is no long...

A clergyman has called on Bermuda to properly honour its dead — after the unemployed daughters of a homeless man were told by Government that it would not help to pay for his funeral. Chaplain Kevin Santucci told The Royal Gazette that the case of th...

Jumar Hayward and Cahlii Smith had no idea what they were getting into when they decided to leave their warm homes and comfy beds to shadow a vagrant for two days. It turned into a major lesson in humanity and gratefulness for the two young men who m...

The problem of vagrants sleeping in Hamilton streets and beggars harassing members of the public for money is not new. It has been a matter of public debate at least since the late Jay Bluck was Mayor six years ago and engaged in unsuccessful efforts...

I retain my interest in resolving the homeless/vagrancy issue currently tackled by so many eager and keen humanitarians. When I joined the PLP at the age of 16 the needy were a motivating force for grassroots people like Hyacinth Burgess, Mary Haywar...

One day after a desperate plea for help, 34-year-old Jahma Gibbons is today singing a different tune. And while he is not out of the woods yet, he is bound for a new job and a place to live possibly before the end of the year. The Royal Gazette yest...

Dismissed Government worker LeYoni Junos said she has been left with nowhere to go after a team of contractors armed with a bank possession order emptied her house. Ms Junos arrived home at her the Middle Road, Warwick residence to find workmen loadi...

Students in hats, scarves and gloves excitedly competed with each other to see who had the most layers of clothing on as they waited at the gate of Victoria Park. “Four pairs of pants” was beaten by “my pyjama bottoms make five pairs of pants and th...