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Unemployed for over a year, a single mother of three has questioned the criteria for people in her position to apply for financial assistance. The former Government employee, who asked not to be named, said she was told to spend down her son’s colleg...

A local company with subsidiaries in the Caribbean and Europe celebrated their sixth anniversary yesterday by donating time and energy to help feed the less fortunate. For Rahlemah Robinson and colleagues at KRyS Global it was a humbling experience t...

The Salvation Army launched its 2013 Spring Red Shield Appeal, at a time when record numbers of people are seeking help from their Food Service Programme. The appeal drive is designed to raise money and public awareness in the ongoing fight against p...

Financial aid to be ‘adjusted’ to cope with demand By Owain Johnston-Barnes The number of Bermudians on financial assistance has increased by around 400 in just over a year. Minister of Community and Cultural Affairs Wayne Scott revealed yesterday th...

The announcement yesterday of the budget for the Community and Cultural Development Ministry revealed some eye-opening facts. Money allocated to the Bermuda Housing Corporation increased 49 percent, to continue funding the HUSTLE truck initiative and...

Community outreach is important in the community during these difficult times that many are facing today. Many are struggling with no jobs, food, medication and other resources that they need. Faith Deliverance Center (FDC) on Fentons Drive, Pembrok...

For many years, Bermuda was able to boast that it had among the highest per capita incomes in the world, one of the highest standards of living in the world, overemployment and virtually no poverty. That’s not to say that there was no poverty, or th...

In a letter in today’s newspaper, Nicola Feldman, of The Coalition for the Protection of Children, calls for the introduction of a Poverty Reduction Strategy Plan. In an editorial last week, this newspaper called for the consideration of a ‘poverty s...