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The family of a missing man today appealed to the public to look out for him despite the 24-hour lockdown now in force. Mervyn Grant, the brother-in-law of Robert Douglas, asked people to keep the 71-year-old in mind during their limited movement aro...

Health officials will visit vulnerable seniors to ensure they have enough groceries and medication to stay well during the Covid-19 crisis. The Ministry of Health’s Ageing and Disability Services will conduct wellness checks from tomorrow. Kim Wilson...

Care homes are taking extra steps to protect vulnerable residents against the Covid-19 threat. Fiona Douglas, the executive director of Westmeath residential home in Pembroke, said that staff had taken preventive measures to minimise the risk of infe...

So many times in life when the going gets tough, instead of swallowing hard and getting things done, we start looking for sympathy, telling ourselves and anyone who will listen that we are “trying” or “doing our best”, or that the problem is just “to...

Mildred Blyden Davis was a singing sensation in 1950s Bermuda. At 15, Mildred Iris stole the limelight as a last-minute entry in a talent competition and won the opportunity to perform on radio and television in the United States. Back in Bermuda, s...

This afternoon the care home team of the Ministry of Health held a COVID-19 preparedness meeting at the K. Margaret Carter Centre for all categories of care home staff. At the meeting, co-presenters Ja-Mae Smith, Programme Manager of the Care Home R...

Seniors were warned to find ways of distancing themselves, even from loved ones, as the coronavirus pandemic appears to hit elderly patients with health problems worst. Charles Jeffers, the honorary director of Age Concern, said last night that senio...

Age Concern has advised the Government how it can get its message to the elderly as Bermuda prepares for Covid-19. The charity issued the following press release today: Age Concern Bermuda is stressing the importance to seniors and those in contact ...

When Harold Smith turned 100 he took the milestone in stride. “Why shouldn’t I turn 100,” he shrugged. “I take care of myself and was brought up on good food. I ate a lot of fish.” Of course, the Mount Hill, Pembroke man says all this with his belove...

Gil Tucker was the only black student in his class throughout his years at Saltus Grammar School. Both welcomed and teased, he refused to let anyone set limits on him. At Harrington Sound Primary School, where he’d studied earlier, he’d been inspire...

Joyce Watlington arrived in Bermuda in 1953 and decided she was never going back to Montreal. Friends of her parents had invited her and her sister Muriel to stay with them in St George’s — they couldn’t believe their luck. “We were going to find job...

A capacity crowd turned out for the annual seniors’ tea party yesterday. Hundreds of seniors attended the government-organised event held at the Fairmont Southampton. Lovitta Foggo, the Minister of Labour, Community Affairs and Sport, said the tea ...