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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 ...

Seniors were treated to an afternoon of entertainment and thanks at the Bermuda Housing Trust’s annual tea. The event, at St Paul’s Church hall in Paget, celebrated the contributions made to the island by the non-profit organisation’s 196 tenants. Va...

The National Pension Scheme (Occupational Pensions) Act 1998 as amended (the “Act”) became operative on January 1, 2000. This was a good thing. It made people aware of their financial future long before they would otherwise have thought about it, esp...

For years Calvin Ming Jr marched with the Salvation Army Band in the annual Remembrance Day parade. But in 1992, he found himself sidelined. At 44, his heart was failing fast due mostly to congenital issues. He had been putting off a heart transplan...

In kindergarten Jeanie Flath was told she would never learn to read. Dyslexic, she suffered through years of remedial classes until age 12 when she mastered the skill. When the late Jasen Moniz invited her to join her book club years later, Mrs Flat...

A new interest-free loan scheme will put cash in the hands of seniors, the head of charity for the elderly said yesterday. Claudette Fleming, the executive director of Age Concern, predicted that the $500,000 government-backed loan scheme for senior...

George Jones collapsed in the middle of his first race. He blames the limited water stations in the 1973 Bermuda Day half-marathon. However, it’s likely the beer didn’t help. “I had trained a lot and I felt good,” the 82-year-old said. “I had a good ...

Family has always been very important to Gloria Carey. It may be because she came from a big one, the 90-year-old was the middle child of ten born to Edith and Albert Spencer. Her parents moved here from Jamaica in search of a job for her father, a L...

“Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.” — Thomas A. Edison Last week we chatted about short-term planning and the advantages of breaking large or complex tasks into a series of small, manageable...

Helen Daley always tried to bring out the best in her students. She was a teacher for more than 40 years and it became her classroom mission. She still has the thank you notes she received from some of her pupils. “I just saw so many possibilities th...

A schoolboy brought festive cheer to long-term hospital patients with home-made cards on Christmas Day. Mason DiVuolo, 7, went to visit seniors in the Cooper Ward at the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital before he opened his presents. Mason, from Pag...