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PRIDE hopes to expand its presence in schools after 3.4 percent of students confessed to having an alcoholic drink in the past 30 days.
The anti-drug charity labelled that statistic, and another that revealed nearly four percent of pupils had used in...
DATE: Mar 08, 2013
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A Sandys man was jailed for three months following an early-morning tirade against police.
Mendell Outerbridge, 30, was a passenger in a car when it was pulled over by patrolling officers concerned about how it was being driven.
Prosecutor Nicole Sm...
DATE: Mar 07, 2013
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A former national team footballer was charged in Magistrates’ Court yesterday with conspiring with others to import cocaine to Bermuda.
Dennis Zuill, 35, from Pembroke, was not required to enter a plea because the matter is indictable, and must be he...
DATE: Mar 07, 2013
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A young woman who violently lashed out at security personnel found herself in deeper trouble after giving fake documents to Magistrates’ Court.
Tiara Simmons, 24, from Pembroke, pleaded guilty to three counts of assault and one count of perverting th...
DATE: Mar 07, 2013
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Bermuda Broadcasting Company (BBC) was yesterday charged in Magistrates’ Court with naming the defendant in a sex case.
BBC CEO Rick Richardson, appearing on behalf of the company, pleaded not guilty to two counts of naming a defendant charged with a...
DATE: Mar 07, 2013
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A crane working in the Paynters Road area fell into a ditch and toppled over yesterday.
A police spokesman said: “A crane from D&J Construction was carrying out some work in the area, and it fell into a ditch which has made it necessary for another c...
DATE: Mar 07, 2013
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The proposed event would feature a local talent night with free entry, two international entertainment nights and a beach barbecue night.
The festival would take place this summer on the weekend before Cup Match, and on the Cup Match weekend itself.
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DATE: Mar 07, 2013
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The results of a study that found young children are experimenting with drugs and alcohol aren’t surprising, according to the Family Centre.
The charity’s executive director, Martha Dismont, described the abuse as a “rampant problem”.
“It’s like a le...
DATE: Mar 06, 2013
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Bullies usually find themselves behind bars while their victims end up suffering from depression, according to Dwayne Peace of Canadian-based organisation Dare to Care.
The former Calgary Police officer is now on the Island to put together a series o...
DATE: Mar 06, 2013
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Government must establish support programmes to pick up the slack caused by cuts to Financial Assistance, charities have stressed.
According to Martha Dismont of the Family Centre, such funding has become a “social safety net” for needy adults when m...
DATE: Mar 06, 2013
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