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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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A Pembroke man caught with a loaded firearm was yesterday jailed for ten years.
Darrion Simons, 20, pleaded guilty in Supreme Court to handling a Smith & Wesson pistol and five .38 calibre rounds of ammunition on November 5, 2011.
Prosecutor Carringt...
DATE: Mar 05, 2013
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
A Bermudian team will next week be competing in a South African cycle tour in an effort to raise funds for FoodBank.
Neil de Ste Croix, Horst Finkbeiner and Greg Reid will be taking part in the Cape Argus Pick n Pay Cycle Tour — the world’s largest i...
DATE: Mar 04, 2013
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The Budget Speech and the Progressive Labour Party reply were heavily debated in the House of Assembly on Friday.
Government said the budget was an honest assessment of the state of the Island, but the Opposition said it lacked the bold thinking requ...
DATE: Mar 04, 2013
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
A $2,000 court ruling over a ruptured appendix will cost the Bermuda Hospitals Board more than $80,000 after they were ordered to pay the complainant’s legal bill.
Kamal Williams had sued the BHB for pain, suffering and lasting injuries caused after ...
DATE: Mar 04, 2013
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A Bermudian bodybuilder made his mark in an international competition recently, making the finals of the 25th annual Arnold Classic.
Hafid James took fourth place in the Physique: Men’s B Class competition on Friday in Ohio, coming ahead of more than...
DATE: Mar 04, 2013
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A norovirus has been linked to a series of illnesses in Gordon Ward at King Edward VII Memorial in the last week.
However, a spokeswoman for the Bermuda Hospitals Board said no new cases of the illness were reported in the Gordon Ward yesterday.
“The...
DATE: Mar 02, 2013
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Health
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