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A former clerk was told yesterday he was “fully capable” of defending himself against the sex attacks he claims his boss carried out on him while he was a teenager.
Mr X, 21, alleges that the much older man, Mr Y, repeatedly molested him between Febr...
DATE: Jan 29, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Young boys are selling drugs in schools, becoming desensitised to gun violence and getting more sophisticated in their dealings with police, an educator told parliamentarians yesterday.
Lisa Trott, a counsellor at Whitney Institute Middle School, tol...
DATE: Jan 28, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Gang members are enrolling at Bermuda's Adult Education Centre to gain their GEDs and, in some cases, learn to read and write.
Young men are using the facility both to try to better themselves educationally and to stay off the streets and out of trou...
DATE: Jan 28, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Educators in Bermuda are "constantly bombarded" with inappropriate behaviour, a school therapist told MPs today.
Shacolbi Basden told the joint select committee on violent crime and gun violence the behaviour included bad language, blatant disrespect...
DATE: Jan 26, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Police seized a record $29.5 million worth of narcotics last year and saw drug-related offences increase by more than 90 percent.
The number of confirmed firearms incidents rose by almost 90 percent and there were more murders, serious assaults, sexu...
DATE: Jan 26, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Ten workers have been laid off at Paterson Contracting due to the sluggish construction industry.
The local company, which employs 35 people and is based on Harbour Road, has issued lay-off letters to eight Bermudians and two foreign workers.
Financi...
DATE: Jan 25, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
High winds swept across Bermuda at the weekend causing an unusual incident with a trampoline for one family.
Sally Topley, 45, was convinced a tornado had swept through her back garden in the early hours of Saturday after she woke to find her childre...
DATE: Jan 24, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
A grassroots movement based in Bermuda’s gang heartland has won an award for its efforts to help rebuild a community torn apart by violence.
One Community Unified a collaboration of churches, police and other organisations in east Pembroke was presen...
DATE: Jan 24, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
An alleged sex assault victim made a complaint to the Human Rights Commission (HRC) about his former manager, a court heard on Friday.
Mr X was quizzed about the grievance by Shade Subair, who is both defence lawyer for the manager and chairman of th...
DATE: Jan 24, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Education Commissioner Wendy McDonnell has been tasked with improving teaching and learning in public schools almost four years after a team of experts raised the alarm about standards.
Mrs McDonnell will give up her role running the Department of Ed...
DATE: Jan 22, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
