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Opposition politician Shawn Crockwell last night called for anti-gang legislation to break the growing problem of youth violence.
Mr. Crockwell spoke out as a new survey revealed that crime remains the public's number one concern, with 32 percent of ...
DATE: Oct 06, 2008
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A 65-year-old man accused of abusing a mentally impaired senior admitted yesterday that he had taken photographs of her naked as a warning to her to get dressed — but said he saw nothing wrong with that.
During an interview lasting almost two hours a...
DATE: Oct 03, 2008
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A 75-year-old alleged elder abuse victim appeared to have been left to fend for herself for most of yesterday after two men accused of harming her were banned from her home.
The woman, who is understood to have the mental age of a child, was placed u...
DATE: Oct 03, 2008
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A 75-year-old woman has been placed under a protection order due to allegations that two younger men moved into her home and abused her.
A judge issued the order this week — the first of its kind under the new Senior Abuse Register Act 2008 — after C...
DATE: Oct 02, 2008
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A man accused of abusing and exploiting a 75-year-old mentally impaired woman after moving into her home with another man denied he had done anything wrong last night.
The 45-year-old painter and decorator admitted he owed the frail senior $10,000 an...
DATE: Oct 02, 2008
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Statisticians in the States are to reassess their estimate of Bermuda's infant mortality rate after it was discovered that their assumptions may be based on outdated information.
A row broke out on the Island earlier this month about the number of ba...
DATE: Sep 30, 2008
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The outgoing executive officer of the National Training Board has warned that Bermuda could be at risk of developing a "permanent underclass" unless more people are given the opportunity to improve their job skills.
Mike Stowe, who leaves the NTB tom...
DATE: Sep 29, 2008
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When Michael Stowe walks out of the doors of the National Training Board for the last time tomorrow after eight years as executive officer, he'll take away the sense of a mission accomplished.
He talked to The Royal Gazette about his time in charge,...
DATE: Sep 29, 2008
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The grandson of alleged elder abuse victim "Auntie Em" denied yesterday that she ever ate cockroach-infested food, was forbidden from using the bathtub or was uncomfortable around her son-in-law.
Patrick Hayward Junior, whose 96-year-old near-blind g...
DATE: Sep 24, 2008
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Enrolment at Bermuda College has risen dramatically this semester — and education chiefs said it was largely thanks to the free tuition now on offer.
The publicly-funded community college has seen a 25 per cent increase in overall enrolment this mont...
DATE: Sep 23, 2008
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