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A televised beauty pageant aiming to instil a sense of confidence and dignity in the Island’s teens is searching for a new batch of young contestants.
The Miss Teen Bermuda Islands Pageant, organised by Tee’l Productions, is recruiting for well-roun...
DATE: Jul 05, 2011
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Community activist Carlton Simmons claims police assaulted him and wrongfully arrested him when he was trying to defend a young woman who had also been assaulted.
He told The Royal Gazette he is seeking legal advice after allegedly being shoved and p...
DATE: Jul 05, 2011
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Two friends have described their efforts to save the life of a father-of-three who was seriously injured diving from rocks on Saturday afternoon.
Nick Strong, Alex Jones and another man towed the injured 41-year-old from the water to the beach. When ...
DATE: Jul 05, 2011
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Many young black men feel there’s no point enrolling at Bermuda College as it won’t give them the education they need to get good jobs, according to researchers from Columbia University.
Job opportunities are going begging because of the reluctance t...
DATE: Jul 05, 2011
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The Big Conversation on race should continue as some employers discriminate against black workers, according to researchers who investigated Bermuda's racial divide.
Columbia University scientists concluded Government should also introduce more pragm...
DATE: Jul 05, 2011
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A 27-year-old woman was today being treated in intensive care after a drive-by shooting on Court Street.
According to police, the shooting took place outside Swinging Doors at 11.28pm yesterday. A man was also being treated for non-gunshot injuries.
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DATE: Jul 05, 2011
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A long-running dispute between workers at the Esso City Tiger Mart and owner Craig Cannonier, deputy leader of the One Bermuda Alliance, looks set to go to arbitration.
A statement from the Bermuda Industrial Union this afternoon said it felt the Tig...
DATE: Jul 04, 2011
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Police have discovered a large area of cannabis plants growing in St David's.
According to a spokesman there are “5ft trees in a 30ft by 30ft patch in St David's, on Smiths Hill Drive”.
Narcotics officers are attended the scene this afternoon.
A Poli...
DATE: Jul 04, 2011
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A tourist caught at LF Wade International Airport with cannabis in his luggage has been fined in Magistrates’ Court.
US visitor David Wechsler, 62, arrived on a commercial flight on June 20.
After five hand-rolled cigarettes and a lighter were found ...
DATE: Jul 04, 2011
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A 33-year-old Pembroke man has been charged with breaking into home, armed with a taser.
Erskine Phillips was accused of entering a Middle Town Lane home on June 20, and inflicting actual bodily harm on Wayne Wales.
He was charged also with carrying ...
DATE: Jul 04, 2011
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