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night after a candidate groomed to fight a key marginal seat in the next election decided to drop out. PLP Warwick West branch favourite and community activist Cromwell Shakir last night told The Royal Gazette that he has stood down as PLP candidate ...

abusers is calling for a change in the law so that more victims of the crime can be identified. Claiming that the incidents of both physical and sexual abuse are on the increase throughout the Island, Sgt. Clarke Minors of the Community and Services ...

deliberately ignoring him during a debate in the House of Assembly last Friday night. And he has also defended his decision to walk out in the middle of the debate and not return. The Hamilton East MP apparently stormed out of the Chamber during the ...

Harmful gases from the former Pembroke dump could be putting the lives of residents in the area at risk according to an MP. And Pembroke East MP Nelson Bascome is calling on Government to carry out a study to find out if incidents of cancer in his co...

Premier Pamela Gordon yesterday scoffed at the PLP's thinly-veiled call for an early election. But she gave no hint when she will fire the election starting pistol. "The PLP would like to see a quick election because any plan they finally release aft...

Health chiefs have finally confirmed that about ten jobs will be axed at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital by the end of the year. And they have admitted that morale among some staff at the hospital is at rock bottom because of the cuts. The axe will...

over the manner in which she sensationally defected to the Opposition last week. And she has also hinted she may be willing to step down as a candidate in the forthcoming General Election and instead work in a behind-the-scenes capacity for the PLP. ...

announced that she will not be defending her St. George's South seat for the Opposition at the next election. At a press conference yesterday Opposition Leader Jennifer Smith announced that the Reverend Dr. Wilbur Lowe and local businessman Arthur Pi...

Controversial school principal Dale Butler has been rapped by education chiefs for his treatment of three students caught stealing. They described his action as "mediaeval''. But last night Mr. Butler defended his actions, saying the punishment was a...

A war of words erupted last night following last week's political drama. Opposition Leader Jennifer Smith attacked Government over the Cabinet reshuffle and Grace Bell's defection from the UBP to the PLP benches. But Deputy Premier Jerome Dill counte...