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Plans to build a replacement hospice have been given the green light by the Development Applications Board.
The approval means the hospice can push ahead with construction on its site at Spice Hill Road, Warwick.
Environmental groups raised concerns...
DATE: Mar 01, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A customs officer found a series of packages hidden in an alleged drug smuggler’s suitcases, the Supreme Court heard.
Zadun Robinson, 22, has denied charges that he smuggled more than $400,000 of drugs into the island on August 28, 2018.
Prosecutors ...
DATE: Feb 28, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The police and fire service yesterday got increased budgets – although they will still get less than they did two years ago.
The Ministry of National Security’s was allocated $62.1 million for policing – an increase of $860,000 compared with last yea...
DATE: Feb 26, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Employment opportunities in international business have grown in the past year as overall employment levels fell by 3.9 per cent.
David Burt, the Premier, said in his Budget Statement that the number of people employed in IB had risen from 4,240 to 4...
DATE: Feb 26, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Illnesses linked to environmental conditions more than halved in 2020, health statisticians have found.
A health ministry spokeswoman said the “significant decrease” in reported cases of some conditions may have been a by-product of the massive effor...
DATE: Feb 26, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A man was convicted by a unanimous verdict yesterday of a 2018 gun murder in St David’s
DATE: Feb 25, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A Ukrainian national in Bermuda said she fears for the safety of her family as the nation’s conflict with Russia continued to worsen.
Katya Gorbunova, of Ernst & Young, said she has been in regular contact with her family, who live near the country’s...
DATE: Feb 24, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Police have warned motorcycle and bicycle riders not to do “wheelies” in traffic after a raft of complaints
DATE: Feb 24, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A Smith’s man was fined $1,500 in Magistrates’ Court after he admitted having a knife in a public place.
The court heard that police arrested Q’shai Darrell, 20, on College Road in Paget just before 8pm on Tuesday in connection with an outstanding wa...
DATE: Feb 24, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A "prolific“ criminal who admitted stealing a van and burglary of a house will be sentenced tomorrow after he was turned away from Drug Treatment Court.
Dean O’Brien, 60, pleaded guilty last year to taking a van without the owner’s consent in Decembe...
DATE: Feb 24, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes