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A proposal to erect a solar farm in St George’s has got mixed reviews from environmental groups because of its plan to use of undeveloped land.
The planning application, submitted to the Department of Planning earlier this month, proposed a 6 megawat...
DATE: Mar 17, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A total of $11 million has been committed to new buses – but the size of the fleet is to shrink from 88 vehicles to 70.
The news of the more than 20 per cent cut came as Lawrence Scott the transport minister, said the first of 30 electric buses, wort...
DATE: Mar 16, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Former Auditor-General Heather Jacobs Matthews died yesterday after a decade-long battle with cancer.
Ms Jacobs Matthews, who was 69, served from 2009 to 2016 and was responsible for the island’s financial reporting through the turbulence of the Grea...
DATE: Mar 16, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Obituaries
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Court reports were ordered on a man who admitted growing eight cannabis plants at his home in Devonshire.
Kiwadme Roberts, 40, pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court to a single count of cultivating cannabis in an increased penalty zone.
The court hear...
DATE: Mar 16, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A beach at Admiralty Park will be closed for more than a month for repairs to a hurricane-damaged wall.
A spokesman for the Department of Parks said construction work started yesterday and beach access would be prohibited until work finished at the e...
DATE: Mar 16, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Daylight Savings Time returns this weekend and clocks should be moved forward by one hour at 2am tomorrow.
People should to set their clocks forward one hour before going to bed tonight.
DATE: Mar 13, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Ground will be broken on a $1 million plus shoreside fish processing plant this year, the Premier said last night.
David Burt told the House of Assembly a $1.07 million grant was included in the budget for the Cabinet Office for the centre at Margina...
DATE: Mar 13, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A group of businesses teamed up to help a charity for the disabled get an all-terrain vehicle to help manage their sprawling site.
Construction firm Greymane, Best Shipping, design firm CTX and Stoltzfus Farm Equipment – a US based supplier – helped ...
DATE: Mar 13, 2021
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A witness told the Supreme Court yesterday how he tried to flee the scene of a shooting – only for his car to be in collision with the gunman’s motorbike a few blocks away.
The witness said he diverted off Court Street on to Angle Street after he hea...
DATE: Mar 12, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Police today warned the public about counterfeit bills after a fake US $100 bill was passed at a gas station.
A police spokesman said a fake note with was used to make a payment at the Rubis Van Buren Marine Service Station on North Shore Road in Fla...
DATE: Mar 11, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes