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Community groups have taken a cautious approach to Belco rate changes, saying they will look closely at how the move will affect the less fortunate.
Starting next month, residential customers will pay 8.7 per cent more on their first 250 kilowatt hou...
DATE: May 27, 2016
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A man who cursed at officers after he was spotted driving the wrong way on Reid Street was fined $700 this morning.
Jamal Manders, 44, pleaded guilty to two counts of using offensive words and one count of disobeying a traffic sign.
The court heard t...
DATE: May 27, 2016
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Cambridge Beaches has been awarded the TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence for the sixth time for its positive customer reviews on the popular hospitality website.
To qualify, Cambridge Beaches Resort and Spa had to score an average of four out of ...
DATE: May 26, 2016
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Tourism
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Public Accounts Committee has called for changes to financial instructions after a report from the Auditor-General about the handling of a forged cheque.
The report stemmed from an incident in which false cheques — intended to unjustly implicate ...
DATE: May 26, 2016
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A minister targeted by a plot involving forged cheques has lashed out about the handling of the investigation.
Addressing the House of Assembly, Derrick Burgess, who was linked with Ewart Brown in the plan, said that throughout the process no one eve...
DATE: May 26, 2016
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A St George’s man was this morning ordered to pay more than $1,000 in restitution after cracking another man’s car windshield with a bottle.
Glen Fox, 50, pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court to charges of assault and causing wilful damage in connect...
DATE: May 26, 2016
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Court
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
A Warwick man was this morning charged with trespassing in three homes and prowling about a fourth.
Coltrane Ratteray, 49, was not required to plea as the matters are indictable and must be heard by the Supreme Court.
Prosecutors alleged that Mr Ratt...
DATE: May 26, 2016
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Court
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
A number of teenagers were charged this morning with a series of fights, said to be linked to a rivalry between centrally located students and those from the East End.
The first of the three fights was said to have taken place outside of CedarBridge ...
DATE: May 25, 2016
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Court
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
A St George’s teen has been ordered to serve more than 200 hours of community service for leading police on a chase through Hamilton.
Calvin Wilson, 17, pleaded guilty in April to failing to stop for police, driving dangerously, driving without light...
DATE: May 25, 2016
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Court
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
The conviction of the two men jailed for the murder of Randy Robinson is safe, according to a Court of Appeal judgment.
Both Devon Hewey and Jay Dill were sentenced to life in prison for the 2011 shooting after being found guilty by unanimous verdict...
DATE: May 23, 2016
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Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes