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A Pembroke man has been sentenced to seven years in prison for a machete attack in a Hamilton parking lot.
Ahijah Dill, 27, received an additional nine months’ imprisonment for telling Miguel Swan to drop the charges, or be killed “next time”.
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DATE: Jul 11, 2013
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A task force to tackle the issue of vagrancy on the Island has been formed, according to the City of Hamilton.
Deputy Mayor Donal Smith said that around 30 people, representing groups including Government, the Police Service, the Mid-Atlantic Wellnes...
DATE: Jul 11, 2013
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The City of Hamilton is to host a cocktail party in town tonight, but two further events have been cancelled due to a lack of interest.
The ‘Tales of Cocktails: Island Cocktails’ event was intended to be a fun opportunity for residents and visitors t...
DATE: Jul 11, 2013
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Reid Street stinks, and at least one local businessman has had enough.
Robin Gilbert, who owns a store in Washington Mall, raised the issue during a public meeting with the Corporation of Hamilton, yesterday.
Mr Gilbert urged the city to make tacklin...
DATE: Jul 11, 2013
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A Southampton man admitted punching the mother of his child during an argument in a Devonshire parking lot.
Quinton Basden, 28, of Scenic Heights Pass pleaded guilty to a single count of assaulting Mandy Scott. The incident happened on June 1.
The co...
DATE: Jul 10, 2013
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Marine Police are getting a new home, in Dockyard.
Having recently moved out of their Barr’s Bay Park home in Hamilton, the force are to be relocated to a listed building on Sally Port Lane.
According to planning documents, the Development Applicati...
DATE: Jul 10, 2013
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The Ministry of Home Affairs is in the final stages of consultation about new methods to prevent work permit violations.
The announcement comes less than a week after the Grotto Bay Resort was fined a total of $8,000 for two counts of unlawfully empl...
DATE: Jul 10, 2013
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A pair of Knowledge Quest graduates have now been appointed directors of the education scholarship charity.
Newly named directors Eneye Jatto and Kerry Fletcher have worked with the charity for the last six years, and are the first graduates to be ap...
DATE: Jul 10, 2013
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A man who led police on a high-speed chase through Hamilton yesterday morning was fined more than $3,000 for a raft of traffic offences.
Mandel Outerbridge, 35, pleaded guilty to refusing a breath test, driving dangerously, failing to stop for police...
DATE: Jul 09, 2013
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An American tourist died on the weekend following a medical emergency at Snorkel Park in Dockyard.
Maurice Comtois, 76, was snorkelling in the area on Saturday afternoon when he became unresponsive, according to a Police spokesman.
“The American visi...
DATE: Jul 09, 2013
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