11005 results returned for search: "" category "News" author Owain Johnston-Barnes
Government is considering rules which would require precertification before medical diagnostic procedures are performed in an effort to reduce unnecessary tests.
Health Minister Patricia Gordon-Pamplin said Government was currently in the consultatio...
DATE: Dec 02, 2013
|
CATEGORY:
Health
|
AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
North Village Community Club is hoping to erect temporary classroom facilities at Bernard Park to help its young members.
According to an application received by the Planning Department earlier this month, the club hopes to erect two portable, prefab...
DATE: Dec 02, 2013
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A Pembroke man charged with the 2012 murder of Stefan Burgess refused to enter pleas in connection to the charges in Supreme Court.
Julian Washington, 24, has been charged with the premeditated murder of Mr Burgess, 24, who was gunned down in his hom...
DATE: Dec 02, 2013
|
CATEGORY:
Court
|
AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Work on the creation of a National Agriculture Strategy has begun with international experts on Island to gather information.
Agricultural Economist Ann Gordon and Dieter Fischer, a consultant to the World Bank on international agribusiness investmen...
DATE: Nov 29, 2013
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Saltus Grammar School parents have drawn up an online petition to keep a music teacher after the school decided against renewing his contract.
As of yesterday afternoon, more than 100 people had signed the petition, which urges the school to reconsid...
DATE: Nov 29, 2013
|
CATEGORY:
Education
|
AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A Hamilton Parish man has been charged with trespassing in the hospital with the intent of causing injury.
Shannon Bell, 43, yesterday pleaded not guilty to entering King Edward VII Memorial Hospital as a trespasser with intent to cause bodily harm t...
DATE: Nov 29, 2013
|
CATEGORY:
Court
|
AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A teenager accused of causing a crash which left a 17-year-old with severe injuries has been found not guilty following a Supreme Court trial.
Jahni Holder, 19, from Ridgeway Road, Pembroke, was yesterday found not guilty of causing grievous bodily h...
DATE: Nov 29, 2013
|
CATEGORY:
Court
|
AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
An application to erect a wind turbine at the top of Trimingham Hill has been approved by the Department of Planning.
The application, submitted by Ian Hunter on July 25 this year, proposed the erection of a vertical-axis UGE-4K wind turbine at a pro...
DATE: Nov 28, 2013
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Allegations that a teenage defendant was in the wrong lane during a crash last year make “no scientific sense”, according to a retired police collision investigator.
Jahni Holder, 19, from Ridgeway Road, Pembroke, has admitted driving a motorcycle wi...
DATE: Nov 28, 2013
|
CATEGORY:
Court
|
AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Bermudian artist Sharon Wilson presented Public Safety Minister Michael Dunkley with her latest book of art, inspired by the Island’s gang issue.
Ms Wilson said the “The Gold Collection”, a compilation of pastel and encaustic portraits of young black...
DATE: Nov 28, 2013
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes