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Shadow Youth Minister Darius Tucker yesterday called for Government to redirect cash to support facilities for young people.
The Department of Youth, Sports and Recreation has seen its budget cut by $1.7 million to $13.5 million this year, a fall of ...
DATE: Mar 05, 2009
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Cash seized from criminals will be used to educate the public about drugs and help rehabilitate addicts, under a Bill read by Finance Minister Paula Cox yesterday.
The Proceeds of Crime Amendment Act 2009 releases money from the Confiscated Assets Fu...
DATE: Mar 05, 2009
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Nearly $2 million can be taken from businessman Andre Curtis and handed back to people who invested with his company following a rare judgment from Puisne Judge Carlisle Greaves.
Mr. Justice Greaves yesterday varied a restraint order against Mr. Curt...
DATE: Feb 28, 2009
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Businessman Andre Curtis appeared in Magistrates' Court yesterday to answer charges related to his company Harvest Investment Holdings.
Curtis, 44, of Whale View Lane, Warwick, was charged with operating an investment company without a licence betwee...
DATE: Feb 25, 2009
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A drug dealer who had $200,000 worth of cannabis and a "mini arsenal" in his home was jailed for 14 years yesterday.
Jason Wheatley, 28, admitted seven drug and firearm offences following a Police raid on his address at Wilkinson Avenue, Hamilton Par...
DATE: Feb 25, 2009
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Former Department of Tourism staff are challenging Premier Ewart Brown to disclose the details of the contract which ousted them from the North American Tourism Office.
They say they would like to see how much money Government has saved with the cont...
DATE: Feb 24, 2009
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Businessman Andre Curtis this morning appeared in Magistrates’ Court to face two charges.
Curtis — Premier Dr. Ewart Brown’s political campaign manager — is charged with operating an investment company without a licence between March and December 200...
DATE: Feb 24, 2009
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The Department of Tourism's budget has been cut by eight percent.
An estimated $32.48 million will be spent on tourism this year, down from $35.30 million last year and $42.07 in 2007/08.
Meanwhile Friday's Budget revealed the Department has shed 27 ...
DATE: Feb 23, 2009
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Government's salary bill has jumped more than $60 million in two years.
An estimated $343 million will go on salaries in 2009/10, up from $339 million last year and $283 million the year before — an increase of $60.4 million or 21.3 percent since 200...
DATE: Feb 23, 2009
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Government has set aside $10 million to implement its FutureCare programme, which will be in place for some seniors within six weeks.
Health Minister Nelson Bascome yesterday said the initiative, to be phased in because of the economic crisis, would ...
DATE: Feb 21, 2009
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