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Despite his protests that he should be sent into a drug rehabilitation programme, a Sandys man was imprisoned for one year this week for committing a break-in.
Floyd Spence, 32, of Weathervane Lane, had been barred from entering a Southampton residen...
DATE: Sep 18, 2003
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Brave seaman Edwin (JR) Whitfield is the toast of his good friend after he chose to stay on board her boat during Hurricane Fabian and managed to save it from almost certain destruction.
Mr. Whitfield looks after the Andrea Christine luxury pleasure ...
DATE: Sep 18, 2003
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Once the dispute has been referred to a Trades Disputes Tribunal any lock-out, strike or irregular industrial action short of strike is unlawful. Any person who takes part in, incites or in any way encourages, persuades or influences any person to ta...
DATE: Sep 18, 2003
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This week's Island-wide walkouts have centred around the sacking of CableVision technician David Green last week.
The company claims he was conspiring to get colleagues to go slow to increase overtime pay while the union says he was fired over a joke...
DATE: Sep 18, 2003
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Belco hoped to have less than 3,000 homes without power by last night.
By early Wednesday, 3,600 out of 25,000 domestic customers were without power, but the company was shooting for 2,900 last night.
Spokeswoman Linda Wilson-Smith said last night: "...
DATE: Sep 18, 2003
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The survival of native and endemic species of plants on Nonsuch Island could teach residents a vital lesson in hurricane survival, an expert claimed this week.
The isolated island in Castle Harbour received its share of damage and erosion at the hand...
DATE: Sep 18, 2003
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An eleventh-hour bid to get an injunction forcing essential services back to work was postponed last night to be heard again this morning.
The legal bid is separate from Labour Minister Randy Horton's referral of the dispute to a tribunal which makes...
DATE: Sep 18, 2003
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A prosecutor quickly corrected an error on a charge sheet this week after a defendant protested he did not have cocaine but cannabis in his possession.
"That's a mistake, your honour, I didn't have cocaine, I had cannabis," Will Carpenter, 34, of Fri...
DATE: Sep 18, 2003
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The three percent pension increase promised to seniors has been delayed until December 15 because the General Election delayed bringing in the legislation.
Pension increases are normally introduced over the summer, but because Parliament was annulled...
DATE: Sep 18, 2003
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Two airport lighting and navigational aids technicians from Canada are on the Island to carry out much needed repairs after Hurricane Fabian.
BAS-Serco was contacted by the president of Signal Electric in Sydney, British Columbia after the storm to s...
DATE: Sep 18, 2003
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