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A convicted housebreaker yesterday hinted he has faced intimidation and danger in prison after deciding to testify against an alleged accomplice.
Clarence Nicole Simmons was visibly shaken and sounded ominous when he said "you don't know how difficul...
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Premier Jennifer Smith has designated this Thursday as DEAR day -- Drop Everything And Read.
Schools, businesses, unions, and community groups throughout the Island will participate in this campaign to read for at least ten minutes as part of the ong...
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is serialising this week (see Pages 18 and 19 of today's paper), is well worth reading in its entirety.
Many people wanted the Commission to focus solely on the bungled investigation and prosecution of the Rebecca Middleton murder case and with good ...
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Throne Speech when it meets today.
Senate President Alf Oughton said the other item due to be looked at today was the Census Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 2000 which extends the period of enumeration until February 28 next year.
In mid-July, the Sena...
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A probe into the problems facing the under-pressure Prison Service is to be held.
Government has offered to hold a Board of Inquiry into the difficulties facing the service after the Prison Officers Association (POA) agreed to end their industrial ac...
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yesterday that the trial judge misdirected the jury on three occasions.
Alan Rudolph Tait was jailed for nine years last November for the repeated rape of a 38-year-old woman on the Railway Trail in Sandys.
Puisne Judge Philip Storr said he would hav...
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Environmentalists and those who worked with former Environment Minister Arthur Hodgson expressed regret yesterday at his dismissal.
Premier Jennifer Smith fired Mr. Hodgson on Monday because he did not resign before or after he unsuccessfully challen...
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POLICE RELATIONS WITH THE PRESS 1. We were pleased to observe that the Police have engaged a civilian press relations officer who is herself a professional journalist. It is important in the modem world, driven by the forces of mass communication, ...
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THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE FORCE 1. The establishment of the Force is a matter of much debate. In nearly every Police location the Commission visited we heard of the acute shortage of Police manpower. But Mr. Dennis Joseph Burchall argues that the Se...
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