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Supermarkets have not tampered with their prices since boosting their discounts, according to a monitoring exercise by the Department of Consumer Affairs.
The one-year concession started on December 4, 2013 for Lindo’s, MarketPlace and Supermart — al...
DATE: Feb 19, 2014
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A man has been fined $1,800 for cannabis possession and cultivation after police raided his houseboat Seaweed and found two “immature” cannabis plants.
Robert Holman, 53, admitted in Magistrates’ Court this morning to possessing 0.5g of the drug, hav...
DATE: Feb 19, 2014
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Gang recruitment has been “undermined and is ripe for replacement”, according to the social charity Family Centre. But many residents continue to struggle to meet ends meet.
Executive director Martha Dismont also told the Hamilton Rotary Club that th...
DATE: Feb 19, 2014
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A man who escaped his flooded basement apartment through a tiny window as water rose to his neck says it was the “most terrifying” experience of his life.
Paddy Furlong thought he was going to die after a loud explosion woke him at about 4.30am on Fr...
DATE: Feb 19, 2014
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
A lawyer has been ordered to repay a client after the Supreme Court ruled that he had overcharged her by more than $60,000.
Linda Swan complained that lawyer Rick Woolridge had billed her five percent interest monthly rather than annually, but Mr Woo...
DATE: Feb 19, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
An insurance company has pledged to make sure a speech-impaired toddler gets the medical help she needs — after the child’s mother was made redundant twice in the past year.
Single mother Alvina Brangman had begun fundraising to ensure her two-year-o...
DATE: Feb 19, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
A Warwick woman today admitted she forged her own criminal record in order to secure a cleaning job, even though Magistrates’ Court heard she didn’t have a record.
Nelia Silva, 37, of Dunscombe Road, was given a conditional discharge after pleading g...
DATE: Feb 19, 2014
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A man who was fined for threatening a Magistrate should have received a period of incarceration, according to Chief Justice Ian Kawaley.
Laurie Furbert was found guilty after he threatened Magistrate Nicole Stoneham in 2012 following a Magistrates’ C...
DATE: Feb 18, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Premier Craig Cannonier called for an end of “political rancour” as the Government works to aide the Island’s economic recovery.
However Opposition Leader Marc Bean said it was the Government who had initiated the recent controversy by secretly recor...
DATE: Feb 18, 2014
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
An insurance company has pledged to make sure a speech-impaired toddler gets the medical help she needs — after the child’s mother was made redundant twice in the past year.
Single mother Alvina Brangman had begun fundraising to ensure her two-year-o...
DATE: Feb 18, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
