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The coming year could be the year a succession of faces synonymous with the Progressive Labour Party's rise to power finally move out of the spotlight.
Thirteen years after the PLP's famous first election victory, 12 of that victorious team still hol...
DATE: Dec 30, 2010
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Police this afternoon named two men who died suddenly in the last week as 20-year-old Taj Thompson and 61-year-old Fred Smith.
Mr Smith’s body was found by family members around 12.55pm on Sunday, at a home on Devon Point Lane, Devonshire.
Mr Thompso...
DATE: Dec 30, 2010
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Police this afternoon pledged to have a strong presence over the New Year to prevent violence and clamp down on drink driving.
At a press conference, Acting Police Commissioner Martin Weekes said police, supported by the reserves, would give “particu...
DATE: Dec 30, 2010
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A new report released this morning shows employment in the tourism industry fell by four percent last year.
The Tourism Satellite Account report details spending, visitor numbers, employment and spending for 2009.
It shows:
* Tourism contributed $231...
DATE: Dec 30, 2010
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Minister of Tourism Patrice Minors this morning unveiled the make-up of the 2011 Tourism Board.
She said she hoped the diverse group, which includes hoteliers, entertainers and international business figures, will come up with strategies to revive th...
DATE: Dec 30, 2010
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The stepfather of a man charged with assaulting an officer said he watched from a balcony as his stepson was pepper sprayed and kicked in the head by a policeman.
Richard Robinson told Magistrates’ Court he was at his home on Plaice’s Point Road, in...
DATE: Dec 30, 2010
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Court
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A Greek-owned oil tanker is heading for Bermuda after its Captain and Chief Engineer were killed and another crew member injured when it was hit by a wave.
The Aegean Angel was in mid-Atlantic sailing to the US Gulf with a cargo of fuel oil when it w...
DATE: Dec 30, 2010
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The Voter’s Rights Association has expressed concerns that plans could be moving forward to turn White’s Island into a juvenile corrections facility.
A spokesman for the Department of Corrections was contacted yesterday, but has not commented as of p...
DATE: Dec 30, 2010
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Artist Charles Zuill yesterday criticised Government for hiring an overseas artist to create a statue, calling the choice a “slap in the face.”
The statue, a life size portrait of the late Dame Lois Browne Evans by Pennsylvania artist Zenos Frudakis,...
DATE: Dec 30, 2010
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A 24-year-old woman was accused in Magistrates’ Court of assaulting Governor Sir Richard Gozney’s son.
Joan Juliana D’Estelle Roe, of Sandys, pleaded not guilty to unlawfully assaulting Alexander Gozney in Pembroke during the early hours of yesterda...
DATE: Dec 30, 2010
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
