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Premier Ewart Brown’s “lavish” lifestyle last night came under fire after he and his entourage spent more than $280,000 of taxpayers’ money on overseas trips in a ten-month period.
Dr. Brown racked up a $23,000 hotel bill during a one-week stay in Lo...
DATE: May 21, 2007
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An animal welfare group is asking the public to petition the Corporation of Hamilton to ban horses and carriages from the city completely.
After two horses bolted during a busy Harbour Nights on April 25, the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to ...
DATE: May 21, 2007
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Woman fined for having cannabisPolice find 2.6 grams of cannabis on a Paget woman while she was in custody on another matter.
Magdalena Szymanska was fined $400 by acting Magistrate Ed Bailey after the 27-year-old Southcote Close woman admitted havin...
DATE: May 21, 2007
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The Department of Financial Assistance has launched an initiative to encourage the unemployed back into work. According to Minister of Social Rehabilitation Dale Butler, 49 of the 700 people being helped by the Department are classed as able-bodied a...
DATE: May 21, 2007
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Premier Ewart Brown paid tribute and extended his condolences to the King Family after the passing of Yolanda King, the first child of civil rights legends Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King.
She died on Tuesday at a California hospita...
DATE: May 21, 2007
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An ill-tempered debate at the close of business in the House of Assembly saw more than the usual amount of highly-charged rhetoric bounce off the walls of the chamber.
Shadow Health Minister Louise Jackson started off by re-igniting her long-running ...
DATE: May 21, 2007
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Opposition leader Michael Dunkley Friday night defended his family’s dairy in the wake of Premier Ewart Brown’s allegations of unfair monopolisation.
Mr. Dunkley dismissed the Premier’s claims that the Dunkley family’s control of the Island’s milk su...
DATE: May 21, 2007
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Work to tackle potentially toxic mould at Hamilton Police Station is today due to be stepped up by Government.
Painting, sealing and other repairs on the inside of the building will begin by Works and Engineering staff, in response to a string of wor...
DATE: May 21, 2007
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Olympic sailor Peter Bromby and his brother John have launched a malicious prosecution suit against a man who accused them of assault.
According to the brothers’ lawyer, they are seeking compensation for damage to reputation, lost time at work and le...
DATE: May 21, 2007
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Police hunting for driver in hit-and-run accidentA hit-and-run accident left a man injured on Saturday night.
Police were called to the scene at Cox's Hill Road, Pembroke, near the junction with St. John's Road, around 10 p.m.
According to a spokesma...
DATE: May 21, 2007
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