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Shadow Transport Minister Michael Fahy has withdrawn his remarks on the bike bill, conceding that the PLP never intended for those breaching a teen rider curfew to be imprisoned – and that jail time had never been listed as a proposed punishment.
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A Sandys man was in Magistrates' Court charged with importing more than $180,000 worth of drugs.
Marco Perinchief, 36, was faced with four charges of importing 491.49 grams of cocaine with a street value of $90,250 and 898.9 grams of cannabis having ...
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Retired Test umpire Steve Bucknor could become the West Indies Cricket Umpires Association's (WICUA) new president during the association's 24th bienniel convention to be held at the Grotto Bay Hotel next week.
Bucknor, who stood in a record 128 Test...
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Smokers are being urged to quit before their health goes up in smoke.
Tomorrow marks World No Tobacco Day and the Department for National Drug Control is backing the World Health Organisation (WHO) in raising awareness about 'Tobacco Health Warnings'...
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Government MP Wayne Perinchief has called for a Commission of Inquiry into Police and other services after alleging security had been severely breached.
He claimed hard-core drug pushers had been caught red-handed but let off and said it might be tim...
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MPs passed a bill last night to put a curfew on bikers under 18 and make them pass a driver's education course before letting them loose on the roads.
Premier and Transport Minister Ewart Brown said the measure was necessary to reduce the carnage fro...
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Congratulations to:
La-Verity Davis of Somerset whose birthday is today.
Gavin Arton of Hamilton Parish, whose birthday is today.
Sonia Grant of Devonshire whose birthday is today.
Auston (Cheesey) Hughes of North Shore Pembroke whose birthday is tod...
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Some weeks ago, this newspaper said that Premier Dr. Ewart Brown should drop the tourism portfolio. If any more evidence was needed, the first quarter tourism statistics give them. Arrivals figures are so miserable that if anyone else held the job, t...
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LONDON - Britain's blue chip index ended 0.7 percent higher, boosted by firmer UK house prices and steady consumer confidence, with commodity stocks and banks leading the way but defensive shares came under pressure. The FTSE 100 closed 30.40 higher ...
DATE: May 30, 2009
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Local stocks ended slightly lower yesterday after Butterfield Bank dropped nearly one percent.
The bank, which was the only domestic company to trade yesterday, shed five cents, or 0.9 percent, to close on $5.50, as 250 shares traded.
The Royal Gazet...
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