Residents once again have uninhibited entry to the beaches at Pearns Point following the Development Control Authority’s (DCA) demolition of a controversial barrier stopping vehicular access.

Former government minister Hilroy Humphreys has appealed the recent High Court ruling ordering him to pay $350,000 in damages to a man he is alleged of defrauding in a land transaction.

Amid expressions of disappointment from the public following the sentencing of the three remaining Medical Benefits Scheme (MBS) fraud convicts, High Court Judge Mario Michel yesterday said he was concerned about the comments but would stand by his ruling.

The final round has ended for the three remaining protagonists in the Medical Benefits Scheme (MBS) fraud case, with former MBS accountant Elmeade Jarvis receiving a jail sentence, while the other two – Hilroy Humphreys and Jennifer Joseph – have been ordered to remit monies defrauded from the scheme.

Former accountant at Medical Benefits Scheme (MBS) Elmeade Jarvis was this morning sentenced to two years on each of three counts of fraudulent conversion, a sentence that will run concurrently.