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Timeline for June 2008

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June 2 — Police arrest a St. David's man in connection with the death of 14- year old CedarBridge Student Rhiana Moore.

The girl's lifeless body was discovered on Saturday, May 31 within the Mangroves of Blue Hole Hill Nature Reserve after 11 a.m. by a member of the public walking in the area and two tourists kayaking.

Ruby Goater and her family were left homeless after a fire ravaged through their St. George's home.

The fire left the home that Ruby shared with her two sons 12-year-old Jahru and 10-year-old Jakeem as well as her daughter Crystal and Crystal's infant son Crysaje, uninhabitable.

June 3 — Wayne Caines stepped down from his roles as Government Senator and Junior Minister of Tourism, Transport, Environment and Sports to become the CEO of Digicel Bermuda.

June 4 — Premier Ewart Brown was left with his arm in a sling after being treated at the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital for a deeply embedded splinter in his left index finger.

Tewolde Selassie, referred to as a "Grim Reaper" rapist, lost his bid to overturn the 25-year sentence he was handed after convicted of raping a 15-year old girl.

June 5 — Ze Menefeskiduse Selassie was formally charged in Magistrates' Court for the murder of 14-year old Rhiana Moore.

Relatives of Norman Palmer discovered half his body parts were missing when they took his body home to the UK and a coroner ordered another Post Mortem due to being dissatisfied with the cause of death.

June 8 — Premier Ewart Brown announced cruise ships would be allowed to operate casinos in port after Cabinet approved a plan aimed at fighting off increasing competition from rival cruise destinations.

June 11 — Marc Bean was officially sworn in at Government House as the newest Government Senator replacing Wayne Caines. He also took over as Junior Minister of Tourism, Transport, Environment and Sports.

June 13 — Gary Delton Williams, an HIV positive man who repeatedly had unprotected sex with a woman without telling her he had the disease, was jailed for 10 years.

June 17 — Jahmel Blakeney, son of Government MP Glenn Blakeney, was sentenced to 12 months behind bars after being found guilty in May of possessing more than $5,000 worth of cannabis with intent to supply.

June 18 — Tiger Woods decided not to play at the PGA's 26th Annual Grand Slam tournament because of knee surgery.

On his website Woods explained that he needed to have reconstructive anterior cruciate ligament surgery to his left knee and would not be playing for the rest of the PGA season.

June 20 — Works & Engineering Minister Derrick Burgess announced the Premier's car would be replaced by a new BMW, costing taxpayers $90,000.

June 22 — Bermuda played Trinidad and Tobago in a World Cup qualifying match before a sold-out National Sports Centre. The home-side lost 2-1 just a week after beating T&T on their home soil 2-1.

June 23 — Johnny Barnes turned 85-years old.

June 25 — Gary Barket, a lawyer from Little Rock, Arkansas, was found not guilty of illegally importing two guns into the Island.

The jury accepted his explanation that he had forgot the guns were hidden in his case and brought them to Bermuda by accident.

June 27 — In an unprecedented move, the Bermuda Police Service joined thousands of union workers in a march on Parliament over Government's call for a judicial review of their binding Arbitration Award.

June 28 — Warwick Academy appointed Maggie McCorkell as its first female principal in the school's 350 year history.

Premier Dr. Ewart Brown walks outside the Cabinet Building after being treated for a splinter.
In an unprecedented action, Police officers led a labour protest by mainly white collar unions onto the grounds of The Sessions House in a peaceful demonstration over Government's call for a review of a binding arbitration award.