'I will not be swayed!' - Dabdoub will take case to Privy Council if necessary
People's National Party (PNP) caretaker Abe Dabdoub says he is prepared to take his battle for the West Portland seat to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. The PNP candidate, who polled 944 votes fewer than Daryl Vaz of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) on election day...
Educate them for export - Hill
Financial guru Aubyn Hill yesterday challenged tertiary education heads and instructors to train their charges to the standard where they can compete on the global market.Hill, chairman of NationGrowth Micro-finance, was addressing the 17th annual...
Lyn-Sue to be sentenced
WESTERN BUREAU:Three months after confessing that he made up a statement and falsified witness in a murder case, Detective Constable Carey Lyn-Sue will go before the Montego Bay Resident Magistrate's Court for sentencing on May 5. Detective Lyn-Sue's $20,000 bail bond was extended...
Police line do not cross - Fearing for the students
With the continuing wave of gang feuds in sections of Kingston and St Andrew, several schools are worried about the safety of their students. Cecile Palmer, principal of Holy Family Primary School, Kingston, yesterday described the events of the last few days as "traumatic",...
Mother, daughter slain - 'It's the lowest dem man here gone now,' say residents
Sitting in front of shops and houses, several women and a few men engaged in deep conversation on Balcombe Drive in west central St Andrew yesterday. They were just coming to terms with the murders of 20-year-old Sashana Hall and her 45-year-old mother Bonito Taylor. ...
More cops for hot spots
The police High Command says strong security detachments will be deployed to areas where there has been a spike in violence.At least 10 people were killed on Wednesday and Thursday. At the same time, the police are making yet another call for persons to come forward with information...
Former PNP caretaker freed of carnal abuse
Lloyd Myrie, former People's National Party (PNP) caretaker for the North West St Elizabeth constituency, has been freed of a carnal abuse charge against him following a written confession by the complainant. Myrie was freed yesterday after the court accepted that the 15-year-old...
Golding off to Cuba this Sunday
PRIME MINISTER Bruce Golding will on Sunday begin a historic four-day visit to the communist island of Cuba at the invitation of President Raul Castro.Golding's visit will make him the first head of government of a Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) administration to touch down on Cuban soil....
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