Former deputy DPP wins Silver Pen
Velma L. Hylton, QC, former deputy director of public prosecutions, is urging the Government to reconsider its proposed anti-crime measures, which have been sent to a joint select committee for deliberations. Hylton said some of the proposed measures would increase...
Murder numbers terrify judge
WESTERN BUREAU: Justice Marva McDonald-Bishop, who will preside over the Michaelmas session of the St James Circuit Court, which opened yesterday, has expressed dismay at the large number of murder cases listed among the cases down for trial...
Chief justice won't play blame game on high caseload
Chief Justice Zaila McCalla says she will not be caught up in any blame game over the record high number of cases on the Home Circuit Court list."We must all take responsibility for the situation in which we find ourselves," the chief justice said...
Phillips confident of victory
Members of Dr Peter Phillips' Arise and Renew team remained upbeat Monday, despite reports that a recent canvas has shown Portia Simpson Miller being retained as the president of the People's National Party (PNP). The two sides are now preparing election day-strategies...
Portia lashes Government for purchasing illegal ammunition
People's National Party (PNP) President Portia Simpson Miller has weighed in on the revelation that the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) had purchased ammunition from an illegal arms dealer in the United States. The issue, exposed by The Gleaner and in...
'Sorry fi mawga dawg'
PEOPLE'S NATIONAL Party (PNP) treasurer and Team PNP supporter Roger Clarke has signalled that Portia Simpson Miller may get rid of some of her detractors if she is re-elected as party president on Saturday. Speaking at a massive Team PNP delegates rally...
Readers respond to 'Raped on duty'
The Editor, Sir: I just read your article concerning the female cop who was raped. I want to thank you for writing that article and I want to thank her for sharing her ordeal. I want to thank her for her story, even though I have never been raped, but my son...
Volunteers ready for Coastal Clean-up Day
While several thousand People's National Party delegates gather this weekend at the National Arena to cast ballot papers, several hundred environmentalists and volunteers will be on beaches across the island removing paper and other debris that pose a threat...
Still fighting corruption - NSWMA says investigators employed to track trucks
SPANISH TOWN, St Catherine: Executive director of the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA), Joan Gordon-Webley, said that a high level of dishonesty, including theft, has caused the entity to employ investigators to track its garbage trucks.
Woman bears granddaughter
A 61-year-old woman has given birth to her own granddaughter.The Japanese woman used an egg donated by her daughter for the surrogate pregnancy and is believed to be the oldest lady in Japan to ever give birth.The date of birth and gender of the baby...
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