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Published:Tuesday | April 6, 2021 | 12:19 AMBarbara Gayle/Contributor

The fear of becoming blind very soon has left 15-year-old Yvonic Bailey traumatised and depressed. “Sometimes I don’t even sleep at nights,” said Yvonic, who is already totally blind in the left eye and is now losing sight in the right. Bailey’s...

Published:Monday | January 18, 2021 | 12:12 AMBarbara Gayle/Contributor

A Clarendon woman who was still coming to terms with the death of her two sons who died in tragic circumstances, was plunged into more grief after her third son, 22 -year-old son Lesbert Smith was locked up more than three years without any bail...

Published:Monday | July 13, 2020 | 12:13 AMBarbara Gayle/Contributor

Four men who had a murder charge hanging over their heads for more than a decade before being acquitted are seeking compensation for the pain and suffering they went through as they waited to gain their freedom. The men – 37-year-old Damion...

Published:Monday | November 25, 2019 | 12:09 AMBarbara Gayle/Contributor

Prominent attorney-at-law Bert Samuels, who this month celebrates 40 years at the Jamaican Bar, is not happy with many aspects of the justice system. “It is troubling to me that a civil case in the Supreme Court has a seven-year journey from...

Published:Monday | August 19, 2019 | 12:00 AMBarbara Gayle/Contributor

Having surmounted daunting obstacles on her journey to becoming a medical doctor, Monifa Marshall is today expressing gratitude to all who helped to make her dream a reality. The then 19-year-old St Jago High School past student had been accepted...

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