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Combative Golding, feisty lawyer in verbal spar

Published:Tuesday | February 10, 2015 | 12:00 AMLivern Barrett

FORMER PRIME MINISTER Bruce Golding has disputed the findings of a report by a United Nations (UN) body, which indicates that Jamaica suffered economic losses of US$258 million, or approximately J$22 billion, as a result of events surrounding the...

Bruce's account

Published:Monday | February 9, 2015 | 6:15 PMLivern Barrett

FORMER Prime Minister Bruce Golding yesterday recounted that one day into the 2010 police-military operations in the west Kingston community of Tivoli Gardens then Public Defender Earl Witter reported to him that he saw bodies piled up at the morg...

‘Gold-en’ chance - Bruce readies to take stand as Commission resumes

Published:Saturday | February 7, 2015 | 10:17 AMLivern Barrett

FORMER PRIME Minister Bruce Golding will lead a list of high-profile witnesses to the stand when the West Kingston Commission of Enquiry resumes tomorrow after its Christmas break.

What a disgrace! - Senate at odds over minister's proposed role in granting urban renewal incentives

Published:Thursday | February 5, 2015 | 5:32 PMLivern Barrett

UNPATRIOTIC AND A DISGRACE were just some of the words uttered in the Upper House yesterday to describe the actions of Opposition Senators after they almost blocked passage of a bill being touted as part of the plan to jump-start the re-development of downtown Kingston.

INDECOM to examine Ellington's handling of 'death squad' cops

Published:Wednesday | February 4, 2015 | 5:33 PMLivern Barrett

 The Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) yesterday confirmed for the first time that its probe of the so-called police ‘Death Squad’ killings in Clarendon would include retired Police Commissioner Owen Ellington....

Use the West Kingston enquiry as a template

Published:Tuesday | February 3, 2015 | 12:33 PMLivern Barrett

AMID THE political squabble over the importance of the West Kingston Commission of Enquiry, a leading violence prevention advocate is sug

Senators warn of Evidence Act dilemma

Published:Friday | January 23, 2015 | 2:54 PMLivern Barrett

KD lashes Paula

Published:Friday | January 23, 2015 | 4:20 PMLivern Barrett

THE NATION'S chief prosecutor, Paula Llewellyn, came under fire yesterday from Senator K.D.

budget debate changes

Published:Tuesday | January 20, 2015 | 5:23 PMLivern Barrett

AFTER MORE than two decades of agitation, parliamentarians have agreed on far-reaching changes to the Budget and Sectoral debates that wi

Attorney says it might be too late for World Wise investors to sue

Published:Monday | January 19, 2015 | 6:49 PMLivern Barrett

gleaner honour award

Published:Thursday | January 15, 2015 | 6:51 PMLivern Barrett

IF YOU talk to Scarlette Gillings for a few minutes about the work of the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), one thing becomes eviden

I have no private jet - World Wise ex boss rejects claims that he lives a lavish lifestyle

Published:Thursday | January 15, 2015 | 4:55 PMLivern Barrett

lax oversight at CDA

Published:Tuesday | January 13, 2015 | 5:42 PMLivern Barrett

THE AUDITOR General's Department (AGD) says there is no evidence to show that the Child Development Agency (CDA) was "routinely reviewing

Jennifer returns home

Published:Monday | January 12, 2015 | 12:00 AMLivern Barrett

$20m tanker stuck in idle

Published:Sunday | January 11, 2015 | 4:49 PMLivern Barrett

NEARLY SIX months after spending more than $20 million to purchase its own fuel tanker, the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) still do

Target in sight

Published:Wednesday | January 7, 2015 | 6:29 PMLivern Barrett

WITH MURDERS declining by 16 per cent last year, Jamaica appears on track to slash its homicide rate to 25 per 100,000 of the population

'Farm work programme changed my life'

Published:Tuesday | January 6, 2015 | 4:57 PMLivern Barrett

TWO YEARS ago, 'Brother B' was struggling to care for himself, his mother, and younger siblings in the tough St Andrew community of Papin

Bus fare rollback?

Published:Monday | January 5, 2015 | 5:10 PMLivern Barrett

The Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) is currently conducting an analysis of falling fuel prices to determine if the savings are enoug

It's the economy

Published:Wednesday | December 31, 2014 | 5:41 PMLivern Barrett

As Jamaica welcomes 2015 today, business, civic and religious leaders have acknowledged that issues related to the economy had the greate

A year less deadly

Published:Tuesday | December 30, 2014 | 5:45 PMLivern Barrett

Amid the guarded excitement that the number of persons killed in Jamaica this year will be the lowest over the last decade, one church gr

Cops getting tough on stolen car buyer

Published:Monday | December 29, 2014 | 12:00 AMLivern Barrett

Golding, others given enquiry deadline

Published:Monday | December 22, 2014 | 5:41 PMLivern Barrett

FORMER PRIME MINISTER Bruce Golding and three high-ranking security officials during his tenure have been given until the first week of n

Senate passes new anti-doping legislation

Published:Friday | December 19, 2014 | 4:20 PMLivern Barrett

THE JAMAICAN Senate passed new anti-doping legislation yesterday, with one lawmaker urging local sports-governing bodies to embrace the n

Questionable cash puts public servants on trial

Published:Sunday | December 14, 2014 | 4:25 PMLivern Barrett

A motor vehicle examiner and a customs officer, who the Corruption Prevention Commission (CPC) says failed to satisfactorily explain how

INDECOM: Missing teen is dead

Published:Friday | December 12, 2014 | 2:15 PMLivern Barrett

THE INDEPENDENT Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) has revealed that it is now treating missing Tivoli Gardens teenager Dale Davis as

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