An expert witness yesterday testified that two audio recordings of conversations said to be between the female foreman and Livingston Cain, the juror accused of attempting to bribe the jury in the 2014 trial of dancehall artiste Vybz Kartel, were...
The United States Government has moved a motion for the court to dismiss the suit by four Jamaican fishermen who have accused the US Coast Guard (USCG) of holding them captive in inhumane conditions for over a month. The American Civil Liberties...
The Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ) has welcomed the appointment of retired Court of Appeal judge Justice Seymour Panton as chairman of the Integrity Commission. The appointment of Panton became official after the signing of the...
Several stakeholders focused on holding those in power to account yesterday lashed out after revelations that Government is seeking amendments to the Access to Information Act that would increase the exemption period for public access to Cabinet...
The Supreme Court yesterday heard an audio recording, purportedly of an executive member of the parent-teacher association (PTA) of the Kensington Primary School, siding with the then principal in support of the St Catherine-based institution’s no-...
Ontario Court of Appeal judge Justice Michael Tulloch says that a proactive approach to crime-fighting has been proven to be effective. “An increase into understanding the social determinants of crime has led Canadian criminal justice policymakers…...
Attorney-at-law Isat Buchanan yesterday began presenting arguments on behalf of a five-year-old girl who was blocked from entering Kensington Primary School in 2018 because of her dreadlocked hairstyle. Sherine Virgo filed a claim last year...
Dale Virgo, father of a then five-year-old girl who was blocked from entering Kensington Primary School in 2018 because of her dreadlocked hairstyle, has been struck from the claim. The claim, which was filed in 2018, said that the minor’s...
Yet another Corporate Area-based school has found itself embroiled in controversy, this time for allegedly collecting fingerprints from students. Merl Grove High School is reported to have begun collecting the biometric data from students during...
In an effort to boost its efforts in helping the police crack more cases, Crime Stop has created a website dedicated to collecting tips. The website – 311tips.com – allows persons to anonymously submit tips in the form of text, photos, and videos...
A response from the Government to a claim scheduled to be heard in the Constitutional Court on Monday has added to the distress to at least one of the parties involved. Sherine Virgo, mother of a then five-year-old girl who was blocked from...
The deaths of members of the local Bar since the start of the year serve as a sad reminder that lawyers are “not immune to the savagery of criminal conduct”, according to prominent attorney-at-law Peter Champagnie. Last Friday evening, attorney-at-...
Two more students of the Caribbean Maritime University (CMU) have been awarded tuition support of varying amounts after participating in the Governor General’s I Believe Initiative Summer of Service (SOS) programme. Twenty-three-year-old Kinasha...
Former general manager of Melia Braco Village Resort Dimitris Kosvogiannis is considering legal action against the State for malicious prosecution. Kosvogiannis was yesterday freed of charges relating to alleged breaches of the country’s Revenue...
Dr Taneisha Ingleton, principal of the National College for Educational Leadership (NCEL), has rebuffed claims by Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA) President Owen Speid that the education ministry is acting in breach of its Code of Regulation in...
The United States government has responded to a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) on behalf of a Jamaican fisherman, describing it as “untimely and without merit”. The ACLU, on July 12, filed a lawsuit challenging the...
An analysis of figures emerging out of St James is indicating that fewer persons are being detained under the state of public emergency (SOE) declared on April 30. But this has not allayed concerns by Public Defender Arlene Harrison-Henry, who is...
For at least three students at The University of the West Indies, Mona, their dreams of becoming medical doctors are now closer to reality, following yesterday’s announcement that the Government would be sponsoring an additional 47 students to...
Tears of joy filled the eyes of 11-year-old Jude Sang on Monday morning after being surprised by his father, who travelled all the way from Florida to greet him on his first day at Wolmer’s Boys’ School. Jude’s father, Garfield Sang,...
Interim executive director of the Integrity Commission, Colonel Daniel Pryce, has indicated that the recruitment process for permanent appointments to critical posts at the agency has commenced. “We have advertised … and we have got applications,...
Anti-corruption campaigners are calling on legislators to immediately undertake a full review of the Integrity Commission Act following yesterday’s revelation that chairman of the anti-corruption watchdog, retired Court of Appeal judge, Justice...
Members of the local Bar have expressed concern about a soon-to-tabled Bail Act that could see an increase in the amount of time someone can be detained without being charged for a criminal offence. This comes following a statement yesterday from...
Despite the debilitating effect that a sleep breathing disorder had on her ability to study, Ardenne High School student Dana Jones beat the odds, going on to attain 10 grade ones in the recent sitting of the Caribbean Secondary Education...
From an average student to now reaching for the stars, outgoing deputy head boy of Denbigh High School, Demoy Lindo, is determined to accomplish his goal of becoming a neurosurgeon after acing six subjects in the recent Caribbean Advanced...
Finance Minister Dr Nigel Clarke yesterday said that he is expecting that by the end of the 2019-2020 fiscal year, Parliament will pass the legislation that will make the Bank of Jamaica an independent body capable of setting monetary policy. He...
