Security was beefed up yesterday around the Supreme Court in Kingston, where the Vybz Kartel murder trial is taking place.Kartel's lawyer, Tom Tavares-Finson, raised concerns that family members of the accused were...
Nerve-wracking anticipation of a verdict being handed down yesterday in the high-profile Vybz Kartel murder trial brought a section of the busy downtown Kingston commercial district to a virtual standstill that harked back to the 1991 extradition case against notorious....
A GORDON House committee yesterday agreed to allow the military to withhold certain information from the Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) on the grounds that its release could impact national...
Published:Wednesday | February 19, 2014 | 12:00 AM
Defence lawyer Tom Tavares-Finson has said that the prosecution, in attempting to prove its case against entertainer Vybz Kartel and his four co-accused, has brought a number of witnesses masquerading...
Published:Wednesday | February 19, 2014 | 12:00 AM
The Government yesterday announced a temporary suspension of the operations of all jet skis across the island.A six-month ban has also been imposed on the importation of all jet skis for another six months, following the expiration of the October 2013...
Published:Wednesday | February 19, 2014 | 12:00 AM
10 elderly patients abandoned at May Pen Hospital - As harsh economic conditions set in, desperate caregivers have reportedly resorted to abandoning their loved-ones...
Published:Wednesday | February 19, 2014 | 12:00 AM
An international environmental group is cautioning the Government against going ahead with proposals to use the Goat Islands as a site for a trans-shipment port in its quest to develop a logistics hub.The caution is contained in a letter written...
Published:Wednesday | February 19, 2014 | 12:00 AM
Amid reports of violence coming out of east Kingston in recent times, the Digicel Foundation, in collaboration with the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, brought something positive to the area yesterday....
Published:Wednesday | February 19, 2014 | 12:00 AM
MANDEVILLE, Manchester:IN THE process of preparing for its 26 years of existence, Emmanuel Preparatory School in Manchester has several reasons to celebrate its achievements.Copping gold, silver and bronze medals in football...
Published:Wednesday | February 19, 2014 | 12:00 AM
How have the labour force and unemployment changed? THIS WEEK, we discuss the findings of the latest Labour Force Participation Survey conducted by Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN) on the current unemployment situation and changes to the...
Published:Wednesday | February 19, 2014 | 12:00 AM
ONLY 28 per cent of PAYE taxes are being paid over on time, and it sometimes takes the Government up to six months to collect 60 per cent of those taxes after they become due.The revelation was made before Parliament's Committee on Tax Measures by...
Published:Wednesday | February 19, 2014 | 12:00 AM
TAXPAYERS COULD be called upon to provide up to $9.3 billion in new taxes next fiscal year, even as Finance Minister Dr Peter Phillips declared that no new taxes would be imposed on Jamaicans in a bid to cover the $11...
Published:Wednesday | February 19, 2014 | 12:00 AM
Defence attorneys in the corruption trial of former junior energy minister, Kern Spencer, have labelled as unfair a move by prosecutors to retrieve additional material from a thumb drive allegedly taken from a New Kingston apartment he once...
Published:Wednesday | February 19, 2014 | 12:00 AM
Criminal organisation means any gang, group, alliance, network, combination, or other arrangement among three or more persons that: Has as one of its purposes, the commission of one or more serious offences...
Published:Wednesday | February 19, 2014 | 12:00 AM
THE POLITICAL divide in Gordon House yesterday coalesced as parliamentarians signalled their unanimous support for The Criminal Justice (Suppression of Criminal Organisations) Act 2014 (anti-gang bill), which the Government has crafted to dismantle criminal organisations....
A letter which the prosecution's main witnesses allegedly wrote on November 13, 2013 to Public Defender Earl Witter was tendered into evidence yesterday at the murder trial...
With Parliamentary debate set to continue today on the anti-gang bill, stakeholders are pointing to troubling findings in a recent survey that suggests that the proposed law is likely to place at-risk youth in even...
Forty-eight days into the year and the nation has already recorded more than 100 murders. According to the latest crime statistics compiled by the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), there were 119 reported murders between January 1 and February 15.
Mandeville, Manchester:A street audit scheduled to take place in Manchester in April will have to be pushed back because of a robbery at the office of the Ministry of Labour and Social Security located in Mandeville on the weekend.A janitor responsible...
High-level talks ongoing to remedy court case backlog - National Security Minister Peter Bunting says several initiatives are under way aimed at dealing with the backlog of court cases.He said he has been in high-level meetings with Chief...
St Ann Justice of the Peace Norma Rhoden-Walters is to be sworn in as the custos of St Ann on March 13.Rhoden-Walters is the wife of the retired custos of the parish, Radcliffe O.
FORMER POLITICAL Ombudsman Bishop Herro Blair said in his 2012 report the election oversight body should be given more powers to police breaches of the Political Code of Conduct, noting that moral suasion alone cannot produce the desired results....
AN IMMENSE void has been left in the Convent of Mercy Academy (Alpha) family and the faith community of the Sisters of Mercy following the passing of Sister Mary Bernadette Little, Religious Sister of Mercy (RSM).Sister Bernadette made her transition...
