SEAGA STAYS - No new JLP leader until next year
MR. JUSTICE Donald McIntosh yesterday set December 14 and 15 as the dates for lawyers representing competing factions within the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) to reappear before him for a possible settlement of their differences.
Phillips seeks January meeting with Blair
PETER PHILLIPS, the minister of national security, is seeking a meeting with British Prime Minister Tony Blair in January to advance talks as part of efforts to curb Jamaica's increasing crime rate.
New basic school in Lakes Pen officially opens
THE EARLY childhood system got a boost yesterday when the keys to a brand new school were handed over to the principal of the Lakes Pen Basic School in Spanish Town.
Gooden denies charges - The allegations are that Gooden strangled his wife and dumped her body in the mangroves
THE CROWN closed its case yesterday in the Home Circuit Court after calling 22 witnesses for the prosecution at the trial of 37-year-old Paul Gooden, former distribution consultant at Yummy Bakery in Kingston.
GG awardees receive official pins at King's House
THE FINEST flowers, the finest food and the finest music marked the celebration of 14 of Jamaica's finest people yesterday, at the Governor-General's Achievement Awards Pinning Ceremony held at King's House, St. Andrew.
J'can jailed in UK for money laundering
NORMAN RAMCHARAN, one of Jamaica's most sought-after criminals, was jailed yesterday at Blackfriars Crown Court for laundering £1.7m from the proceeds of cocaine trafficking following an intelligence-led UK Customs investigation.
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