'We won't be bullied' - Gov't says it has no plan to repeal buggery law; denies anti-gay allegations
GOVERNMENT YESTERDAY dismissed claims by the international body, Human Rights Watch, that the authorities have been soft on police abuses on homosexual males and persons affected by HIV/AIDS.
Retailers deny gouging prices
SEVERAL SUPERMARKETS islandwide have dismissed claims by the Ministry of Commerce, Science and Technology that they have been gouging prices since Hurricane Ivan...
Shaw slams anti-money laundering legislation
AUDLEY SHAW, Opposition spokesman on finance, has denounced the government for tabling anti-money laundering legislation that threatens to invade the privacy of the nation's citizens.
OUR asks JPS to delay new policy
THE OFFICE of Utilities Regulation (OUR) said yesterday that it would ask the Jamaica Public Service (JPS) to delay by a few months the implementation of a new policy requiring some of its biggest customers to own transformers...
Guilty or not guilty? Powerful summations bring curtain down on Gooden's murder trial
KENT PANTRY Q.C, Director of Public Prosecutions, told jurors in the Home Circuit Court yesterday that evidence tendered by 39-year-old Paul Gooden, suggesting that his wife was unfaithful was the perfect motive for him to have killed her.
Four more champions crowned
TWO MORE champions were crowned in the Gleaner Children's Own Spelling Bee Parish Finals yesterday.
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