Pakistan cricket coach dies
THE MAJOR Investigation Task Force (MIT), the island's top sleuthing unit, is now trying to ascertain the circumstances which led to the death of the Pakistan team coach Bob Woolmer. Yesterday forensic and evidence gathering teams of the Jamaica Constabulary Force...
Frankson slams T&T again
The Jamaica Manufacturers’ Association (JMA) has levelled harsh criticism at the actions of CARICOM partner Trinidad and Tobago who reneged on an agreement to supply Jamaica with liquefied natural gas (LNG). President of the JMA, Doreen Frankson, yesterday described the action...
Ramcharan, Williams extradited
Montego Bay businessmen Leebert Ramcharan and Donovan ‘Plucky’ Williams were yesterday extradited to the United States to face drug-related charges. On Friday, Ramcharan lost an appeal to block his extradition to the United States on drug-trafficking charges.
Fighting for others
Attorney-at-law and rights advocate Margarette Macaulay knows a thing or two about standing up for one’s rights. She has been standing up for her rights and those of her family since her days in her native country Sierra Leone. Her philosophical roots can be found on her parents?
Kinder law for ‘kissing cousins’
There will be no prohibition against cousins entering into sexual relationships with each other, and marrying, after all. A joint select committee of Parliament decided last Wednesday not to include this relationship in the definition of prohibited incestuous relationships.
School renamed in honour of Rollins
WESTERN BUREAU: It is official, the Success Primary School in Lilliput, St. James, has been renamed John Rollins Success Primary School. Senator Noel Monteith, Minister of State in the Ministry of Education and Youth, announced last Friday that Prime Minister Portia...
Crowded meeting room exposes cramped House
The inadequacy of Gordon House to properly facilitate the nation's business came to the fore again last week, when one committee had to change the venue for its deliberations after dis-covering that the conference room designated for its meeting was too small...
UK visas to cost more April 1
There will be an increase in the price of United Kingdom (U.K.) visa fees as of April 1.In a press release issued by the British High Commission in Jamaica, it was disclosed that the new fee regime will be effective for all visa applications....
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