MP apologises for Coral Gardens atrocities - Lobbying for reparation, legalisation of ganja as a sacrament
Western Bureau: Parliamentarian Mike Henry has issued a personal apology to the Rastafarian community for the alleged atrocities meted out to Rastas in the infamous 1963 Coral Gardens uprising, and has offered to join in the lobby for an official apology from Government.
Attorney calling for a regional Supreme Court in western Jamaica
WESTERN BUREAU: Prominent Montego Bay-based attorney-at-law, Nathan Robb, is calling for the establishing of a regional Supreme Court in western Jamaica to better facilitate residents, primarily with civil cases. Robb says that, for many decades...
... RMs want to extend retirement age
WESTERN BUREAU: Some members of the legal fraternity in Montego Bay, St. James, want Government to extend the retirement age of resident magistrates from 60 to 65 to ease the chronic shortage of RMs facing the justice system.
Timeout in Parliament
THE SPEAKER of Parliament resorted to calling 'time out', as exasperated parents do with high-spirited children, in order to restore a semblance of order at one point during Wednesday's meeting of the Standing Finance Committee of Parliament....
Over $1 billion spent annually by NHF
More than $1 billion has been spent annually by the National Health Fund (NHF) to assist beneficiaries with the purchase of prescription drugs, according to Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller. The Prime Minister made the disclosure on Wednesday...
Reading resource centre opens at Fellowship Primary & Junior High
The Fellowship Primary and Junior High School in Portland officially opened the doors to its Reading Resource Centre which is aimed at improving and enhancing the reading capabilities of underperforming students.Over the years, the school has had to deal with hundreds of students...
Government to submit report on JPS deaths at Old Harbour plant
Just under two years after the tragedy, Government is yet to table a report explaining the circumstances that led to the deaths of three men at the Jamaica Public Service (JPS) Old Harbour Plant in St. Catherine...
Children's hospital gets $25,000 for CAT scan machine
The Bustamante Hospital for Children is $25,000 closer to receiving a CAT Scan for the hospital following Cindy Breakspeare's win at Forever Young's Celebrity Design-A-Drink Challenge on Sunday April 1. Breakspeare triumphed over fellow Challengers,...
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