Chuck cries injustice - Opposition Spokesman speaks out on gag order against court reporters
Opposition Spokesman on Justice, Delroy Chuck, has described as "tyrannical" new measures introduced by a court official at the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's (Criminal) Court, which effectively places a gag on reporters covering court proceedings...
Malaria pest resistant
The Ministry of Health says the insecticide which it has been using to eradicate the anopheles mosquito, which transmits malaria, is ineffective as the pest has shown resistance, resulting in an increase in the number of cases over the last month....
Rape, a major problem at UWI - advocacy group
Complaining of a disturbing number of rapes and other forms of sexualoffences on the Mona campus of the University of the West Indies (UWI), a female advocacy group on the campus is calling for special legislation and other measures...
JLP will win 38 seats - Smith
Deputy Leader of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP), Derrick Smith, is predicting that the JLP will form the next Government by winning a minimum of 38 of the 60 available seats. Mr. Smith made the prediction Tuesday night while addressing a St. Andrew Junior Chamber meeting...
Davies to open Budget debate today
Finance and Planning Minister, Dr.Omar Davies, will today open the 2007/2008 Budget debate in Gordon House, where he is expected to tell Jamaicans how the Government intends to finance the more than $380 billion budget.
Former Gleaner entertainment editor found dead at home
The decomposing body of Justin White, choirmaster at the Glenmuir High School and former entertainment editor at the Gleaner Company, was found at his Violet Avenue home in Mona, St. Andrew, yesterday. The 60-year-old was last seen alive on Sunday.
Ford in serious, but not critical, condition
Jephthah Ford, the well-known doctor allegedly beaten by police on Monday, was last night being kept under close observation at the Kingston Public Hospital.Speaking yesterday evening, Dr.Ford's twin Japheth, also a doctor with whom he shares his surgery on Red Hills Road...
Coroner's inquest for Woolmer to start soon
CORONER Patrick Murphy will on April 23 begin proceedings into the Bob Woolmer murder case.The inquest, which may last weeks, was ordered last month by Commissioner of Police Lucius Thomas. With the Corporate Area Coroner's Court in disrepair...
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