Zaila sworn in - First female Chief Justice says she will hit the ground running
ZAILA McCALLA was yesterday sworn in as Jamaica's first female Chief Justice at King's House in St. Andrew. Far from overwhelmed, a beaming McCalla told the packed hall of dignitaries, family and friends that she planned to hit the ground running.
Ardenne principal slams cops for shooting on compound
Esther Tyson, principal of Ardenne High School, St.Andrew, yesterday condemned police personnel who have been accused of injuring a student of Covenant Academy Preparatory and shooting a man believed to be of unsound mind, on the school compound.
'He was the best boy in the world - my prize boy!' - As mother laments losing cop son to gunmen, another wants to join force
One of her three sons was shot and killed by gunmen in October last year. According to Claudette Reid, she tried her best, but could not get her son to change his mind about joining the police force. At age 20, he shelved his dream of becoming a meteorologist...
Unhealthy state of affairs - Finance Ministry calls emergency meeting with public sector workers
One of the burning questions the Ministry of Finance and Planning will have to answer at today's high-level, closed-door meeting being staged to quell flaring tempers over news that the Government Employees Administrative Services ...
Party lines crossed on election bills debate
Party lines were erased in Parliament yesterday as members locked horns over an amendment by the Senate to three election bills, changing a provision for mandatory sentencing of persons who intentionally display their ballots...
Compensation on the way for Broadgate Bridge victims
The Office of the Public Defender will be making submissions for compensation for 15 of the 16 victims who were injured when the swing bridge at Broadgate, St. Mary, collapsed. Public Defender Earl Witter told The Gleaner yesterday that his office had completed...
Jamaica, Latin America population to boom
The population of Jamaica and Latin America and the Caribbean is expected to grow by an estimated 3.3 million people by next year. "This number is expected to be at five million by 2030," said Jewel Quallo-Rosberg, chief technical adviser of the UNFPA's office for the English...
Three killed in alleged shoot-out
SPANISH TOWN, St. Catherine: Three men whom the police claim were involved in a robbery in Clarendon and who reportedly opened fire at them when their vehicle was intercepted, were shot and killed by the police yesterday. A 9-mm pistol was seized during the incident.
Justice McCalla etches name in Jamaican history
When Justice Zaila McCalla took over yesterday evening as Jamaica's first woman Chief Justice, she joined an elite and select group of female achievers in the field of law, and thereby etched her name in the annals of Jamaican trailblazers. But unlike her colleagues...
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