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Prime Minister Andrew Holness has lost his bid to force the Integrity Commission (IC) to certify his 2022 and 2023 statutory declarations, but has been given the go-ahead to seek the court’s authority in getting the IC’s investigative report and...

The ruling on whether the Integrity Commission’s (IC) case brought against Member of Parliament (MP) Marisa Dalrymple-Philibert will proceed to trial has been postponed to December 13. Parish Court Judge Leighton Morris indicated in the Kingston...

In the heart of Jamaica, where vibrant culture and community spirit define the nation, many citizens with disabilities still face exclusion from fully participating in society. Everyday tasks, such as entering a building, using public...

Teachers at the Stony Hill Primary and Infant School in St Andrew yesterday staged a sick-out over leaking roofs and mould infestation, forcing the early suspension of school. Parents were, as a result, advised yesterday by a memo to pick up their...

The Auditor General’s Department in 2020 flagged the lack of supporting documents for money spent under the Office of the Prime Minister’s (OPM) Youth Employment in Digital and Animation Industries (YEDAI) Project. On November 29, 2024, the Major...

A woman, who evicted her sick sister-in-law from a property a day after her husband died, claiming that she was the sole owner and later rejecting a $30-million offer, was left disappointed after the court awarded full ownership to the widow. The...

Western Bureau: When 20-year-old Wayne Lawrence became unresponsive after falling and hitting his head during an Arise Basketball League at the Montego Bay Cricket Club on Sunday, many onlookers broke down in tears because they thought he had died...

Deputy Superintendent of Police Carey Duncan, commander of the Manchester Police Division, says the parish is a safe place despite being heavily featured in the news recently as a result of an increase in both sporadic murders and shooting...

Though the social issues are many – from unstable houses to decrepit roadways and overflowing sewage that has plagued his constituency for decades – Prime Minister Andrew Holness believes that the erection of an Olympic Way Community Cultural...

Despite an eight-year wait for the production of the transcript of his trial for shooting, the Court of Appeal ruled last week that Jerome Palmer’s acknowledgements in abandoning his appeal meant the appeal was not prejudiced by the delay and so he...

Western Bureau: Senior Hanover Justice of the Peace Alvin Jackson, who was arrested and charged for failure to report an accident within 24 hours and careless driving, which caused an accident, pleaded not guilty when he appeared in the Hanover...

Three men charged for the shooting death of a man in east Kingston earlier this year were each offered $700,000 bail when they appeared in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court. Trevon Lambert, 21, otherwise called ‘Cabi’, of Upper Second Street...