Lead Stories

Thursday, July 14, 2011, was a day of vindication for four sisters, who were reportedly raped repeatedly more than 40 years ago by their stepfather, Rheunick Elsworth Greene, while their mother turned a blind eye. Judith Scott, Jacquelin Houston, Joan Green, and Julin Everett are celebrating the conviction of Greene in the Port Maria Resident Magistrate's Court, St Mary.

THE NATIONAL Works Agency's communications and customer services manager, Stephen Shaw, has dismissed claims by residents of Christiana, who sold land to the Government to facilitate construction of the bypass, that his agency is ignoring their complaints and concerns.

THE SUPREME Court yesterday struck down controversial amendments to the Bail Act. The amendments allowed for persons charged with serious offences to be disqualified for bail for a maximum of 60 days.

THE POLICE's handling of the Khajeel Mais case has become the model to be used by investigators before they release the names of criminal suspects as persons of interest.

ARMED WITH a leather glove on his right hand, a not-so-sharp knife, and a wealth of firsthand knowledge, some of if painfully acquired, Nakhle Hado set about cleaning and demystifying the lionfish in a demonstration watched with interest by many on Saturday, July 2.

While Government continues to reject calls - including those from noted health professionals - to decriminalise prostitution, it would appear that more young women in western Jamaica, especially in the resort towns, are entering the profession in a bid to compensate for their inability to secure legitimate sources of employment.

WATERWORKS, Westmoreland: THE SECOND of the two children who were involved in a motor-vehicle crash along the Waterworks main road in Westmoreland died while undergoing treatment at the Cornwall Regional Hospital, St James, on Tuesday night...

THE TECHNOCRATS who negotiated the rate at which the Jamaica Public Service (JPS) pays the Wigton Windfarm for power it generates are being blamed for a striking a bad deal. Phillip Paulwell, the Opposition spokesman on energy, said on Wednesday...

The past six days have been among the bloodiest in Westmoreland since the start of the year with nine persons killed in seven incidents. The latest additions to the count came from three separate incidents in three villages in the parish.

WESTERN BUREAU:Councillors boycotted the Hanover Parish Council's monthly meeting yesterday as they await legal advice following an injunction filed by Mayor Lloyd Hill to prevent them from ousting him as their chairman.Hill stood alone in the council's...

The Ministry of Justice has set its sights on attaining the international standard of a one-year average for the disposal of cases in the court system by 2014, reducing the current three-year average to two years...