Published:Wednesday | February 23, 2011 | 12:00 AM
Tampa, Florida: BUJU BANTON hugged his attorneys, David Oscar Markus and Mark Seitles, and then turned around and blew kisses to his supporters in the courtroom of the United States Middle District Court, Florida Division, yesterday...
Published:Wednesday | February 23, 2011 | 12:00 AM
The sun, which was fighting through louvres and burglar bars, cast slivers of light across the studio floor. A group of four men sat solemnly inside the somewhat dimly lit Randy's Recording Studio and music shop, which...
Published:Wednesday | February 23, 2011 | 12:00 AM
Buju Banton's trial and its verdict held Jamaica and the world transfixed as it unfolded.Buju, whose real name is Mark Myrie, was found guilty yesterday on three cocaine-related charges...
Published:Wednesday | February 23, 2011 | 12:00 AM
ONE HUNDRED and forty-eight days after a panel of jurors failed to reach a verdict on whether Buju Banton was innocent or guilty of cocaine-related charges last September, a new panel that listened to the case against the reggae superstar has found him guilty....
Jamaican advocacy group Hear the Children's Cry is calling for the Airports Authority of Jamaica to implement a policy stating that children should be searched in the presence of a parent or guardian. Betty-Ann Blaine...
Merchants are predicting a difficult year ahead as Jamaica braces for another round of increases in essential consumer goods. Effective March 1, there will be a significant increase in the price of baking and counter flour. "I don't believe we have seen the peak yet...
Despite the myriad of socio-economic conditions, great things are happening for many children in the Jamaican education system.Top of the Class, The Gleaner's annual publication, shines a light on the tremendous work of outstanding students...
Alleged cop rapists seek release - Attorney-at-law Peter Champagnie will be filing a writ today in the Corporate Resident Magistrate's Court for the immediate release of three of the five policemen...
Former National security minister, Dr Peter Phillips, yesterday revealed that US$3.2 million used to establish a local wiretapping facility was funded by the United States and the United Kingdom. Phillips, under...
Observation by The Gleaner over a two-week period has shown that, during peak hours, both morning and afternoon, the taxi facility at Water Lane, downtown Kingston, is almost empty, with just one or two taxis...
Two incidents in Trinidad and Tobago over the past week have underscored claims by local law-enforcement officials of a growing drug link between Jamaica and the twin-island republic.In one incident, the Trinidadian police smashed a drug-smuggling...
Tampa, Florida: After spending most of Friday considering the case against dancehall superstar Buju Banton, a 12-member jury is slated to resume its deliberations this morning at the Sam M. Gibbons building in Tampa, which houses the United States Middle District Court...
IN ITS latest report, the Commission for the Prevention of Corruption has ripped into Jamaica's lawmakers for what it says is their hindrance of the country's fight against one of the main problems facing the island: corruption....
SPANISH TOWN, St Catherine: Ninety-eight of the 137 students who sat the 2010 Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) at Crescent Primary School in Spanish Town, St Catherine, were placed at traditional high schools, Tatianna Harrison, now donning the Immaculate High...
MAY PEN, Clarendon:BOTH THE Mineral Heights and Denbigh primary schools in Clarendon operate on the shift system, and this, their teachers say, adds to the challenges they face in preparing students for the Grade Six...
A WAR of words has developed between the leadership of the main youth groups affiliated with the island's two major political parties over the 'indiscipline' that has marred recent sittings of the Manatt-Dudus commission of enquiry....
Women's-rights groups are calling for more public education and awareness to put a stop to gender-based violence in Jamaica. Activist groups and government agencies, including the Bureau of Women's Affairs, gathered last Thursday for a review of the national strategic...
Head of the infamous Dog Paw gang, Christopher 'Dog Paw' Linton, is scheduled to make his first court appearance in the Half-Way Tree Resident Magistrate's Court today.Linton, who was arrested on January 24 during a massive...
Jamaica's Public Defender, Earl Witter, has called for men to become greatly involved in the process of advocacy for women's rights to end gender-based violence.Witter was speaking to a gathering of representatives from women's-rights groups...
Last week's sitting of the Dudus-Manatt commission of enquiry morphed into a contest of wit versus dim wit, with the tactics and strategies employed by some of the lawyers leaving many lay...
THE POLICE have not ruled out the possibility of seeking the extradition of the head of the failed investment scheme, World Wise Partners, but that is not an indication that investors will get their money back anytime soon.
WESTERN BUREAU: JAMAICA HAS plans to abolish outgoing immigration as the country moves towards a comprehensive review of the process to enable hassle-free access for incoming and outgoing airline passengers.
DEFENCE ATTORNEY for two of the five men accused of the 2008 theft of approximately 500 truck loads of sand from a property in Coral Springs, Trelawny, Dr L L HoSang, has blasted the office of the director of public prosecution (DPP) for its handling of the case.
DESPITE SIGNING on to the International Labour Orga-nisation (ILO) Convention to abolish child labour, Jamaica has done very little to outlaw this age-old practice.
