In his second day of testimony, Solicitor General Douglas Leys yesterday made it clear he believed Prime Minister Bruce Golding's apology to the nation last year for his Government's handling of the extradition...
SOLICITOR GENERAL Douglas Leys says it was not improper of him to take representatives of Manatt, Phelps & Phillips into meetings volving officials of Jamaica and United States (US) on the Christopher 'Dudus' Coke extradition matter....
The Government has gone ahead with the planned sale of the Sandals Whitehouse hotel in Westmoreland, despite the myriad of concerns raised by the Office of the Contractor General (OCG)A formal sale agreement has now been signed...
IF PRIME Minister Bruce Golding has his way, a computer will in future determine whether a person has mastered the fundamentals of driving to obtain a driver's licence.
PUBLIC BODIES that continue to flout the law by refusing to file annual reports to Gordon House on a timely basis are to be hauled before Parliament's Public Administration and Appropriations Committee (PAAC).Agitated by the continued disregard...
The Manatt-Dudus commission of enquiry has elicited widespread cynicism from key sector leaders, some of whom say they are not hopeful that it will uncover the truth.
SOLICITOR GENERAL Douglas Leys said yesterday that the two memoranda of understanding (MOU) entered into by Dr Peter Phillips on behalf of Jamaica with the United States and the United Kingdom should have received Cabinet approval....
Students with outstanding tuition fees at the University of the West Indies (UWI) are now facing deregistration as the deadline to clear 2010-2011 first-semester arrears has passed. Deregistration applies to undergraduate students, as postgraduates...
THE MAN who was convicted in 2009 of manslaughter arising from the fatal stabbing and chopping of 64-year-old Ambassador Peter King is pursuing his appeal against his conviction and sentence.Sheldon Pusey, 25, waiter...
SOLICITOR GENERAL Douglas Leys has suggested that Attorney General Dorothy Lightbourne misled Parliament when she attempted to defend her role in the Manatt-Dudus affair during a censure motion in the Senate...
THE GORDON 'Butch' Stewart-led Gorstew Limited has indicated in writing that it will withdraw its multimillion-US-dollar lawsuit against the Government in the Sandals Whitehouse legal debacle.Last week, Dr Omar Davies, opposition spokesman on finance,...
THE 11 finalists in this year's LASCO/JCF Police Officer of the year competition on Monday cleared garbage from sections of the Lighthouse Beach, Palisadoes, Kingston, as part of their social projects in community integration...
Charges have been dropped against five men accused of involvement in the 2008 theft of $70 million worth of sand from a property at Coral Springs, Trelawny, after death threats were issued against the key witness in the case....
TRANSPORT AND Works Minister Mike Henry is devising a new plan to complete the stalled Mount Rosser leg of Highway 2000.Work on that leg of the highway has been in limbo for some time as myriad problems pushed the cost well above the initial...
SEVENTEEN YEARS after the Ministry of Water and Housing and a private developer entered into a joint-venture agreement to provide serviced lots for sale in Norwich, Portland, the project is yet to be...
MEMBERS OF the parliamentary Opposition have warned of grave pitfalls in the special prosecutor bill.The lawmakers made impassioned pleas to their colleagues yesterday to take a careful look at the proposed law before giving it the nod...
Catalina Botero, special rapporteur on freedom of expression with the Organisation of American States (OAS), is backing calls by the local media for Jamaica's libel laws to be...
A DAY after he was described as being callous by the People's National Party (PNP), Frank Phipps has hit back, claiming he did not say anything about the wife of former commissioner of police Rear Admiral Hardley Lewin...
A three-pronged thrust involving Chain of Hope Jamaica, Gift of Life International and the Rotary Club of Portmore is under way to raise funds to build a new cardiac and intensive care unit (ICU) at the Bustamante Hospital...
The director of finance for the North East Region, Ryan Anslip, has been relieved of his post, effective February 1, just a day after a Gleaner report revealed that close to $2 million had been allowed to sit idle in an account for two decades...
Jamaican pastors have outlined differing views on the appropriateness of religious figures carrying licensed firearms. Some told The Gleaner yesterday that they believe the carrying of a firearm should be a pastor's personal...
A MINISTRY of Education audit of the Islington High School in St Mary and subsequent investigation by the Fraud Squad have led to the arrest of Neslia Brown, bursar at the institution, for larceny....
The Marketing Counselors has once more taken the top honour at The Gleaner Company's annual Advertisers and Agencies Awards as the agency doing the highest volume of business with the region's longest-surviving newspaper. The win marks the seventh time...
Former police commissioner Rear Admiral Hardley Lewin has dismissed suggestions from one attorney that his wife tipped him off in 2009 about the pending United States extradition request for ousted Tivoli Gardens enforcer Christopher 'Dudus' Coke....
Lawyers representing Cabinet member James Robertson are reporting an end to his legal battle with United States-based Jamaican attorney David Rowe. Robertson's attorneys had filed a lawsuit in a Florida court seeking damages against Rowe...
