A policeman whose murder case has been dragging on for more than nine years is seeking a court order to quash a new indictment served on him this week.Senior Puisne Judge Gloria Smith heard lengthy submissions yesterday from...
THE PARLIAMENTARY opposition is questioning the National Insurance Fund (NIF) board's participation in the Jamaica Debt Exchange (JDX).Dr Omar Davies, the opposition spokesman on finance, said there was a "serious legal question as to whether ...
Senior Resident Magistrate Judith Pusey will be hearing submissions from the defence team today to determine whether Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Paula Llewellyn should reveal notes she allegedly took during a meeting between her and...
While the police have been kept busy implementing strategies to address the escalating crime rate, statistics have revealed that the country's murder total has jumped to 461 since January.Among the latest victims...
Jamaica has managed to make huge strides over the years in achieving high immunisation rates, which have contributed to a steady decline in childhood diseases....
BOTH PRIME Minister Bruce Golding and Opposition Leader Portia Simpson Miller are aware of the widespread perception that Jamaican politicians are linked to gangs and criminals and are, therefore, complicit in the criminality that has contributed to...
OPPOSITION SPOKESMAN on Finance Dr Omar Davies is cautioning the Government against setting up what he claims are unrealistic fiscal targets and has stopped just short of advising the administration to prepare for mass protests if a tax package is announced this year....
Rodney Chin yesterday denied he had known that charges against him would be dropped when he became a star witness for the prosecution in the latest instalment of the Cuban light-bulb trial.Chin, who was being cross-examined by Patrick Atkinson...
Noted peace activist Horace Levy has sought to clarify his position on graffiti in Western Kingston attacking the People's National Party's (PNP) Dr Peter Phillips. The graffiti grabbed public attention on the weekend as they were sprayed in both Jamaica...
FOR EVERY 100 Jamaican marriages, there were almost nine divorces in 2009, a year in which the nation experienced the highest rate of wedding bliss gone amiss...
The parliamentary Opposition is today expected to attack the budgetary plans of the Government when its Finance Spokesman Dr Omar Davies responds to the $503-billion package presented in Parliament last week....
Three children are now in hospital nursing gunshot wounds after two brazen gunmen opened fire on a Toyota Coaster bus on Slipe Pen Road in Kingston yesterday afternoon. Reports reaching The Gleaner are that the men attempted to stop the bus...
Mrs Walker-Huntington: Good afternoon. How are you? I have an issue which I hope you'll be able to assist me with. I have a child with someone who lives in the United States (US). At the time when the child was born...
A St Ann couple is grappling with the conundrum of a biological jinx that has rendered their three young children unable to walk or talk. The condition has apparently caused the children - aged three to eight - to be underweight ...
Jamaicans have been urged to quit overloading hospitals with minor health issues and instead attend community clinics islandwide."Many health centres are well equipped to handle much of the demand on public hospitals...
As church leaders and residents of Spanish Town, St Catherine, trekked through several enclaves yesterday in an ambitious show of strength against criminal gangs, they expressed hope for change despite a lower-than-expected...
Enter the home of Carlton and Patricia (pseudonyms for privacy) and you plunge into a cacophonous orchestra, as their three children trade unintelligible sounds in a bedroom. The eldest child, eight-year-old Cadaisha, is the most active, but her brother...
Former Police Commissioner Lucius Thomas signalled his entrance to representational politics on Sunday with a pledge to unite People's National Party (PNP) supporters in North West St Ann and win back a seat which party...
A man went on a bloody rampage in Falmouth, Trelawny, Saturday night, stabbing three sisters, one fatally. The dead sister has been identified as 26-year-old Shakira Frame, while those injured are Donnette Grey-Lynch and Aneisha Edwards.
Financial expert and businessman Roy Collister, who was conferred with the Order of Jamaica on March 19, died yesterday morning at his home in Temple Mead, St Andrew.
The Ministry of Health is still fine-tuning plans for the Government of Jamaica (GOJ) health card, which is aimed at improving the accessibility of medication to persons who receive care at public-health facilities...
With a drastic increase in the demand for pharmaceuticals at public-health facilities since the implementation of the Government's no-user-fee policy, the health ministry is now stepping up its efforts to better provide for the public...
