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THE COMMISSION of enquiry into the collapse of the financial sector in the 1990s suffered a major setback yesterday when the Supreme Court granted an injunction, stopping the enquiry.

THE SENATE yesterday passed regulations which paved the way for the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) to enter into plea-bargaining arrangements with persons who are before the courts on criminal charges.

Acting Commissioner of Police Owen Ellington has rallied his members to begin the renewal of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF). In his personal column, 'From the Pen of the Acting Commis-sioner', published in the weekly Force Orders yesterday, Ellington urged police personnel to be vigilant in the fight against corruption in the organisation.

The police are investigating an incident of friendly fire, which resulted in two members of the Organised Crime Investigation Division (OCID) being shot and injured yesterday.

The Ministry of National Security yesterday told Prime Minister Bruce Golding that it had received legal advice to prevent persons from entering the Horizon Remand Centre as it was considered a crime scene. Gleaner sources say prison officials were advised...

It appears that a Manchester resident will be smiling all the way to the bank when he or she comes forward to claim the record $240-million Lotto jackpot. Of course, the winner could also be someone who was just casually passing through the parish....

The Government has agreed to ensure that Caribbean Airlines is designated the exclusive national carrier of Jamaica under the air services agreements between itself and other states. This was stated in the non-binding letter of intent signed on January 22 by the Government...

Telecommunications provider LIME won a legal battle in the Supreme Court yesterday when the court ordered its competitor Digicel to restore all of LIME's international call circuits to full capacity. The court's ruling is in relation to an ongoing...

THE TWO female jurors who pleaded guilty in December last year to soliciting a bribe of $100,000 from a woman, to free her son of a murder charge, have been sentenced to 18 months imprisonment each at hard labour. Resident Magistrate Dale Palmer sentenced the women...

ONE WEEK after a police sergeant was arrested on reasonable suspicion of supplying guns and ammunition to an illegal weapons shop, four more members of the police force have found themselves on the wrong side of the law...

DESPITE SUFFERING a body blow in court yesterday, attorneys representing Kern Spencer and Coleen Wright are fighting to prevent voice recordings allegedly captured on cellular phones by Rodney Chin from being admitted...

THE FINANCIAL Sector Adjustment Company (FINSAC) has apologised to Douglas Orane, chairman and CEO of Grace-Kennedy, after his name was included among a list of debtors who had amounts written off. The list was made public last week...