Staggering abuse WESTERN BUREAU: FORTY-THREE YEARS after being molested by her stepfather, and 30 years after being impregnated by her father, a 48-year-old Jamaican woman who has toyed with the idea of suicide is crying out for help. *Andrea’s virginity was taken...
Two J’cans among three facing death penalty in US murder trial A former policeman-turned-music producer, who was freed of a 2007 murder in Jamaica, is headed to a pre-trial in the United States next week, again for murder, and prosecutors are expected to seek the death penalty. Omar Miller, 45, is one of three...
Bignall to face GLC’s disciplinary committee PERSONAL INJURY attorney-at-law Vaughn Bignall has been brought before the disciplinary committee of the General Legal Council (GLC) over allegations of professional misconduct involving a decade-old matter. The complaint was brought by 43-year-...
St Jago Hills residents thirst for water An apparent impasse between the Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) and the developers of the St Jago Hills housing scheme in St Catherine has resulted in a five-month water lock-off in the community, forcing residents to fork out as high as $21,...
Parliamentarians debate auditor general’s position on Integrity Commission A PARLIAMENTARY committee reviewing the Integrity Commission Act, 2017, yesterday delayed its decision on whether to accept a recommendation to remove the auditor general from the list of commissioners of the single anti-corruption body....
No word, no salary increase or retro pay for parliamentarians Government and opposition members of parliament (MPs), up to late yesterday evening, had not received the salary increases announced by Finance Minister Dr Nigel Clarke last month. As of 7:30 p.m. on June 1, a full week after all categories of...
Reluctance to register animals under NAITS causes setback FARMERS IN Kingston and St Andrew (KSA) continue to be reluctant in registering their livestock with the National Animal Identification and Traceability System (NAITS) of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Mining. This concern was raised...
Body of DCS’ Moore found on precipice For those who had prayed earnestly for a favourable outcome, the two-day search for missing acting deputy commissioner of rehabilitation and probation aftercare services at the Department of Correctional Services (DCS), Reverend Orville Moore,...
Dangerous rumours Reacting to rumours and growing suspicion among segments of the society, Prime Minister Andrew Holness yesterday said it was “stupidness” that some Jamaicans and others have recently been criticising the Government over its establishment of new...
‘Baseless, irresponsible’ Nigel Jones, the attorney-at-law for government minister Zavia Mayne, has said that millions of dollars paid to his client by the Factories Corporation of Jamaica (FCJ) as part of a land acquisition deal in 2011 “would have been justifiable in the...