Attorney calls for legislation to approach appeals court
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW Richard Small has called for legislation to be put in place so that citizens can approach the Court of Appeal when the Supreme Court refuses to grant them leave to go to the Judicial Review Court.

All-female civic club lauded
AT SUNDAY'S installation ceremony for the new officers of the Optimist Club of Barbican Pines, Dr. Pauline Russell-Brown, chief of party of the Futures Group, which conducts the Youth.now Project, lauded...

Bahamian students withdrawing studies after brutal murder
A NUMBER of Bahamian students at the Northern Caribbean University (NCU) are withdrawing from their course of study as a result of the brutal murder of their fellow countryman, Joseph Burrows.

Calibre of students being blamed for poor performance
SCHOOLS IN the 'lowest 10' category of Dr. Ralph Thompson's 2004 Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) mathematics and English rankings have cited a lack of parental involvement...

Quickfire spelldown in Portland
PORT MARIA, St. Mary: PORTLAND PROVIDED the shortest spelldown in this year's Gleaner Children's Own Spelling Bee competition on Monday, as it took only 45 minutes to find a champion.

Court favours press freedom
TWO RECENT rulings by the Inter-American Court on Human Rights, which constituted a defence of press freedom, were applauded during the annual meeting of the Inter-American Press Association (IAPA) last month.