Windies, Aussies do it again today
UNSEASONAL RAIN in the region forced title holders Australia and the West Indies to utilise the reserve day for the first time in this renewal of the ICC Cricket World Cup after play in the Super Eight opener at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in St. John's, Antigua...
DPP joins probe - Pantry satisfied with Woolmer investigation
THE OFFICE of the Director of Public Prosecutions has been consulted by the police as they try to solve the murder of former Pakistan coach Bob Woolmer. Woolmer, 58, was strangled inside his Jamaica Pegasus hotel room last week Sunday, less than a day after Pakistan...
'Jamaica needs more forensic pathologists'
Dr. Garfield Blake, immediate past president of the Jamaica Association of Clinical Pathologists, has renewed calls for the Government to increase the number of forensic pathologists. The role of the forensic pathologist is to determine the cause and manner...
No decision yet on Nembhard extradition
The Full court has reserved its decision in the motion brought by 53-year-old St.Ann businessman Norris 'Deedo' Nembhard and five other men who are seeking to have their extradition orders set aside. Police Corporal Herbert Henry is one of the men...
Remove GCT on legal fees - KD Knight
Attorney-at-law K.D. Knight, has urged the Government to remove the general consumption tax (GCT) on legal fees for criminal cases. Calling this charge "oppressive", Mr. Knight argued that someone who was facing a criminal charge has to pay both his attorney and the state.
New toll increases proposed
The Toll Authority has proposed an average 17.2 per cent increase in toll rates along the Ferry, St.Catherine, to Sandy Bay, Clarendon, corridor of Highway 2000. The authority, in a notice posted in the newspapers yesterday, proposed that the rate for class one vehicles...
Government still to pacify Esso price war
Almost a year after a board of enquiry found that the pricing policy of Esso Standard Oil was flawed, there has been no action from the Government as to what action will be taken to prevent what appears to be an exploitation of gasolene retailers ...
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