Witter warns gays - 'Flaunting sexual preference may incite violence'
Public Defender Earl Witter resorted to the vernacular yesterday as he advised members of the gay community to "hold your corners", and avoid flaunting their sexual preferences in the face of those who are repulsed by their behaviour....
Lawyers query legality of Montego Bay raid
At least two prominent attorneys-at-law are questioning the legality of the actions of the police in St.James who detained 109 persons during a pre-dawn operation at a party in Montego Bay, St. James, yesterday morning. Between 3:00 a.m. and 5:00 a.m., members of a police team...
RMs hurt by brain drain
A major problem plaguing the Resident Magistrate's Courts and the judiciary these days, is staffing. Traditionally, resident magistrates have been recruited from the office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) and the Attorney-General's Department....
Jurors shirk civic duty
The breakdown in trial lists at the island's courts is sometimes blamed on the inability of the police to find enough citizens who are willing to do their civic duty by serving as jurors. But many jurors regard it as a waste of time to attend court...
'Better benefits to attract lawyers'
The plan to increase the retirement age of government legal officers from 60 to 65 is not likely to benefit the office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) any time soon as the trend is that no one joining the department plans to remain there...
Ray Hadeed dies at 86
Noted manufacturing executive Ray Hadeed has died. He died yesterday morning following a long illness. He was 86. "Mr. Hadeed was one of the trailblazers of the manufacturing sector who played a major role in the industrialisation programme...
Court date set for Danhai
East Kingston businessman Danhai Williams is to be tried along with six other accused for allegedly defrauding the National Housing Development Corporation (NHDC) of $451 million.The seven accused appeared in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court Monday....
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