No money, honey! - Most Jamaicans oppose alimony payments to men
Two years after the passage of legislation providing for the payment of alimony (or palimony) to men upon the dissolution of a marriage or equivalent relationship, a substantial majority of Jamaicans remain opposed to it. In the latest Bill Johnson...
Man charged in Ardenne school shooting
The allegedly mentally ill man, who was on Tuesday shot by police at Ardenne High School, has been charged with wounding and malicious destruction of property.He is expected to appear before the court today. Senior Superintendent George Quallo, head of the St. Andrew Central Police...
Grenada saga a triumph - Witter
Jamaica's Public Defender Earl Witter, one of the 12 lawyers who represented the 13 persons convicted of the murder of former Grenada Prime Minister Maurice Bishop more than 20 years ago, says he has mixed feelings about thelatest decision in the case. A High Court judge in Grenada ...
SE St Mary hit by job crunch
With St. Mary being considered by the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) one of the poorest parishes in the country, residents of its South East constituency expect much from whomever takes up the mantle of representing them in Parliament after the next general election.
Med techs continue strike action
Dionne RoseStaff ReporterThe National Public Health Laboratory, the Blood Bank and several hospitals were again forced to scale down operations yesterday as the country's medical technologists continued their strike action.The 120 medical technologists...
Unions want heads to roll in GEASO health-scheme debacle
Unions representing public-sector workers in the Government Employees Administrative Services Only (GEASO) Health Scheme yesterday called for heads to roll in light of flagrant breaches on the part of the GEASO fiasco....
Beckles murder trial set for October
Rodney Beckles, son of the University of the West Indies (UWI) professor, Hilary Beckles, has been remanded until October 1, when his murder trial will begin in the Home Circuit Court. The trial date was set yesterday after defence lawyers told Mr.Justice Courtney Daye....
J$ payment for Canadian visa fees to increase
The Canadian High Commission says that, effective Monday, July 2, its Jamaican dollar visa fees will be increased for all services provided by the immigration section."For persons wishing to pay Jamaican dollars, the new fees are J$4,875 ...
'Zekes' back in court
Former Matthews Lane strongman 50-year-old Donald 'Zekes' Phipps, who was convicted last year of double murder, appeared in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court yesterday.Phipps and his common-law wife, 48-year-old Yvonne Sailsman...
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