Jamaica Gleaner News- News - Sunday

AMENDMENTS TO the Matrimonial Causes Act in September 2006 and the resulting procedural changes have caused a backlog in divorce cases filed in the Supreme Court.The clogged chamber, The Sunday Gleaner understands, is...

Bar Association calls for more resources

PRESIDENT OF the Jamaican Bar Association Jacqueline Samuels-Brown says the backlog in cases is not restricted to divorce matters and there is a general concern in the profession that "cases are not being completed as expeditiously as they should".

Cane associations in limbo - Divestment might mean big changes for sugar entities

Even as talks continue between the Government and Infinity Bio-Energy Ltd, entities integrally involved in sugar-cane production are yet to have their new roles defined.

1979 conscience vote on hanging - Slim majority kept hangman on payroll

WHEN THE first conscience vote on the retention of the death penalty was held in 1979, the statute was barely retained. D.K. Duncan and Portia Simpson Miller were the only members of that Parliament who still sit in the House.

Murder hits record high in St James

Western Bureau: AS THE nation's leaders continue to grapple in Parliament over whether or not the death penalty should be retained, murder has hit an all-time high in St James with the parish's murder tally for a single year...

Mobile communication: the next level of technology

THE TELECOMS industry in Jamaica is going through a metamorphosis as the service providers vie to feed customers with the high end of the technology pie.

The week that was: November 16-22

AN IMPENDING wave of job cuts triggered by the slowdown of the global economy has spurred Jamaica's Labour Minister Pearnel Charles to schedule a meeting with trade unions this week to head off the developing crisis.

Soca legend Byron Lee laid to rest

At first, there were no visible signs of grief - no tears - instead, a carnival-like atmosphere filled the auditorium. When the Dragonaires kicked off the service with an instrumental of...