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Sun, 16 Oct 2022 00:10:06 -0500
Catastrophic!
The fallout from the “massive” ransomware attack on Massy Jamaica Distribution Limited could be “catastrophic” for swathes of Jamaican consumers and companies, particularly those who are still unaware that their confidential data were left w...

Sun, 16 Oct 2022 00:11:26 -0500
Dismantling the gang culture
Organised criminality continues to spread across Jamaica, as the gang culture extends its tentacles far and wide, even as law enforcement has been at pains to keep it under control. Last week’s much-publicised land scam in Clifton, St Catherine is...

Sun, 16 Oct 2022 00:11:55 -0500
Golding’s statutory declaration is in; Holness again late
Opposition Leader Mark Golding and his family had asset holdings worth over $117 million at the end of last year, his latest statutory declaration has revealed. Golding, an investment banker and attorney, also reported US$1.3 million and £1,660 in....

Sun, 16 Oct 2022 00:10:21 -0500
GLC dismisses Dalrymple-Philibert’s request to throw out misconduct case against her
The General Legal Council (GLC) has thrown out the request by House Speaker Marisa Dalrymple-Philibert to dismiss the case of professional misconduct brought against her by some of the children of the late Clinton Clarke regarding what they...

Sun, 16 Oct 2022 00:09:41 -0500
‘It is all for mom’
Jamaican-Canadian billionaire Michael Lee-Chin cannot, without contradiction, be described as a hard-nosed businessman, but his knack for picking winners and his golden business touch have created worldwide footprints – and he seems to be just...

Sun, 16 Oct 2022 00:09:58 -0500
Justice 13 years later
The Transport Authority and its agents have come under judicial fire for “woeful dereliction” of duty for the more than five years they took to inform transport operator Marlon Parker where his minibus was being kept after it was seized in Novem...

Sat, 15 Oct 2022 00:08:41 -0500
LAND BATTLE ON
Opposition Leader Mark Golding said he will seek dialogue with the Government with a view to averting the impending eviction of several families now occupying lands handed down to them in Pleasant Hill, St Catherine. The 65 families, some of whom......

Sat, 15 Oct 2022 00:08:38 -0500
Jewellery robbers get sizeable cuts in sentences
Three alleged gangsters who were sentenced to 20 years in prison for their involvement in the brazen 2011 daylight $50-million jewellery heist at Tropical Jewellers on Constant Spring Road in St Andrew have had their sentences significantly reduced...

Sat, 15 Oct 2022 00:08:10 -0500
Water feature planned for Bolt statue in Falmouth
WESTERN BUREAU: FINALLY! A date has been set for the unveiling of the statue of legendary sprinter and son of Trelawny, Usain Bolt, in his native parish. Falmouth Mayor Collen Gager revealed the date for the installation of the statue of the double....

Sat, 15 Oct 2022 00:08:04 -0500
Sinclair laments ‘upside-down’ governance
WESTERN BUREAU: Montego Bay North East Division Councillor Charles Sinclair is asserting that if adequate laws were in place to ensure law and order and strict enforcement being practised over the years, the ongoing Operation Restore Paradise...

Sat, 15 Oct 2022 00:06:00 -0500
Clarendon mom pleads for assistance to get life back on track
Thirty-two-year-old Nickiesha Bygrave of Bucknor, Clarendon, just wants one main thing to make her life complete: surgery to repair a hernia that has been a major disruptor in her life. Unable to afford the fees to have the operation done, she has.....

Sat, 15 Oct 2022 00:08:24 -0500
Mother of 3 in quandary after babyfather, friend murdered
As she gazed into the distance at the home in which Michael ‘Mikey’ Graham once lived, Shantal Thomas was at a loss as to how she would carry on in caring for her three children, two of whom were fathered by him. Speaking with The Gleaner on Fri...

Sat, 15 Oct 2022 00:05:57 -0500
Sister Susan Frazer building an enduring legacy
When the new $40-million Sister Susan Frazer, R.S.M. Educational Complex was officially opened recently at the St John Bosco Boys’ Home in Hatfield, Manchester, the 74-year-old nun in whose name the building is dedicated cried tears of joy. Afte...

Fri, 14 Oct 2022 00:10:52 -0500
NO PLAN TO QUIT
WESTERN BUREAU: Some Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) councillors in the St James Municipal Corporation on Thursday chastised Spanish Town Mayor Norman Scott for pledging legal support for illegal occupants of lands on the outskirts of Clifton in St...

Fri, 14 Oct 2022 00:11:30 -0500
Principal condemns assault of Ascot High student
Ascot High Principal Shannell Talbert said he has been left disappointed after one of his students was physically assaulted by a parent in the vicinity of the Portmore, St Catherine-based school on Wednesday. According to Talbert, the incident took...

Fri, 14 Oct 2022 00:10:16 -0500
Court believes Maitland used police experience in attempt to conceal evidence
High Court judge Justice Vinette Graham on Thursday accused Constable Noel Maitland of using his nine years of experience in the police force to assist him in covering up and getting rid of possible evidence in the murder of his girlfriend. The...

Fri, 14 Oct 2022 00:10:21 -0500
‘Giving up was not an option’
Eight years ago when Kayon Samuels went to the Kingston Public Hospital (KPH) for laser eye surgery, she thought it was the saving grace she needed to restore her vision. However, it did the total opposite. The mother of boys at the time said she......

Fri, 14 Oct 2022 00:11:38 -0500
Immigration officers threaten to take industrial action
The management of the Passport, Immigration and Citizenship Agency (PICA) will have to work to avert three days of industrial action by the country’s immigration officers, who are said to be restive over poor treatment and unpaid special allowanc...

Fri, 14 Oct 2022 00:11:07 -0500
Legal experts wrangle over inclusion of security forces as public officials in Tobacco Control Act
There was a clash of legal opinions on Thursday between Solicitor General Marlene Aldred and Albert Edwards, legal consultant to the Ministry of Health and Wellness, on the question of whether members of the security forces should be captured in...

Fri, 14 Oct 2022 00:10:30 -0500
Scholarships nourishing agri dreams for CASE students
Twenty-year-old Celine Sitladeen, who hails from Manchester, took a leap of faith when she applied to the College of Agriculture, Science and Education (CASE) in Portland to pursue an undergraduate degree in general agriculture. She had worked for.....



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