DPP tackles cop cases - Llewellyn vows to clear pile-up of BSI files by April-May
Pushing to clear the backlog of files received from the Bureau of Special Investi-gations (BSI), Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Paula Llewellyn has instructed detectives to arrest 14 of their colleagues for criminal offences, ranging from murder to assault...
PNP 'Rowe's in West Portland candidate
Former Generation 2000 Vice-President Kenneth Rowe has been selected to run against the Jamaica Labour Party's (JLP) Daryl Vaz in the West Portland by-election on March 23.Last night, Julian Robinson, deputy general secretary of the People's National...
A replay for fire victim
"It come in like a déjà vu. The thing terrible, man." Those were among the few words Moses Burke could summon as he related his most recent experience to The Gleaner. The 40-year-old father of two sons recently lost everything in a fire that devoured his two-bedroom house...
Gaining a new lease on life
Now in her mid-40s, Dalyn Taylor-Dennie is enjoying life to the fullest. Now a telephone operator at the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, she has had a new lease on life ever since enrolling in the Jamaican Foundation for Lifelong Learning (JFLL), the adult literacy...
Chief justice blames 'undesirable practices' for court-case backlog
The backlog of cases in the courts has come under scrutiny from Chief Justice Zaila McCalla who has spoken publicly for the first time since her recent illness.Addressing the 88th anniversary dinner for the St Ann-based law...
Human trafficking still a problem - US report
Despite attempts by local authorities, human trafficking remains a major problem for Jamaica, according to a recent human-rights report published by the United States (US) Department of State.The report states that regardless of the fact that laws ...
One killed, several injured in flurry of MoBay road accidents
Western Bureau: One motorcyclist was killed and two motorists and a passenger seriously injured in Montego Bay yesterday morning as the city's police traffic department was kept busy investigating five separate road accidents...