Jamaica Gleaner
Published: Thursday | May 14, 2009
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Lawyer in hot seat - Haughton-Cardenas to come clean over client accounts
Attorney-at-law Antonnette Haughton-Cardenas is to face the Disciplinary Committee of the General Legal Council (GLC) because of her failure to deliver to the council a report in relation to client accounts for 1999 and 2000. This is as a result of a United Kingdom...

Gov't to focus on parenting
Minister of Education Andrew Holness says the Government is taking a tougher approach to parenting, as it's the most important aspect of a child's development.Speaking at a national parents' award presentation by the Ministry of Education...

Be our guest!
They hardly leave the corridors of justice for a second. However, our guest editors are doing so now, to produce ...

Health scheme for journalists
Journalists and public-relations practitioners are set to benefit from a health and life-insurance scheme which is in the pipeline.Participation in the scheme will be open to full-time media and communications professionals, freelancers ...

Unions want 'their pound of flesh'...PM: 'Not one drop of blood'
The Government is pleading for understanding but preparing for battle as it holds firm to its decision to freeze public sector wages this year.With at least one public sector group heading to court to challenge the wage freeze...

Advocates body tackles carnal abuse
Worried about the increasing number of teenagers committing carnal abuse without being aware that they are involved in a crime, the Advocates Association of Jamaica has decided to take action in an effort to stem the tide."There is a certain amount...


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