CLAIMS BY the Opposition People’s National Party (PNP) that the Government has instituted a new audio system in Parliament to gag its members have been dismissed by Information Minister Robert Morgan. Morgan yesterday refuted the claims by the...
Published:Saturday | September 23, 2023 | 12:09 AM
THE JAMAICA Chamber of Commerce (JCC) says the laying of charges against former Speaker of the Lower House, Marisa Dalrymple-Philibert, her related resignation and the ultimate outcome of her trial, have grave implications for Jamaica and will...
Published:Saturday | September 23, 2023 | 12:09 AM
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR of the Jamaica Accountability Meter Portal (JAMP), Jeanette Calder, has called on Greg Christie, the executive director of the Integrity Commission (IC), to resign. The call comes against the background of a response from...
Jamaicans are being encouraged to reacquaint themselves with earthquake drills after a 4.9-magnitude trembler shook sections of the island on Thursday. The Earthquake Unit at The University of the West Indies said the earthquake was felt primarily...
Jamaica’s justice system is again under scrutiny following reports that a woman who has been on bail for the past six years waiting for the records of her case to be sent to the Court of Appeal was imprisoned last Tuesday, reportedly because of a...
KING’S COUNSEL Peter Champagnie’s pleas for the judge to not impose a sentence for more than 15 years for a police sergeant who had raped a 16-year-old girl fell on deaf ears on Friday. The attorney argued that it would be hard for Christopher...
WESTERN BUREAU: Legal and Constitutional Affairs Minister Marlene Malahoo Forte has suggested that there are deliberate efforts being made to blow the Constitutional Reform Committee (CRC) off course as it pursues its mandate. The minister also...
WESTERN BUREAU: Cruise shipping operators have presented a promising opportunity for Jamaican entrepreneurs to break into the cruise-line business with additional tours showcasing the island’s rich culture. “Now is the time for new people and...
Published:Saturday | September 23, 2023 | 12:07 AM
SEVEN STUDENTS enrolled in tertiary education recently received scholarship awards from The Grand Palladium Jamaica Resort and Spa under its newly established Palladium Hotel Group (PHG) scholarship foundation. This summer the foundation was...
WESTERN BUREAU: The public cemetery in the Hanover seaside capital of Lucea is in a sordid state as shrubs obscure many of the graves and overgrowth has turned into huge trees as a result of neglect. The terrible state of affairs, over which many...
The resignation of House Speaker Marisa Dalrymple-Philibert has triggered fresh calls for the six legislators under probe by the Integrity Commission for illicit enrichment to be named as “this unresolved matter still has a dark cloud cast on the...
Ryan Evans, a director at the Integrity Commission (IC), was shot in the car park near the agency’s offices in New Kingston on Thursday morning after men on a motorcycle accosted him and stole his briefcase. Deputy Commissioner of Police Fitz...
WHEN THE House of Representatives meets on Tuesday, a new Speaker must be elected. This follows the resignation of Marisa Dalrymple-Philibert, who is facing eight charges for making a false statement in her statutory declarations. The charges...
POLITICAL representatives in Trelawny Southern have reacted with surprise at the resignation of Marisa Dalrymple-Philibert, saying she has been one of the best members of parliament (MPs) to serve the constituency. The four-term MP resigned with...
Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Paula Llewellyn, KC, is to remain in office for another two years. An amendment this year to the Constitution changed the age of retirement for the post from 60 to 65. Llewellyn, who turned 63 on Thursday,...
Alysia Moulton White’s defence team is now seeking to get their hands on information being held by Sagicor to clear her name of any involvement in a suspected $65-million racket uncovered at the bank’s Liguanea branch last October. Attorney-at-law...
THE NATIONAL Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) has informed The Gleaner that there is a list of well-known wild animals that are eaten in Jamaica, whether legally or illegally, that was on its radar. This list includes native species such as...
LIKE LIONS in the jungle, crocodiles are the dominant predators in their ecosystem, the swamp. As carnivores, they feed on a variety of live and dead mammals, birds, fish, molluscs, crustaceans, amphibians, reptiles, and insects. According to...
A CONSERVATION biologist has raised concerns that, with the expansion of rural communities, the habitats of the American crocodile, a protected specie by law, could be under threat. The American crocodile is Jamaica’s largest terrestrial animal...
PRESSURE IS mounting on Speaker of the House of Representatives Marisa Dalrymple-Philibert to step aside as the presiding officer in the Lower House until the eight charges she is facing are dealt with by a court of law. The charges relate to...
With two students still hospitalised after being struck by lightning on Tuesday, a sense of gloom and anxiety swept across Dinthill Technical High School in St Catherine yesterday. When The Gleaner visited the institution in the morning,...
The murder trial of Portland businessman Everton ‘Beachy Stout’ McDonald and his co-accused is to begin from scratch on Monday in the Home Circuit, with the empanelling of a new jury, after the judge was forced yesterday to discharge two of the...
LITHIUM IRON phosphate-powered batteries are the future of electric vehicles, argues Mujeeb Ijaz, founder and CEO of Our Next Generation Energy (ONE), which is based in Detroit, Michigan. He believes his company has made a lot of progress with this...
OVER THE years, Jamaicans have developed a love-hate relationship with protected animals like the American crocodile ( Crocodylus acutus). Locals have occasionally been observed, on social media platforms or otherwise, engaging in the unlawful...
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR of Stand Up For Jamaica (SUFJ) Carla Gullotta is renewing her call for authorities to track and release all mentally ill inmates from prison. Some of these persons, she said, are lost in the system. Her call comes on the heels of...
