Archive for October, 2008

Sections of south St Andrew and west kingston were tense late last night, following two shooting incidents, which left at least four people dead and three others nursing gunshot wounds.Up to press time last night, there was no official report…

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Jamaica Labour Party Member of Parliament (MP) Michael Stern will know on December 19 if the election petition filed against him by the People’s National Party’s candidate, Richard Azan, will be struck out. Stern has brought an appeal contending that he was not served…

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A policeman who was accused of sexually assaulting a 12-year-old girl was yesterday freed by a seven-member jury.Constable Newton Bentley, 48, who is attached to Mobile Reserve, Harman Barracks, was charged with carnal abuse and indecent assault….

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IN A departure from the Church’s conservative position, at least one religious organisation has endorsed the broad provisions in the Termination of Pregnancy Act, otherwise called abortion law. The United Church of Jamaica and The Cayman Islands says it supports…

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COLIN POWELL, former United States secretary of state, says that, while he opted not to seek election as that nation’s first black president 13 years ago, Democratic candidate Barack Obama now has a good shot at the most powerful job in the world…

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More rains are expected to pelt the island today, as the country continues to experience unstable weather conditions caused by a frontal system to the east of the island. The Meteorological Service yesterday said isolated showers and thunderstorms would continue over several…

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Although it has been five years since she was abducted and raped by two men in a robot taxi, Patriciais still horrified and gets emotional each time another woman is raped.”It is so bad that, up to Wednesday, I was coming from school, I saw this white Toyota Nissan car…

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FORMER CHAIRMAN of the Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ), Dr Carlton Davis, says the board of the institution had never lost sight of its fiduciary responsibilities and matters relating to conflict of interest. Davis went on the offensive following a claim…

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