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Judge's error leads to retrial
A JUDGE'S misdirection to the jury has resulted in the Court of Appeal ordering a retrial for Briston Scarlett, 37, who was sentenced to hang for the murder of a 21-year-old woman, who perished in a fire on September 30, 1997. Scarlett, a shoemaker, of..
FEATURE: What's right with Jamaica - Paving the way for
the mentally challenged
"IDIOT BWOY. Yuh can't even play. Yuh don't even know how to throw ball," a 12-year-old boy sneered at his classmate during recess at a Corporate Area all-age school. The dejected boy headed back for his classroom. It's true, he was different from the..
UWI to offer
programmes online
ST. JOHN'S, Antigua: THE UNIVERSITY of the West Indies (UWI) is to offer courses on the Internet as well as work in partnership with universities in North America and Europe, UWI Vice Chancellor Professor Rex Nettleford announced Thursday.
Rock testing at Wellington Heights
TESTS ARE being carried out at the proposed Wellington Heights subdivision to see whether there are voids in the rocks, which could account for more pronounced vibrations from blasts on the hillside, resulting in severe damage to houses in surrounding...
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