Corruption Prevention Commission workload to be reduced - Nicholson
GOVERNMENT IS now working out ways to reduce the number of public servants who will be required to file reports with the Corruption Prevention Commission as it tries to make the work of the commissioners more manageable. Speaking at the The Gleaner's...

Seaga urges national fight against narco-terrorism
OPPOSITION LEADER Edward Seaga yesterday urged national consensus on a definition for terrorism and narco-trafficking, two categories of crime he said are threatening to overwhelm the country. The Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) head pointed to statistics...

House approves tax appeal order
TAXPAYERS WHO are dissatisfied with a decision of the Revenue Commissioner regarding their tax liabilities will now be able to go to the Commissioner of Taxpayer Appeals to have the ruling overturned. On Tuesday the House of Representatives approved...

'Discrimination against employees will not be tolerated' -- Hamilton
PUBLIC DEFENDER, Howard Hamilton, has warned employers against discriminating against persons believed to be living with the HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, noting that his office will bring its full weight against persons or organisations engaged in...

Point, counter-point in Von Cork appeal
MR. R.N.A. Henriques, Q.C., submitted yesterday that what former Resident Magistrate Norma Von Cork and her co-convicts did was not an offence in law. He cited several cases and told the Court of Appeal that he was unable to find any case which would...