Jamaica Gleaner News- Lead Stories - Tuesday

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Bolt outruns taxman

USAIN has bolted from competing in Britain because of a massive tax net which could capture huge chunks of the Jamaican superstar's earnings. Britain, which has moved to mend its leaking economy, has instituted new regulations which the BBC said would have caused sprinter...

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Air scare - Your child may be at risk

Tests conducted by an environmental assessment company have revealed that children in some Corporate Area schools are being exposed to air pollutants which cause learning disabilities and upper respiratory...

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Police deny 'blank detention order' claim

The Police High Command has denied claims that it has been presenting blank detention orders before the Emergency Powers Review Tribunal.In reaction to a report in yesterday's Gleaner, citing lawyers who voiced concern about what they said were blank...

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Lawyer boycott stalls St Thomas Circuit Court

The St Thomas Circuit Court, which has held its sessions in Kingston since the Morant Bay courthouse was gutted by fire in 2007, yesterday faced a total boycott by defence lawyers from the parish. The lawyers are protesting...

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T&T attorney wants libel laws repealed

SENIOR LEGAL counsel in Trinidad and Tobago, Kathy Ann Waterman, wants criminal libel to be repealed in Jamaica and the rest of the Caribbean, arguing that it has no place in modern jurisprudence. At the same time, chairman of the Media Association Jamaica Ltd (MAJ)...

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Francis-Edie new head of Child Development Agency

Former registrar at the Office of the Children's Registry, Carla Francis-Edie, took charge as chief executive officer at the Child Development Agency (CDA) on July 1.The position was made vacant after former CDA boss Alison Anderson-McLean stepped down...