Jamaica Gleaner - Lead Stories - Tuesday

Big Olint handouts

Two prominent local figures last night moved swiftly to either clarify or distance themselves from fresh claims outlined in a court document that they received millions of dollars in donations from convicted Olint boss David Smith...

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Court finds Mavado guilty...fined $100,000 or six months in prison

WESTERN BUREAU: Almost a year after he was arrested for assaulting a St James man and his son and damaging their car in an apparent case of road rage, dancehall star David 'Mavado' Brooks was yesterday found guilty in the Montego Bay Resident Magistrate's Court....

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The caring crime fighter

Sombre faces and red eyes told the tale. Members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) gathered at the May Pen Police Station in Clarendon yesterday, still trying to come to terms with the passing of divisional commander for the parish, Senior Superintendent of Police...

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Heroes Park named national Labour Day project for 2012

THE CENTREPIECE of Jamaica's heritage - the National Heroes Park - has been selected as the National Labour Day project for 2012, the year Jamaicans observe the country's golden jubilee celebrations...

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Angels of Love grants wishes to sick, dying children

"Our relationship with the children is like a marriage. Once we take them on, we are committed." That's how Philip Liu describes the bond between Angels of Love and critically ill children across Jamaica...

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Man initially convicted in $44m heist case freed

One of the five people who were convicted for the theft of $44 million from a Guardsman armoured truck in January 2010 has been freed because he was convicted of an offence for which he was not charged.Steve Jordine...

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JCSC wants tax reform committee to clarify position

The Jamaica Civil Society Coalition (JCSC) yesterday called for the joint select committee on tax reform to clarify its recommendations to Parliament and the time frame for the adjustments in the general consumption tax regime...

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Cops hit scammers out west - Deportee and 'fake' American arrested

Western Bureau: A deportee and a man the police identified as his brother were arrested and charged for unlawful possession of property and drugs during a police-military operation against...