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‘STATE NOT ABOVE THE LAW’ - PM declares all cop-involved fatal shootings properly investigated, questions why protests only held over police killings

Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness is insisting that the “State is not above the law”, amid growing concerns about an increase in the number of fatal police shootings across the island. Speaking yesterday during the groundbreaking ceremony for the Housing Agency of Jamaica’s (HAJ) Luana Phase Four in St Elizabeth, Holness emphasised that independent institutions are in place to hold security forces accountable.

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Tamika Harris (right), president of the Advocates’ Association of Jamaica, and other attorneys engage in a silent protest involving members of The Jamaican Bar Association and the Advocates’ Association at the Supreme Court in downtown Kingston yester
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‘Silent’ attorneys declare decisions on gun crimes must be left to judges

Arguing that the law must be applied with regard to the circumstances of individual cases, attorney Peter Champagnie is urging that the debate around Jamaica’s firearms legislation not be reduced to a…
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24 Sep, 2026 0

Specialist urges rebuilding of minds after Melissa

Rebuilding schools after Hurricane Melissa must go beyond repairing roofs, replacing books and restoring classrooms, with greater attention being paid to the emotional and psychological toll of the…
Gary Anderson (left), of the Lions of Michigan Foundation, and Paul Issa, chairman of the Issa Trust Foundation, with a retina camera at the Savanna-la-Mar Inclusive Academy.
24 Sep, 2026 0

US vision mission comes good for Westmoreland students

Western Bureau: Of the 196 students examined during a recent vision mission to the Savanna-la-Mar Inclusive Academy in Westmoreland, about 50 per cent of them were found to be in need of corrective…
Veteran musician Jackie Jackson, arguably one of Jamaica’s greatest bass players, passed away at the Cornwall Regional Hospital on Wednesday morning.
24 Sep, 2026 0

Daughters remember veteran musician Jackie Jackson as devoted dad

WESTERN BUREAU: To the world, Clifton ‘Jackie’ Jackson was the legendary bass guitarist whose fingers helped shape some of Jamaican music’s most enduring recordings. To his four daughters, he was…
The ill-fated 144 Albion Road property in St James, where the Pathways International Kingdom Restoration Ministries was located.
24 Sep, 2026 0

THE PATHWAYS MINISTRIES TRIAL.... Blame game over church killing

Defence attorney Anthony Williams yesterday sought to shift blame for the 2021 alleged religious killing from his client, Andre Ruddock, to late church leader Dr Kevin Smith, while challenging the…
Anthony Thompson, a 74-year-old farmer of Chatsworth, Maroon Town, St James, who was murdered on September 9.
24 Sep, 2026 0

Family want answers about the beheading of 74-y-o farmer in St James

WESTERN BUREAU: Two weeks after 74-year-old farmer Anthony Thompson was brutally murdered by intruders at his home in Chatsworth district in Maroon Town, St James, his relatives are still awaiting…
Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness.
23 Sep, 2026 0

TOUGH ROAD AHEAD

Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness says a report on the status of the economy has indicated that there are “headwinds” ahead even as recovery from Hurricane Melissa takes shape. Holness, who was…
Opposition Leader Mark Golding.
23 Sep, 2026 0

‘You are playing with fire’ - Golding suggests retro levy bill leaves loophole for legal claims, Gov’t dismisses concerns

The parliamentary Opposition’s protest that a bill giving retroactive effect to the environment protection levy from June 2007 to the present does not go far enough to protect the Consolidated Fund…
NET Executive Director Latoya Harris Ghartey.
23 Sep, 2026 0

NET calls for FAA Act changes to fast-track payment for emergency school repairs

Jamaica’s legislators are being urged to amend the Financial Administration and Audit Act (FAA Act) to enable faster payments to contractors engaged in emergency construction such as the repairing…