CONFUSION SHROUDS Paula Llewellyn’s status as director of public prosecutions (DPP) with the Government insisting that there is no order in place for her to demit office, while the Opposition contends that the post is vacant arising from yesterday...

Opposition Leader Mark Golding says the parliamentary Opposition may ask the court to compel House Speaker Juliet Holness to release the legal opinion of the attorney general (AG) on how reports sent to Parliament are to be tabled. Golding has...

THE CONSTITUTIONAL Court handed down a decision yesterday that the extension given to the director of public prosecutions (DPP) last year was unconstitutional. However, the ruling Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) Government has argued that the court’s.....

WESTERN BUREAU: ON FRIDAY, Stacy-Ann Dunkley stared blankly as she spoke about her son Raniel Plummer’s request to be transferred from Irwin High School in St James. That request will never come to fruition as the 15-year-old boy was stabbed and....

COUNCILLOR FOR the Alligator Pond division in Manchester, Omar Robinson, is appealing to the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) to act quickly in ridding the community of the unsightly garbage pile-up. According to Robinson, it has.....

AS THE world gears up to celebrate another Earth Day on Monday, the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) Jamaica has entered into a partnership with the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) to develop and...

KARL SIMMS, founder of Arah Rides, is looking to revolutionise the car rental marketplace. In an interview with The Gleaner yesterday, Simms stated his desire to establish a new way for people to find vehicles to rent. By leveraging technology,.....

A love triangle is the alleged cause of the latest flare-up of violence among some Corporate Area schools, resulting in at least three students sustaining injuries and one institution closing its doors out of fear for those under its care....

THE CALABAR Old Boys’ Association (COBA) has suspended its long-standing mentorship programme at the Red Hills Road-based institution, citing “long-standing unresolved matters” with the board and administration. The executive of COBA said as ...

OPERATIONS HAVE returned to normal at the Horizon Adult Remand Centre in Kingston after correctional officers took a break from their regular duties yesterday to register their dissatisfaction surrounding their compensation review. The correctional....

WESTERN BUREAU: ORAL HEAVEN, chief advocate at the Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MBCCI), has called for greater presence and security in the western capital, Montego Bay, by way of quick-response personnel. Heaven also wants the new...

WHEN THE Norwegian Pearl docked in Ocho Rios, St Ann, on Monday, 32 people among the hundreds of tourists who were part of the Love and Harmony Cruise opted to do charity work at the nearby Boscobel Primary...

KASHARA REID, a resident of New Longsville, Clarendon, is still having trouble piecing together her life, which was disrupted by a fire that ravaged her home. Despite the tragedy having occurred in August of last year, Reid, who currently lives......

A FORMER Jamaican ambassador says the diplomatic corps is likely to be “disturbed” by the dishonouring of two former prime ministers in a controversial post that appeared on the Instagram page of Alando Terrelonge, state minister in the foreign....

Tuesday’s unavailability of a prisoner housed at the Kingston Central police lockup to attend the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court for a criminal matter has led to the revelation of an outbreak of Swine Flu at the Corporate Area jail. The...

Edmond Campbell/Senior Parliamentary Reporter CONSTITUTIONAL EXPERT Dr Lloyd Barnett has described as “unfortunate and sad” the so-called letter saga in which Speaker of the House of Representatives, Juliet Holness, released a missive on March ...

Barbados-born businessman Omar Collymore, who is on trial for reportedly masterminding the murder of his wife, was the sole beneficiary on her $21-million life insurance and was also allotted 70 per cent of her second life insurance policy, which......

WESTERN BUREAU: THIEVES HAVE removed seven of 10 Jamaica Public Service (JPS)-installed street lights in Orange Bay, Western Hanover, once again, leaving the five-kilometre stretch of roadway between the Orange Bay Housing Scheme and Negril in...

WESTERN BUREAU: THE LONG Hill bypass in St James will be developed into a four-lane dual carriageway, the National Road Operating and Constructing Company (NROCC) revealed on Tuesday at a meeting with hoteliers in Montego Bay. The meeting was held....

GLENMUIR HIGH School in Clarendon exhibited an array of entrepreneurial acumen, artistic flair, and innovative prowess during an esteemed event dubbed ‘Earn ‘N Share’. Stakeholders including students, educators, parents, and faculty converged ...