Justice Albert Redhead, on Wednesday, placed a lifelong ban on 10 jurors accused of delivering a “perverse” verdict. The case involved an 18-year-old man who was on trial for allegedly having sexual intercourse with a 13-year-old girl. In delivering his remarks following the not guilty verdict, the...
[caption id="attachment_3238" align="alignright" width="300"] BROWNFIELD… Jamaica must be mindful of international drug treaties[/caption] WASHINGTON, DC, USA — The United States Government has signalled some discomfort with Jamaica's move to decriminalise marijuana for specific uses. According to assistant secretary of the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement...
MANILA, Philippines – Is Miss Jamaica Kaci Fennell half-Filipina? Social media is abuzz that Fennell, who represented Jamaica in the 63rd Miss Universe pageant on Sunday (Monday morning, Manila time), is of Filipino descent. In a column published on Tuesday. STAR entertainment editor Ricky Lo quoted an...
An autopsy performed Monday at Trinidad’s Forensic Science Centre in St James by pathologist Dr Eslyn McDonald-Burris revealed that 51-year-old Journalist Marcia Henville was beaten about the head resulting in blunt force trauma, stabbed with a sharp instrument to the lower area of her neck...
[caption id="attachment_3184" align="alignleft" width="300"] Political analyst Dr David Hinds. (www.guyanagraphic.com)[/caption] A professor of political science said politicians “should be embarrassed” when they attempt to criticise the work of media practitioners. Dr David Hinds admitted that, sometimes, publications from private and public media organisations are less than desirable,...