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Minister of State for Local Government, Robert Montague, on (Feb 15) successfully moved two bills in Parliament to postpone local government elections for a year. The bills which were passed after more than three hours of debate will now go to the Senate. Minister Montague said that the government’s decision to postpone the elections considered, among other matters, the effect that elections...

Family, friends and well wishers bade farewell to late Jamaican-born former British boxing champion, Gary Mason at a funeral service held last Friday (February 11) in Carshalton, Surrey. Mason died on January 6, when he was knocked from his bike during a collision with a van in South London. Jamaican High Commissioner, Anthony Johnson in a message read during the...

Quick action by personnel from the Trelawny Division of the Jamaica Fire Brigade in December and January prevented properties, valued at more than $775 million, from being destroyed. For the months of December 2010 and January 2011, a total of 65 calls were responded to by personnel from that division, 54 of which were genuine calls, while two were categorised...

Twenty-two young persons were presented with instruments of office, to begin their two-year tenure as Youth Ambassadors for Jamaica, on Tuesday February 8. The Governor-General, His Excellency, the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen, assisted by the Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture, Hon. Olivia Grange, presented the instruments to the Youth Ambassadors, at the ceremony in the Tea Garden at...

Solicitor General, Douglas Leys, told the Commission of Enquiry into the handling of the extradition request for Christopher “Dudus” Coke on Tuesday (February 8) that the first time he spoke about the extradition request was on or about August 26, 2009. He noted that the conversation was between himself and the Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Senator Hon. Dorothy...

Retired Chief of Defence Staff of the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF), Major General Stewart Saunders, on Thursday February 10 told the Commission of Enquiry into Christopher Coke’s extradition, that his involvement in the initial stages was minimal. Mr. Saunders said he was informed of an impending extradition request by then Commissioner of Police, Rear Admiral Hardley Lewin, on August 24,...

The importance of the work  of the Bureau of Standards Jamaica were highlighted at a public forum, held at the Anglican Church Hall, in Port Maria, St. Mary, on February 2. The event was the first in a series of meetings planned islandwide to acquaint Jamaicans with the functions of the Bureau and to sensitise them about the regulatory requirements...

The board, management and members of the Montego Bay Co-operative Credit Union are mourning the untimely passing of its president, Bishop Herman Johnson. Bishop Johnson, who resided at Greenwood in St. James, died Thursday morning February 3 at the Falmouth Hospital, Trelawny while undergoing emergency treatment resulting from a fall from a tree at his home. He would have celebrated...

Minister with responsibility for Information, Telecommunications and Special Projects, Hon Daryl Vaz, told the Commission of Enquiry enquiring into the issues surrounding the extradition of Christopher "Dudus" Coke, on Friday (February 4), that the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) paid U.S. law firm, Manatt, Phelps and Phillips, US$50,000 for lobbying services. Mr. Vaz, then JLP Deputy Treasurer, informed the Commission chaired...

Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Jeremy Taylor today (February 1), outlined in detail the sequence of events leading to the extradition of Christopher Coke to the United States in June last year. Mr. Taylor, who heads the Extradition Unit in the Office of the DPP, was giving testimony at the Commission of Enquiry into the handling of the Christopher...

Chairman of the Commission of Enquiry into the handling of the Christopher Coke extradition request, Queen's Counsel, Hon. Emil George has ruled that the four memoranda of understanding (MOU) between Jamaica, the United States of America and England can be admitted as evidence.   As result of the ruling, witnesses can now be cross examined on the four MOUs, but...

Chairman of the Commission of Enquiry into the handling of the Christopher Coke extradition request, Queen’s Counsel, Hon. Emil George, has instructed that the Attorney General’s (AG) Department provide memoranda relating to the extradition proceedings by Monday January 31. Counsels present at the enquiry on January 27 raised questions about the absence of the memoranda, which would have played a...