On right track - Legal expert supports Jamaica's move to reform libel, defamation laws
ONE OF the Caribbean's leading legal academics yesterday hailed the report of the Justice Hugh Small committee as providing the "skeleton of a modern defamation law", but suggested that new legislation should include mechanisms for the "speedy, cheap and effective...

PM: Good job, Audley - Golding showers praises on finance minister
PRIME MINISTER Bruce Golding has jumped to the defence of his finance and public service minister, Audley Shaw. In a pointed jab at Dr Omar Davies, the former minister of finance and planning, the prime minister has declared ...

Halted by blindness - Man's livelihood stunted by loss of sight
Although he has been without his sight for more than 10 years, 65-year-old Aston Campbell admits that he has still not fully adjusted to his condition. Living in the deep rural community of Facey, St Catherine, with its hilly terrain...

PM cuts back on int'l travel
The financial crisis facing the Government has caused Prime Minister Bruce Golding to cut his foreign trips to a bare minimum.Golding on Sunday announced more than five official overseas trips which he has cancelled or delayed."I took a decision a...

The Bee is abuzz
The 2009-2010 Gleaner's Children's Own Spelling Bee kicks off today with parish finals in St Elizabeth and Manchester. The St Elizabeth final begins at 9 a.m. at the St Matthew's Anglican Church Hall, while Manchesterians can turn out to the Mandeville Parish...