Mickel Jackson News Today

Jamaicans for Justice (JFJ) Executive Director Mickel Jackson hopes to inspire a passion for human rights among Jamaicans. Speaking at the organisation’s official launch of the promotion and protection of human rights in Jamaica project yesterday...

Jamaicans for Justice (JFJ) is condemning the response of the Ministry of Education and the administrators of St James High School following the expulsion of two female students who were allegedly captured on video kissing each other. In...

WESTERN BUREAU: “SINCE THE incident, she has locked down, and I am not getting much from her. Even when I ask her about the incident, she is not saying anything to me.” That was the revelation from J. C. [real name withheld on request], the mother...

LEADER OF Government Business in the House of Representatives Edmund Bartlett will today open the annual Sectoral Debate in Parliament. Lawmakers took a break after the end of the Budget Debate on March 26 but had to rush back to Parliament on...

Jamaica's data protection regulator says the law does not prevent releasing the names of parties to a contract, contradicting Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ) which has refused to name the owners of properties it's leasing. "Mere...

WESTERN BUREAU: The Trelawny Municipal Corporation is distancing itself from the circumstances leading to the tragic death of 72-year-old Coral Brissett, who was hospitalised for two weeks after falling into a ditch at his gate. Brissett, a...

The attorney general’s (AG) denial of an access to information request for the advice provided to Parliament on how to handle reports by the auditor general (AuG) is not, on its face, surprising. Derrick McKoy’s chambers relied on Section 17 (a)...

In a tense 1970s domino game the Dunce drew six-four; five-four; double-four; four-trey; six-blank; five-blank; and trey-blank. Sitting below the poser (me), the Dunce’s first play was six-four. Gene Autry played four-blank. Next round the Dunce...

House Speaker Juliet Holness is facing the heat over her failure to make public Attorney General (AG) Derrick McKoy’s opinion on the tabling of reports after his office washed its hands of the now contentious matter, disclosing that it cannot...

House Speaker Juliet Holness is facing the heat over her failure to make public Attorney General (AG) Derrick McKoy’s opinion on the tabling of reports after his office washed its hands of the now contentious matter, disclosing that it cannot...