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Jamaicans for Justice (JFJ) has made an appeal for the Government, in 2024, to reconsider its legislative policy on excessive mandatory minimum sentences, especially for children. The human-rights organisation is pushing for a rethink of the policy...

The following is the 2024 New Year’s Message from Prime Minister Andrew Holness. God has given us the opportunity to see the sun rise on a New Year. Let us rejoice with gratitude and embrace the 2024 canvas of possibilities; to paint new and...

A new year plush with possibilities is the message for 2024, with Jamaica's governor general, prime minister and leader of the Opposition looking towards 2024 with hope. In his new year's message...

I knew I was cutting it fine – trying to squeeze in a last afternoon with old friends ahead of a final night with my family, before leaving for home. “A couple of hours,” I said to my parents, who were planning a takeaway pizza send-off for me.

The Home Office has announced tougher anti-spiking measures, but I don’t think they go far enough to reflect the severity of the offence

THE EDITOR, Madam: I am writing with reference to the article, ‘Tomlinson prepared to escalate gay rights battle to Privy Council,’ published on December 21. I realised after reading the article that this is just a proposal, but I have some...

Before the court were Marek Puska, Lubomir Puska, Lucia Istokova, Jozefina Grundzova and Viera Gazoiva

Gay rights activist Maurice Tomlinson has changed his mind about ending his legal fight with the State over the constitutionality of the buggery law and is now determined to take this fight all the way to the country’s highest court, the Privy...

Pope Francis’ greenlight to Roman Catholic priests to bless same-sex couples is not the same as endorsing gay marriage. It is nonetheless an important acknowledgement that love cannot be constrained by bigotry or artificial barriers, and is always...

The incident happened in Rathfarnham at around 12.30am.