A district constable has been sentenced to six months' imprisonment or a fine of $100,000 for using a Jamaica Constabulary Force petrol advance card to pay for fuel for his personal motor vehicle. Akeno Barnes was sentenced last.
LAWYERS representing former Education Minister Ruel Reid and former Caribbean Maritime University (CMU) President Fritz Pinnock are heading to the Appeal Court to challenge a ruling by the Full Co.
Former Education Minister Ruel Reid, along with former Caribbean Maritime University President Fritz Pinnock, and their three co-accused, learnt on Friday that they will have a case to answer followin.
Former Education Minister, Ruel Reid, and Caribbean Maritime University (CMU) President, Professor Fritz Pinnock, have been refused leave to go to the United Kingdom Privy Council to have fraud charges against them dropped.
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Amid criticisms over the hefty fines being handed down to some Jamaicans for breaching the Disaster Risk Management Act (DRMA), Chief Judge of the Parish Courts, Chester Crooks, has defended the imposition of the significant fines, noting that they a