Author: Jamaica Observer
Source: Jamaica Observer
Author: Alicia Sutherland
Source: Jamaica Observer
Author: Observe Reporter
Source: Jamaica Observer
Author: Paul Henry
Source: Jamaica Observer
Author: Alicia Sutherland
Source: Jamaica Observer
Author: Observer Reporter
Source: Jamaica Observer
If convicted, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani could face six months in prison and the loss of his job.
Gilani told parliament yesterday that he will honour a summons to appear before the court on February 13, when he is scheduled to be charged.
The announcement was a major escalation in a case that has dogged the democratically elected government since 2009, when the Supreme Court ordered it write to Swiss authorities requesting they reopen a corruption case against President Asif Ali Zardari that dates to the late 1990s.
The government has refused, claiming the president enjoys immunity from prosecution while in office....
Author: Gleaner Reporter
Source: Jamaica Gleaner
A former employee of Texas tycoon R. Allen Stanford testified Tuesday that the financier lavishly spent tens of millions of dollars to develop property and businesses on the Caribbean island nation of Antigua, at one time replacing the hardwood floors at his bank because they weren't the right colour.
February 1:
Accountant details Stanford investment spending...
Author: Gleaner Reporter
Source: Jamaica Gleaner
The ruling was made on January 26 and sent to the commissioner of police.
A date has not yet been set for Walker to appear before the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court to answer the charges.
If found guilty, Walker could be slapped with a $5,000 fine.
It is reported that Walker did comply days after the deadline set by the OCG.
Walker is also to face a second charge for obstructing the OCG in its probe into the Jamaica Customs Department's alleged illegal export of scrap metal in contravention of a standing Cabinet/ministerial order without first securing the requisite government licences or authorisations.
impeded investigation
Contractor General Greg Christie had complained that Walker's failure to cooperate with the OCG's probe, and to comply with its lawful requisition, had seriously obstructed and impeded the progress of his investigation which commenced on November 4, 2011....
Author: Barbara Gayle and Edmond Campbell
Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Author: Tanesha Mundle
Source: Jamaica Observer
Author: Observer Reporter
Source: Jamaica Observer
The men were sentenced Tuesday for the 2006 stabbing and stoning attack on Zoliswa Nkonyana. Activists say such violence is increasing, highlighting the gap between society's sometimes narrow view of sexual identity and the role of women on one side, and South Africa's liberal constitution, which has some of the strongest provisions on gay rights on the continent.
In a statement, the Commission for Gender Equality says the Cape Town court's ruling is a lesson to perpetrators of homophobic violence.
Author: Gleaner Reporter
Source: Jamaica Gleaner
It is alleged that millions of dollars were paid out from the pension fund without the consent of Gorstew Ltd.
The accused are Patrick Lynch, former chairman of the ATL Pension Fund; Dr Jeffrey Pyne, former managing director of Gorstew Ltd, and Catherine Barber, former general manager of the ATL Pension Fund.
Hotelier Gordon 'Butch' Stewart is the chairman of ATL and a shareholder of Gorstew Ltd.
Alleged unapproved transactions
It is being alleged that the three, while employed to the companies, conspired to have monies distributed from the surplus in the pension fund to workers and, in so doing, they allegedly benefited from the distribution. It is further alleged that the distribution was done without the approval of Gorstew Ltd, which is the holding company for the Stewart-owned Jamaica Observer, ATL and the Sandals Group....
Author: Gleaner Reporter
Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Author: Observer Reporter
Source: Jamaica Observer
Author: Observer Reporter
Source: Jamaica Observer