Publication: Jamaica Gleaner

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INDECOM concerned about police records

Jodi-Ann Gilpin, Gleaner WriterThe Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) has expressed concern over what it describes as poor record-keeping at police stations islandwide.According to INDECOM's commissioner, Terrence Williams, police personnel ... [Published Jamaica Gleaner - 1 hour ago]

Entities: Police, Paul Dunn, Terrence Williams

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'I was misunderstood' - Dentist says he wasn't trying to delay case

Nedburn Thaffe, Gleaner WriterThe dentist who was accused of withholding the dental record analysis conducted on the burnt remains believed to be of Trinidadian teacher Michelle Coudray-Greaves until $1.8 million was paid over to him is claiming that ... [Published Jamaica Gleaner - 1 hour ago]

Entities: Director of Public Prosecutions, Peer Review, Case File, Trinidad and Tobago

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Can we speed things up?

Dear SF:It appears that you were the derivative beneficiary of visa petition and you aged out, i.e. you turned 21 before the visa was available and you did not qualify for protection under the Child Status Protection Act. Your grandmother filed for her ... [Published Jamaica Gleaner - 1 hour ago]

Entities: Green Card, Immigration, Criminal Law, Petitioner

First reported 1 hour ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 1 reports

Family vs general visa

Whether or not a person can travel to the United Kingdom as a family visitor will depend on a number of factors. You should be aware that a family visitor comes under the immigration category of 'general visitor' and only nationals of countries outside ... [Published Jamaica Gleaner - 1 hour ago]

Entities: United Kingdom, Chartered Inst of Arbitrators, Immigration Law, Justice of the Peace, Commodities

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NIKE Inc

Freudian slip or Gordian knot?

It brought to mind the reason newsprint, the magic with which I grew up, is currently thrashing about in its death throes while digital substitutes like blogs flourish.In the good old days, having your news arrive in ink was an indescribable thrill. The ... [Published Jamaica Gleaner - 1 hour ago]

Entities: Sex, NIKE Inc, Wayne Hansen, Homosexuality

First reported 1 hour ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 1 reports

I want to get a Supervisa for my grandma

Recently, Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) announced that they would re-open the Parent and Grandparent (PGP) programme for new applications on January 2, 2014. Your grandmother may then apply for a supervisa, which would grant her permission ... [Published Jamaica Gleaner - 1 hour ago]

Entities: Immigration, Jamaica, Canada, Ottawa

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Tablets in schools, yes, but please ... !

Whether the video was uploaded within minutes or sometime thereafter is besides the point. The students had the resources and the wherewithal at school, during school hours, to get it done!And so, in so far as the technology minister's announcement recently ... [Published Jamaica Gleaner - 1 hour ago]

Entities: Broadband, Disengagement, Social Network, Advocate

First reported 1 hour ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 1 reports

UK-based Jamaicans urged to give back to country

The Reverend Rose Hudson-Wilkin, vicar for Queen Elizabeth and chaplain to the Speaker of the House of Commons, has called on Jamaicans in the United Kingdom (UK) to continue to give back to their communities as well as the poor and vulnerable in order ... [Published Jamaica Gleaner - 1 hour ago]

Entities: Jamaica, Patrick Allen, United Kingdom

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Why won't he marry me?

A: It is acceptable to many couples to be involved in a live-in relationship. Some persons see it as a test run on marriage to ascertain whether persons are compatible. Some men believe they should wait until they own a house before they take a wife. ... [Published Jamaica Gleaner - 1 hour ago]

Entities: Tenancy In Common, Mortgages, Family Values

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Return statue, bust of racist Gandhi

It is with this regard that I must speak on the issue of Mahatma Gandhi. Often, we accuse Europe and white people of racism against people of Africa and African descent. Gandhi was no exception.Positioning Mahatma Gandhi's bust at the esteemed Tom Redcam ... [Published Jamaica Gleaner - 1 hour ago]

Entities: India, B Singh, University of the West Indies, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi

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Governor General visits UK school

Sir Patrick, Lady Allen and Jamaica's High Commissioner Aloun Ndombet Assamba were welcomed at the Evelyn Grace Academy by Jamaica-born principal Devon Hanson, who took them on a tour of the school and its facilities. Sir Patrick said he was impressed ... [Published Jamaica Gleaner - 1 hour ago]

Entities: United Kingdom, Jamaica, Jamaica National Building Society

First reported May 19 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 2 reports

EDITORIAL - Sounder logic from the other Mr Thwaites

In that context, we feel it unfortunate that the education minister has short-circuited the discussion on making condoms available in schools and we are also concerned that, despite his words, he would hardly have promoted the tolerance he avows to wish ... [Published Jamaica Gleaner - May 20 2013]

Entities: Homosexuality, Education, Sex, Jamaica, Daniel Thwaites plc

Quotes

"This is because it is obvious that the State does not have the ability to accommodate such expense despite spending three months on this case in terms of analysing the findings - in terms of the sex, the race, the age, and the individuality of the burnt remains - in coming to the conclusion that it is that of Michelle Coudray."

'I was misunderstood' - Dentist says he wasn't trying to delay case [Published Jamaica Gleaner - 1 hour ago]

"What we are talking about is nothing new. This has been happening for quite a while and something has to be done to address proper documentation" he said

INDECOM concerned about police records [Published Jamaica Gleaner - 1 hour ago]

"As new restructurings unfold, we expect governments to be more aggressive in seeking principal haircuts to achieve lower debt loads" he added

Moody's warns of more Caribbean debt restructurings [Published Jamaica Gleaner - 1 hour ago]

...catch-up, increasing integration into global markets, sound macroeconomic policies, and impro-ved education and health are helping to speed growth "and create massive investment opportunities, which, in turn, are spurring a shift in global economic weight to developing countries."

Caribbean to dominate global saving - World Bank [Published Jamaica Gleaner - 1 hour ago]

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