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3 weeks ago | 
jamaicaobserver.com | Alicia Dunkley-Willis
ENTERTAINER Sharon “Ruffian” Peterkin will be spending 13 years and nine months behind bars following a trial in the Gun Court Division of the Supreme Court in downtown Kingston on firearm charges. The entertainer, who is now 59 years of age, was arrested in May 2023 and charged with possession of a prohibited weapon and unauthorised possession of ammunition after members of the Area Five Fugitive Apprehension Team, acting on intelligence, carried out a search at her Portmore, St Catherine, home.
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1 month ago | 
winnmediaskn.com | Alicia Dunkley-Willis
BY ALICIA DUNKLEY-WILLISJamaica (Jamaica Observer) – More claims of the horrors endured by elderly Jamaicans — ranging from being turned out of their homes to being preyed on by developers who resort to criminal tactics to get their properties and lawyers making off with their retainer fees — captivated the attention of the Special Select Committee of the Senate now examining proposals for an Elderly Care and Protection Act on Tuesday.
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1 month ago | 
winnmediaskn.com | Alicia Dunkley-Willis
BY ALICIA DUNKLEY-WILLISCiting “dissatisfaction and disgust” with the battering of a female member of the nursing profession by a man — an incident that has now gone viral on social media — the membership of three nursing organisations say they will on Monday mount an islandwide protest which could result in some practitioners being off the job.
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1 month ago | 
winnmediaskn.com | Alicia Dunkley-Willis
BY ALICIA DUNKLEY-WILLISJamaica (Jamaica Observer) – VICE chancellor of The University of the West Indies (The UWI), Professor Sir Hilary Beckles, in insisting that the institution has “become an entrepreneurial university in search of income from the market economy”, says the “impressive” response from campuses to the overall “strategic plan for revenue revolution” is responsible for that shift.
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Oct 26, 2024 | 
jamaicaobserver.com | Alicia Dunkley-Willis
THE records of those who entered and exited George Alleyne Hall at The University of the West Indies, Mona, between Monday, February 6 and Thursday, February 9 — which were requested by the legal team representing Matthew Hyde who pleaded guilty to assaulting his ex-girlfriend in his dorm room in 2023 — cannot be found.
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Oct 7, 2024 | 
jamaicaobserver.com | Alicia Dunkley-Willis
FOLLOWING strident calls by Tamar McKenzie, president of Jamaica Independent School Association (JISA), for private schools to be drafted into the education transformation plan in a meaningful way, Education Minister Fayval Williams on Friday, in admitting that they had been left out, promised the grouping a seat at the education round table.
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Oct 3, 2024 | 
jamaicaobserver.com | Alicia Dunkley-Willis
FINANCE Minister Dr Nigel Clarke has commended the Tax Administration of Jamaica (TAJ) and its partner agencies on the launch of the virtual motor vehicle registration portal on Tuesday. The added online service which is a result of the collaboration among TAJ, eGov Jamaica and the Insurance Association of Jamaica (IAJ), means that motorists are able to renew their motor vehicle registration certificate (MVRC) online via the authority’s online platform www.jamaicatax.gov.jm.
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Oct 1, 2024 | 
jamaicaobserver.com | Alicia Dunkley-Willis
GOVERNMENT Senator Kavan Gayle, charging that many senior citizens are still active members of the labour force in critical posts, has called for continuous review of policies – particularly those addressing income security – to ease the financial burden of retirement. “It is often said that retirement is a time for rest and relaxation but this is, in fact, a myth. In reality, many of our senior citizens remain active contributors within their families and, indeed, to our country’s economy.
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Sep 27, 2024 | 
jamaicaobserver.com | Alicia Dunkley-Willis
Jamaicans are being called on to throw their weight behind a petition calling for income tax exemption for the parents or caregivers of persons with disabilities. The petition, which was mounted on the Jamaica House Petition portal on April 2, has garnered only 2,654 of the required 15,000 signatures to qualify for a review, and is set to expire on November 6.
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Sep 19, 2024 | 
jamaicaobserver.com | Alicia Dunkley-Willis
A man, who was on Tuesday morning acquitted of murder and firearm charges after the Crown was forced to offer no evidence against him because its witnesses were no longer available, escaped trial with the warning of Supreme Court Judge Justice Leighton Pusey ringing in his ears.
