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Catastrophic Hurricane Melissa slams Jamaica
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October 29 12:14 AM
Cat bond payout likely as Hurricane Melissa ravages Jamaica
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October 29 12:12 AM
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Landslides rattle Bath, but Hurricane Melissa spares most of St Thomas
Jerome Williams | Reporter 
October 29 12:12 AM
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SBAJ anticipates shake-up of SME sector post-Hurricane Melissa
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Kellaray Miles | Reporter 
October 29 12:10 AM
SBAJ anticipates shake-up of SME sector post-Hurricane Melissa
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More than 500,000 JPS customers lose power
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Electricity network severely impacted as Category 5 Melissa makes landfall
October 29 12:10 AM
More than 500,000 JPS customers lose power
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Sykes urges lawyers to push for CCJ as final court
October 21, 2024
MONTEGO BAY, St James — In a continued call for Jamaica to embrace the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) as its final court of appeal, Chief Justice Br...
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Lawyer: Retrying Kartel would set bad precedent for the poor
June 11, 2024
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Defence attorney John Clarke says if the Court of Appeal orders a retrial of entertainer Vybz Kartel and his co-accused, it would ...
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Privy Council costs exclude average Jamaicans from accessing justice, lawyers argue
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Privy Council costs exclude average Jamaicans from accessing justice, lawyers argue
Kelsey Thomas | Online Coordinator 
June 11, 2024
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Two Jamaican lawyers have expressed concerns that the Privy Council, as Jamaica’s final court of appeal, is inaccessible to the av...
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Patterson: Privy Council was never intended to be Jamaica’s final Court of Appeal
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Patterson: Privy Council was never intended to be Jamaica’s final Court of Appeal
June 9, 2024
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Former Prime Minister PJ Patterson has asserted that the framers of Jamaica’s constitution never intended for the British Privy Co...
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Judge to decide on Vybz Kartel case Thursday
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Judge to decide on Vybz Kartel case Thursday
May 29, 2024
KINGSTON, Jamaica — A ruling in Vybz Kartel’s habeas corpus case is expected to be handed down tomorrow at 2:00 pm in the Supreme Court. The ruling wi...
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PJ Patterson, Hugh Small say Vybz Kartel trial judge made ‘fatal error’
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PJ Patterson, Hugh Small say Vybz Kartel trial judge made ‘fatal error’
March 19, 2024
Former Prime Minister of Jamaica PJ Patterson has weighed in on the brouhaha surrounding the recent ruling of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Coun...
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Watch ‘Shawn Storm’ lawyers react as Privy Council quashes conviction
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March 14, 2024
KINGSTON, Jamaica – While it wasn’t the verdict they wanted in its entirety, the attorneys for entertainer Shawn 'Shawn Storm' Campbell expressed grat...
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Conviction Quashed: Privy Council sends Kartel case back to local Appeal Court
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Conviction Quashed: Privy Council sends Kartel case back to local Appeal Court
March 14, 2024
KINGSTON, Jamaica— The Privy Council has ordered that incarcerated dancehall artiste Vybz Kartel and his three co-accused have their convictions quash...
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#UpToTheTime: A timeline of Vybz Kartel’s fight for freedom
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March 14, 2024
Today, incarcerated dancehall star Vybz Kartel will know whether or not he will remain locked up at least until 2046 when the UK-based Privy Council r...
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