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(JAMAICA OBSERVER) Embattled real estate attorney, Jennifer Messado, has been struck from the roll of practising attorneys in Jamaica.

The Ministry of Legal Affairs today hinted that the government will likely move in the direction of decriminalising defamation and a series of other offences.

President David Granger has once again intervened to stave off a planned countrywide strike by teachers, who have been offered a new proposal on wages.

A 21-year-old Corentyne man was discovered dead along the Number 68 Village, Corentyne Middle Walk this morning and police say a drinking buddy has since confessed to battering and then stabbing him.

(JAMAICA OBSERVER) THE police say the caretaker of the Church Of God of Prophecy on Old Harbour Road in Spanish Town, St Catherine, has been held in connection with last month’s murder of pastor James Johnson.

(JAMAICA GLEANER) Sections of the island were rattled by a minor tremor around 9.28 p.m.

Pledging unyielding protection of the environment, newly-appointed head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Dr Vincent Adams says that oversight of the oil and gas sector will be of a high quality and there will be no compromise with companies on environmental standards.

Police in Lethem are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a 22-year-old Bom Fim, Roraima, Brazil resident, whose lifeless body was discovered on the Takutu bridge trail yesterday morning.

There is a need for continuous training sessions for police officers on how to deal with domestic violence cases, to fill the gap in their formal police training, Public Security Minister Khemraj Ramjattan says.

The practice by some police ranks to reach out to the community and local businesses for donations, is an approach that is “fraught with the unintended potential for bribery and corruption to occur,” according to the security sector reform report.

The lead investigator in the case against drug-accused, Stephen Vieira, Tazim Gafoor, Nazim Gafoor and Sherwayne De Abreu, on Friday testified that he had been instructed not to pursue charges against prosecution witness Hakeem Mohamed, even with overwhelming evidence against him.

Very soon, the Guyana National Broadcasting Authority (GNBA) will begin taking in complaints from the public on offensive content that is broadcast on television, radio and cable, according to the entity’s Chairman, Leslie Sobers, who said that attention will also be given to the far-flung areas.

-family in need of further assistance Venisha Sukhnandan, the 17-year-old girl who was struck by a car at Ogle three weeks ago in an accident which resulted in the death of her brother, remains hospitalised but has made significant progress in her recovery.

A security guard at a Yarrowkabra, Linden/Soesdyke highway sand pit was beaten by two armed bandits who posed as policemen during a robbery on Friday night.

The criminalisation of marijuana is a violation of Rastafarian human rights, activist Ras Kali told a forum on marijuana decriminalisation held by the International Decade for People of African Descent Assembly-Guyana (IDPADA-G) Friday evening.

A carpenter was on Friday granted $40,000 bail on a charge of felonious wounding, after appearing at the Leonora Magistrate’s Court.

A 33-year-old father of one was yesterday granted $150,000 bail after pleading not guilty to aggravated robbery.

Some APNU+AFC regional councillors have not been attending the statutory meetings of the Region Six council and chairman, David Armogan says their seats will be revoked if this continues.

A 66-year-old farmer of Queenstown, Essequibo is currently in police custody, accused of shooting another farmer whom he allegedly thought was an ‘acouri’.

(Reuters) An earthquake hit northern Haiti late on Saturday, killing at least 14 people and sparking a scramble by rescue agencies to help residents of the worst-hit towns in the impoverished Caribbean country.