Suelyn Ward-Brown, the school principal who is implicated in an alleged land fraud in St Catherine has been granted $2 million bail.
Read more: School principal in St Catherine land scam granted $2m bail
The People’s National Party is calling for the immediate resignation of the Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr Christopher Tufton, and a comprehensive probe into the deaths of 43% of the neonates in the nursery at the Victoria Jubilee Hospital (VJH).
Read more: PNP calls for immediate resignation of Health Minister Tufton
Several students and at least one teacher at the John Rollins Success Primary School in St James are now undergoing treatment following a bizarre incident before and after the school's general devotional exercise this morning.
Read more: Teacher, students faint before and after devotion at St. James school
A local Christian media group is warning the Ministry of Education against diminishing the role of devotions in schools. This, after several students at Oberlin High collapsed during the school’s daily devotions on Wednesday.
Read more: Christian media group warns aginst changes to devotion policies in schools
The Crown on Friday registered a historic win with the granting of the first appeal under the Judicature (Appellate Jurisdiction) (Amendment) Act, 2021 against Lindel Powell, otherwise called Lazarus, who was convicted for two counts of murder in a 2017 Westmoreland incident.
Read more: Westmoreland killer's sentence overturned from 12 years to life in prison