Opposition Leader Mark Golding is calling on the government to give an account for allegations that several men from Coopers Pen in Trelawny, were detained by police just hours before several homes in the community were demolished on Tuesday. Two men from the community told Nationwide News on Thursday that they and several others were […]

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Opposition Leader, Mark Golding, says the government needs to resettle the residents of Coopers Pen in Trelawny, whose homes were demolished on Tuesday. Golding alongside other members of the PNP, toured the area on Thursday. Chevon Campbell tells us more. The government has mobilised assistance for residents of Coopers Pen who’ve been left without shelter […]

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The government is condemning comments by Opposition Spokesman on Human Rights, Isat Buchanan, encouraging Jamaicans unaffected by the demolition in Coopers Pen, Trelawny to pretend they are affected to receive taxpayer-funded housing. State Minister in the Office of the Prime Minister, Senator Abka Fitz-Henley, describes the comments as repugnant, disgraceful and unbecoming of a lawmaker. […]

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The company that’s reportedly behind Tuesday’s pre-dawn demolition of homes at Coopers Pen in Trelawny, New Falmouth Resorts Limited, is facing removal from Jamaica’s companies register. This over its failure to disclose who its beneficial owner is. The information has been confirmed by Nationwide News through checks with the Companies Office of Jamaica. The failure […]

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Opposition Spokesperson on Human Rights, Isat Buchanan, has called on Jamaicans to attempt to scam the state as he condemns the demolition of twenty homes in Coopers Pen, Trelawny. The homes it’s understood were constructed illegally on the land. He delivered that message on the social media platform TikTok. Chevon Campbell reports. Nationwide News understands […]

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The Office of the Children’s Advocate has begun an investigation into the circumstances surrounding injuries reportedly sustained by a one-year-old boy while in state care at the Glenhope Place of Safety. Children’s Advocate, Diahann Gordon Harrison, says her office first became aware of the incident through a media report published on August 11. She says […]

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Legal luminary, Bert Samuels, is defending the adoption of the Caribbean Court of Justice, CCJ, as Jamaica’s final appellate court despite the ongoing controversy surrounding the regional body. The CCJ has been dragged into controversy due to reportedly leaked emails from its senior judges accusing President, Jamaican-born, Winston Anderson of overreach and authoritarian leadership. But, […]

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A sitting judge of the Caribbean Court of Justice, CCJ, has warned that the turmoil inside the court risks confirming the very fears that have kept Jamaica and most of the region from making it their final court of appeal. This is according to more leaked correspondence published Monday afternoon by the Trinidad Express. The […]

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The Caribbean Court of Justice, CCJ, is defending the integrity and independence of its bench after the publication of internal e-mails which claim to show five of the court’s six sitting judges challenging the leadership of its Jamaican president, Justice Winston Anderson. The allegations, which include claims of so-called ‘panel fixing’ and attempts to sway […]

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Chief executive officer of the National Reconstruction and Resilience Authority, NaRRA, Ambassador Antony Anderson, is off to Peru to study how that South American country rebuilt after catastrophic flooding. He’s to spend five days in Peru, wrapping up on Thursday. It’s his first visit to the country since taking up the leadership of NaRRA, and […]

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