Archive for May 10th, 2011

KINGSTON – President of the Jamaica Bar Association (JBA) Ian Wilkinson says he believes it will be a “retrograde step” if the country decides to establish its own final court of appeal rather than seek to join the Trinidad-based Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ).

In an interview with the Jamaica Observer newspaper, Wilkinson said that any contemplation of going that route would amount to a backward step which would be of little benefit to Jamaica.

“I think that it would be a retrograde step ...

PORT-OF-SPAIN – Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar today confirmed that the appointment of Planning, Economic and Social Restructuring and Gender Affairs Minister Mary King has been revoked.

The Prime Minister made the announcement after holding talks with President George Maxwell Richards, a short while ago.

“I have advised his Excellency that I will be sending in a note this evening asking him to revoke her appointment. It is a sad day for us,” she told reporters.

The dismissal follows a story published in the Sunday ...