THE PARTIES involved in the ongoing dispute over two Senate seats are urging the Court of Appeal to give a speedy hearing in the appeal brought by Opposition Leader Andrew Holness so as to bring finality to the matter.

The Students' Loan Bureau (SLB) has put in place a new policy which will see students being denied loans if their grades are low and if the demand for loans is greater than the amount available for on-lending.

Dr Dayton Campbell, member of parliament (MP) for North West St Ann, has submitted his licensed firearm for testing by police investigators.

A guarded Finance Minister, Dr Peter Phillips, yesterday disclosed that Jamaica is giving consideration to buying back its PetroCaribe debt, which now stands about US$3 billion.

News that the authorities have issued a stop order on the mining of aggregate by China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) at a quarry in Treadways, St Catherine, is being welcomed by residents of surrounding communities who say they are the main victims of this operation.

Detectives from the Hunts Bay Police Station have charged a man for the July 29, 2013 murder of Roman Catholic priest, Father Charles Brown.