Video Gallery
Taxpayers to foot multimillion-dollar domestic dispute bill
May 21st, 2023 | Category: GLEANER PREMIUM | 12:39#JamaicaGleaner MAY 21, 2023: A long-standing quarrel between two men from the rural agriculture and fishing district of Alligator Pond in Manchester has left taxpayers with a multimillion-dollar bill racked up at the Mandeville Regional Hospital and University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) in the space of days. According to the representatives of the hospitals, in three weeks, both institutions have spent more than $10 million and counting to save the life of Lamar Nephew, who was shot in the head with a five-foot metal fishing spear from a makeshift bow, a foot of which lodged in his skull. The five-hour procedures between both hospitals to remove the spear from his skull and save his life is considered by the doctors
Categories
Video Categories
- #Election1980
- #JamaicaTogether
- #JaVotes2016
- #JaVotes2020
- #RioGoldRush2016
- AUTO
- Before The Whistle
- BUSINESS
- Children's Own
- Corporate Coffee Mornings
- Daegu to London
- Davi's 1st Time
- Dr's Appointment
- Eat Around Jamaica
- EDITORS' FORUM
- END2END
- Food Around the World
- GLEANER PREMIUM
- GOODHEART
- HEALTH
- I'm Not A Chef
- Jamaica Now
- Jamaica's Stories
- Kareem's Quest
- LIFESTYLE
- Lifestyle Today
- News & Features
- On The Record
- Operation Moscow
- Outlook
- Parliament Report
- PICTURE THIS
Related Videos
7:36
Apr 19th, 2024
Launching of a multi-school drone pilot training programme
6:54
Mar 30th, 2024
Bogue Hill teen, Rihanna Golding, seeks urgent assistance to combat cancer
14:54
Mar 24th, 2024
Disabled Haitian orphans welcomed into a safe haven in Jamaica at Mustard Seed Jacob’s Ladder
7:12
Mar 15th, 2024
Bert Samuels ending 45-year career on a high with quashed murder convictions Vybz Kartel, co-accused
14:10
Mar 14th, 2024
Lawyers pleased with Privy Council verdict in Vybz Kartel murder appeal
30:16
Mar 10th, 2024
Trail-blazing Rose! Bold, brave, brilliant Black Bishop, the first in the Church of England
4:38
Mar 8th, 2024
Swearing-in of Councillors across the island
2:06
Feb 24th, 2024
EOJ acknowledges ‘hiccups’ as electoral workers, cops, soldiers place their local government votes
26:08
Feb 9th, 2024
Nomination Day for Local Government Elections Wrap
The Gleaner reserves the right not to publish comments that may be deemed libelous, derogatory or indecent. Please keep comments short and precise. A maximum of 8 sentences should be the target. Longer responses/comments should be sent to "Letters of the Editor" using the feedback form provided.