Delroy Chuck — 4 Latest News (April 2024)

Apr 21

Opposition Leader Mark Golding says Attorney General Derrick McKoy and Justice Minister Delroy Chuck should resign for saying Paula Llewellyn remains director ... Show more

Golding demands resignation of justice minister, attorney general over DPP crisis | News | Jamaica Gleaner

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Apr 21

Opposition leader calls for resignations of AG, justice minister: KINGSTON, Jamaica— Leader of the Opposition, Mark Golding, has called for the resignations ...

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Apr 15

Justice Minister Delroy Chuck says his ministry has not been able to spend funds allocated by the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service ... Show more

Chuck desperate for justice ministry to spend available funds | Lead Stories | Jamaica Gleaner

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Apr 13

Justice Minister Delroy Chuck has stressed that the success of the Supporting Victims of Violence (SVOV) Activity programme rests on victims of abuse ... Show more

Do not be that lonely victim of abuse, violence - Chuck | News | Jamaica Gleaner

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Mar 07

Efforts are being made to increase the stipend that is paid to jurors in a bid to encourage more persons to serve. Minister of Justice, Delroy Chuck ... Show more

Submission made to increase stipend to jurors – Chuck | News | Jamaica Gleaner

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Feb 11

JPs urged to play a more active role in stemming crime: ST JAMES, Jamaica — Minister of Justice, Delroy Chuck, has called on justices of the peace (JPs) to play ...

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Feb 07

A suggestion by the parliamentary Opposition that a panel of three eminent persons be established to adjudicate on matters that arise in the run-up to the ... Show more

ROLLING ON | Lead Stories | Jamaica Gleaner

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Feb 14

Churches urged to play greater role in maintaining peace in communities: ST JAMES, Jamaica - Minister of Justice Delroy Chuck, is appealing to churches to play ...

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Feb 08

All ‘informers’ are ‘heroes’ says Justice Minister: KINGSTON, Jamaica - Minister of Justice, Delroy Chuck, is imploring Jamaicans to report criminal activities ...

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Feb 10

Minister of Justice Delroy Chuck is imploring Jamaicans to report criminal activities in their communities, calling those who do so, “heroes” ... Show more

All informers are heroes – Chuck | News | Jamaica Gleaner

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Feb 09

The evidence – anecdotal and otherwise – supports Delroy Chuck’s assertion of the need to increase the awareness and use of alternative dispute resolution and ... Show more

Editorial | Ramp up restorative justice | Commentary | Jamaica Gleaner

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Feb 05

Chuck calls for clean local government election campaign: MANCHESTER, Jamaica — Minister of Justice Delroy Chuck is urging candidates to “play it clean” during ...

jamaicaobserver.com/2024/02/04/chuck-calls-clean-local-government-election-campaign/

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Feb 05

He is taking on a task which many have described as mission impossible — trying to capture the Portmore mayoral post for the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP).Single

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Feb 03

Former President of the Jamaican Court of Appeal Justice C. Dennis Morrison died on Saturday. He was 73. Justice Minister Delroy Chuck has hailed Morrison ... Show more

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Feb 06

Following last week’s sharp parliamentary divide on the proposed Political Ombudsman Interim Amendment Act 2024, the country will today know whether the ... Show more

Bill in the balance | Lead Stories | Jamaica Gleaner

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Feb 02

House commences debate on proposed amendments to Political Ombudsman (Interim) Act

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Jan 31

The parliamentary Opposition on Tuesday resisted efforts by the Government to pass a bill to subsume the Office of the Political Ombudsman into the Electoral ... Show more

Government's push to have ombudsman role absorbed into ECJ hits hurdle | News | Jamaica Gleaner

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Jan 18

Harsher penalties coming for murderers says Chuck: KINGSTON, Jamaica— Justice Minister, Delroy Chuck, says harsher penalties are coming for people who commit ...

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Jan 16

Backbencher Robert Montague did not relent with his sotto voce comments to hang children who kill until they were registered over the microphone as Justice ... Show more

'Hang dem Delroy'; Montague insists on capital punishment for children who kill | News | Jamaica Gleaner

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Jan 19

Newly commissioned St James JPs urged to aid in safeguarding nation’s well-being: ST JAMES, Jamaica - Justice Minister Delroy Chuck, has charged 28 newly ...

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Jan 20

Justice Minister Delroy Chuck is not about to see anyone hanged. Even though he wants to send a signal to the criminals who are wreaking havoc in society ... Show more

Editorial | No hanging, Chuck | Commentary | Jamaica Gleaner

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Dec 31 23

Justice Minister Delroy Chuck is pushing to have a political referee in place by the end of January, and if he has his way ... Show more

Political ombudsman push - Jamaica Observer

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Dec 24 23

'We must give thanks for life' says Justice Minister in Christmas message

jamaicaobserver.com/latest-news/we-must-give-thanks-for-life-says-justice-minister-in-christmas-message/

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Dec 13 23

Accountability campaigner Jeanette Calder believes that while Justice Minister Delroy Chuck’s call for the Integrity Commission to complete with dispatch its ... Show more

Calder: PM's declarations holdup more pressing than illicit 6 probe | Lead Stories | Jamaica Gleaner

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Dec 06 23

Attorney Isat Buchanan's foul-mouthed comments aimed at Director of Public Prosecutions Paula Llewellyn and Justice Minister Delroy Chuck have resulted in him ... Show more

SUSPENDED! - Jamaica Observer

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Dec 16 23

This week in #JamaicaNow : Trade Winds Citrus served enforcement notice over Rio Cobre oil spill … Mom identifies Westmoreland siblings in viral video of bodies ... Show more

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Nov 09 23

Restorative justice programme yielding 80% success rate, says Chuck: KINGSTON, Jamaica— The Restorative Justice (RJ) Programme has a success rate of ...

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Nov 05 23

JPs urged to help foster a more peaceful society: ST JAMES, Jamaica - Minister of Justice, Delroy Chuck, has implored Justices of the Peace (JPs) to lead the ...

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Oct 13 23

Justice Minister Delroy Chuck says that speculation about which parliamentarians are being investigated for illicit enrichment by the Integrity Commission was ... Show more

WHO IS IT? | Lead Stories | Jamaica Gleaner

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Oct 18 23

Justice Minister Delroy Chuck has suggested that the sustained pleas from Chief Justice Bryan Sykes, for forensic and other reports critical to the start of ... Show more

Chuck backs Sykes’ criticisms of delayed court reports from cops | Lead Stories | Jamaica Gleaner

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Sep 27 23

Residents of Jacks Hill in St Andrew mounted roadblocks on Tuesday morning to protest the condition of the roads in their community ... Show more

Jacks Hill grows weary of pothole ‘hopscotch’ | Lead Stories | Jamaica Gleaner

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Sep 23 23

The Ministry of Justice is looking to employ the use of mediation to assist in settling estate matters at the Administrator-General's Department (AGD) ... Show more

Mediation to be used to settle estate matters – Chuck | News | Jamaica Gleaner

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Aug 15 23

Justice Minister Delroy Chuck has cautioned against “speculations” about the “nature of the illicit enrichment” for which six members of the Lower House are ... Show more

Chuck: Don’t prejudge lawmakers under IC scrutiny | Lead Stories | Jamaica Gleaner

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Aug 16 23

Jamaica’s unemployment rate for April this year was 4.5 per cent, that’s about 1.5 percentage points lower than in April 2022.. ... Show more

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Aug 02 23

Chairman of the General Legal Council Denise Kitson has filed a complaint with the disciplinary committee against attorney Isat Buchanan ... Show more

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Aug 11 23

Cabinet approves subvention to JP associations: KINGSTON, Jamaica - Cabinet has approved an annual subvention to justice of the peace (JP) associations ...

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Jul 25 23

Justice Minister Delroy Chuck has moved a motion for the retirement age for the Auditor-General and the Director of Public Prosecutions to be increased from 60 ... Show more

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Jul 25 23

Justice Minister Delroy Chuck wants to make the making of a ‘will’ mandatory in Jamaica, saying it will minimise the many instances of relatives fighting over ... Show more

Chuck wants the making of a ‘will’ mandatory in Jamaica | News | Jamaica Gleaner

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Jul 30 23

Delroy Chuck’s intriguing idea of making wills mandatory in Jamaica is worthy of discussion, given the vast amount of wealth that lies fallow because potential ... Show more

Editorial | Making wills mandatory | Commentary | Jamaica Gleaner

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Jul 26 23

‘Unfair and unbecoming’: Chuck blasts Opposition for comments regarding DPP’s office

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Jul 28 23

Minister of Justice Delroy Chuck says statements he made about the crafting of the Bill to amend the constitution to adjust the retirement age for the director ... Show more

Chuck says he made 'incorrect' statements on Bill to raise retirement age for DPP, AuG | News | Jamaica Gleaner

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Jul 26 23

Justice Minister Delroy Chuck on Wednesday morning said that the Government's decision to amend the Pensions Act to facilitate the increase in retirement age ... Show more

Chuck says move to change retirement age for DPP, AuG started years ago | News | Jamaica Gleaner

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Jul 24 23

Jamaicans urged to make a will, prevent family from fighting over ‘dead leff’: KINGSTON, Jamaica – Jamaicans are being urged to make a will to prevent family ...

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Jul 26 23

Justice Minister Delroy Chuck says efforts to get the office of the political ombudsman subsumed into the Electoral Commission of Jamaica have been stalled for ... Show more

Bureaucracy delaying transfer of political ombudsman office to electoral commission – Chuck | News | Jamaica Gleaner

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Jun 02 23

A parliamentary committee reviewing the Integrity Commission Act, 2017, yesterday delayed its decision on whether to accept a recommendation to remove the ... Show more

https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/lead-stories/20230602/parliamentarians-debate-auditor-generals-position-integrity-commission

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The Gleaner

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Jun 06 23

The head of one of the island’s legal associations has described as inappropriate and concerning, utterances by Justice Minister Delroy Chuck expressing ... Show more

https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/lead-stories/20230606/legal-luminaries-frown-chucks-outburst-bryans-23-year-sentence

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May 26 23

Find better ways to resolve conflicts, Chuck urges: ST ANN, Jamaica — Justice Minister, Delroy Chuck is encouraging Jamaicans to find better ways to resolve ...

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The Gleaner

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May 31 23

The Passage of legislation to validate and indemnify the Independent Commission of Investigations from being dragged before the courts for prosecutorial ... Show more

https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/lead-stories/20230531/indecom-pickle

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May 12 23

In the wake of the announcement that the nation’s judges are set to receive a significant bump in their salaries, Justice Minister Delroy Chuck is calling ... Show more

https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/lead-stories/20230511/after-big-pay-hike-chuck-calls-judges-expedite-judgments

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May 03 23

829 JPs appointed during 2022/23: KINGSTON, Jamaica - A total of 829 Justices of the Peace (JPs) were commissioned in 11 parishes during the fiscal year 2022/23 ...

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May 15 23

Reacting to claims by Justice Minister Delroy Chuck, Falmouth Mayor Colin Gager and Wayne Palmer, chief executive officer of the Trelawny Municipal ... Show more

https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20230515/trelawny-officials-not-aware-chuck-offered-repair-falmouth-courthouse

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May 20 23

Jamaicans are being encouraged to utilise the services of the Ministry of Justice, such as the national child diversion programme ... Show more

https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/lead-stories/20230519/chuck-utilise-child-diversion-programme

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May 03 23

Justice Minister Delroy Chuck is advising the Administrator General’s Department to take steps to sell properties worth tens of billions of dollars tied up ... Show more

https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/lead-stories/20230503/50b-dead-lef-dispute

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May 12 23

The Andrew Holness-led administration’s thrust to impose mandatory minimum sentences for certain crimes has been bolstered by yesterday’s decision by the ... Show more

https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/lead-stories/20230512/privy-council-ruling-reinforce-govts-case

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The Gleaner

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Apr 18 23

Jamaica's Minister of Justice, Delroy Chuck, is urging Caribbean countries to use restorative justice to get their citizens to settle their differences ... Show more

https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20230418/ja-urges-region-utilise-restorative-justice-deal-violent-crime

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Mar 30 23

Justice Minister Delroy Chuck has called for an inquiry into the tabling of an Integrity Commission investigation report which referred Prime Minister ... Show more

https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/lead-stories/20230330/christie-im-merely-conduit

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Mar 29 23

Between February 1, 2023 when the new Road Traffic Act took effect, and March 27, a total of 66,428 tickets were issued for violations ... Show more

https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/66428-traffic-tickets-issued-in-55-days/

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Apr 13 23

Justice Minister Delroy Chuck has poured cold water on a suggestion that the law be amended to widen the pool of citizens available for jury duty ... Show more

https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/lead-stories/20230413/jury-quandary

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Apr 16 23

It is surprising that Delroy Chuck, the justice minister, is resistant to amending the law to narrow the pool of people exempt from jury duty ... Show more

https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/commentary/20230416/editorial-reconsider-jury-duty-exemptions

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Mar 24 23

Justice Minister Delroy Chuck is insisting that the leadership of the Integrity Commission be summoned to Parliament to explain its reasons for publishing a ... Show more

https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/let-them-answer/

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Mar 26 23

‘Get used to using the internet’, Chuck tells constituents: Minister of Justice and Member of Parliament for St Andrew North Eastern, Delroy Chuck ...

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Feb 17 23

Senior Cabinet minister Delroy Chuck is calling for swift action against the “responsible” person(s) at the Integrity Commission who caused the tabling of a ... Show more

https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/lead-stories/20230217/heads-must-roll

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Feb 22 23

Jamaica’s “exceedingly high” murder rate of 45 per 100,000 people has triggered a review of sentences under two key pieces of legislation ... Show more

https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/lead-stories/20230222/problematic

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Feb 26 23

The Government’s latest tough-on-crime posture, exemplified in the bills Delroy Chuck took to Parliament last week to ensure longer mandatory prison ... Show more

https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/commentary/20230226/editorial-murder-penalties-doubtful

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Feb 10 23

Legislation is to be brought to Parliament shortly for the implementation of electronic signatures for warrants issued to motorists with outstanding tickets ... Show more

https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20230210/electronic-signatures-facilitate-warrants-delinquent-motorists-coming-soon

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Jan 24 23

Gov’t proposes minimum sentence of 45 years for murder : The Government is following through on its stated position to impose stiffer penalties for murder ...

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Jan 30 23

With the new Road Traffic Act to take effect on Wednesday, Minister of Justice Delroy Chuck has reiterated that order must be brought to the nation's ... Show more

https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/chuck-everybody-taking-the-road-as-if-it-is-a-war-zone/

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Jan 26 23

Justice Minister Delroy Chuck has issued a warning to communities which remain silent on crime that the Government will be bringing charges for the offence ... Show more

https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/give-up-the-criminals-or-face-charges/

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Feb 06 23

Justice ministry aims for paperless court system – Chuck: The Ministry of Justice is seeking to move towards a paperless court system this year ...

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Jan 27 23

WATCH: ‘Gi wi more time’ - Motorists calling for extended period to pay outstanding traffic fines

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Feb 08 23

Gov't to introduce restorative justice practices in 500 schools this year: KINGSTON, Jamaica— A total of 500 schools are being targeted for restorative ...

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Jan 03 23

Minister of Justice Delroy Chuck has offered motorists who have racked up mountains of traffic tickets a solution: get a loan and pay off your debt ... Show more

https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/get-a-loan-to-pay-your-traffic-fines-says-chuck/

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Jan 06 23

Several taxi operators in Kingston have voiced their ire at Justice Minister Delroy Chuck’s advice for them to ‘get a loan’ to pay off outstanding traffic ... Show more

https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/latest-news/watch-chuck-off/

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Jan 11 23

Opposition Spokesperson on Justice Donna Scott-Mottley is calling for the Minister of Justice Delroy Chuck to increase the stipend paid to jurors ... Show more

https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20230110/scott-mottley-wants-justice-minister-address-jury-system-issues

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Dec 17 22

The Government and some taxi operators appear to be on a collision course as misunderstanding grows over the issue of outstanding traffic tickets and the ... Show more

https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/traffic-ticket-distress/

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Dec 31 22

Minister of Justice, Delroy Chuck, is urging Justices of the Peace to work more closely with the police to help curb crime and violence in the society ... Show more

https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20221230/jps-urged-work-police-fight-crime

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Dec 15 22

The Government has scoffed at claims that it has bowed to the threats of some operators of public passenger vehicles and provided them with a traffic ticket ... Show more

https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/theres-no-amnesty-says-govt/

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