December 30, 2005
Teen charged with murder of granddad A 17-YEAR-OLD schoolboy has been charged by the Spanish Town police in connection with the murder of his grandfather. According...
New Broughton Sunset prison facility reopens THE RENOVATED New Broughton Sunset Rehabilitation Adult Correctional Centre was officially reopened on Tuesday, December 20. The centre, like a...
Roberts to be charged or released this evening PATRICK ROBERTS, chief executive officer of Shocking Vibes Productions, must be released from police custody by this evening if he...
New security measures for correctional facilities in Jamaica COMMISSIONER OF Corrections Major Richard Reese has disclosed that new security measures will be implemented in correctional facilities in 2006....
December 29, 2005
New court to settle trade disputes BERMUDA IS to establish a new commercial court to deal with trade disputes, Chief Justice, Richard Ground, has confirmed. He...
Family survives suspected arson attack in Clarendon A FAMILY of seven is lucky to be alive after narrowly escaping an attack by gunmen on their home on...
Phang, Roberts still in custody THREE SOUTH St. Andrew area leaders remained in police custody for a third night yesterday as law enforcement officers continued...
'You are wrong, Mr DPP!' RECENTLY THE Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) made a speech to the Optimist Club of Kingston banquet. As he made...
December 28, 2005
Al-Qaeda accused sentenced to die KUWAIT CITY (AFP) - A Kuwaiti court yesterday ordered the hanging of six Islamists accused of being members of a...
Judge tosses out restraining order against David Letterman A STATE judge has lifted a restraining order granted to a woman who accused talk-show host David Letterman of using...
Phangs, Roberts stay behind bars POLICE KEPT three of south St. Andrew's most influential figures in custody for a second night yesterday, as they continue...
December 25, 2005
Deal with the abortion laws BUT APART from the ills of the educational system, crime and corruption, some youths also want politicians to put more...
'Prosecution case was weak IN life, Jason Smith, 14, was described as a quiet young man who loved his family, and banana chips; in...
Police to address deficiencies in crime scene management AS more police investigated cases hit the courts, including the most recent Crawle case, the Jamaica Constabulary is emerging as...
Eight Narco cops axed EIGHT narcotics cops, believed to be the largest number to be cited all at once by the Police Services Commission...
Commissioner bans comment on Adams, Crawle trial THE police commissioner has instructed constabulary members, including senior officers, to make no public comment on the Crawle trial and...
December 24, 2005
French military tribunal opens investigation into Rwanda genocide allegations PARIS (AP) - A French military tribunal opened an investigation yesterday into allegations that French peacekeepers had a role in...
Cuban asylum seekers may spend Christmas in jail A group of Cubans seeking asylum in Jamaica may spend Christmas incarcerated this year. The group, which arrived in the...
'Unbiased jury' in Jamaica... K. Churchill Neita Q.C., lead defence lawyer in the just-concluded Kraal murder case, said Chief Justice Lensley Wolfe did not...
December 23, 2005
Cops put squeeze on delinquent drivers STICKING BY his words to clamp down on delinquent motorists this Yuletide season, head of the Police Traffic Division, Senior...
Ex-wife hits Lasco jackpot AUDREY CHIN, ex-wife of Lascelles Chin, chief executive officer of Lasco Foods Limited, is now entitled to half that company's...
Cops facing extortion charges granted bail TWO cops attached to the Hunts Bay police station, accused of extorting money from a businessman, were each granted bail...
December 22, 2005
'Danhai Williams can't be charged over Crawle no-show' HERE is no way that famed political activist Danhai Williams can be charged for failing to testify in the just-concluded...
JLP wants probe of justice system DECLARING it to be in crisis, the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) yesterday called for a "full inquiry" into Jamaica's justice...
'Justice served' - Nicholson defends Kraal verdict JUSTICE MINISTER A. J. Nicholson yesterday repudiated charges by Delroy Chuck, Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) Spokesman on Justice, that faulty...
December 21, 2005
US judge bars teaching 'intelligent design' HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania (AP) - A federal judge has ruled "intelligent design" - the belief that a higher power, rather than...
Anxiety, celebration mark last moments of Crawle trial People inside and outside Courtroom Number 1 at the Supreme Court, downtown Kingston, exploded in celebration yesterday after a 12-member...
Code of Ethics for Justices of the Peace (JPs) MINISTER OF Justice and Attorney-General, Senator A.J. Nicholson, has said that a Code of Ethics for the conduct and governance...
Members of Jamaica, London drug ring busted CLIFTON ROCHESTER, a British citizen who masterminded a multi-million dollar cocaine ring from Jamaica to London, was sentenced to 14...
Rights groups differ on verdict DR. CAROLYN Gomes, director of human rights group Jamaicans For Justice (JFJ), told The Gleaner her organisation was "disappointed in...
Untouchable - DPP gave Danhai immunity in Kraal case DANHAI WILLIAMS, People's National Party activist and businessman, had been granted immunity by the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) to...
NOT GUILTY: ADAMS, COPS WALK FREE... THE FLAMBOYANT Senior Super-intendent of Police Reneto Adams and two other policemen were yesterday freed of charges in the Kraal...
December 20, 2005
House Committee to review Access to Information Act A Joint Select Committee of Parliament is to start reviewing the Access to Information Act in January next year, Minister...
EU funds anti-hanging lobby THE European Union, applying subtle pressure on Jamaica, yesterday handed $24 million (euro320,000) to a local human rights group, saying...
Health ministry still investigating Gregory Park deaths THE Ministry of Health said yesterday it was still carrying out investigations to determine why three Gregory Park, St Catherine,...
Teenage cross-dresser exposed - Convicted for impersonating high-profile cops A TEENAGE cross-dresser who has been impersonating senior female members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), in order to dupe...
KRAAL TRIAL: DAY 35 - Kraal verdict expected today AFTER TWO months of trial, the 12-member jury in the Kraal murder case is expected to deliver its verdict today...
December 19, 2005
Corruption Commission request for investigators denied, told to resubmit THE finance minsitry has turned down a request by the Corruption Prevention Commission (CPC) for funding to employ its own...
Azan killer shot dead at wake GUNMEN invaded a wake in the wee hours of Sunday morning, and shot dead four men in a reprisal attack,...
'Butch' to sue Government of Jamaica for US$150m TWO MORE multimillion-dollar lawsuits in connection with the problem-plagued Sandals Whitehouse project in Westmoreland are to be filed, Gordon 'Butch'...
DPP office clarifies Danhai Williams bail arrangement A RELEASE from the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions has sought to clarify several reports carried in the...
December 18, 2005
Senate stamps approval on PM pension bill THE Senate on Friday passed the amendments to the Pensions (Prime Minister) bill which formalises improvements in pension benefits to...
Jamaica to establish psychiatric prison for criminally insane PRISON keepers are finalising a new plan to transform Tamarind Farm, a medium security correctional facility, into a psychiatric prison...
Prison gets new camera surveillance system, nine months after deadly riot THE Department of Correctional Services unveiled Friday a $1.5 million closed circuit television system at the Tower Street adult prison...
Long delays frustrate lawyers, litigants THE LONG delay in getting trial dates for civil suits in the Supreme Court has left many lawyers and litigants...
Wolfe sums up CHIEF JUSTICE Lensley Wolfe on Friday pointed to gaps in the prosecution's case, as he continued his summary of evidence...
December 17, 2005
Wife, fellow villager to face murder inquiry Jan 9 THE St Thomas woman and a fellow villager who are charged jointly with murdering the woman's Finnish husband and with...
Policeman beaten by cops is dead CORPORAL Grantley Waite, the policeman who was allegedly beaten by his colleagues at the Mount Salem Police Station in St...
'Don't fool with me' - Wolfe blasts Gomes in Supreme Court DR. CAROLYN Gomes, executive director of Jamaicans for Justice (JFJ), narrowly escaped being jailed yesterday after rankling Chief Justice Lensley...
December 16, 2005
Judge begins address to jury PROSECUTION and defence lawyers yesterday wrapped up their closing arguments in the Crawle murder trial, and Chief Justice Lensley Wolfe...
Judge warns women who dress immodestly MANDEVILLE, Manchester - She is not disputing the right of women to dress in their preferred style. But Puisne Judge...
December 15, 2005
Jamaican convicted of murder in New York A FORMER security worker who once worked in Jamaica as a policeman was convicted yesterday of killing a bank machine...
Parliament clerk lauded MEMBERS OF the House of Representatives on Tuesday paid tribute to Shirley Lewis, clerk to the Houses of Parliament, who...
KRAAL TRIAL: DAY 33 - Defence lawyer tells jury of 'Operation get Adams' DEFENCE LAWYER Oswest Senior-Smith told the 12-member jury in the Kraal murder case yesterday that there was an operation "to...
Danhai gets bail - Williams in court for breaking bond in PRIDE case EAST KINGSTON businessman Danhai Williams was yesterday granted bail in the sum of $200,000 when he appeared in the Corporate...
December 14, 2005
Court staff gets training in data processing COURT administrators, clerks and deputy clerks of court are among a group of workers in the local justice system who...
Seizure of illegal imports rises at customs in Jamaica THE JAMAICA Customs Department is reporting an increase in the amount of illegal imports seized at the island's ports of...
Study: Kids of imprisoned women suffer THE INCARCERATION of women may have a devastating impact on their children's academic, emotional and social life, according to a...
KRAAL TRIAL: DAY 32 - Jury takes centre stage today LAWYERS FOR the defence and the prosecution will begin to address the jury when the Kraal trial resumes today. The...
Death row inmate gets life A DEATH row inmate who last year successfully challenged the mandatory death sentence on the grounds that it was unconstitutional...
Bright outlook for CSME start-up WITH THE planned merger of the domestic markets of several Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries just two weeks away, Edwin Carrington,...
Row over Haitians... A BROUHAHA is now brewing between the Government and the Independent Jamaica Council for Human Rights (IJCHR) over the repatriation...
December 13, 2005
Double murder in Arnett Gardens TWO men were yesterday afternoon shot dead in Arnett Gardens, a tough inner-city community in South St Andrew. Police gave...
Jamaican-born attorney to fill post in US court JAMAICAN-BORN Peter A. McGlashan is among two attorneys named to fill vacancies in the Circuit Court and the county court...
Businessman freed of murder A KINGSTON businessman was freed last Thursday of the murder of 31-year-old Raymond Parkes, son of musician Lloyd Parkes. Klaus...
26-y-o arrested in cop's killing AFTER WEEKS of intensive investigation, the St. Catherine North homicide team took a 26-year-old man into custody for the killing...
New unit to hunt crime suspects WITHIN THE next four weeks, another crime-fighting unit is expected to hit the streets of Jamaica, searching for perpetrators of...
Kraal cops freed - Three walk; Adams, others still on trial THREE OF the six policemen charged with murder of four civilians at Kraal, Clarendon, on May 7, 2003, were freed...
December 12, 2005
Jan 9 court date for duo accused of Finnish doctor's murder ULSTER SPRING, Trelawny - A preliminary hearing has been set for Monday, January 9, 2006 for the murder trial of...
Cops charged with extortion denied bail Two policemen stationed at the Hunts Bay Police Station and accused of extorting money from a businessman were remanded in...
Independent investigator for AIDS activist murder case THE POLICE are today expected to formally name the independent investi-gator who will be probing the case of murdered AIDS...
KRAAL TRIAL - Prosecution lawyers to continue submissions WHEN THE Kraal murder case enters its seventh week today submissions are expected to be made in law in the...
December 11, 2005
Corruption law dismissed as 'populist' legislation THE Jamaica Civil Service Association (JCSA) has dismissed the Corruption Prevention Act as unworkable, and the commission that polices it...
The prosecution rests in week six after key witness fails to show On trial for murder: Senior Superintendent Reneto Adams, Sergeant Roderick Collier, Corporal Leford Gordon, Constable Patrick Coke, Constable Devon Bernard,...
Justice system: No reason to be ashamed! says Jamaica's Chief Justice Wolfe Chief Justice Lensley Wolfe cites the unavailability of witnesses in criminal cases, and the high number of trials by jury...
Ganja find, stolen generators recovered in MoBay raid A Montego Bay man was detained in connection with the seizure of 20 bales of compressed ganja and a stolen...
Where is Danhai? Police are still searching for businessman Danhai Williams following the recent issuing of a bench warrant for his arrest, and...
December 09, 2005
Civilian to monitor cops' probe of gay man's murder IN an apparent first for Jamaica, the police are to appoint an independent monitor of their investigation of the murder...
Jamaicans among illegal immigrants told to leave Cayman Islands GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands - An estimated 1,500 Jamaicans who live illegally in the Cayman Islands are among undocumented foreigners...
Defence starts no-case submissions DEFENCE lawyers yesterday began their no-case submissions after the prosecution closed its case in the trial of Senior Superintendent Reneto...
December 08, 2005
Crackdown on illegal electricity connections THE Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) says its crackdown on electricity theft in the last few days has resulted in...
Motorists said beaten by cops after breaking red light A man who police officers claimed broke a red light at the intersection of Old Hope Road and Oxford Road...
104 Hondurans plead guilty to illegal fishing ONE hundred and four of the 115 Hondurans who were apprehended in Jamaican waters last Saturday by the Jamaica Defence...
...Police unable to locate him DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT Fitz Bailey said yesterday that while an arrest warrant is out for businessman and People's National Party (PNP)...
KRAAL TRIAL: DAY 28 - Danhai remains a no-show CHIEF JUSTICE Lensley Wolfe yesterday threw out an application by the prosecution to put into evidence the statement which east...
December 07, 2005
Civil servants snub Corruption Commission AN increasing number of public servants are failing to file annual declarations to the Corruption Prevention Commission (CPC), according to...
Teacher gets one year, fined for drugs MONTEGO BAY, St James - Wessell Easington, the St Ann teacher who on Monday pleaded guilty for attempting to export...
Ministry clears expelled Ocho Rios High student OCHO RIOS, St Ann - The 16 year-old Ocho Rios High School student who was expelled in September after an...
Peter Phillips wants regional regime against drug trade MINISTER OF National Security, Dr. Peter Phillips, has urged Latin American, Caribbean and Central American governments to forge a Mutual...
Food for the Poor to pay fines for prisoners FOOD FOR the Poor (FFP) will be paying fines today and tomorrow, amounting to more than $600,000, for 22 prisoners...
Zekes' trial postponed THE DOUBLE murder trial of well known Matthews Lane resident, Donald 'Zekes' Phipps, has been postponed until January 16 next...
Three held for 'Bulbie' stash theft THE ROCK River police have arrested three men in connection with the theft of items from the house that was...
Lawyer and Chief Justice in legal row ATTORNEY-AT-LAW HUMPHREY McPherson is pursuing a battle in the Court of Appeal to recover his motor vehicle which was seized...
December 06, 2005
Cabinet approves disaster management, mitigation bill A new disaster management bill, which will include provisions for forced evacuations from flood-prone areas, as well as the identification...
115 Hondurans held by coast guard ONE hundred and fifteen Hondurans and their fishing vessel were intercepted and apprehended on Saturday by the Jamaican Defence Force...
Teacher held with drugs pleads guilty MONTEGO BAY, St James - A 44-year-old St Ann teacher is to return to the Montego Bay Resident Magistrate's Court...
December 05, 2005
Woman cop assaulted in tussle over detainee THE PROFESSIONAL Standards Branch of the Jamaica Constabulary Force has launched an investigation into the circumstances under which a female...
December 04, 2005
Gunmen release kidnapped Haitian journalist after reporters pay ransom PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - Gunmen who kidnapped a Haitian journalist and his father, released them yesterday after fellow reporters paid...
US Justice Department says integration not complete in Chicago schools CHICAGO, USA (AP) - Chicago's school system has not sufficiently shown that it has integrated its large populations of black...
December 03, 2005
JLP youth arm wants Parliament to select judges THE Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) affiliate, G2K, wants Parliament to select puisne judges on the basis of a two-thirds majority....
Caribbean worried about further changes to EU banana regime TRADE ministers from the Windward Islands and Jamaica have warned that further changes now proposed to the European Union banana...
Bahamas approves extradition proceedings against Irish businessman NASSAU, Bahamas (AP) - The Bahamas can begin extradition hearings against an Irish businessman wanted in New York on charges...
Cops freed of murder THE THREE policemen charged with the murder of 15-year-old schoolboy Jason Smith have been freed. A Home Circuit Court jury,...
KRAAL TRIAL: DAY 25 - Prosecution to call Danhai Williams EAST KINGSTON businessman Danhai Williams is one of the witnesses the prosecution is expecting to call before it closes its...
KRAAL TRIAL: WEEK FIVE WRAP-UP ... SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE was given this week by both local and foreign forensic scientists at the trial of Senior Superintendent Reneto...