February 27, 2006
Man accused of burning down cigarette depot freed AN EMPLOYEE who was accused of setting fire to a cigarette depot belonging to the Cigarette Company of Jamaica has...
Murder accused denied bail LARRY RICHARDS, accused of the murder of Keisha Harvey, was denied bail last Thursday when he appeared in the May...
JA ranked 2nd in the world for smacking kids JAMAICA is ranked second in the world for 'caning' children, according to Dr Maureen Samms-Vaughan, executive chairman of the Early...
February 25, 2006
Senate committee pushing to complete work on Pensions Act next month NEARLY two years after its passage in Parliament, the Pensions Act may finally become fully effective this year. A Senate...
Building contractor denied bail JUSTICE KAY Beckford yesterday turned down a bail application for 47-year-old building contractor Lincoln Williams who is charged with murder....
February 24, 2006
Traffic cop sentenced to 12 months, fined $500,000 CORPORAL Richard 'Pampas' Simpson, the policeman who allegedly shot off one of his testicles while being arrested in an anti-corruption...
Criminal liability removed from pension fund regulations CURRENTLY, UNDER the Pensions Act 2004 that was brought into force March 1, 2005, trustees who fail to meet reporting...
Bar lashes Christian lawyers' stance on charter provision HE JAMAICAN Bar Association (JBA) has come out against the stance taken by the Lawyers' Christian Fellowships on certain provisions...
'Stumbling block to justice' HUMAN RIGHTS lobby group Amnesty International says it is concerned that there continues to be insufficient will on the part...
More corrupt cops being investigated MORE CORRUPT cops could soon be facing the courts arising from ongoing investigations involving two drug busts. The probe is...
February 23, 2006
Man freed of cop's murder THE MAN who was accused of the murder of Senior Super-intendent Lloyd McDonald was freed Tuesday after Justice Kay Beckford...
UK assets seizure law bites IN THE United Kingdom (U.K.), a legislation similar to the Proceeds of Crime Act, which is currently before the Jamaican...
Complaints of child abuse flood Children's Advocate CHILDREN'S ADVOCATE Mary Clarke says her office has been flooded with complaints of abuse against children, including a serious allegation...
Cop gets life for murder A POLICEMAN who shot a man in the back during a chase five years ago has been sentenced to life...
Strong support for Redundancy Act - study THE MAJORITY of human resources managers and trade unions are of the view that the 32-year-old Employment Termination and Redundancy...
February 22, 2006
Plot to kill magistrate? THE police said they have unearthed a plot to kill Resident Magistrate Judith Pusey. According to sources, the police assigned...
Eight years for raping granny A man who pleaded guilty to raping a 74-year-old woman in July 2005 has been sentenced to eight years' imprisonment....
Ruling irks traffic cops SENIOR SUPERINTENDENT Elan Powell, head of the Traffic Department, says the issuing of summonses for certain traffic offences will make...
February 21, 2006
Robber killed in crash during police chase MANCHIONEAL, Portland - A man accused of robbing a businessman of cash and electronic items was killed yesterday morning when...
Two Guyanese charged for forged passports fined in MoBay court MONTEGO BAY, St James - Two Guyanese nationals who tried to use forged documents to get to Toronto, Canada, from...
...Appeal Court says motorists should be warned, then summoned A COURT of Appeal ruling has halted the illegal police practice of issuing traffic tickets requiring motorists to attend court...
Cops to turn over firearm documents THE MINISTRY of National Security yesterday instructed Police Commissioner Lucius Thomas to immediately recall all unused and not-yet-issued firearm licence...
February 18, 2006
Ex-soldier gets eight years Former Jamaica Defence Force Sergeant Joseph Allen was yesterday sentenced to eight years' imprisonment for illegal possession of 457 rounds...
Trelawny car-stealing ring busted Three men are now in custody and three motor vehicles recovered after the Trelawny police cracked a car-stealing ring in...
Cops off the hook The Court of Appeal has freed the two policemen convicted last year in connection with the escape of 52 prisoners...
February 17, 2006
Bruce Levy sees growing opportunities in commercial law BRUCE LEVY, a Jamaican-born commercial attorney from Myers, Fletcher and Gordon (MFG) in London, has come home to settle after...
Businessman charged for attempted bribery A 43-YEAR-OLD businessman was charged yesterday with attempting to bribe two policemen who gave him a ticket for a traffic...
Court rules man be released from prison THE COURT of Appeal ruled last week that 32-year-old Everton Williams, a tailor and construction worker of Little London, Westmoreland,...
Higgler freed of firearm, burglary, larceny charges BARRINGTON LENNON, a 38-year-old higgler, who was sentenced to eight years' imprisonment for illegal possession of firearm, burglary and larceny,...
Privy Council sets aside murder convict's sentence THE UNITED Kingdom Privy Council has set aside the murder conviction and sentence of a Jamaican man because of a...
Civil suit against Panton on hold THE COURT of Appeal has stopped the hearing of the $2 billion lawsuit against Kingston businessman Donald Panton. A stay...
J'can wanted in US on ganja charges faces court today NORMAN Perry, a Jamaican wanted by United States law enforcement authorities for marijuana trafficking, is scheduled to face extradition hearings...
February 16, 2006
Model missing THE MOTHER of a woman who has been missing for 13 days has expressed grave concern about what may have...
Cop loses appeal, to serve seven year sentence A POLICEMAN who shot and injured an unarmed man has been ordered by the Court of Appeal to serve his...
Teacher on cocaine charges returns to court March 2 Montego Bay - A 48 year-old teacher of a Catford, London, address on Monday pleaded not guilty to attempting to...
Groups opposed to BOJ's request for Access to Info protection Two prominent groups making submissions to the Joint Select Committee of Parliament reviewing the Access to Information Act (ATIA) yesterday...
February 15, 2006
Estimates to be tabled in House March 7 FINANCE MINISTER Omar Davies has announced that the Supplementary Estimates will be tabled in Parliament on March 7, two months...
'Tony' Welsh remanded in custody PEOPLE'S National Party activist Milton "Tony" Welsh was remanded in custody yesterday when he appeared in the Half-Way-Tree Criminal Court...
Taxi driver accused of offering bribe to cop arrested A taxi driver accused of bribing a police officer is scheduled to face the Half-Way-Tree Resident Magistrate's next Monday. The...
DPP to rule on Farm Town killing OCHO RIOS, St Ann - Statements surrounding the killing of Ryan Whitehorn of Farm Town in the parish are today...
February 14, 2006
Violent protest in Farm Town FARM TOWN, St Ann - Residents of this small and usually quiet rural district went on a rampage yesterday, burning...
Skeletal remains of man missing since July found he skeletal remains of a man who was reported missing in July of last year were discovered yesterday at Forestry...
Cruickshank appointed Queen's Counsel ATTORNEY-AT-LAW GLEN Cruickshank has been appointed a Queen's Counsel. Mr. Cruickshank has been the executive director of the Legal Aid...
Businessman charged with simple larceny A 59-YEAR-OLD business-man has been arrested and charged by the Spanish Town police with simple larceny of items totalling more...
February 13, 2006
Policeman, civilians on robbery charge remanded THE POLICEMAN and two civilians charged with the series of robberies of returning residents appeared in the Gun Court on...
Priests' double murder still baffles lawmen THE DOUBLE murder of two priests on the premises of the Missionaries of the Poor almost four months ago is...
BOJ seeks Access to Info shield The Bank of Jamaica (BOJ), pointing to its role as the "hub and repository for the country's key economic activities",...
February 11, 2006
Case closed against Panton THE GOVERNMENT-OWNED Financial Institutions Services Ltd. closed its case yesterday in the $2 billion lawsuit against Kingston businessman Donald Panton....
Silver Pen winner stunned - Lawyer is last recipient for 2005 THE GLEANER'S last Silver Pen winner for 2005 is Glen Cruickshank, attorney at law. Mr. Cruickshank won the final award,...
Look out for bogus US$100 notes, police warn THE police have advised business owners in the downtown Kingston commercial district to be on the look-out for persons who...
Deal reached on stalled Patriot Act WASHINGTON, USA (AP) - Congress took a step towards renewing the stalled Patriot Act, reaching a deal between the White...
Gov't promises to address violence against women at all levels THE government has affirmed its commitment to putting strategies in place to address violence against women at all levels, following...
February 10, 2006
Gov't to pay off $73-m debt to law school by March GOVERNMENT owes the Norman Manley Law School, Mona, $73 million, but it is paying down the debt and has promised...
MPs agree to wire taps with approval of Supreme Court A special select committee of Parliament which reviewed the controversial Interception of Communications Act has objected to the police tapping...
Triple murder in Montego Bay ST. JAMES recorded its first triple murder since the start of the year, yesterday, when shortly after midday, the bullet-riddled...
February 09, 2006
Unrest brewing at St Ann Jamaica Bauxite DISCOVERY BAY, St Ann - A meeting is to be held today to try and settle a dispute between the...
Angry residents crowd court as supermarket workers reappear MANDEVILLE, Manchester - Angry residents of Mandeville again crowded outside the town's courthouse yesterday as five men from the Super...
Spanish Town revolt - Slaying of 'One Order' gang leader sparks riot AN ALL-out riot broke out in Spanish Town, St. Catherine, yesterday, after the reputed leader of one of the most...
February 08, 2006
Unpaid judgement debts soar THE GOVERNMENT is yet to pay out $103 million in damages awarded to members of the public against agents of...
Port Antonio's new courthouse LAST THURSDAY, a $16-million contract for the construction of a new courthouse at Boundbrook, Portland, was awarded to Stresscon Limited...
Woman sues Polish government over abortion law STRASBOURG, France (AP) - A Polish woman yesterday challenged her country's ban on abortion, appealing to the European Court of...
Trinidad sues to seize property of Islamic group members PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (AP) - Trinidad has filed a lawsuit seeking to seize the property of members of an Islamic group...
DPP's office, Supreme Court and Court of Appeal to be computerised THE Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions and the Criminal Registry of the Supreme Court and the Court of...
Guard gets two years for stealing delivery vehicle with cash BOBBY Monroe, the security guard who was fingered in the theft of a Guardsman Armoured delivery vehicle containing £15,000, 230,000...
PNP activist charged with murder MILTON 'Tony' Welsh, an activist for the ruling People's National Party (PNP) and reputed 'area leader' for the Brandon Hill...
February 07, 2006
Woman cop and civilians beat me, policeman reports MONTEGO BAY, St James - A police constable reported yesterday that he was beaten by a female cop and two...
Cop stabbed at KPH A police constable was yesterday stabbed and injured on the compound of the Kingston Public Hospital, allegedly by a security...
Firearm Licensing Authority meets Feb 17 THE newly constituted board of the Independent Central Firearm Licensing Authority will have its first meeting on February 17. A...
February 06, 2006
$1b Error... A finance ministry directive which contravenes the National Health Fund Act, resulted in revenues of $1.1 billion not being forwarded...
Anti-crime community initiative to be launched THE 'SAFE Communities Campaign', an initiative of the Violence Prevention Alliance (VPA), a network of organisations working together to prevent...
Haitians gear for polls as threat of violence looms PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - Stray bullets whizzing through slums, kidnappings, suffocating poverty and a dying economy - Haitians have no...
February 03, 2006
Deportees still having influence on serious crimes DESPITE a drop in the number of persons deported to Jamaica last year, deportees still have significant influence on the...
Winston Munroe's fraud trial set back to Feb 27 THE fraud trial of Winston Munroe, chairman of the Low Income Family Foundation (LIFF) and his secretary Lillian Chambers, was...
Man on bail for murder among three on gun rap MONTEGO BAY, St James - Three men, including one on bail for three counts of murder, were yesterday jointly charged...
'Richie Poo' sentencing delayed ADMINISTRATIVE bungling yesterday forced the court to postpone sentencing of Kevin "Richie Poo" Tyndale, the reputed former leader of the...
Christian vigilante group arrested in Guatemala GUATEMALA'S LONG-RUNNING problem with vigilante justice took an unusual turn this week when police arrested seven armed Christian fundamentalists accused...
Appeal Court cuts convicts' sentences THE TWO men who pleaded guilty two years ago to the murder of retired Superintendent of Police Albert Richards had...
Ex-soldier gets 15 years FORMER JAMAICA Defence Force corporal 35-year-old Michael Williams, who in a fit of rage sprayed bullets from a sub-machine gun...
February 02, 2006
Wolfe urges return to traditional values, attitudes CHIEF Justice Lensley Wolfe said yesterday that any effort to turn around the country should involve a return to traditional...
Cop tried to eat $10,000 bribe, court told CORPORAL Richard "Pampers" Simpson tried to swallow the $10,000 bribe he allegedly took from a taxi operator, when he was...
Andem gang member to be sentenced today KEVIN TYNDALE, otherwise called 'Richie Pooh', who was reported to be a member of the Joel Andem gang and Brenton...
Businessman denied bail, may face new trial THE ST. ANDREW businessman whose murder case is pending in the Court of Appeal based on a recent Privy Council...
February 01, 2006
Cops question PNP activist in connection with fatal stabbing PEOPLE'S National Party (PNP) activist Tony Welsh yesterday turned himself into the police, for questioning in connection with the January...
Cabinet wants change to law after Privy Council ruling CABINET has approved the drafting of legislation expected to remove the ambiguity surrounding murders committed by persons who breach the...
Police to release crime stats monthly THE constabulary has decided to again release monthly crime statistics to the media, after having them locked up for just...
Britain toughening immigration laws JAMAICANS AND other non-European Union (EU) workers will be affected by changes to the United Kingdom's immigration policy now being...
Cops quiz Welsh over Golden Spring murder MILTON 'TONY' Welsh, who gained notoriety in the 1970s as an area leader in the South St. Andrew constituency, is...
Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) trade row power kicks in THE FORMAL accession by six countries to the CARICOM Single Market on Monday has activated the trade arbitration role of...
