April 30, 2006
Cops seize quarter-acre of ganja in Cooper's Hill The Red Hills police yesterday uncovered a quarter-acre of fully grown ganja plants in Cooper's Hill, St Andrew. Constable Hartley...
Court orders COK to pay TWO FORMER customers of the City of Kingston Co-operative Credit Union have filed an application for a warrant of levy...
No policy on sexual misconduct by students WITH SEXUAL misconduct among students proving a challenge in schools across the country, there is no policy to address the...
April 29, 2006
Mayor allows parking for cops on Orange Street THE section of Orange Street in front of the police's Organised Crime Unit (OCU) near the National Gallery is to...
Rights council gets new head ARLENE Harrison Henry, an attorney-at-law, was elected chairman of the Independent Jamaican Council for Human Rights (IJCHR) at its recent...
Tighter scrutiny for Jamaican airport workers WORKERS AT Jamaica's two international airports will be under increased scrutiny as narcotics investigations have revealed that some of them...
April 28, 2006
Cops investigating shooting death in Comfort District Mandeville, Manchester - Police are investigating Tuesday morning's shooting death of a man at his home in Comfort District, close...
Construction worker gets suspended sentence for ganja MONTEGO BAY - Roy Bruce, a Westmoreland construction worker who claimed that ganja found in his bag at the airport...
Shields vows clampdown on crime bosses THE constabulary's crime chief, Deputy Commissioner Mark Shields has vowed to clamp down on the country's crime bosses, and in...
April 27, 2006
Probe into Spanish Town killing AT LEAST five statements have already been collected by the Bureau of Special Investigation (BSI), which is probing Tuesday night's...
Police claim leads into Waterhouse shooting death THE ST. Andrew South police have advanced investigations into the murder of a Waterhouse resident, which tragically resulted in the...
Murder conviction quashed on appeal THE COURT of Appeal yesterday quashed the murder conviction of a 22-year-old man and sent a clear message that the...
April 26, 2006
No parking! NO ILLEGALLY parked vehicle was spared as Kingston's Mayor Desmond McKenzie led a no-holds-barred campaign against illegal parking in downtown...
Tax rules may hamper pension reform AS DR. Omar Davies, Minister of Finance and Planning, prepares to deliver his 2006/07 Budget tomorrow, it is hoped that...
'Murder trials botched' TWO LOCAL murder convictions were yesterday set aside in rulings by the United Kingdom-based Privy Council which suggested in both...
April 24, 2006
Sewell, Gayon killings go before coroner THE coroner's inquest into the deaths of Sandra Sewell and Gayon Alcott, who were killed, it is alleged, by members...
Intelligence bureau chief warns kidnappings on the rise in Jamaica THERE is an emerging trend of kidnappings for ransom in Jamaica, according to Senior Superintendent of Police Derrick Cochrane, head...
'Government must equip cops to do a better job' ACTING ASSISTANT Commissioner of Police (ACP), Leon Rose, is urging the Government to provide members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force...
Mother threatens to sue Customs THE ALLEGED strip search of a 15-year- old student by authori- ties at the Norman Manley International Airport (NMIA) has...
April 23, 2006
Botanist charged with conspiracy to murder his wife THE police have laid formal criminal charges against George Proctor, 86, a senior botanist at the University of the West...
Residential security goes electronic, crime driving demand AS Jamaica's murderous reputation grows, more homeowners are investing in private security systems, with the demand now trending towards sophisticated...
Guyana agriculture minister slain in home invasion GEORGETOWN, Guyana - Armed police with tracker dogs spent last night searching for a group of seven men who invaded...
Criminal activities stifling businesses in MoBay THE RECENT upsurge in criminal activities in Montego Bay has left the business community worried that things could get worse...
April 22, 2006
Inmate serving time for firearm on murder rap STEPHAN Lympton, a 24 year-old prisoner of the Tower Street Adult Correctional Centre, has been charged with the murder of...
KSAC targets cops in downtown clean-up MAYOR of Kingston Desmond McKenzie says that he will be leading an operation in downtown Kingston next Monday to remove...
Former lecturer held for allegedly attempting to have wife murdered EIGHTY-SIX-YEAR-OLD retired lecturer and world renowned botanist, George Proctor, along with an accused contract killer, spent another night in jail...
Mayhem in Montego Bay WILLIAM STREET in Montego Bay, St. James was a scene of chaos Thursday night when three men were shot just...
Hospital to be sued for denying drug to dying patient THE FAMILY of 75-year-old Vilma McLaughlin, who died at the Cornwall Regional Hospital in Montego Bay, St. James after she...
April 21, 2006
Cop pleads guilty to raping jailed woman PORT ANTONIO, Portland - A 22 year-old police officer accused of raping a woman while she was in custody at...
UK court says immigration restrictions discriminatory A HIGH Court in England has ruled that immigration restrictions in which immigrants, including Jamaicans, have to seek permission from...
'Don't legalise prostitution' THE MAJORITY of Jamaicans are against the legalisation of prostitution according to a Star-commissioned Bill Johnson poll. The results come...
Crime boss sting - Cops plan operation on eight gang leaders THE POLICE are getting ready to apprehend eight reputed crime bosses who they say are responsible for much of the...
Sentencing for 'Zekes' postponed JUSTICE HORACE Marsh has put off the sentencing of Matthews Lane resident Donald 'Zekes' Phipps to May 16 to allow...
April 20, 2006
Residents hand over wanted man to police GREEN ISLAND, Hanover - A man wanted for a number of crimes committed in Green Island was Monday held by...
'Zeeks' to be sentenced today DONALD "Zeeks" Phipps, the reputed leader for the tough Matthews Lane community in downtown Kingston, is to be sentenced today...
April 19, 2006
CDA intervened in 1,050 school conflicts last year OCHO RIOS, St Ann - Problem students in schools across Jamaica kept the government-run Child Development Agency (CDA) busy during...
April 18, 2006
Minister welcomes training in money laundering detection A J Nicholson, the attorney general and justice minister, has commended the Justice Training Institute for initiating training courses aimed...
Call for legislation to protect people with HIV/AIDS PETER Figueroa, chief of epidemiology and AIDS at the Ministry of Health, is calling for an amendment of the Public...
Residents whip teen accused of stabbing death of fisherman HOPEWELL, Hanover - A teenager, accused of the stabbing death of an elderly fisherman in this small fishing community, was...
April 15, 2006
Senate to continue discussions on ganja, flexi week FIVE JOINT select committees of the Senate will be reconvened during the legislative year to conclude deliberations on various matters....
Prison sex scandal SEVERAL INMATES who were implicated in a sex scandal, which includes the sexual abuse of mentally ill prisoners, have been...
April 13, 2006
'Zeeks' guilty! DONALD 'Zeeks' Phipps, the reputed leader of the tough Matthews Lane community in downtown Kingston, was yesterday found guilty of...
Cops hold alleged kidnapper after ransom paid OCHO RIOS, St Ann - A St Mary taxi operator who the police say kidnapped an 11 year-old boy Friday...
New pension regulations will ensure best practices IT APPEARS that long required regulation of the pensions industry will soon commence now that the Senate has passed the...
April 12, 2006
Man freed of conspiracy charge after five years THE COURT of Appeal has expressed disgust that a man had to wait for five years to have his name...
Jamaican on death row in Florida gets extension LANCELOT ARMSTRONG, a Jamaican man on death row in Florida, has been granted an extension of time for a clemency...
Sir Bill Morris to sit in House of Lords SIR BILL Morris is set to become a peer in the British House of Lords on the appointment of Prime...
Parliament reopens with many changes A NEW legislative year gets under way today, with a number of firsts at the State opening of Parliament scheduled...
Two women appointed to Court of Appeal JUSTICES Zaila McCalla and Hazel Harris were Monday appointed as judges in the Court of Appeal. The two were among...
Man gets two years for indecent assault, pornographic material PHOTOGRAPHER Rupert Blake, 48, was yesterday sentenced to two years in prison, after pleading guilty of fondling two schoolgirls and...
Clare gives guarded welcome to US immigration bill Caribbean Immigrant Services director Irwine Clare says he is "guardedly positive" about the controversial Immigration bill now before the United...
April 11, 2006
Court strikes down new British rules... LONDON (AP) - A High Court judge ruled yesterday that new British rules intended to prevent sham marriages by immigrants...
'Zeeks' verdict likely by tomorrow THE jury in the murder trial of reputed Matthews Lane area leader Donald "Zeeks" Phipps is likely to deliver its...
Accept sex workers, says Lascelles Chin LASCELLES CHIN, chairman of Lasco Group of Companies, says the society should be more practical and accept commercial sex workers...
IMMIGRATION MATTERS - Many Jamaicans face deportation from Canada THE ISSUE of immigration has provoked strong opinions, which many of our readers will be given the opportunity to address...
April 09, 2006
Supreme Court freezes Crawford's int'l assets THE SUPREME Court has granted an order which freezes internationally the assets of Regardless Limited, of which Donovan Crawford, former...
29 convictions from protected witnesses SINCE RESTRUCTURING in 1997, the Witness Protection Programme operated by the Government has sheltered hundreds of witnesses to heinous crimes...
Ja will not interfere in US death row case A - G ATTORNEY-GENERAL A.J. Nicholson has hit back at claims that the Government has neglected a Jamaican awaiting the death penalty in...
Guns and drugs ... the Montego Bay link LAST WEEK'S seizure of six firearms, inclusive of an unusual AR-18 Armolite assault rifle, during a police-military operation in the...
April 07, 2006
More murder suspects held in Spanish Town THREE MORE individuals suspected of being key players in the upsurge in violence in Spanish Town, St. Catherine, over the...
Public servants appear in court SEVEN CASES for brea-ches of the Corruption Prevention Act came up for mention in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's court...
Adjudication vs litigation in contracts THE CHART shows the lengthy, tortuous and discouraging pathway that a litigant must endure when he/she petitions the legal system...
Lawyers offer to file suit against cruise ship owners A FLORIDA-BASED law firm is soliciting clients to file a class action lawsuit against the operators of the cruise ship...
April 06, 2006
Scotiabank defends decision to close ambassador's account SCOTIABANK JAMAICA has maintained that its decision to close the U.S. dollar account of a Cuban Ambassador is consistent with...
Constable on murder charge granted bail THE CONSTABLE attached to the Mount Salem Police Station who was charged with the murder of Corporal Grantley Waite, who...
Teachers wounded - Students to answer to charges TWO HIGH school teachers from different institutions were yesterday treating wounds inflicted by students, amid concerns that violence in schools...
April 05, 2006
Jamaica's brand drain DROVES OF well known Jamaican brands have been registered by foreign companies in key overseas markets, Wednesday Business has discovered....
'Zekes' murder trial adjourned early THE SUDDEN illness yesterday morning of presiding Judge Horace Marsh resulted in an early adjournment of the murder trial of...
Cuba says Scotiabank has broken int'l law CUBA BELIEVES Scotiabank violated international law by closing the United States dollar account of local Ambassador Gisela García Rivera, which...
Alleged homosexual attacked at UWI AN UGLY incident, allegedly sparked by a man who made homosexual advances on a student, took place yesterday evening at...
April 04, 2006
Gun licence rush Licensed firearm holders yesterday descended on police divisional offices across the island in a frantic rush to get their gun...
Jamaican politicians accused of tarnishing country's image SIR BILL Morris, Jamaican-born former general secretary of Britain's Transport and General Workers Union, has accused Jamaican politicians of damaging...
Member of Parliament ordered to pay 21 months outstanding rent THE COURTS have ordered Dr. Neil McGill, People's National Party (PNP) Member of Parliament for Western St. Mary, to pay...
April 02, 2006
UWI vice-chancellor urges occupational safety law Against the background of an estimated 1.3 million persons dying from workplace accidents worldwide yearly - 3,000 of whom ILO...
Criminals have uptowners cowering Ironically, the fear of crime is more intense in affluent low-crime uptown St Andrew than in downtown Kingston slum communities...
