May 31, 2006
'Zeeks' gets life Matthew's Lane strongman Donald 'Zeeks' Phipps was yesterday sentenced to life in prison for the April 2005 murders of two...
'Blue seam' cops again! TWO female police sergeants in plainclothes were Monday beaten by a group of special constables in downtown Kingston, resulting in...
Cops capture 'Nunu Puss' 'NUNU Puss', the man on top of the police's most wanted list, was held in Kingston yesterday. Wanted for several...
DNA law this year, says Phillips National Security Minister Dr Peter Phillips yesterday listed DNA testing among a raft of legislation the government intends to introduce...
May 30, 2006
Finders keepers, losers weepers?... PERSONS who pocket lost property can be fined up to $1 million or imprisoned for up to four years, according...
'Zekes' to know time for crime FORMER MATTHEWS Lane area leader 48-year-old Donald 'Zekes' Phipps who was convicted on April 12 of double murder is to...
Child prostitute - Men over 50 charged with pimping 13-y-o A 13-YEAR-OLD schoolgirl who was lured into prostitution by two elderly men was rescued last Friday during a sting operation...
May 29, 2006
Robberies on the rise SINCE THE start of the year, there has been an increase in robberies and reports of extortion. Police records have...
Illegal imports threaten agri, health sectors BEFORE THE liberalisation of the import market, wheat, rice, corn and soybean accounted for a large portion of imports. But...
May 26, 2006
Court frees two men accused of killing cop THE TWO men, who were accused of murdering District Constable Colin Thomas and setting him ablaze in his motor car...
Kingston man charged with conspiracy to defraud A man is facing multiple charges in the Half-Way-Tree Resident Magistrate's Court after allegedly using forged cheques to purchase hardware...
Cabinet approves amendment to Corruption Prevention Act CABINET on Monday gave its approval for drafting instructions to be issued to the chief parliamentary counsel for amendments to...
RMs urged to give more community sentences MONTEGO BAY, St James - Donald Miller, coordinator for the justice ministry's Community Service Order (CSO) programme, has urged magistrates...
US Senate passes immigration bill WASHINGTON (AP) - Legislation to secure US borders and offer millions of illegal immigrants a chance at American citizenship cleared...
Two former Enron execs convicted HOUSTON (AP) - Former Enron Corp chiefs Kenneth Lay and Jeffrey Skilling were convicted yesterday of conspiracy and securities and...
May 25, 2006
Licensed firearm holder kills gunman in shoot-out QUICK ACTION by a licensed firearm holder, yesterday morning, saved the life of a labourer, who was attacked by four...
Tax on crime... TAXING THE assets of persons who gain wealth through illegal means emerged, yesterday as one of a number of recommendations...
Small town bank robbed Three gunmen yesterday robbed the small National Commercial Bank (NCB) branch in Spaldings, Clarendon, of just under a million dollars...
May 24, 2006
JP to appear in Gun Court June 2 BRYAN Jacas, a businessman and St Andrew Justice of the Peace who allegedly pulled his licensed firearm on a couple,...
19-year-old electrician acquitted of gun charges... DISCREPANCIES IN the evidence given by the police about how they were fired at, led to the acquittal of 19-year-old...
Trial set for man charged with murder of former JGRA head THE MAN who is charged with the murder of former president of the Jamaica Gasolene Retailers Association (JGRA), Lloyd G....
Malvo rats on Muhammad JAMAICAN-BORN LEE Boyd Malvo testified yesterday that his former partner and father figure, John Allen Muhammad, told him before the...
Holiday Inn Sunspree Resort's case delayed THE CASE brought by Holiday Inn Sunspree Resort in Montego Bay against a ruling of the Industrial Disputes Tribunal was...
May 23, 2006
Police cut down Montego Bay gangsters TWO REPUTED gangsters of the feared Stone Crusher gang, based in Norwood, St. James, were fatally shot and a high-powered...
30-year robbery sentence slashed A MAN who in broad daylight robbed a taxi driver of his money and cellular phone was successful yesterday in...
Court ruling on hotel permit concerns Jamaica Chamber of Commerce (JCC) THE JAMAICA Chamber of Commerce (JCC) said yesterday it was alarmed and concerned that a judge found it necessary to...
May 22, 2006
Judge cleared in land scandal THE CRIMINAL case police are building against Chief Justice Satnarine Sharma has got stronger now that investigators have cleared Chief...
Student to be sentenced for wounding with intent A FORMER Jamaica College student who stabbed and wounded another student during lunch time at the school on November 15,...
Doctor's rape case continues THE CROWN closed its case in the rape and indecent assault case against Dr. Matt Myrie Friday in the Home...
May 21, 2006
Cops crack illegal car dealership ring THE POLICE have recovered nine motor cars they believe were stolen by operators of a major, illegal car dealership, involving...
Spectrum sued by former executive A LAWSUIT is pending in the Supreme Court in which Derrick Dunn, former president and chief executive officer of Spectrum...
Gay rights activist's killer gets life THE MAN who pleaded guilty last month to the murder of founding member of the Jamaica Forum for Lesbians, All...
May 20, 2006
Two robbers killed in shoot-out with 'Bigga' Ford TWO ROBBERS who held up several customers at a business establishment off Red Hills Road, St. Andrew, yesterday were shot...
Increased cooperation on crime, say police ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER of Police Leslie Green said the nation had seen an increase in public cooperation in solving crimes. ACP...
Exporter loses appeal TRADE EXPORTER June Lewis, of Duhaney Meadows, Kingston 20, on Thursday lost her appeal against a conviction and three-year-prison sentence...
May 19, 2006
UK teacher jailed for cocaine MONTEGO BAY, St James -British educator Anthony Goveia, 48, was jailed for nine months last Friday after he pleaded guilty...
MoBay taxi driver facing sex abuse charge MONTEGO BAY, St James - A Montego Bay taxi driver charged with sexually abusing his former girlfriend who was visiting...
Dyoll case adjourns sine die AFTER three days of hearing evidence in the Dyoll Insurance Company versus Coffee Farmers trial in the Supreme Court, Justice...
Woman beaten by cops appears in court MARGARET and Leroy Berry, the couple whose beating by members of the Island Special Constabulary Force (ISCF) last Wednesday sparked...
May 18, 2006
Colombians held with US$829,000 THREE of four Colombian citizens who the police said tried to leave Jamaica Monday with more than $800,000 in American...
US, Jamaica partnership to fight drug smugglers IT'S MIDNIGHT and maritime law enforcement officers suspect a major drug smuggling exercise is about to unfold at sea. Instantly,...
Judge blasts National Environment and Planning Agency... THE ENVIRONMENTAL permit for the Bahia Principe hotel under construction at Pear Tree Bottom, Runaway Bay, St. Ann, has been...
Prisoners, public rubbing shoulders in court corridors PRISONERS, MOST of whom have been classified as high risk, are rubbing shoulders with members of the public in the...
Asylum seeker lied about sexuality AN ASYLUM seeker, who allegedly lied about being a lesbian, yesterday won a court battle to stay in the United...
Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) head blasts UK Privy Council... MICHAEL DE LA BASTIDE, president of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), has made a stinging attack on last year's...
Tax office employee among six held in car-stealing racket THE police last week recovered 13 stolen motor cars and arrested six people, in a major stroke of luck that...
May 17, 2006
Cop gets two years for illegal firearm, ammunition CONSTABLE Ricardo Cunningham of the Mobile Reserve has been sentenced to two years' imprisonment for illegal possession of firearm and...
Golding says contract breaches at KSAC unacceptable OPPOSITION Leader Bruce Golding said the failure of the Jamaica Labour Party-controlled KSAC to adhere to the required procedures for...
Pinero's Pear Tree Bottom hotel could be in trouble A judge yesterday quashed the environmental licence permitting the construction of the Spanish-based Pinero Group's 1,918-room Bahia Principe Clubs &...
'Zekes' anticlimax - Sentencing put off till May 30 THE PRECINCTS of the Supreme Court were transformed into a war zone yesterday as security forces swooped down ahead of...
May 16, 2006
Mayors admit breaches THE KINGSTON and St. Andrew Corporation (KSAC) and the Portmore Municipal Council admitted to and apologised yester-day for breaching procurement...
Aston 'Family Man' Barrett faces huge legal bill LONDON (AP) - Aston "Family Man" Barrett, the bass player in The Wailers who lost his lawsuit for a share...
'Zeeks' to be sentenced today DONALD Phipps, alias "Zeeks", the reputed 'area leader' of the tough Matthews Lane community in downtown Kingston, will be sentenced...
May 15, 2006
Council halts work on new Port Antonio courthouse PORT ANTONIO, Portland - The Portland Parish Council late last Wednesday afternoon issued a stop order on the construction of...
Jamaican on death row renews call for Government support... LANCELOT ARMSTRONG, the Jamaican man on death row in Florida, continued the fight to save his life just over a...
Nicholson bashes JLP crime report ATTORNEY-GENERAL Senator A.J. Nicholson has criticised sections of a Jamaica Labour Party-commissioned Special Task Force Report on Crime that suggests...
May 12, 2006
Dabdoub to introduce bill for political parties A bill to make provision for the registration and funding of political parties, is to be introduced in Parliament by...
Former financial controller facing fraud charge MAURICE Gabay, former chief financial controller of Magil Construction Jamaica Limited, is facing criminal charges in the Half-Way-Tree Resident Magistrate's...
Appeals court orders new trial for Jamaican driver in the US HOUSTON (AP) - A Jamaican truck driver convicted in a deadly human smuggling attempt will be retried and could face...
'Family Man' loses £60-m suit against Marley family THE UK High Court yesterday ruled against Wailers bassist Aston "Family Man" Barrett in his £60-million claim against the Marley...
Court orders COK stay of award THE CITY of Kingston Co-operative Credit Union (CoK) on Wednesday afternoon got a stay of execution of an arbi-tration award...
Prime Minister demands full report on 'cop beating' A FULL report on the alleged beating of a woman in Half-Way Tree, St. Andrew, on Wednesday, by two senior...
Public Defender takes on Glenhope case PUBLIC DEFENDER Howard Hamilton has intervened in the case at the Glenhope Place of Safety in Kingston where two wards...
Public Defender to demit office in June PUBLIC DEFENDER Howard Hamilton is to demit that office on June 9. According to Mr. Hamilton, who turns 70 on...
May 11, 2006
Free legal clinic for Portmore Saturday ADVICE on making a will, estate planning, intestacy, probate guarantees and property registration are among legal services to be offered...
Botanist accused of plotting to kill wife gets bail DR George Proctor, the 86-year-old botanist who has been charged by the police for allegedly putting out an $80,000 hit...
Clampdown on illegal Spanish Town buses THE ST. CATHERINE North Police is warning that it will be cracking down on unlicensed public passenger minibus operators transporting...
Legal battle looms - NWC prepares case against Magil Construction THE NATIONAL Water Commission (NWC) says it is preparing to sue Magil Construction Jamaica Company Limited and its affiliate, Magil...
May 10, 2006
NWC drops charges against worker delegate THE National Water Commission (NWC) has decided to drop all charges against a trade union delegate who has been on...
Cops investigating six JUTC conductors THE state-run Jamaica Urban Transit Company has called in the police to investigate at least six of its conductors suspected...
Mad rush to legalise electricity connections THOUSANDS of people yesterday crowded Jamaica Public Service Company offices islandwide, in a last-minute attempt to legalise their electricity connections...
Corruption Commission to become instrument of Parliament The Cabinet is to decide on making the Corruption Prevention Commission an instrument of Parliament, Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller...
Illegal cabbies still at large WHILE THERE have been crusades and campaigns to clamp down on illegal taxi operations across the country, a trip to...
May 09, 2006
'Corruption high among senior cops' MEMBERS OF different ranks throughout the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) believe that the majority of their senior officers are corrupt...
Asylum shooting retrial July THE RETRIAL of St. Andrew businessman, 34-year-old Steven Grant, has been set for July 3. He is charged with the...
Call for Glenhope probe BETTY-ANN Blaine, convenor of advocacy group Hear The Children's Cry, has called for an urgent independent inquiry into the deaths...
May 08, 2006
Illegal activities run a muck in Half Way Tree MORE THAN a decade ago, the Government proposed a zero tolerance approach in managing crime. This included penalising minor offenders...
May 07, 2006
A majority 1,500 doctors practicing illegally in Jamaica JUST about 60 per cent or six of every 10 doctors in Jamaica are unlicensed and practicing illegally, but while...
'SUE ME' - Golding thumbs nose at firm employing Patterson OPPOSITION LEADER Bruce Golding yesterday brushed aside a threat by the United States consultancy firm, GoodWorks International, to sue him...
May 05, 2006
FINSAC to get $1.2b FORMER HEAD of the Eagle financial network, Dr. Paul Chen Young, and two companies he controlled have been ordered by...
Five cops arrested, charged with murder FIVE MEMBERS of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), including two women, were yesterday arrested and charged with the controversial killing...
Jamaican Government conducts deportee survey WHILE THE United Kingdom proposes to deport all foreign criminals after they have served their sentences, the Jamaican Government is...
Judge questions firearm approval for freed contractor A HIGH Court Judge has called on the authorities to consider carefully if 44-year-old building contractor Lincoln Williams was a...
Appeal Court hears fresh evidence from death row inmate DEATH ROW inmate, 27-year-old Kevin Mayne, who was convicted of the murder of taxi driver Valerie Williams, of Christiana, Manchester,...
May 04, 2006
No bail for cop on bribery rap POLICE CONSTABLE Ricardo Evans who was charged with two counts of breaches of the Corruption Prevention Act and four counts...
Five police officers to be charged with robbery today ONE OF six policemen who the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Kent Pantry, Q.C., ruled should be charged criminally for...
Man pleads guilty to murdering gay activist THE MAN charged with the murder of 59-year-old gay rights activist Brian Williamson, pleaded guilty in court yesterday. Dwight Hayden,...
University of the West Indies (UWI) consultant denied bail, again GEORGE PROCTOR, the 86-year-old University of the West Indies consultant charged with conspiring to murder his wife, was denied bail...
May 03, 2006
Lock up the crooks, says Duncan THE CHIEF executive officer (CEO) of JMMB, Keith Duncan, is calling for criminal penalties for politicians and public officials who...
Multiple-identity deportee runs out of luck A DEPORTEE who was discovered to have registered with the Electoral Office of Jamaica (EOJ) in three different names in...
Woman cop under probe THE POLICEWOMAN whose bullet-proof vest was found in the hands of criminal elements during a joint police-military raid in Montego...
May 02, 2006
Ex-Bar boss heads human rights council FORMER PRESIDENT of the Jamaican Bar Asso-ciation, Arlene Harrison-Henry, is the new chairman of the Independent Jamaican Council for Human...
Custom brokers warned again against illegal activities SOME CUSTOM brokers are still involved in illegal activity, says outgoing president of the Custom Brokers Association of Jamaica, Richard...
Airport drug net widens - Two more workers arrested TWO MORE airport employees have been jailed and charged under the Dangerous Drugs Act, as the narcotics police intensify their...
May 01, 2006
J'can among 12 wanted by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency A 35 year-old Jamaican is among 12 fugitives on the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency most wanted list....
Wolfe wants more sitting of Petty Sessions Court CHIEF Justice Lensley Wolfe has recommended that sittings of the Petty Sessions Court be held more than once per week,...
DNA frees rape accused A St Catherine man who had been in custody for almost four years as a rape suspect was freed on...
