February 28, 2007
Berbick's nephew, co-accused granted bail HAROLD Berbick, nephew of former world boxing champion Trevor Berbick, and Kenton Gordon, were yesterday granted bail in the sum...
Bobby Brown jailed over child support Bobby Brown has been jailed for failing to make child support payments. The 'My Prerogative' singer was detained in Massachusetts...
Blair: Parole Act needs amendment CHAIRMAN OF the Peace Management Initiative (PMI), Bishop Herro Blair, is proposing radical changes to the Parole Act as part...
Octogenarian to face trial on May 14 The trial of George Proctor, the 86-year-old University of the West Indies consultant botanist who is charged with conspiracy...
Five accused in Montego Bay lottery scam remanded A man, who is accused of being the mastermind behind the multimillion-dollar lottery scam operating out of Montego Bay, appeared...
Wife faces murder charge A woman was taken into custody by the Green Island police in Hanover yesterday morning following the death of her...
February 27, 2007
No bail for 'passionate' murder accused MONTEGO BAY, St James - Dave Supersad, the 38-year-old bus driver from Rockhall who allegedly strangled 25-year-old Debbie Warren in...
Iraq cabinet approves draft oil investment law Iraq's cabinet approved a draft oil law yesterday, ending months of wrangling over crucial legislation to regulate management of the...
Policeman loses appeal A POLICEMAN who had 32 years service in the police force wept yesterday after he lost his appeal against his...
Ganja found at Port Esquivel OVER 100 POUNDS of compressed ganja was seized yesterday at the Port Esquivel complex in St. Catherine, by a joint...
February 26, 2007
JLP wants more resources to probe money laundering cases Opposition Senator and former commissioner of police, Colonel Trevor MacMillan, has urged the Government to provide more resources for the...
February 25, 2007
Holiday Inn appeals Supreme Court ruling Holiday Inn Sunspree Resort is appealing against a Supreme Court ruling which has upheld an Industrial Disputes Tribunal's (IDT) decision...
February 24, 2007
MoBay lotto scammers could face extradition, says Shields Mere hours after two Montego Bay men were arrested in connection with the multimillion-dollar lottery scam, bringing to seven those...
New lawyer appointed to Killancholly murder accused Attorney-at-law Robert Fletcher has been assigned to represent 31-year-old security guard Jeffrey Perry who is charged with the murder...
'No proceeds from crime' - Kingfish boss hails Proceeds of Crime Bill Head of Operation Kingfish, Assistant Commissioner of Police, Glenmore Hinds, yesterday hailed the passage of the Proceeds of Crime Bill...
February 23, 2007
Murder accused said fit to stand trial SPANISH TOWN, St Catherine - A psychiatric analysis of a man charged with murdering his mother and two brothers in...
Group sues US Government over medical marijuana claims OAKLAND, California (AP) - Armed with a new study that shows smoking marijuana eased pain in some HIV patients, medical...
Judge blasts police procedures for delaying cop's murder trial SPANISH TOWN, St Catherine - A magistrate on Tuesday chided the police for poor record-keeping which has stalled the trial...
Report calls for tougher doping laws THE GOVERNMENT and UK Sport must do more to make sure doping does not turn London's 2012 Olympics into a...
Another 300 pounds of ganja seized POLICE from the St. Catherine South Division, on Wednesday, seized over 300 pounds of compressed ganja in the Hellshire area...
Man wins $1m suit against Jamaica Public Service Company The Supreme Court has ordered the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) to make an interim payment of $1 million within...
Lotto scam suspects arrested Two Montego Bay men were arrested yesterday, bringing to seven, the number of persons arrested so far in connection with...
Public's help sought for wanted men The Major Investigation Team (MIT) is requesting the assistance of the public in apprehending the following persons who the police...
February 22, 2007
Police Reports Three Clarendon men on gun, ammo rap THREE men are now behind bars following the seizure of an illegal gun...
Busta Rhymes considers judge's guilty plea deal Busta Rhymes rejected a prosecutor's offer of six months in jail on two assault charges Tuesday but is considering a...
February 21, 2007
Man gets life in prison for murder of dairy farmers A 24-year-old labourer of St Catherine was yesterday sentenced to life imprisonment in the Home Circuit Court for the double...
February 20, 2007
Another woman charged in alleged sweepstake scam MONTEGO BAY, St James - Shanon Ricketts, one of the 30 people held during a raid last week in connection...
Man detained in scam seeking release Defence lawyer Hugh Thompson yesterday made an application in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court seeking the immediate release of...
Morant Bay Courthouse razed in early morning fire Up to late yesterday, the Minister of Justice was still trying to find a suitable location for the sitting of...
February 19, 2007
Britain - Blair backing tough gun laws British Prime Minister Tony Blair yesterday backed tougher laws aimed at cracking down on gun crime after a spate of...
Witness killed in drive-by shooting A 36-year-old man who was scheduled to appear as a witness in the Half-Way Tree Court this morning, was shot...
February 18, 2007
PAJ supports Bar Association position on Incest Act The Press Association of Jamaica has given its support to a submission made by the Jamaica Bar Association to the...
Main suspect in cop's murder turns himself in Less than a week after 40-year-old Detective Corporal Dave Daley was murdered in Duhaney Park, St Andrew, the man police...
10-yr wait for transcripts delays murder appeal A wait of almost 10 years for transcripts from the Supreme Court for a murder appeal to be heard, has...
February 17, 2007
Man asks 10-y-o stepdaughter to deliver bullets to him A Kingston man on Tuesday pleaded guilty in the Half-Way-Tree Resident Magistrate's Court to having his 10-year-old stepdaughter deliver a...
Higgler gets seven years for killing ex-lover HIGGLER Beverly Scarlett was yesterday sentenced to seven years imprisonment at hard labour for the killing of her 66-year-old ex-lover,...
CIA agents to stand trial for kidnapping A Milan judge yesterday ordered 26 Americans, most of them believed to be CIA agents, to stand trial with Italian...
Police to question lottery accused again The arrest of a 21-year-old woman, who was among the 32 persons detained in police operations targeting lottery scam players,...
February 16, 2007
Correctional officer loses appeal A correctional officer, who was held with contraband, including ganja and rum, while on duty at the St. Catherine Adult...
Extradition hearing adjourned The motion brought by 53-year-old St. Ann businessman, Norris 'Deedo' Nembhard, who is fighting an extradition order, has been adjourned...
Police hit lotto scam - Kingfish says major dent in Montego Bay activities The police will today further interrogate several of the 32 persons detained yesterday in a series of operations aimed at...
February 15, 2007
Government of Jamaica to pay $1m in damages to businessman The government is to pay $1 million, with interest, to Kingston businessman Earl Hobbins because a policeman wrongfully detained and...
Braxton settles suit against ex-manager Toni Braxton has settled her multimillion-dollar lawsuit against her former personal manager, representatives of both parties said. Under the settlement,...
Probation, counselling for actor Omar Sharif Actor Omar Sharif of Dr. Zhivago fame pleaded no contest on Tuesday to hitting a Beverly Hills parking attendant in...
Buggery blocked - No gender-neutral definition for rape The definition of rape, under Jamaican law, is likely to remain restricted to situations in which the female is...
February 14, 2007
Woman on gun charge remanded in custody SPANISH TOWN, St Catherine - A St Catherine woman who was allegedly found with a loaded .38 revolver strapped between...
Man charged with murder of schoolboy for trial April Defence lawyers were granted an adjournment on Monday in the murder case of 35-year-old St. Andrew businessman Steven Grant. Mr....
Household workers welcome changes to Minimum Wage Act The Jamaica Household Workers Association and trade union representatives are welcoming recent amendments to the Minimum Wage Act. Last week,...
$32m in ganja seized Compressed ganja worth an estimated US$536,000 (J$32 million) was seized yesterday by the Jamaican marine police on a ship destined...
February 13, 2007
Man impregnates 12-y-o girl; pleads guilty to carnal abuse A 21-year-old man who impregnated a 12-year-old girl during a seven-month relationship will be sentenced in the Home Circuit Court...
Teen girls, man accused of robbing insurance agents to face trial April THE two teenage girls and a man who allegedly lured two female Life of Jamaica (LOJ) sales agents to an...
Accused rapist to face several ID parades A man who is alleged to have raped several persons in the Corporate Area, including a 77-year-old woman, is to...
President declares martial law to curb violent protests Guinean President Lansana Conte declared martial law in the West African country yesterday to curb a wave of violent protests...
Court sentences former Saddam VP to death The Iraqi High Court ruled yesterday, that Saddam Hussein's former vice president should follow him to the gallows, despite appeals...
Tougher laws for attorneys The Senate on Friday, passed legislation increasing the powers of the General Legal Council, the regulatory body for the legal...
Arguments begin in extradition challenge Legal arguments began yesterday in the motion brought by 53-year-old St. Ann businessman Norris 'Deedo' Nembhard, Police Corporal Herbert Henry...
February 12, 2007
NCB responds to media reports on money laundering charges ARISING from the mention of the charges laid against National Commercial Bank Jamaica Limited in the Resident Magistrate's Court on...
Man guilty of double murder A Home Circuit Court jury which retired for more than an hour last Thursday, convicted 26-year-old labourer Richard Hamilton of...
DPP: No new trial for Adamou case The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Kent Pantry, Q.C., has directed that there is not going to be a new...
Cop, son held after shooting incident A police detective sergeant and his 18-year-old son have been arrested following a shooting incident in Ocho Rios, St. Ann,...
February 11, 2007
Higgler, daughter and niece to know fate Friday Sentencing of 50 year-old higgler Beverly Scarlett, who, along with her daughter and niece, was found guilty of manslaughter last...
Cops seize 5,000 lbs of ganja in Clarendon Five thousand pounds of compressed ganja, which the authorities valued at J$8 million, were confiscated by close to 100 cops...
Illegal aliens hurting J'cans abroad Illegal aliens in the United States are making it difficult for Jamaican authorities and United States immigration officials to ascertain...
February 10, 2007
'Serial housebreaker' gets four years SPANISH TOWN, St Catherine - Damion Bookal, a 23-year-old mason of Kitson Town, St Catherine, whom the police refer to...
Bill to protect public from misconduct by lawyers back on House agenda A bill seeking to protect the public from misconduct by attorneys-at-law yesterday received the backing of both Government and Opposition...
CARICOM visa regime stumped by lawsuit? The Caribbean Community's (CARICOM) attempts to initiate a single visa for Cricket World Cup (CWC) 2007, allowing free movement for...
... on corruption rap - Two men accused of selling criminal records Senior detectives at the Criminal Investigation Bureau (CIB) headquarters in downtown Kingston are probing a case of corruption involving two...
New court complex for Mandeville The central Jamaican town of Mandeville is to have a new $500 million judicial complex. The Government yesterday signed off...
Six held in MoBay lottery scam sting Six persons - five women and a man - have been detained in a crackdown targeting persons implicated in the...
11 cops axed - Supreme Court backs dismissal The Supreme Court has upheld the dismissal of 11 members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force for alleged criminal activities. The...
February 09, 2007
Accused in murder of Lyns remanded in custody MANDEVILLE, Manchester - June White, who along with her son Lennox Swaby and another man, Calvin Powell, are charged in...
No transport for murder accused to face court THE murder trial of 23-year-old Mohinder Singh was postponed in the Kingston Home Circuit Court on Wednesday as the police...
New bill won't plug all the gaps in company law The long-awaited bill to amend the Companies Act, 2004 is to be debated in Parliament. The Companies Act (Amendment) Bill...
Penalties set for wage breaches Companion legislation setting out stringent penalties for breaches of the Employment Agencies Regulation Act and the Minimum Wage Act were...
Sexual assault allegation rocks Ocho Rios police A female constable attached to the Ocho Rios Police Station has accused a male colleague of sexually assaulting her at...
NCB accused of flouting law Financial regulators, using the country's money-laundering law, have charged the National Commercial Bank (NCB) with failing to report suspicious money...
'Raise age of consent' If Major Richard Reese, the commissioner of corrections, had his way, the age of consent to sexual intercourse would be...
February 08, 2007
Two convicted for stealing clothes from Salvation Army TWO men were yesterday sentenced to do 200 hours of community service at the Half-Way-Tree Police Station after pleading guilty...
'Death penalty was not valid' - Privy Council orders resentence for 'Grenada 13' The London-based Privy Council yesterday ruled that the death sentence imposed on the former Deputy Prime Minister of Grenada, Bernard...
'Chat room' murder accused remanded THE HANOVER man accused of the murder of a 25-year-old baby-sitter, whom he reportedly met through a cellular chat room...
Accused men want diplomat cross-examined Businessman Gareth Lewis and his 75-year-old blind father, Jeffrey Lewis, of Golden Spring, St. Andrew, are not giving up in...
St Ann's Bay Mayor gets new court date Embattled St. Ann's Bay Mayor Delroy Giscombe will have to reappear in court next week to learn whether his attorney's...
Cops hunt new stash of guns Narcotics detectives in collaboration with their colleagues in Clarendon are probing the whereabouts of a stash of illegal guns which...
Lighting up in courthouse! IT IS not unusual to smell ganja smoke at some music shows, or even to see persons smoking spliffs at...
March 16 for Andem trial The murder trial of 43-year-old reputed gang leader Joel Andem and his two co-accused has been set for March 16...
February 07, 2007
St Ann's Bay mayor to answer gun, assault charges today OCHO RIOS, St Ann - St Ann's Bay Mayor Delroy Giscombe is to appear before the Brown's Town Resident Magistrate's...
Colombia: Gov't to sue Colombia over drug fumigation Ecuador said yesterday it would file a lawsuit charging Colombia with violating an agreement over fumigation of illegal drug fields...
Bell arrested for attack on training partner JAMAICA'S WORLD cruiserweight boxing champion, O'Neil Bell, has been arrested after an alleged assault on a training partner. Police say...
Allen case heads to Privy Council The Janice Allen case in which the young girl's mother, Millicent Forbes, is seeking to have a jury's not-guilty verdict...
Deacon, teens on sex charges head back to court March 16 The case of former church deacon, 46-year-old Donovan Jones, and the three male teenagers charged with trafficking in persons involving...
CCN reveals wanted man's name before ID parade After eluding the police for several years, the most wanted man in the St. Catherine South division was apprehended in...
February 06, 2007
Court to set trial date for teen on murder rap A trial date is expected next month in the case of the 13-year-old boy accused of killing his five-year-old neighbour...
Hyundai chairman on embezzlement charges sentenced to three years The head of Hyundai Motor was sentenced to three years in jail for embezzling funds from the world's number six...
Lloyd Myrie remanded, to return to court Friday Lloyd Myrie, the former People's National Party (PNP) candidate for North West St. Elizabeth, who is charged with indecent...
Contractor General targets 60 public bodies Principals and accounting officers of more than 60 delinquent public bodies are under threat of prosecution for yet another breach...
February 05, 2007
Deacon's bail terms changed again The Home Circuit Court on Friday again reduced the bail terms awarded to Donovan Jones, the former church deacon who,...
... cellphone down ex-lover's throat - Convicted for assault, faces seven years A man accused of shoving a cellphone down a woman's throat was convicted Saturday of second-degree domestic assault. Prosecutors said...
St Ann mayor on gun, assault rap The Mayor of St. Ann's Bay, Delroy Giscombe, has been slapped with charges of illegal possession of firearm, assault occasioning...
February 04, 2007
Cops freed of murder in Crofts Hill case Four cops who were charged with murder in the shooting death of 18 year-old Christopher McKenzie in 2005 were freed...
February 03, 2007
Man arrested in connection with multiple killings The Major Investigation Team (MIT) has arrested and charged a 31-year-old man in connection with one of the 23 murders...
Cops freed of murder charge The two policewomen and two policemen, who were charged jointly with the murder of 17-year-old Christopher McKenzie arising from an...
Plumber gets 10 years at hard labour for raping 13-year-old Justice Bryan Sykes has sentenced a 44-year-old man to 10 years' imprisonment at hard labour for raping a 13-year-old...
Dirty Money - Cops eye financiers in Haiti/Jamaica gun, drug trade Several business interests who are believed to be responsible for the financing of the massive guns-for-drugs smuggling ring between Caribbean...
February 02, 2007
Spanish Town doctor charged with rape SPANISH TOWN, St Catherine - A medical doctor was Monday arrested and charged with raping a 26-year-old self- employed woman....
Dad testifies against son in shooting/murder case JEREMIAH Stewart did yesterday what many Jamaican parents would not - testified against his son who allegedly killed a man...