June 30, 2007
ICC World Cup Act to be debated in parliament After a one-week delay, the International Cricket Council (ICC) World Cup West Indies 2007 Act, better known as the Sunset...
Caribbean News 15-y-o charged with murder of public servant CASTRIES, St Lucia (CMC): St. Lucia police have arrested and charged a 15-year-old...
Mother loses HIV/AIDS claim against UHWI The mother of a teenager who died two years after he was diagnosed with Hepatitis C and HIV has lost...
June 29, 2007
Police: Truck driver in St Ann crash will 'most likely' be charged THE police yesterday said the driver of the Hino truck involved in Wednesday's deadly accident with a Toyota Hiace minibus...
Portmore woman allegedly held with US$1.35m DELORIS Elizabeth Miller, a 50-year-old resident of 21st Avenue in West Cumberland, Portmore, St Catherine, is facing money laundering charges...
'Grenada 17' verdict upsets gov't The Grenada government has expressed its disappointment with the verdict in the 'Grenada 17' trial as three of the men...
Beckles murder trial set for October Rodney Beckles, son of the University of the West Indies (UWI) professor, Hilary Beckles, has been remanded until October 1,...
Decision reserved in death-row case The Court of Appeal has reserved its decision in the case of death-row inmate 27-year-old Kevin Mayne who was convicted...
'Zekes' back in court Former Matthews Lane strongman 50-year-old Donald 'Zekes' Phipps, who was convicted last year of double murder, appeared in the Corporate...
Grenada saga a triumph - Witter Jamaica's Public Defender Earl Witter, one of the 12 lawyers who represented the 13 persons convicted of the murder of...
Man charged in Ardenne school shooting The allegedly mentally ill man, who was on Tuesday shot by police at Ardenne High School, has been charged with...
No money, honey! - Most Jamaicans oppose alimony payments to men Two years after the passage of legislation providing for the payment of alimony (or palimony) to men upon the dissolution...
June 28, 2007
Major players nabbed in Montego Bay lotto scam Two major players in the illegal lottery scam which operates out of Montego Bay, St. James, were picked up by...
June 27, 2007
Judge worried about A-G's statement in 'Grenada 13' review High Court Judge Francis Belle on Monday expressed concern about the impact a recent statement by Attorney-General Elvin Nimrod could...
Rice lawsuit threat Guyanese rice producers are threatening legal action against two Caribbean island neighbours that buy subsidised rice from other regions without...
More controversy over amended election bills THE House of Representatives yesterday suspended debate on the controversial amendments to three bills recommended by the Electoral Commission to...
New chief justice promises reform JAMAICA'S new chief justice, Zaila McCalla, yesterday pledged to reform the country's justice system and said that collaboration would be...
June 26, 2007
Judge rules in favour of S Korean dry cleaner A U.S. judge ruled yesterday in favour of a South Korean dry cleaner who was sued for $54 million over...
Judges delay action on Enron - for now The Supreme Court on Monday put off deciding on the Enron scandal, taking no action in a securities fraud case...
McCalla to be sworn in today Court of Appeal Judge, Zaila McCalla, will be sworn in today at King's House as Chief Justice of Jamaica. She...
Alleged railway track thieves' trial set for September THE two Clarendon men allegedly caught on Monday stealing sections of the Jamalco railway track in Parnasus, Yorktown in the...
Dr Ford gets August court date Jephthah Ford, the medical doctor who said he was severely beaten by four cops during an altercation at a dance...
CAFFE backs Senate on election bills issue LOCAL elections watchdog group Citizens Action for Free and Fair Elections (CAFFE) has thrown its support behind the Senate for...
June 25, 2007
Pastor granted $100K bail for rape The religious fraternity has again been rocked with allegations that one of their own has committed a sexual offence. Rev....
Court denies Andem's appeal Joel Andem, the reputed 44-year-old gang leader who was on the Police Most Wanted List until he was captured in...
June 23, 2007
Two get life for murdering former friend SPANISH Town residents Omar Stewart and Andre Ennis were last Friday sentenced to life imprisonment in the Home Circuit Court...
Caribbean News The London-based Privy Council has ruled against opposition United National Congress legislator, Chandresh Sharma, who had brought a judicial review...
Judge refuses to recuse himself Francis Belle, the Bar-bados-born judge presiding over the re-sentencing hearing for 13 men convicted of killing former prime minister Maurice...
Fugitive extradited A fugitive, on the run from murder charges, was on Thursday extradited to the United States. Robert Smith was wanted...
'St James is becoming rape capital' Murders are trending down in the St. James Police Division for the first time in three years, but rapes and...
Portland's most wanted convicted Portland's most wanted man, 54-year-old farmer Charley Junior, was yesterday convicted of charges of abduction and rape. Justice Lennox Campbell...
June 22, 2007
Myrie allowed to travel Former People's National Party candidate for North West St. Elizabeth, Lloyd Myrie, who is charged with indecent assault and carnal...
Doctor freed of rape charge in RM court A medical doctor, Paul Robinson, was freed of a rape charge in the Spanish Town Resident Magistrate's Court, on Tuesday,...
Big Oil wins case against retailers The four leading oil companies scored a major victory yesterday when the Judicial Review Court quashed the regulations stipulating the...
$57m station, courthouse for Cambridge A move by the Justice Ministry to construct a new $57 million police station and courthouse in Cambridge, St. James,...
June 21, 2007
Stalemate as MPs discuss amended election bills PARLIAMENTARIANS on Tuesday reached a stalemate in accepting an amendment to three bills made by the Senate last Friday giving...
Fidel fined West Indies fast bowler Fidel Edwards has been fined 15 per cent of his match fee for breaching the International...
Manhunt leaves one dead, teen injured An all-night manhunt by the May Pen police for two suspects, who allegedly shot and killed a businessman and injured...
June 20, 2007
Bahamian child rapist to appeal 'inhumane' flogging sentence A Bahamian man, who is to be flogged 10 times with a whip for raping a six-year-old girl, will appeal...
Doctor to testify at trial of murdered child today The trial into the murder of a four-year-old boy, Joseph 'Jordan' Gibson, who was allegedly punched to death by his...
Kingston Tech student freed of assault charges One of the two Kingston Technical High School male students who were charged with assaulting a female teacher has been...
Man gets 10 years for Dwight Nelson's son's slaying One of two men who pleaded guilty last month to manslaughter arising from the death of 30-year-old Julius Nelson, son...
June 19, 2007
Transport Authority Act bad - Mullings OPPOSITION MP Clive Mullings (West Central St James) wants the government to repeal the Transport Authority Act to protect citizens...
Grenada - Lawyers urge leniency for '83 coup plotters Lawyers for 13 leaders of a coup that prompted the U.S. invasion of Grenada pleaded for leniency at a resentencing...
Government of Jamaica, oil companies spar over Regulations law Legal arguments began yesterday in the motion brought by four major oil companies which are challenging Regulations stipulating the method...
Bashco fined for contraband The Court of Appeal ruled on Friday that Bashco Trading Company must pay $8 million to the Government for importing...
Two men freed of extortion charges Two men wept openly in court on Friday after they were acquitted of extortion charges in the St. Catherine Circuit...
Pakistan Cricket Board wants probe into Woolmer case The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) says the Jamaican authorities should conduct a speedy probe into the circumstances surrounding Bob Woolmer's...
Date set for Bitter trial The trial of 42-year-old Kingston businessman, Stephen Bitter, who is charged with the murder of his 90-year-old grand-father, Ronald Bitter,...
June 18, 2007
Extradition motion for Nembhard, others denied The Full Court yesterday threw out the motion brought by 52-year-old St. Ann businessman Norris 'Deedo' Nembhard, Police Corporal Herbert...
Two get life Sentences The two men who were convicted last week of the murder of André Baker, labourer, of Spanish Town , St....
June 17, 2007
Nab those human traffickers, Justice Minister tells police Justice Minister A.J. Nicholson has issued a challenge to the police to increase the number of prosecutions for human trafficking...
Public entities guilty of unlawful payments More than half a million dollars on car rental for a Cabinet minister and close to $4 million, or about...
June 16, 2007
Six ordered extradited NORRIS "Deedo" Nembhard, the St Ann businessman who was in 2004 designated a drug kingpin by US President George W...
Grant renews calls for Proceeds of Crime Act to include praedial larceny PRESIDENT of the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS) Norman Grant has reiterated his call for praedial larceny to be included in...
Deadly breach THIRTY-FIVE funeral homes operating illegally in residential areas in the Corporate Area and putting the health of citizens at risk,...
16-y-o schoolgirl suspect in Cassava Piece fire POLICE investigators on Thursday said they were seeking the whereabouts of a 16-year-old high school girl for questioning in connection...
Briefs: Group wants Bishop's killers to remain in jail A group calling itself 'We the Families and October 19th Martyrs Foundation" has launched a campaign calling for those convicted...
Still no charge in Cooreville accident A funeral service for Abby-Gail Lugg is scheduled for tomorrow but no one has yet been charged for the auto...
No to mandatory sentence - Senate The Senate yesterday parted company with the House of Representatives and voted against the imposition of a minimum mandatory sentence...
June 15, 2007
Pervez Mir calls for legal action against Seshaiah PAKISTAN cricket team media manager Pervez Mir on Wednesday said that government pathologist Dr Ere Seshaiah should be sued for...
'Don's' brother killed in shoot-out A 15-year-old boy who was fatally shot in a confrontation with police in Farm Heights, St. James, on Wednesday night,...
Portmore resident on gun charge A resident of Portmore, St. Catherine, has been detained by the Special Gun Unit, following the seizure of two high-powered...
Man barred from having a girlfriend A judge has ruled that a 24-year-old Canadian man is not allowed to have a girlfriend for the next three...
June 14, 2007
Alleged cow thieves denied bail SPANISH TOWN, St Catherine - Three Ocho Rios men who were arrested in Spanish Town for unlawful possession of 500...
Banks charged with Parmalat failure The indictment yesterday of four international banks on criminal charges related to the 2003 failure of the Parmalat dairy empire...
Juror shortage stalls proceedings at Home Circuit Court Proceedings in the Home Circuit Court are being severely affected by a severe shortage of jurors. Yesterday the trial of...
Murder trial for Joel Andem set for October The murder trial of 42-year-old reputed gang leader Joel Andem and the two men charged jointly with the murder of...
Big ganja bust in Spanish Town The police in Spanish Town have made another major breakthrough in the illicit drug trade, seizing approximately 500 lb of...
Police call for legislation to suppress gangs Head of Operation Kingfish, Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Glenmore Hinds, wants new legislation to be implemented, which will make...
Local cops cautious Heightened caution has already started to creep into the actions of local police as a result of the about-face taken...
Gun recovery unit set up by Kingfish A special unit has been set up by the Jamaica Constabulary Force to focus on retrieving illegal firearms. National Security...
High-level review of Woolmer investigation ordered National Security Minister, Dr. Peter Phillips, has appointed former president of the Court of Appeal, Justice Ian Forte, to carry...
June 13, 2007
Businessman gets life for murdering schoolboy THIRTY-three-year-old Kingston businessman Stephen Grant was sentenced to life imprisonment in the Home Circuit Court last Thursday - a week...
'Uncle' gets seven-year sentence for molesting 11-y-o step-niece A 27-year-old man who sexually assaulted his common-law wife's 11-year-old niece over a two-year period was last week sentenced to...
Developers could face hefty fines for building breaches DEVELOPERS whose housing units deviate from approved building plans may find themselves having to pay steep fines for the breaches....
Berbick suspects to return to Circuit Court The two male suspects charged with the murder of former heavyweight boxing champion, Trevor Berbick, are scheduled to reappear in...
Tough law coming for extortionists, kidnappers Extortionists and kidnappers are to face stiffer penalties, as the Government prepares to draft special legislation to deal with these...
Overhaul forensic system - attorneys THE Bob Woolmer debacle must serve as another wake-up call for an overhaul of Jamaica's justice system, defence attorneys have...
Foreign medics point to flaws in local autopsy The pathologists who reviewed the forensic evidence on the late Bob Woolmer have suggested in their reports that there were...
... police sticking by their word that Woolmer died of manual strangulation ... # CASE FACTS World number-four ranked Pakistan crashed out of the ICC Cricket World Cup after losing to minnows Ireland...
... - 'We were too hasty' - Police rushed to judgement - Thomas Shortly after closing the book on the bungled investigation into the death of Bob Woolmer, Police Commissioner Lucius Thomas yesterday...
June 12, 2007
82-y-o man on carnal abuse charge AN 82-year-old pensioner, charged with the carnal abuse of a 14-year-old girl, who he has allegedly impregnated, is booked to...
Court threat hangs over Spanish hotel MONTEGO BAY, St James - The St James Parish Council has threatened to take the developers of the 701-room ClubHotel...
Residents upset over 'excessive' sentence Some residents in Hanover are upset over the case in which 26-year-old Wayne Malcolm was sentenced to 12 months imprisonment...
Hold parents accountable - DPP THE Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Kent Pantry, wantsparents to be held accountable for children, involved in sexual cases, who...
No bail for 15-year-old A 15-year-old schoolboy has been charged with the murder of another student on the compound of the Braeton Primary and...
June 11, 2007
Alleged terrorists to appear in court Three Caribbean nationals will appear in court in Trinidad in connection with an alleged terrorist plot to blow up fuel...
Battery of 12 lawyers for Grenada 13 Well-known Trinidadian attorney-at-law Keith Scotland will be among a dozen lawyers expected to speak on behalf of Bernard Coard and...
Burning rage - Elderly women attacked - Angry hubby on the run UP TO late last night, two elderly women remained hospitalised in critical condition after one was chopped several times and...
June 10, 2007
Thieves prey on C&W cable lines Thieves, over the last 15 months, have disconnected and stolen more than $50 million worth of cable belonging to communication...
Closing the Woolmer investigation The Jamaica Constabulary Force will break its silence this week over the raging controversy that it, along with government pathologist...
June 09, 2007
Jamaican police could face legal action in Woolmer's death, team official says PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - Jamaican police could face legal action for declaring Pakistan cricket coach Bob Woolmer's death a homicide,...
Plot to bomb JFK airport could include other suspects overseas NEW YORK, USA (AP) - The investigation into the terror plot to bomb Kennedy International Airport is widening beyond the...
Woman allows 14-y-o daughter to have sex with man; girl now pregnant SPANISH TOWN, St Catherine - A mother who admitted in court to giving consent to her 14-year-old daughter to have...
MoBay sting nets M-16 - Woman, wanted men among 19 held A massive joint police and military predawn raid in sections of Hendon and Glendevon, Montego Bay, yesterday, netted 19 people...
Preacher's wife gets three-year sentence for shooting husband A woman who killed her preacher husband with a shotgun blast to the back as he lay in bed got...
Co-accused in St James murder trial offered bail One of three employees of the Iberostar Hotel site in St. James, who were charged in connection with a gruesome...
June 08, 2007
Kingfish asks victims of conwoman to come forward OPERATION Kingfish is appealing to persons who may have been fleeced by 34-year-old Admarie Ashman of a Harbour View, Kingston...
Law to govern sexual offences coming by year end THE Joint Select Committee considering the Offences Against the Person Act and the Incest (Punishment) Act on Wednesday signed off...
Cop takes JCF to court for revoking promotion A detective corporal who was promoted to the post of sergeant while on suspension, is taking the Jamaica Constabulary Force...
Man blames friend for committing murder FACED with the prospect of being sent to prison, Omar Stewart, who was found guilty of murder in the Home...
Offenders yet to be charged under the Child Care Act Three years after the Child Care and ProtectionAct (CCPA) was passed in Parliament, aspects of it remain toothless as mechanisms...
Businessman gets life for teen's murder St. Andrew businessman, 33-year-old Steven Grant, has been sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of 17-year-old Dunoon Technical High...
Man to face housebreaking, larceny charges A man who was remanded on March 28 until January 9 next year, is to face trial on charges of...
Cop's robbery trial for August The trial of 37-year-old police constable Horace Roberts and two civilians charged in connection with a series of robberies involving...