July 31, 2007
A mad escape - Alleged madman shoots three cops, then flees A MANHUNT is currently under way for 24-year-old Gordon after he reportedly shot and injured three policemen at the Frankfield...
July 29, 2007
Jamaica's beaches off limits - Residents take resort developer to court Residents of Fairy Hill in Portland, through the Natural Resources Conservation Authority (NRCA) and a private attorney-at-law, have filed court...
July 28, 2007
Justice Panton appalled at high rate of police killing COURT of Appeal president Justice Seymour Panton on Monday called for an end to the island's appallingly high rate of...
Sharma tribunal to hear evidence A tribunal set up to determine the fate of embattled Chief Justice Satnarine Sharma will begin hearing evidence on September...
July 27, 2007
No decision in extradition case of St Catherine man The Court of Appeal on Wednesday reserved its decision in the extradition case of 59-year-old Jamaican Louis Timoll. Timoll is...
Men found guilty in LG Brown murder The two men charged with the murder of Lloyd George (L.G.) Brown, former president of the Jamaica Gasolene Retailers'...
July 26, 2007
Heat in di court! Justice Roy Jones has opted to cancel the afternoon sessions of the extended Easter Session of the St James Circuit...
Privy Council to hear Portmore toll case Oct 15 THE United Kingdom-based Privy Council will hear the Portmore toll case on October 15 this year, according to Oswald James,...
Politician to answer drug trafficking charges today MONTEGO BAY, St James - Errol Lamey, the People's National Party (PNP) caretaker/candidate for the Mount Salem Division here in...
Appeal Court head laments number of extrajudicial killings President of the Court of Appeal Justice Seymour Panton has expressed alarm about what he said was the increasing number...
Man on murder charge offered bail The man who allegedly shot and killed a bystander last week Saturday during a with a man of unsound mind...
July 25, 2007
Timoll appeals extradition order The Court of Appeal began hearing submissions Monday in the appeal brought by Louis Timoll, a 59-year-old Jamaican who is...
People's National Party councillor faces likely drug charges The People's National Party councillor/caretaker who has been detained in connection with a major drug bust is likely to be...
Labourer nails appeal The man who was jailed in May for unlawful possession of several pounds of used and unused nails was yesterday...
July 24, 2007
... (NIBJ) pays $26.5m for legal services in breach of guidelines Another attorney-at-law has received a controversial multimillion-dollar contract from a state agency in contravention of the Government's procurement guidelines and,...
PNP politician facing drug charge MONTEGO BAY, St James - A People's National Party (PNP) politician was, up to late last night, being interrogated by...
July 23, 2007
Prime Minister's bodyguard held with stolen motor car The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) is expected to issue a formal statement today regarding a policeman, a member of Prime...
July 21, 2007
Two men on murder charges make appearance Two men who were charged in separate incidents with several counts of murder appeared in the Home Circuit Court...
July 20, 2007
Woman allegedly swindles businessman of US$7,000 in visa scam OLD HARBOUR, St Catherine - An Old Harbour businesswoman who allegedly swindled a Montego Bay businessman of US$7,000 after promising...
Court gives all-clear for Caribbean Star takeover talks The Industrial Court in St. John, Antigua has reversed its earlier ruling, and has now paved the way for cash-strapped...
Clash of the titans - Digicel sues C&W Phone company vows 'vigorous' fight Digicel Group, a fast-growing mobile company owned by Denis O'Brien of Ireland, has filed suit against its main rival in...
Crown closes case in LG Brown murder trial The Crown closed its case,yesterday, at the trial of the three persons accused of murdering Lloyd G. Brown, former president...
US lawmen to assist in arms find Local investigators probing Wednesday's arms find at the Montego Freeport are to collaborate with their law enforcement counterparts in the...
'Disability Act will level playing field' Members of the disabled community are adamant that their rights must be respected by the wider Jamaican society, and are...
July 19, 2007
Cops quiz two in major arms bust The St James police were up to late last night questioning two persons about a major arms bust at a...
Tears abound as judge remands Trelawny two Two of Trelawny's better known residents - both employees at Sangster International Airport - were on Tuesday remanded in police...
Forgotten in prison People at the Half-Way-Tree Resident Magistrate's court were left astonished Tuesday on hearing the cases of two men who were...
Clarendon couple receive gun bail A Clarendon man and woman who were arrested and charged with illegal possession of firearm and ammunition while on their...
Jury frees nurse of manslaughter charge A jury has freed 33-year-old registered nurse Letitia Beckford of causing death by reckless driving. Beckford, who is employed to...
Two held in Montego Bay Freeport arms find Two men are being interrogated in connection with the seizure of eight illegal firearms and 1,090 assorted rounds of ammunition...
St James man on murder charge to return to court A 21-year-old man implicated in two murders and the wounding of a woman in Montego Bay, was denied bail in...
July 18, 2007
Trial of renowned UWI botanist rescheduled to September THE trial of renowned botanist Dr George Proctor, 86, and a former employee he allegedly paid to kill his wife...
Former FINSAC employee faces fraud charges A former employee who is charged with defrauding the government-owned FINSAC of $26 million appeared in the Corporate Area Resident...
July 17, 2007
$660m clergy abuse settlement approved A judge yesterday approved a US$660 million (€478.9 million) settlement between the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles and more...
Opposition leaders get life sentence An Ethiopian court sentenced 35 opposition members to life in prison yesterday, rebuffing a prosecution request that they be executed...
Registrar of Titles loses bid to retain title Attorney-at-law Alfred McPherson has lost his bid in the Supreme Court to get an order revoking the termination of his...
July 16, 2007
Botswanan fined for fraudulent passport A Botswanan national who pleaded guilty to using a fraudulent Botswana passport to travel out of the country was last...
Visit Rent Services Unit before going to court, says official DIRECTOR of the Rent Services Unit Cecile Croll has advised persons who are having problems with their landlords or tenants...
July 14, 2007
Three ex-governors charged with corruption in Nigeria Three Nigerian former state governors were charged with stealing public money yesterday in a signal the new president intends to...
Jury finds Black, others guilty of fraud A United States jury yesterday found Conrad Black guilty of three counts of criminal fraud and one charge of obstruction...
Jamaican schoolgirl pleads guilty to acid attack A Jamaican schoolgirl who threw a corrosive substance on five young children and two adults in May this year has...
... was not an Electoral Commission recommendation, says Attorney-General The Electoral Commission has denied that it had made a recommendation imposing mandatory sentencing for persons who participate in open...
July 13, 2007
Businessman goes free on drug conspiracy charge DONOVAN Fraser, a Mandeville businessman who was last August arrested and charged with conspiracy to export 108 kilogrammes of cocaine...
Jamaican accused of shooting NY cops ONE of three men arrested by the New York police for the alleged shooting and injury of two police officers...
Trial of Opposition legislator to begin The Serious Offence Court has set July 18 as the start of the trial of Opposition senator, Daniel Cummings, who...
Guyanese loses appeal against extradition A Guyanese businessman wanted in the United States on drug-related charges has lost his High Court appeal against an extradition...
Jamaican-born Democrat runs for US judgeship Jamaican-born Jennifer W. Levy-Tatum, a lifelong Democrat, handily won the Democratic Party nomination for judge of the Court of Common...
Childcare regulations approved All privately run children's homes will shortly be assessed to determine whether they should be granted a licence to continue...
Special constable gets 17 years A Special constable attached to the St. Elizabeth police was yesterday sentenced to 17 years at hard labour when he...
Man to be sentenced for stepson's death A man who was convicted this month of manslaughter, arising from the death of his four-year-old stepson, is to be...
July 12, 2007
Doctor's testimony to help Nicole Nicole Richie's lawyer claims drugs tests used to charge her with DUI (driving under the influence) were falsified. The star's...
July 11, 2007
Four cops, ex-policeman freed of extortion charges FOUR police officers and a former colleague who were in October 2005 charged with attempting to extort $2.5 million from...
37 charged in 'fixing' scandal NAPLES MAGISTRATES charged 37 people yesterday over Italy's match-fixing scandal, including former Juventus general manager Luciano Moggi. Last year a...
Jury selected as double-murder trial starts A jury was selected Monday to trythe case of the three persons charged with the murder of former president of...
Election bills ratified Parliament has ratified an amendment to three election bills, paving the way for sanctions to be imposed on persons who...
Teen suspect in Tarrant stabbing in police custody A teenager suspected of stabbing a student on the grounds of the Tarrant Comprehensive High School in Kingston two weeks...
'Danny English' remanded in custody pending July 16 enquiry POPULAR dancehall entertainer Donald "Danny English" Cox was yesterday remanded into state custody until July 16, when a preliminary enquiry...
July 10, 2007
... businesses fined, 33 executives arrested for defying government order Police said more than 1,300 businesses have been charged and fined over the past two weeks for defying orders to...
Ammo find in St Catherine More than 500 rounds of assorted ammunition were seized by the police in St. Catherine yesterday. Two men were also...
Welsh still in custody Well-known People's National Party (PNP) activist 59-year-old Milton 'Tony' Welsh, of Brandon Hill, St. Andrew, who is charged with murder,...
July 09, 2007
Moviegoer charged for pirating movie A moviegoer caught secretly recording the science-fiction blockbuster Transformers has been charged with unauthorised use of a video camera in...
Panton to champion justice-system reform Some welcome winds of change could be blowing through Jamaica's justice system soon. That's if Justice Seymour Panton, the new...
July 07, 2007
Prisoner sues Government over shooting A prisoner who is serving a sentence for murder filed a suit in the Supreme Court yesterday against the Government....
Golding wants judicial overhaul The Leader of the Opposition, Bruce Golding, has proposed several changes for the judiciary, which he says will reinforce its...
Panton sworn in as Court of Appeal president Court of Appeal judge, Seymour Panton, was yesterday sworn in as the president of the Court of Appeal in a...
July 06, 2007
Escapee recaptured THE police yesterday said they have recaptured one of four prisoners who escaped from the Constant Spring Police Station in...
Man sentenced for abducting, attempting to molest boy A man who admitted to abducting and attempting to sexually molest a 14-year-old boy was yesterday sentenced to two-and-a-half years...
Tough law coming for drunk drivers Parliament here is considering tough legislation that aims to permanently disqualify a person from holding a driver's licence if he...
Guyana-born men face death penalty in the US Two Guyana-born men were this week convicted in a United States Federal District Court in Brooklyn for killing four persons...
Man accused of theft Trinidadian Lennox Boodram, a former executive director of Keep Bermuda Beautiful, has been charged with stealing more than US$40,000 from...
Anderson fined for clash with Morton RUNAKO MORTON escaped censure, but the England fast bowling pair of James Anderson and Stuart Broad were disciplined for separate...
15-year sentence quashed on appeal A man who spent three years awaiting the outcome of his appeal against his convictions and 15-year prison sentence for...
Jamaican farm workers in Canadian custody Two Jamaican workers who went on the Government's farm-work programme in Canada are now in police custody for allegedly wounding...
Former cop pleads guilty to fraud charges A former policewoman who was accused of defrauding the Police Federation of over $1 million has pleaded guilty to the...
July 04, 2007
Alleged Ambassador King killer denied bail The man who is charged with the murder of Ambassador Peter King is contending that he acted in self defence...
July 03, 2007
'Skill Cole' gets 18 months for ganja Former Jamaican footballer Allan 'Skill' Cole was yesterday sentenced to 18 months imprisonment at hard labour for possession of ganja...
Shortage of jurors stalls murder trial A Supreme Court Judge yesterday described as heart-rending the problems the Home Circuit Court has been facing over the last...
...? - Funds from incoming phone calls at centre of brewing controversy Conflicting views over the status of more than $28 million in legal fees that was paid to an attorney out...
July 02, 2007
Construction worker still nailed The man, who was sentenced last month to 12 months' imprisonment for unlawful possession of several pounds of used and...
Chief Justice McCalla: Pacesetter from birth When Zaila McCalla was sworn in as the first female Chief Justice of Jamaica last Tuesday, many hailed her as...
Forced marital sex is rape - poll A substantial majority of Jamaicans accept, in principle, that forcible sex by men with their married or common-law partners is...
July 01, 2007
Caribbean briefs # Supreme Court will review detainees' case WASHINGTON (AP): The United States Supreme Court agreed to review whether Guantánamo Bay...
Police hunt four escapees Police have launched a manhunt for four prisoners who escaped from the Constant Spring police lock-up in St. Andrew. The...
