January 31, 2008
Accused cop seeks permission to visit ailing mom in USA A Montego Bay-based police sergeant facing charges of breaches of the Anti-corruption Act will know today if he'll be allowed...
Collin Halstead remanded A man who had stabbed a former co-worker in the back last year causing him to be paralysed from the...
Social enquiry report ordered on teacher beater AN woman, who stormed onto the Kingston High School compound and assaulted a female teacher whom she claimed had slapped...
113 murders in first 27 days A total of 113 people were murdered in the first 27 days of this year, police statistics have shown. It...
Olint wants Hylton barred from case The legal battle betwee investment scheme, Olint Corporation Ltd., and the National Commercial Bank (NCB), took a new turn yesterday...
Conflicting accounts from cops, soldiers set man free The significant difference in accounts given by some policemen and soldiers, as to how two firearms were recovered from an...
Turmoil in Montego Bay One man was shot dead, another shot and injured and several vendors and shoppers left traumatised Tuesday afternoon when gunmen...
Bittersweet day for Seaga - Loses Privy Council appeal THE PRIVY Council in Britain yesterday upheld a Court of Appeal ruling that former Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) leader, Edward...
January 30, 2008
Singh's racial abuse charge downgraded Spin bowler Harbhajan Singh's three-Test suspension for racial abuse was down-graded to a fine yesterday, allowing India's cricket tour of...
'She gave up her life for us' - Mother testifies against gunmen, slain Sensing that she would soon be killed, an emotional Angela Rodney, visited her elder sister last week and explained to...
January 29, 2008
NCB to continue submissions in Cash Plus case today LAWYERS representing National Commercial Bank (NCB) are returning to court today to continue submissions before Justice Marva McIntosh in chambers,...
Thief begs court for help MONTEGO BAY, St James - Horace Haughton, a thief whose rap sheet dates back to 1998, and who is to...
Bermudian man, girlfriend shot dead THREE HILLS, St Mary - The bullet-riddled bodies of a Bermudan man and his Jamaican girlfriend were yesterday found in...
Appeal Court urges judges not to meddle The Court of Appeal, in ordering a new trial for a man who was convicted four years ago on a...
Crooks break in at Spanish Town Courthouse The Spanish Town police are carrying out investigations to determine who broke into the Spanish Town Courthouse between Friday morning...
Vaz travelled under United States protection American lawyer George Crimarco testified yesterday at the election petition hearing that when Member of Parliament Daryl Vaz came to...
Thugs murder Sligoville resident Linnette Gooden did not know that the meal she cooked for her son's lunch would have been the last one...
Patrons mull lawsuit against Jazz and Blues promoters The widely anticipated Air Jamaica Jazz and Blues Festival has come and gone, leaving behind a sour taste in the...
Sacked PSC members take Golding to court Four of the five recently sacked members of the Public Service Commission have taken prime minister Bruce Golding to court...
January 28, 2008
Cop on sex rap heads to court Cop on sex rap heads to court Police Constable Richard Pearce is to appear in the Yallahs Resident Magistrate's Court...
...- Machete-wielding brothers thrown in prison after man slips, injures self Two brothers who chased a man, causing him to injure his ankle while he was jumping over a wall, will...
January 27, 2008
Gunmen murder 11, attack police station in Guyana At least 11 persons were shot and killed in the east coast village of Lusignan by unknown gunmen who also...
January 26, 2008
Two homeless men found dead TWO homeless men were found hacked to death in separate sections of the Corporate Area on Thursday. One of the...
Guard chased, shot dead MONTEGO BAY, St James - The St James police were up to last night unable to establish a motive for...
Jury hung on murder verdict A Home Circuit Court jury retired for three hours Thursday and failed to arrive at a verdict in the case...
Clansman lieutenant deported A top lieutenant of the Spanish Town-based, Clansman gang, was on Thursday deported from the United States and handed over...
January 25, 2008
Cop robbery trial continues March 17 The trial of 37-year-old police constable Horace Roberts and the two civilians who are charged in connection with the series...
Campaign for witnesses to come forward The police High Command has commenced a vigorous advertising campaign to find witnesses to assist in several cases before the...
Murder-suicide in St Ann Fifty-five-year-old Alray Campbell suspected his lover, Nicola McKenzie, was cheating. The 35-year-old McKenzie wanted to end the relationship, but Campbell...
Corrupt cops cuffed - Several in trouble since Lyn-Sue's confession Since the confession of Detective Constable Carey Lyn-Sue two Tuesdays ago in the Montego Bay Resident Magistrate's Court that he...
January 24, 2008
"I'm suing TPDCo! Executive director of the Montego Bay based Lachma Museum of Truth, Rastology Francis is threatening to sue the Tourism Product...
Constable gets 30 days for ganja A district constable who was attached to the St. James Police Division was yesterday sentenced to 30 days in prison...
Cash Plus to comply with Financial Services Commission (FSC) The suit brought b investment scheme, Cash Plus Ltd., against the Financial Services Commission (FSC) took a dramatic turn yesterday...
January 23, 2008
Convicted con man asks court to help kick habit A convicted con man, who is now facing seven counts of fraudulently obtaining goods and services, has asked for the...
Special Constable on extortion rap A Special constable who is accused of collecting $20,000 from a motorist instead of prosecuting for a traffic violation, was...
Cases involving witness statements to be reviewed The police High Command is to conduct a review of all cases in which witness statements have been collected from...
Ganja farm kids - Youths taken out of school, put to work in ganja fields Scores of children - some from very poor families - across Western Jamaica are being lured out of school to...
January 22, 2008
Hilton Hotel withdraws suit against JFF The Hilton Hotel in Kingston withdrew its $1 million lawsuit against the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) after both parties agreed...
Cash Plus fails in bid to appeal Supreme Court order CASH Plus Limited on Friday failed in its effort to secure leave to appeal the "onerous" conditions imposed by the...
Family of beaten teacher worried about psychological suffering THE family of Richard Virtue, the 26-year-old teacher who was beaten at the Garlogie Primary and Junior High in Banana...
Double murder accused back in court Friday The three men charged with the murder of a couple who went to give medical supplies to a man who...
Captured Stone Crusher boss to be grilled Detectives will today begin their interrogation of the head of the Montego Bay-based Stone Crusher gang, Eldon Calvert, who was...
Lightbourne to review Evidence Act The Jamaican Bar Association has welcomed a directive from Prime Minister Bruce Golding for Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Dorothy...
Mom killed after taking children to school Two young children who bid their mother goodbye at their St. Catherine school yesterday morning, had no clue it would...
UK forensic scientist sits in on 'Tivoli 5' autopsies BRITISH forensic scientist, Professor Derrick Pounder, yesterday witnessed the autopsies of five men who were killed January 13 in the...
Anti-corruption head says plea bargaining for cops coming soon Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Justin Felice, head of the Anti-Corruption Branch of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), says his...
January 21, 2008
Cops arrest alleged Clarendon serial rapist A man, described by the Clarendon police as a serial rapist, and his 23-year-old spouse are now in police custody...
Serial rapist on loose in Antigua Police in Antigua and Barbuda are hunting for a serial rapist or rapists who have left women in fear across...
Watt a relief - Woman charged in Lloyd Brown murder case freed THE WOMAN who was charged jointly with two men in connection with the murder of 62-year-old Lloyd Brown, former president...
Farquharson Institute wants Tivoli inquest The Farquharson Institute of Public Affairs has called on the Government to conduct a coroner's inquest along the lines of...
January 19, 2008
Former politician shot dead KEW, Hanover - Investigators were yesterday following strong leads in Thursday night's shooting death of 47-year-old Byron Carter, former JLP...
PM appeals judicial review in PSC case PRIME Minister Bruce Golding has appealed the court's decision to grant a judicial review into the firing of the five...
Brothers offered bail after languishing in jail for a year SPANISH TOWN, St Catherine - Two brothers, facing charges of kidnapping and were left to languish in police lock-up for...
Accused killer remanded in police custody MONTEGO BAY, St James - A Montego Bay man who is alleged to have killed a woman while on bail...
Man shot, burnt to death - Mother, children survive attack A mother and her seven children miraculously survived an attack in St. Catherine early yesterday morning by hiding under a...
'I am not sorry I confessed' Suspended policeman ready for consequences Detective Constable Carey Lyn-Shue, who admitted this week that he had fabricated evidence in a murder case, says he is...
January 18, 2008
Aidonia slapped with gun charges Popular dancehall artiste, Aidonia will remain behind bars after being slapped with charges of illegal possession of a firearm and...
...set precedent for pension trials - Headed to Privy Council for final resolution Jamaica's Appeal Court's ruling that scores of former workers of Gillette Caribbean are entitled to a share of a $42...
A legal guarantee of data confidentiality - Statistical Act to be amended Business mistrust of government agencies regarding confidentiality of data shared with them is hobbling the Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN)...
Jamaican gets five years for failed Florida robbery One of two men arrested last year after Port St. Lucie police stopped the pair as they tried to rob...
Cash Plus remains an NCB customer The Carlos Hill-led Cash Plus Ltd. will continue to be a customer of the National Commercial Bank (NCB) as the...
Cop admits to submitting false statements A policeman who decided 'to walk the straight and narrow' admitted to the court on Tuesday that he had fabricated...
January 17, 2008
Homeless 'fondler' denied bail An 18 year-old homeless man who is alleged to have fondled a seven- year-old girl was denied bail when he...
More woes for JFF The Hilton Kingston Hotel, based in the financial district of New Kingston, has filed a lawsuit against the Jamaica Football...
Former Gillette employees allowed to take grouse to Privy Council THE Court of Appeal on Monday granted conditional leave for two former employees of Gillette Caribbean Ltd to take their...
Teacher's wounding charges dismissed after 30 years SPANISH TOWN, St Catherine - A basic school teacher who was charged for unlawful wounding 30 years ago had the...
Peeved Andem complains about trial postponement FACED with another postponement to the start of his trial for the 2000 murder of businesswoman Sylvia Edwards, accused Joel...
Feb 8 mention date for accused in murder of St Thomas family MICHAEL McLean, the man charged with the 2006 murders of six family members, including three children in St Thomas, is...
Ministries said unaware about approval of FINSAC's legal representation THE Ministries of Finance and Justice say they are still in the dark about the circumstances which led to the...
Peru takes Chile to World Court Peru asked the World Court yesterday to set its sea boundary through waters claimed by Chile, inflaming a diplomatic dispute...
Cash Plus gets stay of execution Alternative investment scheme Cash Plus Ltd. yesterday got a stay of execution of the cease-and-desist orders which the Financial Services...
Prime Minister of Jamaica calls for Tivoli shooting inquest Prime Minister Bruce Golding is recommending a coroner's inquest be held to determine how five men were killed by members...
January 16, 2008
JLP caretaker gets $100,000 bail LINSTEAD, St Catherine - The Linstead Resident Magistrate's Court has ordered Dr Sandra Nesbeth, Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) caretaker for...
Court adjournment frustrating jurors The large number of jurors who turned out on Monday at the Home Circuit Court expressed disgust that they came...
Unlicensed medics to go In the latest attempt to stamp out the practice of unregistered persons performing as medical practitioners, the Medical Council of...
No new light - Auditor General's report confirms bulb breaches Checks and balances were almost non-existent in the implementation of the free Jamaica-Cuba light bulb project. The Auditor General's probe...
January 15, 2008
Men charged for killing families on trial The two men, who are charged in separate incidents with the murder of several family members appeared in the Home...
Thieves now resort to 'powdering' If you previously lived in an inner-city area and then relocated to the Greater Portmore area, you may conclude that...
Ganja bust in Gordon Key Another canister of illegal marijuana was taken from the seas on Sunday night when the Marine Police seized 90 pounds...
...Court bars National Commercial Bank (NCB) from closing Olint accounts The Supreme Court has granted a 10-day injunction barring National Commercial Bank (NCB) from closing the accounts of investment club...
... current laws repealed - Botched jobs put strain on public purse Due in large part to an alarming number of botched abortions taking place in the island, a Ministry of Health-commissioned...
January 14, 2008
Nesbeth to report to police Three days after a resident magistrate issued a bench warrant for the arrest of a Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) caretaker,...
Gun battle in Tivoli - Five killed Policeman, soldier injured Nine weapons found FIVE MEN were killed in a house on Keith Avenue in the western Kingston community of Tivoli Gardens yesterday in...
January 13, 2008
Yes, parents can sue their children! With Jamaicans 80-85 years old accounting for the fastest-growing segment of the population, several parents, particularly those in the lower...
January 12, 2008
Jones gets six-month jail time Marion Jones was sentenced yesterday to six months in prison for lying about using steroids and a check-fraud scam, despite...
Kidnapped victim was not housed at Twin Palm Estates The management of Twin Palm Estates has sought to clarify reports that its property in Palmer's Cross in Clarendon was...
January 11, 2008
Sizzla fined for ganja possession Popular dancehall singjay Miguel 'Sizzla' Collins had the future of his international career put in jeopardy after having a conviction...
Three fined for selling rum without licences SPANISH TOWN, St Catherine - Three people convicted of breaching the Spirit Licence Act were fined a total of $29,000...
Portia gets more time to file court documents Opposition Leader Portia Simpson Miller has been given a 14-day extension in which to file and serve the relevant...
Vaz case adjourned until January 21 The election petition hearing into the alleged dual citizenship was yesterday adjourned to January 21 after Member of Parliament Daryl...
Man gets 10 years for kidnapping A man who, along with two female teenagers, masterminded the kidnapping of two female life insurance agents and robbed them...
Gun find irks Lakes Pen residents The seizure of a sixth gun by the St. Catherine South police has caused some disturbance in the Lakes Pen...
Air Jamaica slapped for hash oil find The United States Department of Homeland Security is probing the circumstances under which a quantity of hash oil found its...
January 10, 2008
Gun Court trial for councillor's nephew SPANISH TOWN, St Catherine - Twenty-seven-year-old chef Wayne Carlton Simpson, the nephew of a Jamaica Labour Party councillor, was remanded...
Onandi Lowe pleads not guilty to ganja charge SPANISH TOWN, St Catherine - Former national football striker Onandi Lowe pleaded not guilty to charges of possession of ganja...
Cops on murder charge get small reprieve The four policemen from the Constant Spring Police Station who were charged with murder and attempting to pervert the course...
Man gets 30 days for fondling woman A man who gave in to the urge to fondle a woman twice at the Mall Plaza in St Andrew...
Wife sues Cash Plus boss for maintenance CASH Plus Limited boss, Carlos Hill, is being sued for large sums of money but not by investors in his...
Judge orders halt to distribution of Bibles A rural school district's long-standing practice of allowing the distribution of Bibles to grade school students is unconstitutional, a federal...
Former ministers among eight to stand trial for fraud in T&T Two former ministers are among eight persons ordered to stand trial on fraud charges in relation to the Piarco International...
Vaz: I will not bear arms against Jamaica Jamaica Member of Parliament Daryl Vaz said yesterday that he would give up his United States citizenship in the event...
Kidnap victim returns home A 15-year-old girl, who was kidnapped in May Pen, Clarendon, last Friday, has been returned home. After last week's kidnapping,...
January 09, 2008
Hogg charged over remarks AUSTRALIA SPINNER Brad Hogg was charged yesterday with making an offensive remark to India's Anil Kumble and Mahendra Dhoni during...
Old Harbour student killed A fourth-form student is dead and another boy in police custody, following a stabbing incident at the Old Harbour High...
I am an American - Vaz Member of Parliament for West Portland, Daryl Vaz, testified yesterday that he was an American citizen and had travelled to...
Higgins Warner flouts court order to repay investor Operator of Higgins Warner investment club, Emile Max Higgins, has reportedly failed to comply with a Supreme Court order to...
January 08, 2008
Woman jailed for attempting to smuggle cocaine A woman was last week imprisoned for two years after pleading guilty in the Half-Way Tree Resident Magistrate's Court to...
Taylor's war crimes trial resumes The first witness in Charles Taylor's war crimes trial testified yesterday that Sierra Leone rebels backed by Taylor mutilated...
Government urged to deal with justice system Vice-President of the Bahamas Christian Council (BCC), Rev. Patrick Paul has called on the government to do what is necessary...
York Town Primary robbed With yesterday's start of the new school term, students, parents and teachers of the York Town Primary School got an...
Vaz to testify today Jamaica Labour Party Member of Parliament, Daryl Vaz, is expected to testify today at the hearing of the election petition...
No ease in murders Jamaica's murder rampage is continuing in the New Year with at least 10 persons killed across the island over the...
We can't just sit back and demand justice - judge The Hilary session of the Home Circuit Court opened yesterday with Justice Leighton Pusey expressing concern that, in Jamaica, not...
January 07, 2008
Accused in Good Samaritan Killings' remanded The three men arrested and charged in connection with what has been dubbed the 'Good Samaritan Killings' were again remanded...
Burglars hit Montego Bay Gunmen went on a burglary spree in Westgate Hills and Unity Hall in Montego Bay, St. James, on the weekend,...
January 05, 2008
CCJ head wants more use to made of regional court The head of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) is hoping for more work for the regional court this year....
Two killed in Mountain View Violence reared its head once again in the hotbed of Mountain View in east Kingston Thursday night, with the shooting...
Thieves strip Jamaica Broadcasting Corporation archives The police have been called in to investigate the disappearance of thousands of vinyl records and compact discs from the...
January 04, 2008
MoBay cop charged for illegal firearms CONSTABLE Raul Khouri, the Montego Bay cop who was recently arrested in connection with the seizure of three illegal firearms,...
Police yet to charge suspect in UTech student's shooting THE police, up until late last night, were yet to charge the man whom they arrested in connection with the...
4 St Ann men freed of ganja charges Four of five men who were arrested in connection with the seizure of over 4,000 pounds of marijuana in 2005...
Convicted killers of Maurice Bishop say sorry Convicted killers of former revolutionary Prime Minister Maurice Bishop have apologised for their roles in his demise, his daughter Nadia...
Violence against journalists reached extreme levels in '07 The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) says, in 2007, violence against journalists reached extreme levels for the third year in...
Divorces on the rise in Jamaica There has been a 30 per cent increase in divorces in Jamaica, over the last decade, a phenomenon that is...
Man to stand trial for Aussie's murder The man charged with the murder of 27-year-old Australian national, Brian Johnston, is to face trial at the next session...
January 03, 2008
Farmer's murder brings '07 St James death toll to 188 The shooting death of a farmer in this tough community on New Year's Eve took already alarming crime statistics to...
Father of young Edie Lane fire victims charged with manslaughter OWEN Thompson, the father of the two boys who were severely burnt - one fatally - as fire gutted their...
Alleged kidnapper killed SANTA CRUZ, St Elizabeth - A man who was killed by the police in St Catherine on New Year's Eve...
...citizens must bond' - Monsignor Richard Albert condemns murders in 2007 Criminal elements were relentless last year, killing 231 more persons than those murdered the previous year. According to police records,...
January 02, 2008
Jamaican jailed in Guyana for cocaine A 26-year-old Jamaican man on Friday said he was offered J$200,000 to fetch cocaine and agreed to do the job...
Four-year ban for Gatlin OLYMPIC 100 metres champion Justin Gatlin has been banned for four years pending a possible appeal for a 2006 positive...
...- Olint appeals Supreme Court ruling, LewFam considering next move Olint Corporation has already 'initiated' an appeal against the Supreme Court ruling of December 24, which held that its foreign...
Taxi man first victim for 2008 Livingston Roberts, Starrie, a 62-year-old taxi operator of Rasta Corner, Freetown Clarendon, was the island's first reported murder for 2008....
Brandy off the hook in fatal car accident case The Los Angeles city attorney's office said Friday it will not charge Brandy in a deadly December 2006 freeway crash....
