September 30, 2008
House committee continues deliberation on crime bills today THE Joint Select Committee of Parliament studying six anti-crime bills will resume sitting this morning at Gordon House, under the...
September 29, 2008
Police suspect murder in elderly couple's death The Clarendon Police say they suspect foul play in the death of an elderly couple in the parish last Saturday...
Tragic end - Body found believed to be that of 11-year-old girl It was a dark and gloomy day in the community of Cyprus Hall, Belvedere, St Andrew, late yesterday morning, where...
September 27, 2008
Bail for cop charged with colleague's rape A policeman who is accused of raping a policewoman at her home on August 18, appeared in the Home Circuit...
Dabdoub's appeal thrown out People's National Party candidate Abe Dabdoub failed yesterday in his attempt to strike out the appeal of ousted Member of...
September 26, 2008
Vaz to hear court's decision on appeal today JUNIOR Minister Daryl Vaz should know by today, whether the appellate court will strike out his appeal against a Supreme...
Police mum on court date for Sandside murder suspect Police Wednesday refused to release the date when a 16-year-old boy, who allegedly confessed to the vicious murder and dismembering...
JLP politician questioned about alleged contract killing LENNOX Hinds, the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) politician arrested Tuesday on murder, conspiracy to murder and shooting charges, was yesterday...
Thugs assault wife of Montego Bay businessman Popular Montego Bay businessman Dr Lee Bailey has been fuming since Wednesday, after gunmen attacked and severely beat his wife,...
Lawyers object to new court rule Some lawyers and litigants doing business at the civil division of the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court have raised objection...
Schoolboys plead guilty to carnal abuse Four schoolboys, aged 11 to 14 years, yesterday pleaded guilty to the joint charge of carnal abuse of a 13-year-old...
September 25, 2008
One gets bail in Hanover women murder case Dermott Kerr, one of four men charged for the murder of 27-year-old Stacy-Ann Kelly and 17-year-old Rashieka Clare, has been...
JLP politician on murder rap Police will today interrogate Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) politician Lennox Hinds, who was on Tuesday arrested and slapped with murder,...
Firearm holder foils bus robbery Traffic in the vicinity of Cross Roads, St Andrew, came to a standstill yesterday morning, following a shooting on a...
September 24, 2008
US$2,100 hotel bill lands foreigner in jail MONTEGO BAY, St James - An Estonian man, Stan Puust, a 26-year-old construction worker, is facing charges of obtaining credit...
Electrician gets 9 years for manslaughter A St Ann electrician was sentenced Friday to nine years' imprisonment for chopping his ex's new lover to death during...
Courtroom unavailability postpones deacon, botanist trials THE unavailability of courtrooms forced the postponement of two highly anticipated trials in the Home Circuit Court on Monday.... Continue...
Trinidad & Tobago - Chief magistrate ordered to pay big bill CHIEF Magistrate Sherman McNicolls has been ordered by High Court judge, Justice Peter Jamadar, to pay $92,326 after he failed...
Suriname - Justice minister wins libel case A court has ordered former Suriname army leader and Member of Parliament Desi Bouterse to publish an apology to the...
Crown completes file in Aqua Sol shooting The case file is now completed in the matter against a security guard charged with the shooting death of his...
Murder convict's parole bid denied A prisoner, who was convicted in 1982 for the murder of Charlton Anderson, a People's National Party councillor, has lost...
An Act to Amend the Bail Act The Government is of the view that certain types of legislation are required to be put in place to...
Walters' mom wants son declared legally dead The mother of 20-year-old Kemar Walters of Kitson Town, St Catherine, yesterday got leave from Supreme Court judge Bryan Sykes...
Cop arrested for rape of colleague A policeman has been taken into custody for the alleged rape of a woman colleague. Assistant Commissioner of Police Les...
Lawyer cited for contempt of court A large number of lawyers turned up at the Civil Court on Sutton Street, downtown Kingston, yesterday to defend attorney-at-law...
September 23, 2008
Hamilton makes his case at Belgian hearing Lewis Hamilton and his McLaren bosses made their case at a hearing yesterday in an effort to get back the...
Proctor trial postponed The trial of 91-year-old consultant botanist George Proctor, who is charged with conspiracy to murder his 66-year-old wife, has been...
NHDC loses $260m suit The National Housing Development Corporation Ltd (NHDC) yesterday lost the $260-million civil suit it brought against Danwill Construction Ltd, which...
September 22, 2008
Brazen murder at Papine Market Vending came to a virtual halt at the Papine Market in St Andrew last Thursday, after a brazen gunman shot...
January trial for accused in drugs-for-guns trade SEVEN St Elizabeth fishermen, accused of being players in the ongoing drugs-for-guns trade between Jamaica and its impoverished Caribbean neighbour...
NCB money laundering case resumes October 2 The case against the National Commercial Bank (NCB), accused of breaching the Money Laundering Act over US multimillion-dollar transactions of...
Lawyer says cops want client dead MONTEGO BAY, St James - A Montego Bay attorney has accused the police at the Freeport lock-up of being involved...
Cash Plus real estate arm in liquidation Cash Plus Development, a subsidiary of Carlos Hill's failed Cash Plus group, was Friday placed into liquidation by the Supreme...
Nine years for chopping man's neck A man who chopped a man on his neck, partially severing it, was on Friday sentenced by Justice Bryan Sykes...
September 20, 2008
Mullings' two-month ban stands The full commission on Thursday upheld its decision to suspend jockey Oneil Mullings for his involvement in an altercation with...
September 19, 2008
'I knew something was wrong' KEISHA Walker's ear-splitting cries for 'Jiggy' outside Madden's Funeral Home in Kingston Tuesday was testimony to her overwhelming grief.... Continue...
November court hearing for tenants in condemned Cross Roads building THE Supreme Court is this November expected to hear an application on behalf of tenants of the condemned building in...
Laoe murder trial put off The trial of 41-year-old battery technician, Michael Laoe, who is charged with the murder of his wife, Charmaine, has been...
Rape story not fabricated Highly placed police sources have indicated that investigations into an alleged case of a woman constable who had been raped...
September 18, 2008
More cases than jurors? MONTEGO BAY, St James - The sitting of the Michaelmas session of the St James Circuit Court could be hampered...
We want justice! Residents of Barnett Street in Montego Bay yesterday took their protest over the killing of Robert Salmon by the police...
Sandside shocked! SANDSIDE, St Mary - Police in this rural community said yesterday that they believe a breakthrough was near in solving...
Policewoman drops rape claim against Ralph Gonsalves KINGSTOWN, St Vincent (AP) - A policewoman has dropped a rape claim against St Vincent's prime minister, more than seven...
'Judges facing burnout' THE JUDICIARY is on the verge of a burnout because of the current "superhuman effort" it has to make to...
September 17, 2008
Trial in Cuban light bulb case postponed The highly anticipated trial of former junior energy minister Kern Spencer and two co-accused on money laundering and corruption charges,...
Murder numbers terrify judge Justice Marva McDonald-Bishop, who will preside over the Michaelmas session of the St James Circuit Court, which opened yesterday, has...
Six Crime Bills AN ACT to Amend the Parole Act: Persons sentenced to imprisonment for life, or for a period of 15 years...
Firearm authority probes holders More than 100 licensed firearm holders, inclu-ding high-profile political activists and entertainers, are being probed by the Firearm Licensing Authority...
September 16, 2008
House passes bills to increase judges in Supreme, appellate courts Government's attempt to deal with the backlog of cases in the supreme courts has been boosted by the passage of...
Too many adjournments, says Chief Justice CHIEF Justice Zaila McCalla yesterday urged judges to move away from what she described as a "culture of adjournment" in...
... - Constable sexually assaulted by her colleague searches for justice A woman constable who was allegedly raped by another cop is facing an uncertain future, as she has had to...
September 11, 2008
Act amendment upsets employers AN AMENDMENT to the Employment Termination and Redundancy Payments Act, that mandates employers to inform the minister of labour 21...
Lyn-Sue free - Make him a model in corruption fight - Gomes A call has been made for Carey Lyn-Sue, the former policeman whose sensational confession to fabricating evidence in a murder...
September 10, 2008
October inquiry for accused in Fitz-Henley murder A preliminary inquiry into the murder of retired tutor Calvin Fitz-Henley, the uncle of South Central St Catherine member of...
September 09, 2008
Three killed execution style St Lucia police were Monday investigating the execution-style death of three men, including two brothers, who were shot while they...
September 08, 2008
700-pound Clarendon ganja haul Operation Kingfish put another dent in the illicit drugs-for-guns trade yesterday, hauling in more than 700lb of compressed ganja and...
September 07, 2008
Arms broker violated US law A PRESS release found on the Federal Bureau of Investigation's (FBI) website said that Lance Brooks, who operates Taylor and...
Security blunder: JCF purchased ammunition from illegal dealer in US SENIOR JAMAICA Constabulary Force (JCF) operatives are conducting a high-level investigation to ascertain who is responsible for a major blunder...
September 06, 2008
Double murder rocks rural community RESIDENTS OF the usually quiet farming town of Font Hill, St Thomas, are still stunned by the murder of two...
September 05, 2008
Abortion of brainless foetuses defended Brazil's health minister says women should be able to legally abort brainless foetuses without first going before a judge. Jose...
Detroit mayor pleads guilty and resigns Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick pleaded guilty to a pair of felony obstruction charges yesterday in a sex-and-misconduct scandal and will step...
Trio on murder charge remanded Three men, who have been implicated in the disappearance of a banker in St Elizabeth last year, were remanded when...
VMBS, injured client slip up on negligence case The Court of Appeal has ruled that some degree of fault must be attributed to a customer who was injured...
September 04, 2008
Alleged kidnapper shot dead, three arrested in MoBay MONTEGO BAY, St James - The Montego Bay police last night killed an alleged kidnapper and arrested three others, following...
Captor killed, victims released A man holding three persons for ransom was fatally shot by police and his victims released after a nearly 24-hour...
September 03, 2008
Three shot dead in Albion Lane, Canterbury MONTEGO BAY, St James - An elderly man was among three people shot dead yesterday morning as the bloodletting continued...
September 02, 2008
Police officer kills pastor in love triangle A senior police officer has been held after he allegedly shot and killed a pastor in a love triangle in...
September 01, 2008
'Nunu Puss' found dead THE bullet-riddled body of Christopher 'Nunu Puss' Miller, who in 2006 headed the police most wanted list, was yesterday found...
Hugh Wildman freed Hugh Wildman, a Jamaican lawyer and adviser to the previous Grenadian government led by Dr Keith Mitchell, was released from...
