November 30, 2008
$4m loan becomes $1 billion lawsuit: Businessman refuses to pay Mandeville businessman Michael Levy, who borrowed $4 million from a commercial bank in 1994, is now facing a lawsuit for...
Lawsuit defamatory, says head of Palmyra WESTERN BUREAU: PRESIDENT OF Palmyra Resort and Spa, Dennis Constanzo, said he is yet to receive a report from authorities,...
November 29, 2008
Seaview mom, kids chopped in gruesome attac Two children are now nursing injuries and their mother battling for life in hospital after they were allegedly attacked and...
November 26, 2008
Gunmen kill security guard, steal $3m MONTEGO BAY, St James - Armed gunmnen shot and killed a security guard and made off with over $3 million...
Millwood bus row heads to Privy Council The Ezroy Millwood-led National Transport Cooperative Society (NTCS) got final leave Monday from the Court of Appeal to go to...
34:15 - Hangman wanted PARLIAMENT yesterday gave warm-up instructions to the hangman, telling him through a unanimous conscience vote that he was wanted back...
November 25, 2008
Another school stabbing Exactly one week after a 16-year-old student was knifed to death by a schoolmate on a school compound in East...
...- Parliamentarians in Jamaica to vote on hanging despite Opposition appeal PARLIAMENTARIANS, ARMED with a made-up conscience, are today sche-duled to hand down a verdict on whether to abolish or retain...
November 23, 2008
Murder hits record high in St James AS THE nation's leaders continue to grapple in Parliament over whether or not the death penalty should be retained, murder...
Divorce cases clog judicial system AMENDMENTS TO the Matrimonial Causes Act in September 2006 and the resulting procedural changes have caused a backlog in divorce...
November 22, 2008
Triple murder charge against Tesha Miller dropped A triple murder charge against reputed Klansman gang leader Tesha Miller and his co-accused, Rohan Brown, was dropped when the...
Cops continue quizzing of Hendon/Norwood murder suspects MONTEGO BAY, St James - The three suspects in the murder of the four people who were shot and killed...
Policeman freed after seven years off duty One of three policemen who have been taken off the job for the past seven years was set free on...
November 21, 2008
Early morning terror in Hendon/Norwood MONTEGO BAY, St James - Four persons, including two brothers, were shot dead and two houses set ablaze early yesterday...
November 20, 2008
Turks and Caicos court to rule on assets of Olint's boss THE Turks and Caicos Islands High Court is to rule next January on whether or not to lift the order...
PM suspends hanging vote for absent MPs THE CALL by one parliamentarian for a referendum to decide on the retention or removal of the death penalty will...
November 19, 2008
Eight years of hell for three-month sentence A bizarre case came to an end when an African man who was lost in the prison system for eight...
...propose lethal injection, electric chair as alternative to hanging JAMAICA SEEMS set to retain the death penalty but the hangman could have his workload shared as some parliamentarians have...
November 18, 2008
Push for constitutional change on five-year stricture on hanging THE Government, with the support of the Opposition, will pursue a constitutional change to circumvent the five-year stricture on hanging...
Police mum on shooting at JLP meeting POLICE ARE refusing to say why they did not put an end to the Jamaica Labour Party's (JLP) 65th annual...
Dunoon student stabbed to death Grief counsellors and officials from the Ministry of Education were yesterday kept busy comforting students and teachers at Dunoon Park...
November 17, 2008
Killing mars JLP confab Three men were yesterday shot, one fatally, at the National Arena during the 65th annual conference of the ruling Jamaica...
Man sues state for false imprisonment A man who was freed by the Court of Appeal in 2003 after spending almost three years in prison for...
November 15, 2008
Abduction hits Mona again While the police are insisting that they have not received any widespread reports of rape and abduction, another woman was...
Students held for weed, weapons seized Fifteen students who attend schools in Kingston, St Andrew and St Catherine were arrested in October for possession of, dealing...
November 14, 2008
Man held for murder of NWA employee A man has been arrested in connection with last Thursday's murder of National Works Agency employee Everton Mendez, the police...
Electrician gets life sentence for double murder A man who strangled an elderly man and fatally stabbed his common-law wife has been sentenced to life imprisonment for...
Court frees former cop Former detective sergeant of police 42-year-old Glenford Buckle was yesterday freed in the Gun Court of charges of rape, assault...
Four children fatherless after Green Pond killings Four St James children have been left fatherless after Wednesday night's deadly rampage in Green Pond that claimed the lives...
...- Woman mourns sexual assault and murder of 11-year-old son Overwhelmed with grief, Ketura Bennett yesterday recalled the good times she shared with her son, Christopher Suckra, whose body was...
November 13, 2008
Forum calls for definition of lawful abortion THE first Abortion Legislation Forum opened Monday evening at the University of the West Indies (UWI) with calls for clarification...
Two get one year for human trafficking NARGOTT Graham and Agon Stephens, the two elderly men who pleaded guilty to human trafficking charges in the Home Circuit...
15-y-o girl lied about carnal abuse A 39-year-old businessman was yesterday acquitted of several charges of carnal abuse when his 15-year-old stepdaughter informed the court that...
November 12, 2008
Police said close to making arrest in Pia Phillips case THE police say they are on the heels of the criminals who had triggered the accidental death of Immaculate Conception...
March trial for accused trigger-happy cop THE trial of Raymond Campbell, the constable accused of shooting at fellow officers when cornered in a stolen motor vehicle,...
Woman in Kameka's killing sentenced Tina-Gaye McGowan, the teenager implicated in the November 2007 murder of Assistant Commissioner of Police Gilbert Kameka, was yesterday sentenced...
puerto rico: spurning europe, governments stiffening penalties, limiting appeals Capital punishment is on the books across the English-speaking Caribbean, and governments are stiffening penalties and limiting appeals. At least...
Violence rekindles tensions between Jamaicans, Caymanians Tension is running high among the Jamaican community in Grand Cayman following a series of recent violent incidents, including the...
Montego Bay lotto scammer convicted - Hanover woman gets prison time A Hanover woman became the first person to be convicted for activities connected to the infamous multimillion-dollar MoBay lotto scam...
Elderly men sentenced for human trafficking Despite pleas from defence lawyers for a non-custodial sentence, two elderly men were yesterday each sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment...
November 11, 2008
Men plead guilty to trafficking charges Two elderly men who were the first to be arrested in Jamaica for trafficking in persons have pleaded guilty to...
November 08, 2008
Murders put Rockfort under police watch The police are keeping a close watch on sections of Rockfort in east Kingston today, following three fatal shootings in...
November 07, 2008
Cop convicted for 2006 abduction of 17-y-o girl CONSTABLE Dwayne Whyte, who was charged in May of 2006 for abduction, illegal possession of firearm and assault with intent...
November 05, 2008
Detectives interrogating soldier implicated in nightclub shooting HOMICIDE detectives from the Major Investigation Task Force are now preparing to interrogate a Jamaica Defence Force corporal, who has...
Bank teller on gun rap gets 3 years Justice Bryan Sykes yesterday sentenced 26-year-old Douglas Gazader, a bank teller of Heathfield district, St Catherine, to three years imprisonment...
Cops charged with murder return to court next February The three policemen who are charged with the murder of reputed gunman, 25-year-old Noel Barnes, of Bull Bay, St Andrew,...
Man freed of teen's rape A 25-year-old man who was accused of abducting a teenager and raping her at gunpoint has been freed. Justice Bryan...
Woman pleads guilty to murder conspiracy The woman who was charged jointly with three men for the murder of Assistant Commissioner of Police Gilbert Kameka pleaded...
November 04, 2008
Another court date for 'Family Man'? AN AMERICAN show promoter has sued legendary reggae band The Wailers to recover US$2 million in concert fees he claims...
Sex offenders could have their names on registry for 10 years CONVICTED SEX offenders could soon have their names splashed across Jamaica's towns and communities for at least 10 years. The...
November 03, 2008
Tiler gets life for killing teen Garfield Stewart, a 32-year-old tiler from the Maxfield Avenue community in St Andrew, was last Friday sentenced to life imprisonment...
Steelworker convicted for death of St Mary couple Christopher Edgehill, one of three men charged with the murder of St Mary couple, Winston and Aleen Chin in 2004,...
Man found guilty of double murder - Suspected accomplices to face new trial The man who was convicted on Thursday for the murder of 56-year-old businessman and Justice of the Peace Winston Chin...
