June 30, 2009
British Mom Cleared Of Baby's Death At Greek Hotel ATHENS, Greece (AP) - A British tourist has been acquitted of killing her newborn son in a Greek resort hotel...
Kern's Trial Postponed Again THE expected start to the corruption trial of former junior minister Kern Spencer and his assistant Coleen Wright was again...
150 years for Madoff Convicted swindler Bernard Madoff was sentenced to 150 years in prison Monday for fraud so extensive that the judge said...
June 29, 2009
Sylvia Edwards Murder Trial Starts Sept 30 THE two men accused in the murder of 48-year-old business Sylvia Edwards are to go on trial on September 30.......
Alleged Yam Thief Chopped To Death A 52-year-old man, identified as Clive Moore, was Saturday chopped to death after he was allegedly caught stealing yam from...
Buckley appeal thrown out An appeal filed by the MVP Track Club on behalf of hurdler Markino Buckley, who finished fourth in the 400m...
Cop accused of beating man freed A special constable who was accused of beating a passenger on a minibus was freed last week after Resident Magistrate...
Sand-theft case moved to Trelawny court THE CASE involving those charged with the alleged theft of 6,000 cubic feet of sand from a property at Coral...
June 28, 2009
Block loopholes in proposed sex laws - Senator MEN WHO cheat on their female partners by engaging in homosexual acts should be punished under the proposed sexual offences...
June 27, 2009
Canada Court Upholds Jehovah's Witness Transfusion TORONTO, Canada (AP) - Canada's top court yesterday dismissed the case of a young Jehovah's Witness who claimed that her...
Protesting Higglers Arrested, Get Bail THIRTEEN female higglers who were yesterday arrested for protesting outside the offices of the Kingston and St Andrew Corporation (KSAC),...
Gaming bill next week A Casino gaming bill is to be tabled in Parliament next week, Prime Minister Bruce Golding announced last night. Golding...
June 26, 2009
Lawkakers Hang Tough On Libel Laws MEDIA groups yesterday failed to convince parliamentarians to amend the country's libel laws to safeguard media houses in publishing material...
Six Held In 100 And Park Lanes Raids Released SIX men who were detained during a police raid carried out in the 100, Park Lanes and Cassava Piece communities...
...arrested in Stanford case - Billionaire pleads not guilty in Houston court Antigua's former chief financial regulator surrendered Thursday to face US charges that he aided an alleged $7 billion swindle by...
Divestment still on stream despite injunction Government is insisting that a court injunction barring the sale of the Hampden Estates Limited - a core part of...
ISCF appeals for promised increase An adjournment was granted yesterday in the case brought by members of the Island Special Constabulary Force (ISCF) seeking court...
'Mules' find new ways to smuggle narcotics Narcotics investigators have uncovered another novel method being used by drug smugglers to export cocaine out of the country. On...
June 25, 2009
Bail Extended For Accused Students Four students - including a brother and sister - who helped an adult to break into their Montego Bay-based high...
Cop In Custody After Fatal Shooting Of Spouse A police constable was yesterday morning taken into custody following the shooting death of his spouse at their home in...
Jamaican jailed on firearms offences The Supreme Court has jailed a Jamaican national for 10 years after he admitted to possessing a gun and ammunition....
Convicted fraudster appeals to Privy Council Former banker Melanie Tapper is appealing to the United Kingdom Privy Council in an effort to have her conviction set...
Mom on murder rap granted bail Forty-three-year-old Eunice Richards, who is charged with the murder of her 20-year-old son, Dwayne Hylton, was granted bail when she...
Missing MoBay couple's vehicle found The motor vehicle belonging to missing Montego Bay couple, Thomas and Marjoke Chambers, was reportedly recovered in the Drewsland area...
Kern's trial adjourns early CHANGES to the details of the charges against Opposition Member of Parliament (MP) Kern Spencer caused defence counsel to demand...
June 24, 2009
Chris Brown Pleads Guilty To Assault LOS ANGELES, USA (AP) - Chris Brown pleaded guilty Monday to assaulting Rihanna and the two were ordered to stay...
7 Mennonite Men Accused Of Raping 60 Women LA PAZ, Bolivia (AFP) - Seven members of a religious Mennonite colony in Bolivia have been arrested for the alleged...
Madoff lawyer seeks 12-yr sentence for client Bernard Madoff's lawyer has told a judge scheduled to sentence the disgraced financier next week that 12 years in prison...
USVI sues gaming company - Cites failure to pay taxes The US Virgin Islands sued a gaming company on Monday for allegedly failing to pay taxes on lucrative video lottery...
Judge allows failed Clico to sell property Guyana is allowing a failed insurance company to sell prime real estate in the South American country to honour its...
Decision today on fate of Kern trial Former junior minister Kern Spencer will know today if his application will be granted for his fraud trial to be...
June 23, 2009
Extremists Sentence Somalis To Amputations MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) - A court run by an extremist Islamic group sentenced four Somali men yesterday to each have...
Court awards $11 million to Juici worker The Petroleum Company of Jamaica (Petcom) is to pay $11.2 million with interest to a 31-year-old woman who suffered severe...
JLP proceeds with Hayles, Hay-Webster dual-citizen cases Lawyers representing the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) are heading to court this week to begin efforts to oust two sitting...
...- Former co-accused says he received no inducements to turn State witness RODNEY CHIN, the prosecutor's chief witness in the corruption case against embattled politician Kern Spencer, said he received no inducement...
June 22, 2009
Observer Wins Libel Case That was how Justice Patrick Brooks described an article for which the Jamaica Observer Ltd was slapped with a defamation...
Missing-baby probe to begin Internal investigations into the disappearance of the body of a baby from the Mandeville Hospital morgue in Manchester are expected...
June 21, 2009
Judge Reads Out Sentence As Convict Lies Sprawled On Floor A 36-year-old man cried himself into a convulsion while being addressed by a Supreme Court judge Friday, then collapsed after...
June 20, 2009
Still No Bail For 'Ninja Man' DANCEHALL entertainer Desmond Ballentine, better known as 'Ninja Man', and his son, Jahniel Ballentine, 21, - both facing murder charges...
Spencer's lawyers appeal court ruling Minutes after the Constitutional Court dismissed the motion brought by former state minister, 33-year-old Kern Spencer, seeking full disclosures from...
Stanford indicted in alleged US$7B fraud Brash Texas billionaire R. Allen Stanford was indicted yesterday on charges his international banking empire was really just a Ponzi...
...- More than 50 vehicles broken into; company beefs up security SENIOR INVESTIGATORS at the Hunts Bay Police Station in Kingston say they are pursuing strong leads into a major break-in...
June 19, 2009
Seven Gambian journalists charged with seditious publication BANJUL, Gambia (AFP) - Seven Gambian journalists were charged with seditious publication yesterday for reprinting a press union statement criticising...
Woman slapped with 8-year sentence for killing three newborns TOURS, France (AFP) - Jurors yesterday sentenced a French woman to eight years in jail for killing three of her...
DPP drops Integrity Commission Act charges against Omar, two ex-MPs CHARGES of breaches of the Integrity Commission Act were yesterday dropped against former finance minister Dr Omar Davies, as well...
Accused policemen placed under curfew The two policemen charged with the murder of two men who were abducted from a plaza along Washington Boulevard in...
...Father's Day - Jamaican accused of carrying bomb parts on plane released "God nah gi yuh no more than you can bear." That's what Kevin Christopher Brown said after spending 14 months...
June 18, 2009
Kern awaits Constitutional Court's decision The Constitutional Court is to decide tomorrow whether it will grant the declarations being sought by former state minister Kern...
Cash Plus boss vacates premises Former Cash Plus boss Carlos Hill avoided eviction yesterday when he moved out of the the upscale St Andrew home...
Celebrity pastor charged The Jamaican-born international pastor , who allegedly gave two teenage girls money in exchange for sexual favours, was remanded when...
June 17, 2009
US court frees Air J bomb suspect A Jamaican-born man accused over a year ago of attempting to carry material used in the making of bombs aboard...
Former AIG chief executive on trial Former American International Group Inc CEO Maurice 'Hank' Greenberg says a retirement bonus fund that AIG is trying to reclaim...
Three more tied to lottery scam THREE MEN with possible ties to the illegal lottery scam that has roots in western Jamaica are in police custody....
Woman arested for son's murder A 43-year-old St Catherine woman is now in police custody after allegedly stabbing her son to death on Monday. The...
Accused pastor faces questioning today A prominent Jamaican-born international pastor who was arrested in Westmoreland on Sunday will be interrogated by the police at 10...
June 16, 2009
Congolese vice-president to stand trial at Hague court THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) - The International Criminal Court has ordered former Congolese Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba to stand trial...
2 Al-Jazeera producers arrested in Afghanistan KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Al-Jazeera called for the immediate release of two of its Afghan producers Monday after they were...
Bajan remanded on fraud charge A Barbadian national who allegedly conspired with another man to defraud Huawei Technologies Ltd of some $26 million was remanded...
Psych evaluation for alleged cat killer A teenager accused of killing and mutilating cats in two South Florida communities must undergo a psychiatric evaluation before he...
Fullerton free - Former Caldon manager's fraud conviction overturned Nicole Ann Fullerton, former acting operations manager of the failed Caldon Merchant Bank, got her freedom yesterday from the Court...
Pastor arrested A prominent Jamaica-born international pastor was taken into custody at the Savanna-la-Mar Police Station in Westmoreland yesterday and was awaiting...
June 15, 2009
Killer gets light sentence as 'birthday gift' It was not the best of birthday presents, but it could have been much worse for labourer John Wayne Linton....
Go get a lawyer, Gun Court tells murder accused Magnus Mullings, who is charged with murdering his brother, 32-year-old pig farmer Greg Gordon, was last week given until later...
June 14, 2009
Parliament approves amendments to Factories Act PARLIAMENT last week gave the nod to amendments to the Factories Act, tightening the noose on persons who continue to...
Cops question slain colleague's girlfriend UP TO late yesterday afternoon, police investigators were still questioning the girlfriend of a policeman, Pedro Swaby, who was found...
Fingerprint breach frees accused burglar of charges THE TRIAL of 29-year-old Kirk Salmon of Port Royal took an unusual turn last week when Supreme Court Judge Marva...
June 13, 2009
Jamaica amending shopping laws Jamaica is amending laws that govern duty-free shopping to allow travellers to make purchases on entry at the ports, under...
Officer charged with 3 counts of causing death by dangerous driving Sheldon Brown, a 25-year-old constable of the Island Special Constabulary Force (ISCF), has been charged with three counts of causing...
Davies, Peart to face the courts FORMER SPEAKER of the House of Representatives Michael Peart and his colleague Dr Omar Davies, the current chairman of Parliament's...
June 12, 2009
Headline Entertainment heads to court A legal battle is brewing at one of the Caribbean's largest bookings and public relations agencies, Headline Entertainment, as the...
British nursery worker charged with sexual assault LONDON, England (AP) - A female nursery worker has appeared in a British court to face charges of sexually assaulting...
LIME triumphs in contempt case The Supreme Court this week sided with Cable and Wireless/LIME Jamaica, throwing out a charge of contempt of court made...
Jamaica amending shopping laws Jamaica is amending laws that govern duty-free shopping to allow travellers to make purchases on entry at the ports, under...
Jamaica's most wanted captured in US One of the country's most-wanted men is now in custody in the United States after being arrested in Miami. St...
Scrap Metal Regulations 2007 to be amended The House of Representatives on Tuesday approved amendments to the Trade Act, increasing the fines for persons who continue to...
Major guns-for-drugs player nabbed at sea A team of Kingfish operatives and officials from the United Nations Security Forces have nabbed a major player in the...
PSOJ angry over crime bill delays THE LONG delay by Parliament to debate and pass the six anti-crime bills now before the House of Representatives has...
Former cop tells all in murder case A former cop-turned-state witness has claimed that a policeman, implicated in the abduction of two men from a plaza on...
Malian military officer killed by suspected al-Qaeda militants BAMAKO, Mali (AFP) - Suspected al-Qaeda members have killed a senior Malian military officer at his home in Timbuktu, members...
June 11, 2009
Chris Brown loses bid to delay hearing LOS ANGELES (AP) - Chris Brown lost a bid to delay a preliminary hearing in his assault case, which his...
Farmer Greg's brother remanded The brother of 32-year-old Greg Gordon, popularly known as 'Farmer Greg', appeared yesterday in the Gun Court section of the...
Policeman's killing angers Nelson Minister of National Security Dwight Nelson has reacted with anger to the killing of yet another member of the police...
Cops arrest six suspects in Red Hills Road feud At least six persons believed to be key players in the fresh round of violence in sections of Red Hills...
June 10, 2009
World Wise Faces Court Three Times This Week World Wise Partners Ltd will go to court three times this week in the latest set of legal troubles to...
...In Another Attempt To Reverse $450-M Award To Superclubs Carreras will go to the supreme court next week in another attempt to reverse the $450 million awarded to John...
Digicel Contempt Case Against Lime Dismissed The Contempt proceedings brought by Digicel against LIME's country manager, Geoff Houston and executive vice president of carrier services, Lawrence...
UK Police Officers Accused Of Waterboarding LONDON, England (AP) - A group of Scotland Yard officers were suspended after "serious allegations" about their behaviour during the...
Oregon Woman Accused Of Cutting Baby From Womb HILLSBORO, Oregon (AP) - Korena Roberts sifted through her neighbour's rummage sale until she pulled out an item that caught...
Constable On Manslaughter Charge Gets Bail SANTA CRUZ, St Elizabeth - Sheldon Brown, the special constable charged with three counts of manslaughter following a motor vehicle...
Supreme Court Clerks In Alleged Divorce Racket Charged THE two Supreme Court clerks who were arrested last week, on suspicion that they had been operating a thriving divorce...
Tesha Miller Goes Free TESHA Miller, the reputed leader of the feared Spanish Town-based Klansman gang, was yesterday freed of murder in the Home...
June 09, 2009
US Journalists Get 12-Year Sentence In Labour Camp SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) - North Korea sentenced two female US journalists to 12 years in a labour camp yesterday...
Trial Of Reputed Gang Leader Starts Today THE murder trial of reputed Klansman gang leader Tesha Miller has been rescheduled for today.... Continue reading this article Author:...
Fullerton to know her fate soon Nicole Ann Fullerton, former operations manager of the failed Caldon Merchant Bank, will know her fate on Monday when the...
....'Berry' - Lawyers remember colleague fondly; police stumped Gloom engulfed the local legal fraternity yesterday as news spread that one of its members had been murdered. Seventy-two-year-old attorney,...
Crime bills stall - Despite urgency, proposed acts yet to be debated in House NINE MONTHS later and ... nothing. After the tabling of six crime bills, crafted with urgency by the Bruce Golding...
June 08, 2009
Observer Vendor Killed JOEL Lake, a 42-year-old Observer newspaper vendor, was yesterday morning shot and killed in an early morning attack on Constant...
June 07, 2009
Cops in hot water Last week was one which the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) would wish to forget, as numerous allegations against members tarnished...
June 06, 2009
US couple arrested for spying for Cuba A retired State Department worker and his wife have been arrested on charges of spying for Cuba over three decades,...
Man charged in attempted abduction case The police have now charged 24-year-old Steven Henry in connection with the attempted abduction of a businessman in Jacks Hill,...
Cops in hot water - Police deal with more corruption allegations The horrible week for the police force continued yesterday when news broke that two more members had been arrested on...
June 05, 2009
Dwayne Wade Sues Ex-Business Partner For Libel MIAMI, USA (AP) - NBA star Dwyane Wade has sued a former business partner for $100 million, claiming the man...
Man Who Beheaded Passenger To Remain Hospitalised WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) - A schizophrenic man who beheaded and cannibalised a fellow Greyhound bus passenger will remain in a...
2 US Journalists On Trial In North Korea SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea's top court began hearing the case Thursday of two American journalists accused of...
Murder trial aborted after witness makes prejudicial remarks A murder trial had to be aborted yesterday because a prosecution witness, while being cross-examined, made prejudicial remarks about the...
Another ward of the state dies What appeared to be a normal squabble between boys ended in tragedy at the SOS Children's Village in Stony Hill,...
Supreme Court employees arrested Two employees at the Supreme Court, downtown Kingston, have been arrested following intensive investigations by the police into alleged illegal...
...implicated in 2005 abduction case says evidence will be tough to find Defence lawyer K. Churchill Neita, QC, has said that it will be difficult for the prosecution to prove a case...
June 04, 2009
Laos Sentences Pregnant Briton To Life For Drugs VIENTIANE, Laos (AP) - A court in Laos found a pregnant British woman guilty of trafficking heroin and sentenced her...
June 25 Hearing For ISCF Wage Freeze Case THE Island Special Constabulary Force (ISCF), which last Friday made good on its promise of taking the Government to court...
JUTC Wins Fight To Control Maxfield Property THE Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) has won its title fight with Hi-Mileage Retread Limited for control of a multimillion...
Four Cops Busted FOUR policemen, including a senior officer, were last night being held at the high-security New Horizon Remand Centre in Kingston,...
Court puts hold on Chrysler sale A federal appeals court late Tuesday halted Chrysler's sale of the bulk of its assets to Italy's Fiat, pending an...
Driver in fatal crash gets bail extended A Westmoreland man charged with 13 counts of manslaughter following a traffic accident in 1998, had his bail extended when...
Kidnap foiled The upscale community of Jacks Hill, St Andrew, was rocked with the attempted abduction of a businessman by three gunmen,...
Kern's lawsuit goes to Constitutional Court Respondents in a motion, which former state minister Kern Spencer has filed seeking full disclosure from the director of public...
Auto-theft investigation leads to police arrests Four policemen, including an assistant superintendent, were yesterday arrested in connection with the mysterious disappearance of two men, five years...
June 03, 2009
Rapper 50 Cent In Court Over US Mansion Repairs HARTFORD, Connecticut (AP) - Rapper 50 Cent is taking on an engineering firm over home repairs at his Connecticut mansion.......
Iraqi Gets Life Sentence For Briton's Kidnap-Death BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - An Iraqi court yesterday convicted a Sunni architect in the 2004 kidnap-slaying of British aid worker...
Two Jamaican Brothers Said Wanted In US Held TWO brothers wanted by United States police for narcotics-related offences, were apprehended by the Fugitive Apprehension Team (FAT) last week.......
10 Cops Out Police Commissioner Rear Admiral Hardley Lewin yesterday ordered 10 cops, who were implicated in the multi-million dollar lotto scam in...
June 02, 2009
Puerto Rico man gets 105 years in tourist killing SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - A Puerto Rico judge sentenced the son of a convicted killer to 105 years...
Cash Plus boss gets two more weeks An agreement was reached yesterday in the Supreme Court for former Cash Plus boss, Carlos Hill, to continue to live...
June 01, 2009
The DPP'S Ruling In The Janice Allen Case (Final Part) In all jurisdictions where Prosecution Services are called upon to decide whether to go forward with a prosecution it is...
Judge Throws Out Injunction Against Flow THE Supreme Court has discharged an injunction which has since April been barring Columbus Communications Company which trades as FLOW,...
Pig farmer's brother arrested The St Catherine South police have arrested a brother of pig farmer Gregory Gordon, who was shot to death while...
