August 31, 2009
Bus-fare jitters - JUTC seeking up to 40 per cent hike The state-run bus company is seeking a 40 per cent hike in adult fares despite its recent claim that it...
Casino bill tops new legislative agenda THE BILL to allow for casino gambling in Jamaica will be among the first to be debated when Parliament returns...
August 30, 2009
Identity thief going to jail An accused computer hacker charged in what prosecutors call the largest identity fraud case in United States history has agreed...
...- JLP gov't well behind in implementing proposed new or amended laws A NUMBER of legislative commitments inked in the Jamaica Labour Party's (JLP) manifesto and verbalised on political platforms in the...
August 29, 2009
Crime-fighting efforts rewarded in Portmore THE police this week reaffirmed its intentions to clamp down on crime in Portmore, conducting a major raid at the...
Cop on manslaughter rap heads to trial A police superintendent is to stand trial in the St Catherine Circuit Court on September 16 for the death of...
Armadale Enquiry: Tear-gas residue found at correctional centre A forensic expert has confirmed that tear gas was used at the Armadale Juvenile Correctional Centre on the night of...
August 28, 2009
Chrysler sues Daimler over key 2010 vehicle parts NEW YORK, USA (AP) - Chrysler Group LLC has sued Daimler AG, accusing the German automaker of failing to abide...
Accused cyber scammer allegedly rips off Digicel $10m in call credit TELECOMMUNICATIONS giant Digicel was yesterday identified in court as the entity which had its system hacked into and from which...
US Government wants 'Dudus' Foreign Affairs Minister Kenneth Baugh yesterday confirmed that the US Government has formally requested the extradition of influential Tivoli Gardens...
Armadale enquiry - Tests show tear-gas device could cause fire Experiments conducted by a senior police official attached to the Firearms and Use of Force Task Group have revealed that...
August 27, 2009
'Report it' Montego Bay's Senior Resident Magistrate, Vivienne Harris has instructed freelance writer, Ian Croll, to report alleged threats on his life...
Two accused in divorce racket get extended bail THE two Supreme Court clerks who are facing corruption charges on allegations that they had been operating a thriving divorce...
Justice minister, DPP could testify at extradition hearing JUSTICE minister Dorothy Lightbourne and the director of public prosecutions, Paula Llewellyn, could be subpoenaed to testify in the September...
Jet passenger held in airline mercury spill An airline passenger faces United States federal charges after illegally carrying mercury that leaked inside his suitcase, forcing Puerto Rico's...
Cyber crime investigation bears fruit A two-year cyber crime investigation by the Organised Crime Investigation Division (OCID) has led to the arrest of a 26-year-old...
NWC faces suit An old environmental battle has made its way to the courts. Residents of Harbour View, St Andrew, have filed a...
US calls for businessman to be extradited He has been under the microscope of United States law-enforcement agents since the late 1990s. Finally, the paperwork has been...
Poor record keeping gives cop 'free rein'with tear gas Two St Ann policemen have admitted they failed to properly keep track of a tear gas ball released from the...
Jamaican Consulate attacked Canadian police are investigating the circumstances surrounding an attack on the Jamaican Consulate in Toronto early yesterday morning that led...
August 26, 2009
Judge asks SEC to explain Bank of America actions A judge yesterday ordered federal regulators to explain why they didn't investigate whether executives at Bank of America Corp misled...
No jail time for ganja users, rules Argentine court BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) - Argentina's Supreme Court ruled out prison for pot possession yesterday, saying the government should go...
Be Warned! MEMBERS of the public who buy pirated digital video discs (DVDs) or compact discs (CDs) could soon, like sellers of...
Stanford to remain in jail A federal appeals court has ruled that financier R. Allen Stanford must stay in jail until his Texas trial on...
New tax rules for allowances now in effect Uniform and laundry allowances, with the exception of those that conform to Appendix B, Regulation 12 of the Income Tax...
Armadale Enquiry: Request for tear-gas device unusual Neilson Anderson, acting property manager for the Department of Correctional Services, said he was too busy doing other things to...
August 25, 2009
Iranian man kills wife, daughter, four others TEHRAN, Iran (AFP) - An Iranian man killed six people including his first wife and a daughter in a shooting...
Iran reformist unveils case of raped detainee TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - An Iranian opposition leader yesterday released what he said was an account by a prisoner raped...
Azan not appealing court's decision to order by-election THE People's National Party's (PNP) Richard Azan will not appeal the High Court's decision that a by-election be held in...
Man charged with attacking Davenport A 25-year-old man was charged yesterday with stabbing West Ham defender Calum Davenport, who remained hospitalised in serious condition with...
Armadale Enquiry: Fire extinguishers were needed The final ward to testify at the commission of enquiry into the May 22 fire at the Armadale Juvenile Correctional...
Christie called to probe NYS controversy Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education, Audrey Sewell, has written to the Office of the Contractor General requesting a...
MJ's death ruled a homicide The Los Angeles County coroner has ruled Michael Jackson's death a homicide and a combination of drugs was the cause....
August 24, 2009
Police scour Canada for millionaire murder suspect BUENA PARK, California (AP) - Canadian authorities on Saturday intensified the manhunt for the millionaire reality TV star accused of...
Inspectors must seize 10 vehicles daily Transport Authority boss Daniel Dawes has confirmed a suspicion, long held by taxi and bus operators, that each team of...
Lockerbie bomber destroyed our lives, says J'can Last Thursday's release of Abdel Baset al-Megrahi, the man convicted of the Lockerbie bombing, has left a bitter taste in...
Marijuana found on uninhabited cay The Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) Coastguard and the marine police last week found 10 bags of compressed marijuana on an...
'Clarify lottery-scam claims or stand down'... At least eight members of the St James police have been ordered by the Police Service Commission (PSC) to respond...
The importance of jury service Shaun Brown* was recently summoned for jury service in a murder case. He says he is fearful for his life,...
August 23, 2009
Cops, gunmen trade bullets after dance shut down Gunshots echoed in sections of West Kingston yesterday morning as police engaged heavily armed men in a gunfight, which resulted...
August 22, 2009
Slain model's fingers, teeth were removed BUENA PARK, California (AP) - US and Canadian authorities pressed their manhunt Friday for a reality TV contestant charged with...
Lacovia overrun by migrant criminals, say police LACOVIA, St Elizabeth - The Lacovia police say the community is being overrun by migrant criminal gangs, and blamed two...
Armadale Enquiry - Wards continue to tell of the poor conditions; another witness blames policeman for fire A ward who testified at the commission of enquiry into a fire at the Armadale Juvenile Correctional Centre in St...
Attacks on cops bring reproof More condemnation and outrage has surfaced as the news of attacks on three members of the police force in less...
August 21, 2009
Nassau police arrest man who tries to smuggle gun into Jamaica A man who attempted to smuggle a 9mm pistol loaded with eight rounds into Jamaica from The Bahamas was Tuesday...
Teens charged as adults for hate crime Two teenagers were charged as adults yesterday in what police say was the racially motivated beating of an elderly black...
New indictments for drug kingpins Mexican drug cartels have spread to "our own backyards," Attorney General Eric Holder said yesterday as he announced a dozen...
Place dying bomber under house arrest - Obama President Barack Obama said the Libyan convicted in the Pan Am 103 bombing and freed yesterday by Scottish authorities must...
Another hospital foul-up results in family's anguish... Controversy has again arisen over the body of a stillborn baby at one of the island's public hospitals. Andrea Swaby...
Armadale Enquiry - Girls tell of a tough lifeLaw enforcement officer... Girls were living in a bathroom at one of the dormitories at the Armadale Juvenile Correctional Centre, says a ward...
Police don't believe they are being targeted... The shooting of three police personnel, one fatally, in the St Andrew North Police Division in less than 48 hours...
August 20, 2009
Haitians denied bail Three Haitian nationals who were allegedly held with over 46lbs of ganja during a raid in Montpelier on the weekend...
Teen gangster on Westmoreland's most wanted list SAVANNA-LA-MAR, Westmoreland -Seventeen-year-old Dwayne "Buju" Clarke, one of the three teenagers who escaped from the Frome Police Station last month,...
Police finger 'Bull Dog' in special corporal's murder The Westmoreland police have positively identified Garry 'Bull Dog' Clarke who was fatally shot in an alleged shoot-out with the...
'Gigirat' slain MONTEGO BAY, St James - Troy Wright, one of St James' most popular referees, was gunned down just outside his...
Police arrest two in connection with London jewellery heist LONDON, England (AFP) - London police have arrested two men in connection with what is thought to be Britain's biggest...
Investigation ordered into alleged police beating THE Inspectorate of Constabulary, the body that inspects all police formations to ensure that standards and procedures are being adhered...
Woman police corporal shot dead A woman police corporal died last night in the University Hospital of the West Indies, where she was taken after...
Semenya shakes off gender test uproar to win 800 South African teenager Caster Semenya shook off a gender test controversy yesterday to easily win the 800-metre gold medal at...
Armadale Enquiry - Ward: Girls smoked in dorms A WARD who was severely burnt in the May 22 fire at the Armadale Juvenile Correctional Centre said there were...
Case stalled - Eyewitness missing in manslaughter trial The Crown's case against a man charged with 12 counts of manslaughter has been thrown into a tailspin as the...
JTA issues unresolved There is still uncertainty whether there will be a smooth start to the new academic year on September 7, as...
August 19, 2009
Misick calls on islanders to resist British takeover PROVIDENCIALES, Turks and Caicos (AP) - Former premier of the Turks and Caicos Islands, Michael Misick, yesterday called on islanders...
Contempt of court proceedings filed against Senator Sloley Hotelier Gordon 'Butch' Stewart has filed contempt proceedings against Opposition senator Noel Sloley and his family-owned company Jamaica Tours Ltd...
Attorney at odds with SEC in Stanford case The attorney supposed to clean up what the government says was Texas businessman R. Allen Stanford's multibillion-dollar alleged pyramid scheme...
Corporal granted bail Special Corporal Leonard Nelson, who was last year convicted on a charge of grievous bodily harm, was granted bail in...
Cattle farmers battling thieves Picture this: You toil night and day, through thick and thin, and just as you are about to reap the...
Teachers reach their limit... Minister of Education, Andrew Holness, will be facing hostile teachers on the third day of the Jamaica Teachers' Association (JTA)...
Armadale Enquiry - Another witness blames police for fire Two wards who survived the deadly May 22 fire at the Armadale Juvenile Correctional Centre yesterday revealed that they saw...
August 18, 2009
Parents of 4-year-old who drained alcohol bottle go on trial VIENNA, Austria (AFP) - The parents of a four-year-old girl who drained a bottle of schnapps when she was left...
Residents fear gang violence outbreak after double murder THERE were fears yesterday among residents in August Town, St Andrew that a double murder in the section of the...
Davies doubts IMF dateline OPPOSITION SPOKESMAN on Finance, Dr Omar Davies, has expressed doubt that Jamaica would meet the September dateline it has set...
Robinson blazes trail in international law On Sunday, Patrick Robinson put away his legal documents and settled in at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin, Germany, to...
Ward witnesses plans to raze Armadale A ward yesterday told the commission of enquiry that she saw girls with what appeared to be matches on the...
August 17, 2009
Mexico replaces customs staff to boost drug effort MEXICO CITY, Mexico (AP) - Mexico has replaced all 700 of its customs inspectors with agents newly trained to fight...
Central Kgn Treated Like 'Bastard Child' - Mckenzie MAYOR of Kingston Desmond McKenzie has accused the Opposition People's National Party (PNP) of treating the Central Kingston constituency like...
Barbados law programme will not be scrapped - UWI Carroll Edwards, public relations officer at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, says the institution is seeking to...
August 16, 2009
Resume Parliament to do what? READERS OF The Gavel have been clamouring for us to call for a resumption of the sitting of Parliament. This...
Mike's move to Millsborough: Henry takes the house to the House Transport minister heads to Gordon House to disclose full details on the $50 million spent on house by the Port...
'Dear tax cheats' Finance ministry writes to 10,000... After firing warning shots earlier this year, the Ministry of Finance has dispatched approximately 10,000 letters to local professionals who,...
August 15, 2009
Armadale Enquiry Day 13... A ward who testified at the commission of enquiry into the Armadale fire on Thursday exhibited a completely different side...
Police kill three in early morning shoot-out Police in St Elizabeth were kept busy up to late yesterday, as they traded bullets with approximately nine gunmen in...
August 14, 2009
Misick loses appeal in London Former Turks and Caicos Islands premier Michael Misick has lost his appeal against the earlier rejection by the High Court...
False arrest of cop unfortunate, says JFJ HUMAN rights watchdog Jamaicans for Justice (JFJ) has described as unfortunate, last week's arrest of a police corporal who was...
Police believe Lacovia murder drug-related LACOVIA, St Elizabeth - The police in this rural town theorise that yesterday's murder of an unidentified man at a...
Sea Island Cotton property war with Japan settled An 11-year trade dispute over the right to the name West Indies Sea Island Cotton has ended with the Intellectual...
Ward breaks down during Armadale testimony A TEARFUL 14-year-old ward yesterday caused the commission of enquiry to take an early break as tears rolled down her...
August 13, 2009
Rapper 'C-Murder' convicted of 2002 fan shooting GRETNA, Louisiana (AP) - Rapper Corey "C-Murder" Miller was convicted Tuesday of second-degree murder for the 2002 shooting of a...
Trelawny mechanic remanded MONTEGO BAY, St James - Twenty-nine-year-old Damion Smith, a Trelawny auto mechanic who was allegedly seen driving a car that...
Cop 'traumatised' after false arrest THE police were left with egg on their faces after they mistakenly detained a corporal with the same surname as...
Libel laws protecting scoundrels, says PM OCHO RIOS, St Ann - Prime Minister Bruce Golding says Jamaica's outdated libel laws are being used too much to...
Ward describes Armadale blaze "Mi feel bad inna myself. Sometime mi wish me never born," said one of the wards who escaped May's deadly...
...- Supreme Court orders by-election, PNP opts out of September 4 polls AFTER TWO defeats in by-elections following the disqualification of Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) members of parliament, the Opposition People's National...
August 12, 2009
Evangelical leader, 9 others on fraud charges in Brazil SAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) - The founder of one of Brazil's biggest evangelical churches siphoned off billions of dollars in...
Thieves rob London store of $65 million worth of jewellery LONDON, England (AP) - Two well-dressed thieves walked into a London Bond Street jewellery store last week and, after brandishing...
Sudanese journalist faces flogging for wearing trousers in public CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - A Sudanese woman journalist on trial for wearing trousers in public said she was prevented from...
DC found dead at police station MANCHIONEAL, Portland - A 59-year-old district constable was yesterday morning found bleeding from gunshot wounds at the police station in...
Cement waiver upheld by CCJ - TCL 'welcomes clarity' of CET suspensions Trinidad Cement Company (TCL), the parent of seven firms involved in the production and sale of cement in the Caribbean,...
PNP caretaker briefly detained The People's National Party (PNP) caretaker for Western St Thomas, Gary Foster, was detained for several hours yesterday at the...
High praise for retired Court of Appeal judge Members of the judiciary and the legal profession recently paid glowing tributes to Court of Appeal judge Algernon Smith who...
Acting supt did not honour mandate Deputy Commissioner of Corrections Shirley Johnson says a mandate was issued to the acting superintendent at Armadale Juvenile Correctional Centre...
Judgment day for NW Clarendon The Jamaica Labour Party's Michael Stern and the People's National Party's Richard Azan should know their fates today as Supreme...
Police fraud probe - Investigation launched into $1.5m fund transfer Fraud Squad detectives have been called in to investigate apparent financial irregularities at the Jamaica Police Academy (JPA) in St...
August 11, 2009
Two held for murder of New Zealander TWO men were yesterday arrested in connection with July's murder of New Zealand national, Tiki Stardust Steel Hunia.... Continue reading...
Lockdowns breached Corrections Dept policies, enquiry told DIRECTOR of Juvenile Services in the Department of Corrections, Everton Hesson, yesterday testified that the extended period of lockdowns and...
Four suspects in church camp attack held THE Clarendon police have held four men in connection with the abduction and rape of a 13-year-old girl who was...
Blow to 'Bungles' defence team The defence team in the trial of Police Superintendent Harry 'Bungles' Daley suffered a setback yesterday as the no-case submission...
Not so fast - Anti-doping body against panel ruling in favour of athletes The Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission (JADCO) has appealed the decision to clear national athletes Marvin Anderson, Allodin Fothergill, Lanceford Spence and...
August 10, 2009
Ex-lover flees after chopping couple A St Elizabeth man, not willing to accept that his ex-lover had moved on with life without him, before daylight...
Appeal Court sets man free Andre Manning is a free man today after having his murder conviction overturned and life sentence quashed by the Court...
Back on the front line A police corporal, who is supposed to be off front-line duty pending the outcome of a probe into allegations that...
...at Armadale' - Overseer cites problems that compromised safety THE ACTING overseer in charge of security at the Armadale Juvenile Correctional Centre, where seven wards of the state perished...
Judgement day - CCJ to rule on cement waiver The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) is to hand down its ruling today on a matter filed by Trinidad Cement...
August 09, 2009
Lee Chin can claim his castle - Wins court battle for Trident property The Court of Appeal has declared billionaire Michael Lee Chin the beneficial owner of Trident Castle, the impressive Portland landmark...
Top three Guatemalan police officials fired over drug Guatemala's top three police officials have been fired after hundreds of pounds (more than 100 kilograms) of cocaine allegedly disappeared...
Wise Latina sworn in to top US court Sonia Sotomayor was sworn in Saturday as the Supreme Court's first Hispanic justice and only the third female member in...
August 08, 2009
Post office robbed Employees at the Morant Bay Post Office were given a fright yesterday afternoon as gunmen toting handguns invaded the establishment...
Spencer continues probe into hospital foul-up Health Minister Rudyard Spencer is to meet with ministry officials next Tuesday to discuss issues relating to the removal of...
August 07, 2009
News briefs Fisherman drowns A fisherman from Mile End, St Ann, drowned while fishing at sea in Salem. He has been identified...
Lottery scam clampdown leads to arrests Five persons including a female, said to be the sister of St Elizabeth's most-wanted man, were taken into custody following...
August 06, 2009
US pastor to return to court on September 4 SAVANNA-LA-MAR, Westmoreland-Dr Paul Lewis, the United States-based pastor who is facing charges of indecent assault and carnal abuse, earlier this...
Norwood man on probation for beating up girlfriend A St James man pleaded guilty in the Montego Bay Resident Magistrates Court on Tuesday to beating up his girlfriend,...
Construction worker fined for unlawful wounding A construction worker who pleaded guilty to hitting a co-worker across the face with a piece of steel causing multiple...
Miley Cyrus stalker arrested A 53-year-old man who told police he is secretly engaged to marry Miley Cyrus has been charged with attempting to...
Murder conviction quashed A man who was in prison since November 2006 was freed last week by the Court of Appeal because the...
'Transfer rules ignored at Armadale' Faydene Ferreira, assistant superintendent at the Armadale Juvenile Correctional Centre, says normal procedures to transfer wards who absconded were ignored...
August 05, 2009
'Butch' Stewart sues Perkins, Power 106 for defamation Independent Radio Company, the owner and operator of Power 106 FM, and talkshow host Wilmot Perkins have been sued by...
Doping hearing continues today The preliminary hearing into the case involving five Jamaican athletes on the national team to the 2009 IAAF World Championships...
'Bungles' case all hype - defence Defence lawyers in the trial of Superintendent Harry 'Bungles' Daley made a no-case submission in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's...
Armadale requests were not met The conditions at the Armadale Juvenile Correctional Centre could have been better if recommendations for improvement were implemented, according to...
'Juve' freed after 22 years A 38-YEAR OLD man who last enjoyed freedom at age 15 has been set free by the Supreme Court. Garfield...
Rev Lewis' case put off until Sept 4 Christian worshippers burst into spontaneous prayer outside the Savanna-la-Mar Resident Magistrate's Court yesterday as celebrity pastor the Reverend Dr Paul...
August 04, 2009
Public defender wants to help injured woman allegedly haunted by ex-lover PUBLIC Defender Earl Witter is to take up the case of Oneika Grant, the woman who was attacked and stabbed...
Police name eight men wanted for questioning The police have identified eight men wanted for questioning in connection with the recent upsurge of violence in sections of...
Limited staff prevented Armadale search The supervisor at Armadale Juvenile Correctional Centre on the night of the deadly fire that killed seven wards said yesterday...
Fraud Squad probes CASE president The Fraud Squad has been called in to investigate the president of the College of Agriculture Science and Education (CASE),...
Ganja-plane crash - Two dead, four men in police custody A United States-registered twin-engine aircraft believed to be on a drug mission to Jamaica crashed yesterday morning on a private...
August 03, 2009
Mexico shuts Cancun beach, alleges sand was stolen MEXICO CITY, Mexico - Surprised tourists found their little piece of Cancun beach paradise ringed by crime-scene tape and gun-toting...
Man gets 7 years for JLP conference shooting The Kingston man held with an illegal firearm after a shooting incident, which left one man dead at the Jamaica...
Court of Appeal upholds expulsion of lawyer over client's money THE Court of Appeal on Thursday upheld a decision by the Disciplinary Committee of the General Legal Council, barring attorney...
World Wise boss gets time Acting Supreme Court judge Glen Brown has granted a stay of execution of a default judgment for US$500,000, which was...
Court frees ex-Red Stripe manager Alton Wedderburn, former Red Stripe distribution manager, has been freed by the Court of Appeal. Wedderburn was convicted in October...
Cop No. 7 - Westmoreland policeman killed, son injured in shooting Yesterday morning's brutal murder of an off-duty Westmoreland cop in front of his son has plunged his family and the...
August 01, 2009
Police make large cocaine seizure A STASH of cocaine with an estimated street value of US$385,000 (J$34.2m) was intercepted Thursday night, shortly after arriving in...
Khaddafi sentenced THE MAN who was held with a firearm following a shooting incident at the Jamaica Labour Party's (JLP) annual...
