September 30, 2009
Stewart sues Sloleys in 'hate mail' case Hotelier Gordon 'Butch' Stewart has filed a defamation suit against Senator Noel Sloley Sr, his son, Noel Sloley Jr and...
Stanford to be moved to another jail in Texas A United States federal judge has granted a request by Sir Allen Stanford to move to another jail in Texas...
Jamaican to be deported Chief Magistrate in Antigua and Barbuda, Ivan Walters, has ordered that a Jamaican man be deported after serving a one-month...
Lyns murder case put off again The trial of the two men charged with the murder of Manchester couple Richard and Julia Lyn has been put...
Rejecting Privy Council should be the people's choice, says British DPP THE DECISION to retain or reject the United Kingdom (UK) Privy Council as Jamaica's final court of appeal rests with...
Wray a casualty of trader's excess... GraceKennedy Limited, majority owner of First Global Bank, on Tuesday announced the resignation of Wayne Wray, the bank's president, who...
... UTech says stifling regulations prevent fund-raising With emerging competition, declining state funding and the impact of the global economic crisis, tertiary entities have turned to entrepreneurial...
David Smith behind bars in the TCI David Smith, the former boss of the embattled foreign-exchange trading club Olint, is now behind bars in the Turks and...
New tax on phone calls... Effective Thursday, Jamaicans will be paying more to talk on telephones. Finance Minister Audley Shaw last night announced an increase...
September 29, 2009
Thomas, Gonsalves make case for CCJ BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) - Two Caribbean Community (Caricom) leaders last week endorsed a recent statement by a prominent British jurist...
On right track - Legal expert supports Jamaica's move ONE OF the Caribbean's leading legal academics yesterday hailed the report of the Justice Hugh Small committee as providing the...
Chin caught Kern on tape, says DPP DIRECTOR OF Public Prosecutions (DPP) Paula Llewellyn has hinted that audio recordings done by former co-accused Rodney Chin suggest that...
September 28, 2009
Swiss arrest Polanski on US request in sex case ZURICH, Switzerland -Director Roman Polanski was arrested by Swiss police as he flew in for the Zurich Film Festival and...
'Specials' get 2010 court date A lawsuit by Island Special Constabulary Force (ISCF) challenging Government's decision to freeze public sector wages is set for trial...
Police slay 2 bandits in Westmoreland PAUL ISLAND, Westmoreland - Two of three men who went on a robbery spree here during the wee hours of...
Papine chopping incident not the first At least one resident from Papine is reporting that last Tuesday's incident in which machete wielder Barrington 'Bobby' Aldridge allegedly...
Missing baby case heads to court The case involving the body of the alleged missing baby girl from the Mandeville Regional Hospital morgue in February this...
Grace loses crucial round in $1.7-b Paymaster case The full Court of Appeal on Friday denied Grace, Kennedy's request for permission to go to the Privy Council in...
Serves us right! Court of Appeal President Justice Seymour Panton on Friday sided strongly with his counterpart in England, Lord Nicholas Phillips, in...
Party backing Hibbert, for now Embattled government Member of Parliament Joseph Hibbert can depend on his party for continued support, at least for now. Hibbert...
Lawyers plead for accountability... Past president of the Jamaican Bar Association (JBA), John Leiba, is expressing grave concern about the number of lawyers being...
Ministry still mulling over Dudus... The Government is continuing to defend its handling of the United States' extradition request for West Kingston strongman Christopher 'Dudus'...
September 27, 2009
Eminem publisher takes Apple to court An attorney for Apple Inc defended the company's use of Eminem's songs on iTunes in court last Thursday, as a...
We want answers, Residents still upset over fatal shooting of church minister PAPILTO WALLACE has not eaten properly or slept well for more than one week - not since he got the...
Hibbert's troubles burden his party, Bruce summons Labourites The governing Jamaica Labour Party is scrambling to deal with the possible fallout from the latest developments in the bribery...
Abduction alert! Man attempts to lure away primary school boys THE EDUCATION ministry has launched an investigation into an alleged attempted abduction of a young boy at a prominent Corporate...
September 26, 2009
Father of Jordanian held in Dallas says his son is innocent AMMAN, Jordan (AP) - The father of a 19-year-old Jordanian held in the United States on charges of plotting to...
Police hold machete-wielding man THE police yesterday held the machete-wielding man, who was earlier this week seen on national television attacking a taxi operator...
Triple murderer seeks to reduce life sentence A juvenile who was convicted three times for murder before he was 18 years old is seeking to have his...
Kidnappers return boy unharmed The 12-year-old son of a prominent businessman in central Jamaica who was abducted earlier this week is back with his...
Brits still after Ramcharan The British government is seeking to take control of the properties in Jamaica which are owned by 55-year-old Jamaican businessman...
..., Politician declares innocence in Mabey and Johnson affair EMBATTLED JAMAICA Labour Party (JLP) Member of Parliament, Joseph Hibbert, said he was not contemplating stepping down as Member of...
September 25, 2009
Police in hot water Swedish police faced stinging criticism yesterday for failing to stop helicopter-borne gunmen from pulling off a Hollywood-style heist against a...
Racers mull legal action Racers Track Club is considering legal action against the manufacturers of a supplement which contained the stimulant that caused two...
Contractor general probes PCJ contracts with security firm THE Office of the Contractor General (OCG) on Wednesday commenced an investigation into an alleged payment of $2 million by...
Bus driver finally in custody The search is over for the driver of the Hiace bus that struck and killed a seven-year-old boy along the...
Nurses back on the job Normality should return to the public-health sector today as protesting nurses agreed to begin heading back to work yesterday. Sparked...
'Have we no shame?'... Statements attributed to a high-profile judge in the United Kingdom (UK) have given the parliamentary Opposition renewed fillip to push...
Guilty verdict surprises defence... Young Dominique Fray wept uncontrollably for her brother and attorney George Thomas seemed listless, shocked and disappointed by the guilty...
September 24, 2009
No cellphone for accused scam artist - Judge MONTEGO BAY, St James - St James' Acting Senior Resident Magistrate, Vivienne Harris, has banned 24-year-old Alex Cunningham of Sandy...
November 11 trial date for former Customs Officer of the Year MONTEGO BAY, St James - Desrond Brown, a former Customs Officer of the Year, is to be tried for corruption...
Police rule out gang link in Greater Portmore double murder POLICE yesterday ruled out gang violence as the motive for Monday's double murder in Greater Portmore, St Catherine, saying investigations...
Lotto scam victims to be reimbursed The partnership between the United States government and the the Jamaican Operations Linked to Telemarketing (JOLT) task force has resulted...
Convict challenges court again The murder convict who successfully challenged the mandatory death sentence on the grounds that it was unconstitutional is now challenging...
Student freed due to conflicting statements A Home Circuit Court jury has freed 24-year-old student Lionel Atkinson, of Olympic Gardens, Kingston 11 of the murder of...
Jury system under review THE MINISTRY of Justice has embarked on a field study of the jury system in an effort to improve the...
'We apologise!' - Fray's family sorry for embarrassment to Jamaica The family of accused would-be hijacker, Stephen Fray, has apologised to the nation for any embarrassment the April 19 incident...
Gov't talks with US over 'Dudus' issue The Government has confirmed that it is engaged in talks with the United States on the extradition order against west...
September 23, 2009
Suspect says God led him to Jewel's ranch FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) - A man accused of stalking singer-songwriter Jewel at her rural Texas ranch said he was...
Photogs, agency sue model Bundchen and husband NEW YORK, USA (AP) - Two photographers have sued Brazilian supermodel Gisele Bundchen and her pro football star husband Tom...
Alleged computer hacker granted bail PHILPOTT Martin, the 26-year-old computer specialist who allegedly hacked into the computer system of telecoms giant Digicel and stole over...
Triggerman faces death penalty in Kameka case MASSINISSA Adams, one of the three men convicted last Tuesday for the murder of Assistant Commissioner of Police Gilbert Kameka,...
59-y-o teacher hacked to death in Santa Cruz; injured hubby hospitalised SANTA Cruz, St Elizabeth - The St Elizabeth police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the murder of a 59-year-old school...
Travolta extortion trial begins Prosecutors said yesterday that a paramedic who treated John Travolta's son shortly before he died in The Bahamas threatened to...
Antigua delays extradition in Stanford fraud case A hearing on a United States extradition request for Antigua's former financial regulator has been postponed until December. The public...
British man missing Just two weeks after a British national was found murdered at his home in St James, police in the parish...
Nurses get angry over reclassification delays Prime Minister Bruce Golding and Health Minister Ruddy Spencer were yesterday firmly rebuffed by protesting nurses in a dramatic spectacle,...
Here's how to get your permanent stay in Jamaica I have been living in Jamaica for several years and have recently retired from my job. I love the island...
PCJ searches for evidence... MORE DETAILS have emerged concerning the controversial $2 million paid by the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica (PCJ) in 2006 to...
September 22, 2009
Tesha Miller allegedly denied entry into The Bahamas TESHA Miller, the reputed leader of the Spanish Town-based Klansman gang, was allegedly denied entry by immigration authorities into The...
Man wanted in Florida slayings detained in Haiti PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - Police in Haiti have detained a man wanted for questioning in the slaying of his wife...
Tax haven crackdown - US extends amnesty programme for cheats United States tax dodgers who hid assets overseas will get a few extra weeks to apply for an amnesty programme...
Fray's lawyers to wrap up in MoBay The defence team in the case of accused would-be hijacker Stephen Fray says it should wrap up its arguments in...
Encourage honest work, church bodies tell Gov't SEVERAL CHURCH organisations have condemned the move by the Caymanas Track Limited (CTL) to have horse racing on a Sunday....
Will I lose my green card if I divorce? I have two questions and would really appreciate your advice. I am about to get married to a United States...
September 21, 2009
Two die in poisoning at German therapy group BERLIN, Germany (AP) - A doctor leading a group therapy session gave participants drugs and other substances that killed two...
Young Indian lovers kill 7 family members NEW DELHI, India (AP) - Police have arrested a young Indian couple for killing seven relatives who opposed their relationship,...
2 teenage boys found fatally stabbed in Tobago PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (AP) - Police in Tobago are investigating the deaths of two teenage boys whose bodies were...
30 Serbians arrested at anti-gay rally BELGRADE, Serbia (AFP) - Serbian police turned out in force yesterday around an anti-gay rally called by nationalists after a...
Elderly man, teenaged girl among 7 killed on weekend A 75-year-old man was brutally murdered and a 59-year-old man injured in a brazen Saturday afternoon attack at the Rae...
'Reclaim Jamaica' - Judge calls for jurors to do their duty Justice Donald McIntosh last Wednesday called for law-abiding Jamaicans to help in the drive to sustain the positive image recently...
Becoming a Justice of the Peace Jonathan Brown* has been living in his community in rural Jamaica for more than 30 years. He wants to become...
September 19, 2009
Rapist on the loose OCHO RIOS, St Ann - The St Ann police are optimistic that information from reported victims will help them to...
Changes to Access to Information Act draw closer INFORMATION AND telecommunications minister Daryl Vaz has indicated that the Government is moving to overhaul the current Access to Information...
House approves Sexual Offences Bill THE HOUSE of Representatives gave the nod to the Sexual Offences Bill on Tuesday after reviewing 28 amendments made by...
Trial set for financial analyst's murder THE FIVE accused, including two women, who are charged with the murder of 28-year-old financial analyst Jaimie Lue are to...
Abused children too exposed - audit A Child-protection audit released to the media yesterday has found that young victims of abuse are subject to undue trauma....
September 18, 2009
Alleged female gangster gunned down Police and curious onlookers on Ashamba Road in Franklin Town, Kingston, at the scene where 27-year-old Latoya Cunningham was killed...
Chemical company to face court over acid spill in Kgn Harbour INDUSTRIAL Chemicals Company (ICC) is to be dragged before the courts over last Friday night's sulphuric acid spill in the...
...start next January - Part of efforts to reduce backlog, says McCalla In an effort to reduce the huge backlog plaguing the justice system and put an end to frequent adjournments of...
Psychiatrist says Fray's testimony believable Dr Wendel Abel, consultant psychiatrist and senior lecturer at the University of the West Indies, took the stand yesterday in...
September 17, 2009
No bail for accused men MONTEGO BAY, St James - Two men who are alleged to have broken into a house in Peace View in...
Guilty! THREE men were on Tuesday convicted in the Home Circuit Court for the 2007 murder of Assistant Commissioner of Police...
Kern case continues Sept 28 PAULA LLEWELLYN, the chief prosecutor in the corruption and money-laundering case against Kern Spencer and Coleen Wright, has described the...
'I don't remember' - Would-be hijacker tells the court... Stephen Fray doesn't remember what happened during the attempted hijacking of the CanJet Charter 918 on Sunday, April 19, but...
Child Pornography Bill debate suspended in Parliament The House of Representatives on Tuesday, suspended its debate on the Child Pornography Bill, which has already been passed by...
September 16, 2009
FA charges Adebayor over Man City incidents MANCHESTER, England (AP) - Manchester City striker Emmanuel Adebayor was charged with violent and improper conduct by the Football Association...
Gov't awaits advice of solicitor general on 'Dudus' extradition THE Jamaican Government is now awaiting the advice of the solicitor general before acting on America's request to have Tivoli...
Chef murdered in Hanover Residents of Bulls Bay, Hanover, and other curious onlookers converge on the Bay Restaurant and Bar for a view of...
NEPA takes cesspool truck driver to court The National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA), in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and the St Elizabeth Health Department,...
Kameka case ends in guilty verdicts The three men charged with the murder of Assistant Police Commissioner Gilbert Kameka have been found guilty. They are 26-year-old...
Christie denies PCJ allegations CONTRACTOR GENERAL Greg Christie has rejected claims by a senior executive at the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica (PCJ) that his...
Chin testimony put on hold Defence counsel representing Kern Spencer and Coleen Wright yesterday secured an adjournment in the corruption trial under way in the...
Jamaicans played key role in Coard's defence The year was 1979. What the English-speaking Caribbean was about to experience was unprecedented. People had only heard of things...
September 15, 2009
UEFA lifts Eduardo's ban NYON, Switzerland (AFP) - Arsenal striker Eduardo's two-game Champions League ban for diving has been over-turned by UEFA's Appeals Body,...
South African amputee runner faces assault charges JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AP) - Famed amputee runner Oscar Pistorius has been charged with assault after a 19-year-old woman said...
5 killed in Trinidad bar shooting spree PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (AP) - Five people have been killed in a shooting spree inside a bar in Trinidad and Tobago.......
Scotia raided THE Bank of Nova Scotia Jamaica's (BNS') Information Technology (IT) Centre has been implicated in what the police have described...
Runners banned for three months Sprinters Yohan Blake, Marvin Anderson, Allodin Fothergill and Lansford Spence, who admitted taking banned stimulants, were yesterday banned for three...
Canadians take the stand in Fray case The Canadian CanJet stewardess who disarmed alleged hijacker Stephen Fray, the pilot who was reportedly shot at, and the airline's...
Rodney Chin claims ignorance - Says it was in jail that all was revealed RODNEY CHIN, the main prosecution witness in the Cuban light-bulb corruption and money-laundering case against Kern Spencer and Coleen Wright,...
September 14, 2009
Virgin Islands churchgoers grab gun-toting robber CHRISTIANSTED, US Virgin Islands (AP) - Members of a church congregation in the US Virgin Islands have wrestled with a...
Slow progress in woman corporal's murder probe DETECTIVES from the Major Investigations Taskforce (MIT) have made little progress in probing the murder of woman corporal Georgette Collymore,...
UWI extends flu ban on public gatherings Lingering concerns over the threat of influenza A (H1N1) have led campus officials at the University of the West Indies,...
St Thomas man hangs self A St Thomas man who had reportedly been struggling with depression and experiencing domestic problems is believed to have hanged...
Cops rushing to judgement over Terry - J-FLAG Jamaica's umbrella gay rights group has criticised local police for what it believes is an imprudently quick rejection of a...
September 13, 2009
Prosecutor responds to OJ Simpson's appeal LAS VEGAS, USA (AP) - A prosecutor said Friday that OJ Simpson was fairly convicted of armed robbery and kidnapping,...
September 12, 2009
Cops seek person of interest in Terry case The Police have identified a major person of interest in the murder investigation of John Terry. The major person of...
Police question Stern FRAUD SQUAD detectives yesterday recorded a statement from Member-of-Parliament-Elect for North West Clarendon Michael Stern. According to Fitz Bailey, head...
Just a frontman Kingston businessman Rodney Chin said yesterday that he had been only a frontman for Kern Spencer in the companies he...
September 11, 2009
Chen still waiting RICHARD SMALL, attorney-at-law representing former co-accused in the Cuban light-bulb corruption trial, Rodney Chin, has described attempts to oust him...
John Terry strangled, says report Police investigators have appealed to the public for any information that might assist in solving the murder of honorary consul...
September 10, 2009
Accused Freelance writer to return to court on September 17 Ian Croll, the freelance writer accused of assaulting his former boss, is to return to court on September 17 to...
Police probe threats against Jollie The Barrett Town police has commenced a probe into a report of a physical threat against Monique Jollie who lost...
New York man to be charged for Nadal kiss A New York City man arrested for running on to the court at the US Open to kiss Rafael Nadal...
Armadale Enquiry... girls were HIV-positive, others had psychotic episodes It was possible that one girl was alive up to 1 a.m. after the deadly May 22 fire that killed...
Suspected arson at Phil's hits staff hard Seventy persons are now unemployed following a massive fire at Phil's Hardware in Spanish Town, St Catherine, yesterday morning. At...
Lawyers' squabble delays Chin testimony RODNEY CHIN, the prosecution's star witness in the corruption and money-laundering case against Kern Spencer and Coleen Wright, took the...
Government defends PM's silence on 'Dudus' Information minister Daryl Vaz has fired back at critics who have lambasted Prime Minister Bruce Golding over his silence on...
September 09, 2009
Armadale enquiry - Lack of officers added to list of flaws The Armadale Juvenile Correctional Centre was operating with less than its full quota of correctional officers, forcing its staff to...
Rodney Chin to testify today THE STRENGTH of the prosecution's case against Kern Spencer and Colleen Wright may hinge on the testimony of former co-accused,...
PM wants credit reports - Golding pushes for law to track borrowers The Government is to fast-track the proposed legislation to establish a credit-reporting system. The credit-reporting bill, first suggested more than...
Prosecution rests in robbery case The Crown closed its case yesterday after calling more than 50 witnesses to testify at the trial of the policeman...
September 08, 2009
No flogging for trousers-wearing woman in Sudan KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) - A woman journalist was convicted yesterday of public indecency for wearing trousers, but was spared a...
UK court convicts 3 of plot to blow up airliners LONDON, England - Three British Muslims were convicted yesterday of plotting to murder thousands by downing at least seven trans-Atlantic...
Brothers killed at Jamaica Broilers facility The bodies of two teenage brothers were fished from a pond at the Jamaica Broilers Aquaculture facility in Toll Gate,...
Armadale enquiry - 'I was lied to' Commissioner of Corrections June Spence Jarrett testified yesterday that one of her senior managers had lied to her about servicing...
'Spencer needed more guidance' - Paulwell QUEEN'S COUNSEL K.D. Knight, yesterday, at the start of the corruption trial of Kern Spencer, painted a picture of the...
'Dudus' nightmare A local intelligence official is warning that the nation is being plunged into a diplomatic nightmare, which is likely to...
September 07, 2009
Tom Selleck wins court battle over horse DEL MAR, California (AP) - Actor Tom Selleck has been awarded more than $187,000 after a California jury found the...
September 06, 2009
Fighting extradition - The Shower story THE YEAR was 1988 when the United States (US) Drug Enforcement Authority (DEA) named Vivian Blake and Lester Lloyd 'Jim...
September 05, 2009
Transsexual to be transferred to women's prison LONDON, England (AP) - A British court issued a landmark ruling yesterday, allowing a transsexual prisoner serving life for manslaughter...
Armadale Enquiry - Building deemed unfit The building that housed girls at the Armadale Juvenile Correctional Centre was unfit, said Commissioner of Corrections June Spence-Jarrett. "This...
JP backs Bungles Yesterday, Justice of the peace and mathematics teacher at a high school in St Catherine, William George Morgan, took the...
September 04, 2009
Money paid to Daley a loan repayment, says JP A defence witness told the court yesterday that money collected by Superintendent Harry Daley from businessman Tafari Clarke was a...
'Dudus holds the key' A member of the Peace Management Initiative (PMI) says influential Tivoli Gardens strongman Christopher 'Dudus' Coke has the power to...
Stanford back in jail with leg aneurysm A lawyer for Texas billionaire R. Allen Stanford says his client is back in jail after medical tests detected a...
Armadale Enquiry - Other facilities were worse - Children's Advocate There were not enough resources to pay attention to the problem of overcrowding at the Armadale Juvenile Correctional Centre -...
September 03, 2009
St James construction worker fined, jailed for ganja An upper St James construction worker was on Tuesday fined over $250,000 or six months and sentenced to two months...
No bail for St Ann construction worker A St Ann man who allegedly chopped the hand of a co-worker, nearly severing it, was denied bail when he...
Brooks cleared - Appeals tribunal upholds decision of JAD disciplinary panel Jamaica's sprinter Sheri-Ann Brooks had her no-sanction decision by the Jamaica Anti-Doping Disciplinary Panel upheld yesterday by the Jamaica Anti-Doping...
Armadale enquiry - Children's Advocate: 'I warned of overcrowding' Children's Advocate Mary Clarke yesterday revealed that she had been making complaints to the Department of Correctional Services about overcrowding...
Justice ministry to address bottlenecks The Minister of Justice and Attorney General Senator Dorothy Lightbourne on Tuesday announced that a major step was being taken...
Golding ebbs and flows on crime, corruption and justice Bruce Golding's oft-repeated anti-corruption pronouncements and his corresponding tactics to break the back of the roving monster are finding favour...
'Tread carefully' - Law professor warns that 'Dudus' case has consequences United States law-enforcement authorities are keeping a close watch on Jamaica as local justice officials react to a request for...
September 02, 2009
129 former Chilean soldiers arrested SANTIAGO, Chile (AFP) - A Chilean judge ordered the arrest yesterday of at least 129 former Chilean soldiers and police...
Double murder in Content MANDEVILLE, Manchester - Awash in late afternoon sunshine against the towering north-westerly backdrop of the Mile Gully Mountain, the village...
DEA outlines case against 'Dudus' THE Drug Enforcement Agency's New York Division yesterday released the full indictment against Tivoli Gardens strongman Christopher Michael Coke.... Continue...
Bungles' criminal record questioned The prosecution yesterday sought to further discredit the former head of the St Catherine North Police Superintendent Harry 'Bungles' Daley...
Stanford still hospitalised - Court documents offer new details of scheme A lawyer for Texas billionaire R. Allen Stanford, says his client has had a medical procedure that allows doctors to...
Probe into malaria payments Health Minister Rudyard Spencer has ordered a probe into the ministry's approval process for session and on-call duty payments following...
No checks made on whether girls were still alive in burnt-out room - fireman A fireman who responded to the May 22 blaze at the Armadale Juvenile Correctional Centre has revealed that no checks...
September 01, 2009
Police search for innovative thieves - Criminals return van used to steal goods THE OLYMPIC Gardens police are now searching for a group of criminals who broke into a construction company and...
Gov't expert makes different Armadale findings ANOTHER EXPERT contributing to the commission of enquiry into the deadly fire at the Armadale Juvenile Correctional Centre in St...
Gunmen still on hunt for St Thomas man A St Thomas man who had a narrow escape after gunmen invaded the Princess Margaret Hospital in St Thomas in...
Funds were loan payback - Bungles Superintendent of Police, Harry 'Bungles' Daley yesterday took the witness stand for some four hours in the corruption trial against...
US gov't names Dudus among world's most dangerous drug dealers West Kingston strongman Christopher 'Dudus' Coke could face a maximum sentence of life in prison if he is extradited and...
...- First Global investigates irregularities that could lead to $1.68-billion loss An investigation is now under way at the GraceKennedy-owned First Global Bank after the discovery of trading irregularities at the...
