December 31, 2009
Look out for 'ambulance chasers' - US attorney warns... A LEADING United States attorney with vast experience in handling major aviation disasters is warning Jamaican nationals to be on...
Cop faces life for robbery... PROSECUTORS yesterday secured the conviction of a policeman and two of his accomplices who held up and robbed returning residents...
Salt Spring under fire... One woman was shot dead, six houses torched and an entire community left traumatised as heavily armed thugs wreaked havoc...
December 30, 2009
Teen remanded 'for her own safety' MONTEGO BAY, St James -- A teenager who the police alleged told them she killed a man who "disrespected" her,...
Thieves drain oil refinery Investigations by the authorities have uncovered an ongoing operation in which thieves have been stealing large amounts of fuel by...
Lobby group calls for Armadale report - JFJ labels delay 'disturbing' Three months after the closure of the commission of enquiry into the deadly fire that killed seven girls at the...
Bus fare hike... Taxi and private bus operators across the island spent late yesterday in meetings trying to craft their response to the...
PNP still not satisfied with taxes on gasolene, electricity Despite the announcement of a revision of the tax measures announced by the Government last Wednesday, the opposition People's National...
United States lawyer interested in representing Flight 331 victims A United States-based aviation attorney says Boeing's 737-800 aircrafts have had repeated problems with their brakes, spoilers and thrust reversers...
December 29, 2009
Three given death sentences for murder and rape ISMAILIA, Egypt(AFP) -- An Egyptian court sentenced three men to death yesterday after they were convicted of rape and armed...
Russian YouTube cop charged with fraud MOSCOW (AP) -- Russian prosecutors are filing fraud charges against a police officer who had complained on YouTube of abuse...
Airport worker implicated in ganja export plot gets bail A customer service agent who was implicated in a plot to export 56 pounds of marijuana to England was granted...
...St Elizabeth shoot-out, search for Sacha gang leader Police in St Elizabeth were last night on the hunt for the sole survivor of a group of five gunmen...
December 28, 2009
Fisherman jailed, fined for cocaine A fisherman who tried to import two-and-a-half pounds of cocaine into the island, was sentenced to one year in prison...
Dam Head road deaths due to indiscipline, say police The St Catherine North Traffic Department has identified indiscipline as the major contributing factor in the deaths of two men...
JCF provides updates on shootings by lawmen The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) says investigations are continuing apace in the controversial shooting by lawmen of Robert 'Kentucky Kid'...
Top US attorney to lead Buju defence Jailed reggae star Buju Banton's managers have reportedly retained Miami lawyer David Oscar Markus, a rising star in the American...
December 24, 2009
Amy Winehouse charged in alleged theatre assault LONDON (AP) -- Singer Amy Winehouse was charged yesterday in connection with an assault at a theater, police said.... Continue...
Canadian court increases libel protections for journalists OTTAWA, Canada (AP) -- The Supreme Court of Canada strengthened protections for journalists and bloggers in a pair of rulings,...
...- Police may also have facilitated the murderers' getaway Family members of a fallen marine hailed as a drug-war hero were slain by a gang allied with a top...
A Christmas miracle As investigators work to determine what caused an American Airlines plane to overshoot the runway near the Norman Manley International...
Golding's gift - PM rolls back, adds new tax measures Prime Minister Bruce Golding last night dramatically changed course as he roundly rescinded the General Consumption Tax (GCT) on a...
December 23, 2009
Plane crash! -... One hundred and forty-five passengers aboard American Airlines flight 331 from Miami narrowly missed death as the aircraft overran the...
Ethiopia sentences 5 to death over assassination plot ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AFP) -- An Ethiopian court yesterday sentenced five senior opposition figures to death and 33 other people...
MoBay RM court institutes new 'statements' rule MONTEGO BAY, St James -- As of Monday, statements to be added to files at the Montego Bay Resident Magistrate's...
Teen faces up to 50 years in prison A Wisconsin teenager who blackmailed dozens of fellow high school students into sex acts by using photos and videos obtained...
Court orders demolition of Elletson Flats units Three housing developers' dreams to provide affordable housing for university students have been dashed by a Supreme Court order for...
Double murder rocks Waterford The troubled Portmore community of Wind Way in Waterford, St Catherine, is still reeling from yesterday's brutal gun slaying of...
IDT rules in favour of Windalco Lawyers for the National Workers Union (NWU) are now going over a ruling of the Industrial Disputes Tribunal (IDT) to...
December 22, 2009
Brazil man says needles were meant to kill stepson A man jailed for piercing his 2-year-old stepson with up to 30 needles said he intended to spite his wife...
Ruling on bill-services case set for next year Supreme Court Judge Roy Jones is to hand down his ruling in March next year in the billion-dollar lawsuit, which...
Discarded registrar wins appeal Former Registrar of Titles, Alfred McPherson, who was fired by the Government in January 2006, has won his appeal against...
JIS employee missing An employee of the Jamaica Information Service (JIS), 41-year-old printer/pressman, Michael Roberts, has been reported missing since Wednesday, December 16....
Cop charged for traffic breach Yet another cop has found himself in trouble with the law. Constable Garth Jeffery has been prosecuted for three breaches...
Immigration Corner - Baby Blues! Dear Mrs Walker-Huntington, My fiances mother is a US citizen and began the processing of filing for him in August...
December 21, 2009
Kingston man gets life for killing neighbour A 35-year-old Kingston resident was last week sentenced to life imprisonment for the 2002 gun murder of a neighbour. Kirk...
Senate gives go-ahead to cybercrime bill THE SENATE on Friday passed a far-reaching piece of legislation to crack down on persons involved in computer-related crimes. Members...
Police briber arrested A motorist was arrested in Hanover yesterday afternoon for attempting to bribe a policeman. According to a report from the...
Wheels of justice turn faster for some - lawyer The Government's failure to convene a coroner's court to probe the controversial police killing of Winston Malcolm Sr and his...
December 19, 2009
...- Jones' relay teammates lose preliminary ruling to keep medals Two United States women's relay teams lost a preliminary ruling yesterday in their fight to keep the Olympic medals stripped...
Court returns Paul Lewis' passport The Reverend Dr Paul Lewis, the internationally renowned minister of religion who was arrested on allegations of sexually assaulting two...
...Court to sentence the two convicted of murdering the Mandeville couple One of the longest murder trials in the country ended yesterday, with the jury convicting two men for the murder...
December 18, 2009
Judge sets January 2011 trial in Stanford case HOUSTON, USA (AP) -- A federal judge has scheduled a January 2011 trial date for Texas financier R Allen Stanford,...
BA wins injunction barring Christmas strike LONDON, England (AP) -- Britain's High Court delivered an early Christmas present to around one million travellers yesterday by granting...
Drug kingpin killed Two hundred Mexican Navy marines stormed an upscale apartment complex and killed a reputed drug cartel chief in a two-hour...
News briefs Jury to give verdict today The jury is expected to hand down its verdict today in the case of the...
GCT slapped on raw foods Persons shopping for ground produce in Coronation Market, or any other market after January 1, 2010, should walk with their...
Taxed to death... FINANCE MINISTER Audley Shaw yesterday announced the largest tax package of the calendar year as the Government moved to plug...
December 17, 2009
Judge warns accused away from Ramble Hill MONTEGO BAY, St James - A man who is facing charges of unlawful assault and wounding with intent stemming from...
Alleged thief gets bail MONTEGO BAY, St James - A man who is alleged to have broken into several rooms in the unfinished Palmyra...
Judge pulls plug on DJ Beeler MONTEGO BAY, St James - SELF styled "popular Montego Bay DJ" 'Beeler' will have a quiet Christmas due to a...
Wanted! MONTEGO BAY, St James--The police yesterday released the picture of a food processor who allegedly stabbed his colleague to death...
CTL opposes proposed amendments to Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Act A key stakeholder in the betting industry has warned that proposed amendments to sections of the Betting, Gaming and Lotteries...
Bad breath beating gives woman $6,000 fine A woman who told the court that she used a piece of board to hit another woman because the woman...
'Bungles' guilty Well-known senior policeman, Harry 'Bungles' Daley, was yesterday slapped with a guilty verdict on a corruption charge in the Half-Way...
No bail yet for Buju Banton International dancehall star Buju Banton remains in custody today after a bail hearing planned for yesterday was put on hold....
Cop gets off larceny rap A policeman who was sentenced in 2007 to 12 months' imprisonment for larceny of a motor car has been freed...
December 16, 2009
Judge tosses case against 2 former Broadcom execs SANTA ANA, California - A federal judge yesterday dismissed fraud and conspiracy charges against Broadcom Corp co-founder Henry T Nicholas...
The moneylending contract - what you should know THE Moneylending Act ("The Act") governs moneylending transactions in Jamaica in respect of those persons or entities that fall under...
Britain issues arrest warrant for Livni JERUSALEM, Israel (AP) -- Israel said yesterday that an arrest warrant was issued in Britain against former Foreign Minister Tzipi...
British nursery worker jailed indefinitely for child sex abuse LONDON, England (AFP) -- A nursery worker in south-west England was jailed indefinitely yesterday for sexually assaulting children in her...
Three cops on sex charges get bail A police inspector accused of having sexual intercourse with his adopted daughter was yesterday released on bail in the sum...
British Airways turns to court to avert Xmas strike British Airways (BA) sought a court injunction Tuesday to prevent a 12-day strike by cabin crew that would cause havoc...
United Kingdom Privy Council backs Court of Appeal ruling The United Kingdom Privy Council has upheld a Court of Appeal ruling that the Financial Services Commission (FSC) did not...
News briefs New tax might be revealed tomorrow A day after the Bruce Golding administration held its regular meeting at Jamaica House...
Tougher strata law gets strong backing At least one developer is hailing the government for amending the Strata Titles Act. The amendments will now give developers...
Extradited Jamaican has case dismissed Another Jamaican has had his court case dismissed by a United States judge because of lack of evidence, after being...
'Bungles' verdict today The verdict will be handed down today in the extortion case against Superintendent of Police Harry 'Bungles' Daley. He is...
Buju seeks bail... International reggae star Mark 'Buju Banton' Myrie has strongly denied any involvement in the illegal drugs trade. Buju, who has...
December 15, 2009
Former Bajan judo star jailed in England LONDON, England (AFP) -- A former Olympic judo star from Barbados was jailed for at least nine years yesterday for...
Suadi Arabia sentences 75 year old woman to 40 lashes RIYADH, Suadi Arabia (AFP) - Human rights watchdog Amnesty International called on Saudi Arabia on Monday to stay a sentence...
Landlord jailed for tying up tenants son AIX-EN-PROVENCE, France (AFP) - A landlord who broke into the house of a tenant four months behind on the rent...
Thailand - Thai court continues to hold cargo plane A Thai court ordered an extended 12-day detention yesterday for the crew of a cargo plane loaded with North Korean...
Police appeal dismissed The Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court has dismissed the appeal of more than a dozen police officers who claimed they were...
Hanover student slain in school attack The school term will end on a sad note for Rhodes Hall High School in Orange Bay, Hanover, following yesterday's...
...- DEA claims to have recordings of reggae star participating in cocaine deal International reggae superstar Buju Banton is facing the fight of his life with the revelation that United States drug enforcement...
December 14, 2009
Summation continues today in Lyns' murder trial JUSTICE Marva McIntosh will today continue summation of the evidence from the trial of the two men accused of murdering...
Contempt of court proceedings against Senator Sloley adjourned The contempt of court case against Opposition senator Noel Sloley was adjourned when it came up before the Supreme Court...
Jailed Amanda Knox says she's scared PERUGIA, Italy (AP) -- Amanda Knox sounded casual, surprised even, by the simple question as it came through the door...
Cyber crime law expected by January The seemingly free reign of lottery scammers could soon end as Government expects to pass, by next month, legislation aimed...
State to pay $10 million for death of JDF soldier The government is to pay $10 million in damages to the estate of 44-year-old Jamaica Defence Force Corporal Errol Campbell...
The taxman cometh Jamaicans yesterday heard the chilling warning many had predicted as a result of the nation's impending receipt of a multibillion-dollar...
Buju faces court today... Jamaican reggae superstar Buju Banton is probably wondering why he didn't name his latest album Rasta Got Woes instead of...
Couple on murder rap applies for bail Bail applications were made Friday for a man and his girlfriend who are accused of the murder of 58-year-old East...
December 13, 2009
John Issa faced tough questions about drugs, sex at his hotels IN perhaps his toughest deposition before any court, SuperClubs chairman, John Issa faced numerous questions about open sex and drug...
News briefs Ammo find The Constabulary Communi-cation Network (CCN) is reporting a big ammunition find on a bus sometime yesterday. A release...
Extradited! Jamaican to be tried in US for alleged drug trafficking IT APPEARS that there is still ink in the pen that Minister of Justice and Attorney General Dorothy Lightbourne uses...
Not an easy road, Buju held for cocaine possession in the United States GRAMMY-NOMINATED deejay Buju Banton is being held in the Federal Detention Centre, Miami, Florida, in the United States following his...
December 12, 2009
Two Montego Bay policemen detained, Cops allegedly robbed lottery scammer THE ST James police confirmed late last evening that two constables assigned to the parish had been detained for questioning...
Suspect in guns and ammo find interrogated A MAN who was detained by the police in connection with a massive gun and ammunition find in Montego Bay...
Lyns trial: Verdict could be handed down soon SENIOR PUISNE Judge Marva McIntosh began her summation yesterday to the jury trying the case of the two men who...
Cops probe Mitchell Town killing THE CLARENDON police were kept busy in the Mitchell Town community yesterday where residents converged on the house of a...
December 11, 2009
Caribbean Petroleum Corporation slapped with third suit The Caribbean Petroleum Corporation is facing a third class-action lawsuit, in which plaintiffs are seeking a minimum US$5 million, almost...
...- Another policeman apprehended in anti-corruption sting operation Another member of the police force has found himself in trouble with the law. A special corporal attached to the...
Men to be sentenced for triple murder The two men who were convicted last month of murder arising from the burning to death of three children in...
Jurors plead guilty to perversion The two female jurors who were held in a sting operation last month accepting money to free a man accused...
Tyndall, Carey clash at FINSAC enquiry An adversarial mood prevailed when former financial secretary in the Ministry of Finance Shirley Tyndall took the stand at the...
Tough road for cop cases - No convictions in police murders this year Despite several arrests, no suspects implicated in the murders of 11 members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force since January have...
...corporal punishment - Boy's hand broken in latest teacher-abuse allegation Minister of Education Andrew Holness has said that the Government will be looking to enact legislation to ban the use...
December 10, 2009
2 higglers killed in Falmouth FALMOUTH, Trelawny--Two higglers were killed in unrelated incidents in this seaport town between Tuesday night and yesterday, pushing the murder...
Neo-Nazi in murder trial gets makeover FLORIDA, USA (AP) -- John Allen Ditullio is a walking billboard for the neo-Nazi movement: a large six-inch swastika tattooed...
5 Americans detained in Pakistan raid ISLAMABA, Pakistan (AP) -- Pakistani police yesterday arrested five American men believed to have gone missing from the Washington, DC...
Cuban spy's prison term cut from life to 30 years MIAMI, USA (AP) -- Two former Cuban intelligence officers convicted of spying in the US were handed reduced prison sentences...
Teen charged with murder seeks to move trial MISSOURI, USA (AP) A Missouri teenager charged with killing a nine-year-old neighbour cannot get a fair trial in her home...
Transport Authority inspector arrested A Transport Authority inspector was arrested by the police last weekend on reasonable suspicion of breaching the Corruption Prevention Act.......
Man accused of raping teen gets bail A man accused of raping a 13-year-old girl was offered bail in the sum of $80,000, with surety, when he...
Cellphone thief gets 30 days A man who robbed a schoolgirl of her cellphone was Tuesday sentenced to 30 days in prison when he appeared...
Another policeman killed THE Observer understands that a policeman was killed in Manchester last night. Information was sketchy at press time, but the...
LYNS TRIAL - Do not believe the lies, say lawyers Senior Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions Lisa Palmer Hamilton has implored the jury not to believe the defence of the...
December 09, 2009
US woman tried to cut out unborn baby SUITLAND, USA (AP) -- Police say a pregnant homeless woman was held at an apartment in a suburb of Washington,...
...on weapons charges days before Obama's Nobel Prize award in Oslo OSLO, Norway (AFP) -- Norwegian police said yesterday they had arrested two men for violating weapons laws just days before...
Brazil arrests 6 suspects in $6-m tunnel heist SAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) -- Authorities arrested five men and one woman accused of tunnelling their way to nearly $6...
Death penalty for gays? Uganda debates proposal KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) -- Proposed legislation would impose the death penalty for some gay Ugandans, and their family and friends...
Appeal Court reserves judgement in death penalty case JAMAICA'S Court of Appeal yesterday reserved judgement in the case brought by Peter Dugal, the Vineyard Town, Kingston resident who...
Four years on, still no bail Lawyers representing two men who have been in custody for four years without being tried have still been unsuccessful in...
Olint assets frozen LAWYERS REPRESENTING the Olint liquidator have secured a major victory in the Supreme Court. The attorneys obtained an interim freeze...
Walker calls for laws against tax cheats Local importers who attempt to cheat the country out of much-needed revenue could be sent to prison if Customs head...
December 08, 2009
Brazil thieves tunnel their way to nearly $6M SAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) -- Thieves who spent months tunneling from a rented house to an armored car company made...
Canadian mother cleared in murder of baby son TORONTO, Canada (AP) — Ontario’s top court has ruled that a mother was wrongfully convicted in the death of her...
Chinese man still jailed a year after reform call BEIJING, China (AP) -- Police took Liu Xiaobo away one year ago, a day before the publication of a document...
Man convicted of LG Brown's murder begins appeal against death sentence PETER Dugal, the Kingston man sentenced in 2007 for the murder of businessman LG Brown and his lady friend Sandra...
Police thrashing, shooting cost state $7m A St Ann man who was shot and had both legs broken by the police in addition to being charged...
Venezuela court orders more bank arrests A Venezuelan court has ordered the arrests of 27 bank executives for alleged links to violations at seven banks that...
Missing witness ends accused's defence The expert witness, who one of the two men charged with the murder of Manchester couple Richard and Julia Lyn...
DPP drops charges against Fray The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has ordered that the charges pending against would-be hijacker Stephen Fray, in the Montego...
...'Ochi' - Cops kill three gunmen after attempted robbery at cambio IT WAS high drama on the streets of Ocho Rios yesterday afternoon when gunmen and the police traded bullets after...
December 07, 2009
NCTS hints at second legal fight THE Ezroy Millwood-led National Transport Co-operative Society (NTCS) yesterday hinted that the Government could find itself in more legal trouble...
Biases perceived in Noise Abatement Act The preamble to the proposed 1997 Noise Abatement Act speaks to the level of noise in Jamaica having become intolerable....
Murder accused denied bail again Despite an impassioned plea from defence lawyer, Dr Randolph Williams, for bail to be granted to a woman who is...
CCJ to rule in two jurisdictions The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) will function in two jurisdictions, an original jurisdiction and an appellate jurisdiction. The CCJ,...
..., charged for abusing St James police chief - Lawmen pull plug... A lawyer and a woman constable are in hot water after reportedly roughing up the divisional head of the St...
'Jamaica would seek extradition of US citizens if ...' A SENIOR member of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) says Jamaica would move with alacrity to request the extradition of...
...- Unmask accusers or refuse extradition requests, some lawyers say Local legal eagles believe Jamaica should be bold enough to deny an extradition request from its powerful northern neighbour, the...
December 06, 2009
Patients hit doctors for $22 million THE Medical Association of Jamaica (MAJ) has prescribed malpractice insurance for the growing number of doctors facing lawsuits or complaints...
December 05, 2009
Lyns Trial: More delays The trial of the two men charged with the murder of elderly Manchester couple Richard and Julia Lyn could not...
..., Judge denies application to throw out dual-citizenship challenge Member of Parliament for West Hanover, Ian Hayles, has failed in his attempt to get a Supreme Court order to...
December 04, 2009
Butt out! - Man blinded by gay lover tells court THE homosexual man, whose eyes were gouged out by his lover last month, yesterday pleaded in vain with the court...
Man gets off LG Brown murder rap One of two men convicted of the murder of former president of the Jamaica Gasolene Retailers Association, 62-year-old Lloyd G....
Cop held in Clarendon shooting released One of two policemen held in Clarendon on Wednesday, following a shoot-out involving rival gangs has been released. However, the...
Guns for hire - Dirty cops collecting cash to protect criminals The high command of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) is getting more worried about the number of policemen and women...
December 03, 2009
Davies casts doubt on FINSAC 'victim' claims Former finance Minister Dr Omar Davies yesterday suggested the commission of enquiry into the Financial Sector Adjustment Company (FINSAC) might...
Sarge charged with corruption Police Sergeant Karl Morrison from the St Catherine South Police Division was charged Tuesday with three counts of breaching the...
Guard freed of cop hold-up A security guard, who in April last year was sentenced to 12 years' imprisonment for robbing, at gunpoint, a policewoman...
Crazy gunfight It was like a heart-stopping scene from an action movie when rival gunmen travelling in motor cars traded bullets in...
Three more cops get the boot IN A move aimed at tackling widespread police misconduct in the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), three former narcotics officers have...
Lyns Trial - Lengthy delays worrisome Concerns were raised yesterday by Senior Puisne Judge Marva McIntosh and the jurors that the trial of the two men...
Cop attacked at Jamaica House A policeman operating at the Hope Road, St Andrew, entrance to Jamaica House was yesterday attacked by a knife-wielding man...
December 02, 2009
Tiger cited for careless driving ORLANDO, Florida (AFP) — Tiger Woods will face no criminal charges for crashing outside his Florida mansion, but the world’s...
Police blotters: three murdered, one body found DETECTIVES from the St Catherine North CIB are investigating the shooting death of a man at Gordon Pen Boulevard, Spanish...
Lyns murder trial stalls again THE murder trial of the two men accused of killing Mandeville business couple Julia and Richard Lyn did not sit...
USA - American lawyer charged with fraud A once high-flying attorney who courted politicians and celebrities was arrested yesterday on federal racketeering and fraud charges, alleging he...
Guyana cops face other torture allegations Two police officers in Guyana accused of setting a teenage murder suspect on fire now face charges of beating three...
...- Lengthy jail terms for Jamaicans found guilty of business marriages Authorities in Costa Rica have warned that Jamaicans found guilty of business marriages could face lengthy prison sentences. Such business...
December 01, 2009
Tenth cop killed The murder of a policeman in Clarendon yesterday added to an already challenging year for the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF)....
Immigration Corner - Grounded by marriage My wife's mother is a United States (US) permanent resident. She filed for my wife before we were married. I...
