February 27, 2010
'Killer Miller' killed A MAN out on bail after the London-based Privy Council quashed his murder conviction and ordered a retrial was yesterday...
Armadale sanctions! THE POLICE High Command has moved against four members of the force over their actions surrounding the fire at the...
February 26, 2010
Court throws out corruption case against Italian PM's lawyer ROME, Italy (AFP) -- A top Italian court yesterday threw out a corruption case against Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's former...
Court to rule on former Thai head's estate BANGKOK, Thailand (AFP) -- Thailand's top court will decide today whether to seize the more than $2-billion fortune of fugitive...
Gay couple accuses Austria of discrimination STRASBOURG, Austria (AFP) - A gay couple accused Austria before Europe's top rights court yesterday of discriminating against homosexuals in...
Traffic corruption arrests A traffic warden, a wrecker driver and a wrecker assistant attached to the Kingston and St Andrew Corporation (KSAC) were...
Baby dies as doctors come to blows in delivery room SAO PAULO, Brazil (AFP) -- Brazilian authorities have opened a probe into the death of a newborn baby in a...
'Wrong move' With growing anger in several communities about alleged extrajudicial killings by members of the police force, an international group...
Pusey may reject Kern recordings With final submissions made on the controversial recordings supplied by Rodney Chin in the Cuban light-bulb case, it appears...
Human-rights group ready to defend court-bound kids THE INDEPENDENT Jamaican Council for Human Rights (IJCHR) has offered its legal assistance, free of charge, to families of...
February 25, 2010
3 accused in ammunition find to seek bail THE three persons charged in connection with last month's massive firearm and ammunition find at Port Bustamante in Kingston are...
Gold-toting Haitian slapped with more charges PHILIPPE Hadid, the Haitian-born businessman held at the Norman Manley International Airport with 42 pounds of gold jewellery almost two...
Contractor general concludes airlift probe The Office of the Contractor General (OCG) says it has concluded its special investigation into the airlift guarantee agreements entered...
Manchester businessman freed of burglary, wounding charges A Manchester businessman who went on trial last week on charges of burglary and felonious wounding was freed after...
Bill gets go-ahead to probe bogus site Retired head of Scotiabank William 'Bill' Clarke, who is contending that he was defamed in a false profile on...
Two men on murder charge escape in St Mary Two men who escaped from the Oracabessa lock-up in St Mary early yesterday morning were still on the run up...
February 24, 2010
CBS fights Janet's 'wardrobe malfunction' fine PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- After six years of legal wrangling and one Supreme Court review of Janet Jackson's infamous Super Bowl...
Judge approves SEC-BofA settlement on Merrill deal NEW YORK, United States - A federal judge said he would reluctantly approve an amended US$150-million settlement between the Securities...
US general hails Pakistan's arrests of Taliban ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) -- The recent arrests of Afghan Taliban leaders in Pakistan were the result of intelligence breakthroughs and...
Former judge being probed for seeking sex in exchange for asylum OTTAWA, Feb 23, 2010 (AFP) - A Canadian court was to hear a tape recording Tuesday of a former immigration...
Police shot dead four men, injure two in alleged shootouts FOUR men were shot dead and two injured during separate incidents with police at Home Hill and Hugga Lane in...
Gun left in police custody seized from gunmen SLEUTHS from the Anti-Corruption Branch and the Inspectorate of the Constabulary last night launched an intense probe into how a...
Fifth suspect held in Munster Rd gun bust ANOTHER suspect has been held in connection with the recent Munster Road gun and ammunition bust in East Kingston and...
Kidnapping suspects for court Mar 8 The four persons charged with kidnapping a St Ann businessman last month are to return to the Gun Court on...
Munster quartet remanded Four persons, including a police sergeant, who are charged in connection with the seizure of 19 guns and thousands of...
Assessing Armadale The Gleaner has obtained a copy of the report of a commission of enquiry into the fire at the...
'Alexandria cops lied' AT LEAST two cops that testified before the com-mission of enquiry into the deadly fire at the Armadale Juvenile Correctional...
Convicted gangster 'Richie Poo' seeks Privy Council lifeline Kevin Tyndale, former reputed member of the Joel Andem-led gang, Gideon Warriors, is seeking leave to go to the...
February 23, 2010
Munster Road gun accused remanded SERGEANT Russell Robinson and the other three men implicated in the recent massive gun and ammunition find in East Kingston...
Student, teacher injured in brawl The administration of the Vauxhall High School in east Kingston is standing behind one of its male teachers who...
'A vicious act' - Cop killed execution style in St Catherine Residents of Southboro in Portmore, St Catherine, have reacted with a mixture of bafflement and dismay to the disturbing...
February 22, 2010
Policeman abducted and murdered in Portmore SENIOR detectives from the Major Investigations Task Force (MIT), Area 5 headquarters and the Portmore Police are investigating the murder...
Man in custody for two years without trial SPANISH TOWN, St Catherine — A man who has been languishing in the Spanish Town police lock-up for two years...
Appeal court releases mechanic facing 17 years A man who was sentenced in December 2006 to 17 years' imprisonment was freed this week after the Court...
Hellshire drug bust THREE MEN suspected of involvement in the drugs-for-guns trade were held last Friday night and an undisclosed quantity of compressed...
Probe into Armadale report leak An investigation has been launched into the leak of the Armadale Enquiry report more than a week before it...
Victim recants to get convicts off the hook... but court doesn't buy it A MAN who was the complainant in a case in which two men were convicted and sent to prison...
February 21, 2010
Munster Road fallout -British cop replaced at police armoury A senior crime fighter seems set to become the first casualty of the foul-up at the police armoury, which...
February 20, 2010
Policeman charged for Munster gun find Police investigators have charged the four persons arrested in connection with the seizure of 19 guns and almost 11,000...
Big ammo find in Mountain View The Kingston East police yesterday seized a total of 412 rounds of assorted ammunition on 100 Lane in an...
February 19, 2010
Kidnapped child returned A family dispute which led to a three-year-old child being kidnapped in Clarendon Tuesday ended when the child was...
Bunting wants firearm watchdog to police cops PETER BUNTING, the opposition spokesman on national security, wants the Firearm Licensing Authority (FLA) to be given auditing powers...
Ground broken for new Hanover court An ambitious plan to provide troubled family members and embattled children the opportunity to give court testimony by video...
February 18, 2010
Afghan Taliban No 2 leader in Pakistani custody ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) -- Pakistan confirmed for the first time yesterday that it has the Afghan Taliban's No 2 leader...
Lawyer returns to court April 22 to answer fraud charge OSWALD James, the Kingston attorney accused of cheating a client of $25 million in a real estate deal, will return...
'Legal profession not corrupt' THE JAMAICAN Bar Association is insisting that the number of complaints being made against lawyers is not an indication...
February 17, 2010
House approves Cybercrimes Bill THE state will soon insist that persons who purchase cellular phones and sim cards provide identification in order to reduce...
Kids' murder convict files appeal RICARDO Britton, one of two men sentenced this month to life imprisonment for murder in the 2004 burning death of...
Victims of alleged Stanford scam file suit Victims of the global fraud allegedly run by fallen financier R. Allen Stanford have filed a class-action lawsuit against...
Teen gets 20 years for 11-y-o's murder The teenager who pleaded guilty last month to the murder of 11-year-old Aamir Dwight Scott of Sandside, St Mary,...
February 16, 2010
Three policeman arrested and one released over missing cars THREE members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) - a sergeant, a corporal and a district constable - were arrested...
Court to rule on recordings Feb 25 SENIOR Magistrate Judith Pusey will rule on February 25 whether to admit into evidence the potentially damaging recordings of former...
$4.5 million in damages against Rodney Chin's company CHIN Construction Limited, operated by businessman Rodney Chin, has been ordered by the Supreme Court to pay $4.5 million in...
Gunman goes postal EMPLOYEES and customers at the Central Sorting Office (CSO) in Kingston were left traumatised yesterday, following the early morning gun...
Malawi - Man on homosexuality rap Police in Malawi say they've arrested a man in a sweep directed at homosexuals. There's debate over gay rights...
Lawyers lash out SHARP darts are being hurled at National Security Minister Dwight Nelson in response to his weekend outburst against last...
July trial date for St Thomas massacres THE TRIAL of 39-year-old labourer Michael McLean, who is charged with the brutal murder of six members of a...
House to refocus on laws THE GOVERNMENT has stated its intention to advance the legislative agenda of the House of Representatives before the 2009-2010 term...
February 15, 2010
Dr Dre sues over unpaid Chronic royalties LOS ANGELES, USA (AP) -- Dr Dre sued the new iteration of Death Row Records on Thursday claiming the label...
Blood stains at nightfall in upscale Bogue Hill MONTEGO BAY, St James-- Blood stains marked the spot in upscale Bogle Hill yesterday where police found the victims of...
Haitian youth linked to drugs-for-gun trade PORT ANTONIO, Portland -- The 16-year-old Haitian youth who arrived on the island by a speedboat last week is suspected...
...kidnap suspects, Nelson appeals for justice minister to step in Minister of National Security Dwight Nelson is furious that the court has granted bail to three of four members of...
February 14, 2010
Damning report on jailed juveniles AN ALARMING number of juvenile offenders being held in adult lock-ups for indefinite periods has prompted a full-scale investigation by...
Shattered souls Staffina landed in the Freeport lock-up, Montego Bay, a little over a week ago. She has not had a court...
February 13, 2010
Man convicted from dying victim's statement A woman's dying declaration has led to one of her killers being convicted last week in the Home Circuit Court....
FINSAC ruling a setback - investors The Association of Finsac'd Entrepreneurs has described the decision of the Supreme Court to suspend the Financial Sector Adjustment Company...
Cops shot in friendly fire The police are investigating an incident of friendly fire, which resulted in two members of the Organised Crime Investigation Division...
Judge ponders Kern tapes Judith Pusey, the senior resident magistrate for the Corporate Area, has said she would announce on February 25 whether to...
Plea bargain gets teeth ... despite calls for delay from Opposition THE SENATE yesterday passed regulations which paved the way for the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) to enter into plea-bargaining...
FINSAC blow - Court stops commission of enquiry THE COMMISSION of enquiry into the collapse of the financial sector in the 1990s suffered a major setback yesterday when...
February 12, 2010
Wife gets protective order against Holyfield FAYETTEVILLE, Georgia (AP) -- Evander Holyfield's wife claims the boxing great hit her several times after an argument about her...
LIME, Digicel claim victory in Supreme Court ruling ARCH-rivals LIME and Digicel have praised yesterday's Supreme Court ruling in a dispute between the telecoms giants over international call...
Stolen blood plasma recovered WARSAW, Poland (AP) -- Polish police recovered 11 tons of human blood plasma that had been stolen from a US...
Haiti judge: Detained Americans should be released PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) -- The Haitian judge deciding whether 10 US missionaries should face trial on charges of trying to...
Haitian held with 42 pounds of gold at airport THE St Andrew Central Police have asked members of the public who have been robbed of gold jewellery to contact...
Lawyers lose - Margie Geddes freed of $246m fee A LAW firm that took on business without a 'written' agreement is now $246 million out of pocket, on a...
Mother to sue hospital for HIV mistake A St Ann mother is planning to sue the St Ann's Bay Hospital, alleging that the facility erred when it...
Alleged kidnappers granted bail Three of the four persons, including two women, who allegedly kidnapped a St Ann businessman last month and demanded a...
Defence quizzes Chin Defence lawyers yesterday challenged star witness Rodney Chin's claims about who made the potentially damaging recordings of conversations among Chin,...
Court rules in telecoms dispute Telecommunications provider LIME won a legal battle in the Supreme Court yesterday when the court ordered its competitor Digicel to...
Horizon gates open to Witter The Ministry of National Security yesterday told Prime Minister Bruce Golding that it had received legal advice to prevent persons...
Police bus scam - Cop and two others held in Hanover motor-vehicle racket The Ramble Police Station in Hanover has been placed under the microscope of the Anti-Corruption Branch, which is probing reports...
February 11, 2010
Suspended sentence for Delroy Martin MONTEGO BAY, St James -- An admitted former cocaine abuser with a 12-point rap sheet on Monday escaped another prison...
NZ teen kidnaps puppy to save it from euthanasia WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) -- A New Zealand teenager faced legal action after he stole his own injured puppy from...
Cemetery worker killed BURNT GROUND, Hanover — The Hanover police were up to last night probing the circumstances surrounding the murder of the...
Jamaican drug mule to spend a year behind bars BRIDGETOWN, Barbados — A Jamaican man, who admitted to smuggling marijuana into Barbados by swallowing 64 pellets with the drug,...
Police guns used in murders BALLISTIC tests have shown that several gun murders have been committed with weapons registered to the police armoury and stores,...
Clarke sues BNS over Facebook postings A new front has opened up in the ongoing legal battle between former banking executive William 'Bill' Clarke and the...
Murderous arsonists get life imprisonment The two fishermen, who were convicted in October last year of the burning death of three children in a house...
Four judges elevated by GG FOUR MORE senior judges and a registrar were appointed to higher offices on Tuesday by Governor General Sir Patrick Allen,...
Light-bulb defence switches to Plan B DESPITE SUFFERING a body blow in court yesterday, attorneys representing Kern Spencer and Coleen Wright are fighting to prevent voice...
18 months for guilty jurors THE TWO female jurors who pleaded guilty in December last year to soliciting a bribe of $100,000 from a woman,...
Reverend attacked by thugs A beloved pastor is now in hospital battling for his life after he was stabbed several times by criminals who...
Four more members of the police force arrested ONE WEEK after a police sergeant was arrested on reasonable suspicion of supplying guns and ammunition to an illegal weapons...
...Public Defender's office barred from Horizon - Golding demands answers PRIME MINISTER Bruce Golding last night demanded that prison officials explain to him by mid-morning today why investigators from the...
February 10, 2010
New trial date for deejay Buju Banton's conspiracy case The court date for deejay Buju Banton, who's in prison awaiting trial on drug and conspiracy charges, has been pushed...
Jackson's doc out on bail, back for April hearing Michael Jackson's doctor returns to court in April to find out the date for the next major step in the...
Taylor returns to court in July SANTA CRUZ, St Elizabeth -- A new date of July 20 was set yesterday for West Indies fast bowler Jerome...
New indictment boosts charges against Rajaratnam NEW YORK (AP) -- Federal prosecutors boosted their insider trading charges case Tuesday against the Sri Lanka-born man they say...
Criminal probe is launched in US plant blast Connecticut, United States - Authorities launched a criminal investigation Monday into the cause of an explosion that killed five people...
6 British soldiers arrested in Spain MADRID (AP) -- Six British soldiers have been arrested on the Canary island of Lanzarote after a drunken brawl left...
Iranian sentenced to death for role in Ashura protest TEHRAN, Iran (AFP) -- An Iranian has been condemned to death for anti-government riots at the end of December, the...
Nigeria footage: uniformed men shoot unarmed men MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) -- An international news channel is showing chilling footage of men in uniforms shooting unarmed men after...
Police look into old cases after arrest of Canadian Air Force commander TORONTO, Canada (AP) -- Canadian authorities are looking into unsolved murder and sexual assault cases after charging the commander of...
Mom and stepdad arrested in connection with 2-year-old's death The Cave Valley Police in St Ann have arrested the mother and stepfather of a two-year-old boy who died at...
Jamaican among persons detained following robbery at Brian Lara's home PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - Seven Caribbean nationals have been arrested by police in connection with a multi-million dollar theft...
Samuda to question suspended scrap metal dealers TWO scrap metal dealers will, within a week, have to explain before a committee headed by Industry, Investment and Commerce...
Lil Wayne jail sentence postponed by bad tooth Lil Wayne's prison sentence was expected to begin yesterday but the rapper was granted a brief reprieve. Wayne will report...
Man held for murder of pregnant woman More than a week after a pregnant woman was shot to death, a man has been charged with her murder....
...- Court rules trustee in bankruptcy can't deduct charges without approval The Court of Appeal has ruled that a trustee in bankruptcy cannot deduct charges for travelling, accommodation and subsistence from...
... Early end to commission sitting The Financial Sector Adjustment Company (FINSAC) commission of enquiry had an abbreviated sitting yesterday, after one of the witnesses requested...
FINSAC ruling Friday Supreme Court judge Ingrid Mangatal is to make a ruling Friday on an application brought by three claimants to halt...
Cellphone ruling today RESIDENT MAGISTRATE Judith Pusey is to rule today on whether she will admit into evidence the main cellular phone in...
Taxman drives with 'smart disc' The Tax Administration Services Department (TASD) is warning drivers about a relatively new weapon it has added to its arsenal...
...- Probe into massive gun, ammofind kicks into high gear Investigators began combing through the police armoury and stores on Monday as the probe into last Thursday's massive gun and...
Casino bill ready - Gaming legislation for Parliament next week After weeks of deliberations, the parliamentary committee reviewing legislation for the proposed Casino Gaming Act yesterday approved the bill that...
February 09, 2010
Tax cheat wins US$10m in damages from bank A court has ordered a former subsidiary of Liechtenstein's LGT bank to pay over €7.3 million (US$10 million) to a...
Judge wary of lengthy Kern trial As the trial of Kern Spencer limped into another week, presiding magistrate Judith Pusey yesterday declared she had no desire...
Olint hopes dim... Members of alternative investment scheme Olint were left fuming and with little hope yesterday as they emerged from a meeting...
February 08, 2010
Anti-Gang legislation to take effect March ANTI-Gang Legislation, aimed at dismantling the close to 300 "notorious" gangs across the island, is to come into effect by...
Victims of domestic abuse urged to take action AN EXPLOSIVE temper, a history of violence and a controlling personality are three of the clearest warning signals for domestic...
Golding calls for audit of Haiti relief funds IN THE wake of the mushrooming of thousands of organisations throughout the region soliciting money for emergency aid in Haiti,...
February 05, 2010
Luciano's trial now set for March 17 The trial of reggae singer Luciano, who is charged with harbouring a criminal, was Tuesday rescheduled for March 17 when...
Suit to halt Finsac enquiry filed in Supreme Court AN application to quash the current enquiry into the financial sector meltdown of the 1990s, and Financial Sector Adjustment Company's...
Dyoll liquidators sue Canadian reinsurer THE JOINT liquidators of Dyoll Insurance Company Limited are suing Aon Benfield Canada, formerly Aon Re Canada, in Jamaica's Supreme...
Phipps, wife seek Privy Council reversal in land dispute Prominent Queen's Counsel Frank Phipps and his wife, Pearl, are heading for the United Kingdom Privy Council in an effort...
Judge blasts cops in kidnapping case Supreme Court judge Leighton Pusey on Wednesday castigated the police for their failure to sew together a coherent case in...
Illegal gun shop... has been operating for some time Munster Road, off Mountain View Avenue in eastern St Andrew, is considered a solid middle-class community despite its proximity to...
Crooked sarge hurts colleagues Police personnel on the scene of yesterday's massive gun and ammunition find in east Kingston were unanimous in their condemnation...
Monster ammo find in Mountain View The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) was rocked to its core yesterday as a large quantity of guns and thousands of...
February 04, 2010
Buju Banton for court today Embattled deejay, Mark 'Buju Banton' Myrie, who has been in Federal custody since December last year, is scheduled to return...
Dutch court against nuclear studies ban on Iranian descendents THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AFP) -- A Dutch court yesterday said a government decision to ban people of Iranian descent from...
Sudanese president could face genocide charges THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AFP) -- Genocide charges could be added to the list facing Sudanese President Omar al-Beshir after a...
More troubles for Allen Stanford over unpaid bills ST JOHN'S, Antigua - The Antigua Public Utilities Authority (APUA) has disconnected the electricity and water connections at two entities...
Guns and ammo finding in Mountain View this morning EIGHT persons are in custody after police seized guns and ammunition early this morning on Munster Road in the gritty...
Bail for accused woman kidnapper ONE of four persons implicated in the kidnapping of a St Ann businessman for ransom was yesterday offered bail in...
News briefs Dabdoub: Hayles case filed too late Abe Dabdoub, the attorney for People's National Party (PNP) Member of Parliament for Western...
... - FINSAC bigwig says he wastold to keep lid on client data Managing Director of the Financial Sector Adjustment Company (FINSAC), Errol Campbell, revealed yesterday that the company to which his organisation...
February 03, 2010
Source: Jackson doctor to face manslaughter charge LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Prosecutors plan to charge Michael Jackson's doctor with manslaughter, a law enforcement official told The Associated...
Wife of South African security minister denies drug trafficking allegations JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AFP) -- The wife of South Africa's intelligence minister denied yesterday that she had knowingly taken part...
Owner of Dutch 'head shop' charged with drug trafficking Middelburg, The Netherlands (AFP) -- The drug trafficking case against the owner of the Netherlands' biggest cannabis-vending coffee shop was...
Former Haitian dictator's family to get back Swiss account money Lausanne, Switzerland — The family of former Haitian dictator Jean-Claude 'Baby Doc' Duvalier can reclaim at least US$4.6 million in...
Senate passes deferred financing Bill GOVERNMENT senators last Friday used their majority to push through a Bill making deferred financing agreements for Government projects a...
Alleged kidnappers seek bail THE four persons implicated in the kidnapping of a St Ann businessman for a ransom are today scheduled to appear...
Malawi man arrested for posters on gay rights BLANTYRE, Malawi (AP) -- Police in Malawi say they have arrested a man for putting up posters promoting gay rights,...
Court to hear MP's election appeal today THE appeal of Opposition Member of Parliament Ian Hayles against the Supreme Court's refusal to strike out an application seeking...
Mexico - Journalist killed Gunmen have slain a Mexican journalist, the third such killing so far this year. Albertano Guinto, the acting attorney general...
Venezuela - Alleged major drug traffickers deported to US Venezuela deported alleged major drug traffickers to the United States yesterday, the country's top security official said. Suspected Colombian drug...
Police, 'Rema' residents split over facts of triple killing The police and residents in one section of Wilton Gardens, popularly called Rema, are giving different versions of the killing...
Proctor gets four years There were mixed emotions yesterday as 89-year-old world-famous botanist Dr George Proctor was sentenced to four years' imprisonment each for...
February 02, 2010
Man accused of slashing cop's throat fit for trial THE court yesterday ruled that the 22-year-old man who allegedly slashed a policeman's throat, when he was denied access to...
Extradition denial won't affect aid, says USAID AMERICAN donor agency USAID says Jamaica's refusal to sign the extradition request for businessman Prestley Bingham will not affect its...
Haiti - Baptists may face trial in US Haitian officials said yesterday they are thinking of sending 10 United States Baptists to the US for prosecution after they...
Youthlink writer's body found A 19-year-old university student was found dead yesterday in a crashed Toyota Fortuner sport utility vehicle along the Mona main...
Pregnant woman, two others murdered in St Catherine A pregnant woman was among three persons shot and killed in the St Catherine South Police Division on the weekend....
Teen pleads guilty to 11-y-o's murder The teenager who is charged with the murder of 11-year-old Aamir Dwight Scott, of Sandside, St Mary, pleaded guilty yesterday...
February 01, 2010
Court cuts damages claim against hotel A man's scant regard for his own safety was "30 per cent" to be blamed for his on-the-job injuries and...
Resident plans to sue Windalco MANDEVILLE, Manchester -- Already under pressure to deal with a dust nuisance from its sun-baked red mud (waste disposal) lake...
Haiti detains Americans taking kids across border PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) -- Ten US Baptists were being held in the Haitian capital yesterday after trying to take 33...
