Published:Thursday | May 28, 2015 | 12:00 AMLivern Barrett
IN THE aftermath of the 2010 police-military operations in west Kingston, an assessment conducted by the Ministry of Labour found $71.8 million in damage to houses, furniture and other personal properties.A statement submitted to the West Kingston...
Former Commissioner of Police Owen Ellington was in a vehicle that encountered heavy gunfire in west Kingston in the days leading up the 2010 police-military operations in Tivoli Gardens, a high-ranking member of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF...
The West Kingston Commission of Enquiry this morning heard evidence that 94 houses were destroyed during the 2010 police-military operations in Tivoli Gardens. Chairman of the three-member commission, Sir David Simmons, says a statement provided by...
Published:Wednesday | May 27, 2015 | 12:00 AMLivern Barrett
The Jamaican society has failed the residents of Tivoli Gardens in west Kingston.That was the sobering admission yesterday by Deputy Com-missioner of Police Glenmore Hinds as he testified before the West Kingston Commission of Enquiry.Five years...
The former head of operations for the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) has revealed that he did not request a report about the number of bullets discharged by members of the JCF during the May 2010 police-military operations in the west Kingston...
Published:Tuesday | May 26, 2015 | 12:00 AMLivern Barrett
A high-ranking member of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) has revealed that as members of the security forces took up positions in a section of the Coronation Market moments before their incursion into the west Kingston community of Tivoli...
A high-ranking policeman today admitted at the West Kingston Commission of Enquiry that local law enforcement authorities had contemplated what is described as a soft detention of drug kingpin Christopher 'Dudus' Coke in August 2009. Deputy...
The West Kingston Commission of Enquiry has heard evidence that Jamaican law enforcement authorities explored the possibility of taking drug kingpin Christopher 'Dudus' Coke into custody outside of his Tivoli Gardens stronghold. Deputy...
A high-ranking member of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) has indicated that some of the country's top entertainers were coerced by drug kingpin Christopher 'Dudus' Coke to perform free of cost at a reggae show he organised for...
Published:Monday | May 25, 2015 | 12:00 AMLivern Barrett
A St Andrew woman who was sent crashing to the floor of a Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) bus that was negotiating a corner has been awarded just over $3 million in damages for her injuries.Janet Stewart-Earle suffered injuries to her hip,...
Published:Thursday | May 21, 2015 | 12:00 AMLivern Barrett
A WEST Kingston woman has been awarded close to $50 million in damages almost 14 years after a bullet, believed to have been fired by a member of the security forces, left her blind in both eyes during the 2001 police-military operation in her...
Published:Wednesday | May 20, 2015 | 12:00 AMLivern Barrett
An 18 per cent jump in murders four months into the year has wiped out the gains made last year, but the country's police chief is insisting that it's not time to panic."If it is happening over a much longer term, then we really have a problem. But...
THE ATTORNEY for the Reverend Merrick 'Al' Miller has argued that there are numerous unanswered questions about the actions of the police on the day drug kingpin Christopher 'Dudus' Coke was captured with the popular clergyman.Citing evidence by the...
The Reverend Merrick 'Al' Miller will know on June 5 whether the corruption charge against him will be dismissed. At that time, Resident Magistrate Simone Wolfe-Reece will make her ruling on a no-case submission made today by Miller...
Published:Thursday | May 14, 2015 | 12:00 AMLivern Barrett
EMERGENCY CALLS to the police 119 number are sometimes redirected to a separate call centre, the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) has revealed.Superintendent William Kesler, who heads the Police Control Centre, said it has not been determined...
The bush fires that for nearly two weeks have been sweeping across hilly sections of Mavis Bank in east rural St Andrew have already torched more than 500 acres of agricultural lands resulting in losses...
One long-time coffee farmer has warned that the bush fires sweeping across several communities in east rural St Andrew since last Saturday could leave billions of dollars in losses and deliver a major blow to the nation's world-renowned coffee...
Long-time coffee farmer, Joan Gordon-Webley, says the bush fires sweeping across several communities in east rural St Andrew since last Saturday could leave billions of dollars in losses. She says this would deliver a major blow to Jamaica's...
Published:Thursday | May 7, 2015 | 12:00 AMLivern Barrett
Jamaican investigators have taken possession of a little over US$300,000 or approximately J$35 million belonging to drug kingpin Christopher 'Dudus' Coke and are on the hunt for more.The Financial Investigations Division (FID) revealed yesterday...
Published:Wednesday | May 6, 2015 | 12:00 AMLivern Barrett
Sharon Miller was concerned about the "rapid decline" in the health of her 81-year-old mother and decided last month to take her to the Kingston Public Hospital (KPH). It was during that April 13 visit, Miller said, that she got the grim news that...
Published:Tuesday | May 5, 2015 | 12:00 AMLivern Barrett
Amid a push by the Government to acquire body cameras for members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), there is a warning from the leaders of two Canadian law-enforcement agencies that the technology is very expensive to manage.Chief Devon...
Two policemen attached to the St Ann Division were killed this morning in what investigators believe was a murder-suicide. The identities of the two male cops have not yet been ascertained. The Gleaner Online understands that about 3 o'clock...
Published:Thursday | April 30, 2015 | 12:00 AMLivern Barrett
A 12-year-old student yesterday made an impassioned plea to Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller to help stem the number of children killed each year in motor-vehicle crashes across the island.Since 2010, the Transport Ministry says approximately...
Published:Tuesday | April 28, 2015 | 12:00 AMLivern Barrett
HE IS widely regarded as a tough, street-smart crime fighter, but in his new role as head of the West Kingston police, Senior Superintendent Cornwall 'Bigga' Ford has signalled that he intends to use a raft of social initiatives to inspire change in...
Published:Friday | April 24, 2015 | 12:00 AMLivern Barrett
CHAIRMAN OF the West Kingston Commission of Enquiry Sir David Simmons has received a vote of confidence from residents of Tivoli Gardens who have described him as being impartial and a keen listener.The accolades came during a two-hour tour of the...
