The long-awaited trial for the four men charged with the murder of well-known conch businessman Roderick 'Bunny' Francis suffered another blow yesterday, after three of the men parted ways with their attorneys, leading to the postponement of the...
A Crown witness yesterday said that she saw when the police opened fire on the blue Suzuki Swift motor car that was parked along Norman Lane in St Andrew on March 20, 2012, as she testified in the trial of three cops charged with the murder of...
Defence attorneys yesterday suggested that the police were in pursuit of the blue Suzuki Swift motor car along Spanish Town Road in St Andrew on March 20, 2012, when they were fired upon by occupants of the vehicle and took evasive action. This...
Mayor of Kingston Delroy Williams is calling for greater emphasis on the creative industries in order to diversify the city's revenue streams.He made the suggestion recently at the first meeting of the Kingston and St Andrew Municipal Corporation (...
Lloyd Distant, president of the Jamaica Chamber of Commerce (JCC), says that the organisation will this year be lobbying for the rationalisation and simplification of Jamaica's tax system and for the introduction of legislation and regulations to...
The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) has indicated its intention to use recently amended pieces of legislation to expedite trials in order to help reduce case backlog at the Home Circuit Court.This was expressed by Senior Deputy...
The Court of Appeal is one step closer to reaching its goal of having 12 judges by 2020 after yesterday's swearing-in of Solicitor-General Nicole Foster-Pusey and Justices Jennifer Straw and Carol Edwards in a ceremony held at King's House in St...
Murder-convicted police Constable Collis 'Chucky' Brown will have to wait at least three more weeks before knowing how long he will spend behind bars, following the postponement of his sentencing hearing yesterday.The proceedings were pushed back as...
The three Clarendon cops who were yesterday freed of a murder charge have asserted that they acted professionally when they carried out an operation in the Corn Piece District in Hayes, Clarendon, on September 5, 2011. During the operation, 23-year-...
Gordon Swaby, CEO and founder of the social learning website EduFocal, is calling on financial institutions to create better banking solutions for local digital entrepreneurs to facilitate the collection of revenue from their customers."The e-...
National Security Minister Dr Horace Chang has rebuked renewed calls for more social-intervention programmes across the island, saying that the Government has already spent billions on initiatives that have not been able to effectively tackle the...
Vendors at the Ray Ray Ground Market in downtown Kingston have complained that they have not yet received any assistance from the Kingston and St Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC) more than four months after a massive fire ravaged the market on...
Senior Superintendent of Police Calvin Allen is assuring motorists that they can expect reasonable traffic flow, despite the expected challenges that come with the Christmas season.In an interview with The Gleaner yesterday, Allen, who is the head...
For 22-year-old Ramone Saunders, placing first in the steel-fabricating category in the China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) worker skills competition was the crowning achievement in his career so far.Saunders, who started out as a labourer at...
Howard Mitchell, president of the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ), has indicated that he wants to know if further extensions of the states of emergency (SOEs) are legal before giving them his blessing."I fully understand it and...
It was a day of food, frolic, and fun for students and staff at the All Saints Infant School in west Kingston yesterday as the Grace and Staff Community Development Foundation hosted a Christmas treat for them on the school grounds.The students,...
Hundreds of persons, from as early as 5 o'clock, lined up outside the St George's College Emmett Park Pavilion yesterday morning, eager to enter the grounds of the complex to benefit from the Food For The Poor (FFP) annual Christmas treat.Vera...
Chief Justice Bryan Sykes has criticised members of the prosecution for what he describes as their inefficient use of time in the management and presentation of their cases in the nation's courts."I think too much time is spent by the prosecution...
The unavailability of a handwriting expert yesterday forced the early adjournment of the trial for three Clarendon cops at the Home Circuit Court in downtown Kingston.The handwriting expert is expected to appear in court to determine the...
Demetri Hemmings, the man who was convicted based on screenshots of emails, is now reunited with his son, after being acquitted by the Court of Appeal in downtown Kingston yesterday.The 27-year-old was convicted of possession of identity information...
Dying within a few minutes after sustaining a gunshot wound to the head, 23-year-old Andrew Bisson was shot twice while lying on his back in a board house in the Corn Piece District of Hayes, Clarendon, on September 5, 2011, according to a forensic...
Labour and Social Security Minister Shahine Robinson has said that her ministry is committed to the swift implementation of the Disabilities Act, which was passed in 2014."The Government remains committed for the long term to guarantee full...
When Jade Simpson* was diagnosed with HIV in 2010 while living in the United States, little did she know that on returning, she would face discrimination from her own family."A family friend bought me my own wash pan, my own brush, my own clothes...
Chief Justice Bryan Sykes has expressed concern about whether the accused policemen who are on trial for the 2011 murder of Andrew Bisson were afforded an objective and fair investigation.He added that it seemed that the accused were being targeted...
A Clarendon taxi operator told the court yesterday thathe gave the Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) a false name in his first three statements out of fear."I was afraid because of what I see happening," the witness said, testifying...