Kayodi Satchell claimed she had no intention of cutting eight-year-old Danielle Rowe’s throat on that fateful day of June 8, 2023, but she just snapped. It was the day the child that she lost would have been born and she felt Danielle’s father, who...
Leoda Bradshaw and two of her alleged accomplices, who are implicated in the murder of politician Phillip Paulwell’s 10-month-old daughter, Sarayah, and her mother, Toshyna Patterson, were yesterday denied bail when they appeared in the Home...
“It is a blessed day,” beamed former Petrojam General Manager Floyd Grindley shortly after he and ex-chairman Dr Perceval Bahado-Singh were found not guilty of fraud on Tuesday. Bahado-Singh was on trial for claiming reimbursement for alleged...
Matthew Hyde’s ex-girlfriend has revealed that during the harrowing three days of her prolonged torture in a university dorm room in February 2023, she reached a point where she had given up on living. She said the ordeal not only left her...
Prime Minister Andrew Holness has lost his bid to force the Integrity Commission (IC) to certify his 2022 and 2023 statutory declarations, but has been given the go-ahead to seek the court’s authority in getting the IC’s investigative report and...
Teachers at the Stony Hill Primary and Infant School in St Andrew yesterday staged a sick-out over leaking roofs and mould infestation, forcing the early suspension of school. Parents were, as a result, advised yesterday by a memo to pick up their...
A woman, who evicted her sick sister-in-law from a property a day after her husband died, claiming that she was the sole owner and later rejecting a $30-million offer, was left disappointed after the court awarded full ownership to the widow. The...
Three men charged for the shooting death of a man in east Kingston earlier this year were each offered $700,000 bail when they appeared in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court. Trevon Lambert, 21, otherwise called ‘Cabi’, of Upper Second Street...
Danielle Rowe’s teenage sister, who has slashed her wrist four times since her sister’s gruesome murder, wakes up every day wishing to die, just so she can be with her beloved sibling. “Every day mi look mi just a see mi lifeless sister body. Mi a...
A senior high school teacher, who was fired from the Black River High School over her her alleged submission of only five out of a required 136 lesson plans for over a year, has won her legal fight to be reinstated. Sandra Delapenha, who had an...
The Government is urging the Constitutional Court to reject Dr Dayton Campbell’s claim against using states of public emergency (SOEs) in crime fighting, arguing that he has shown no evidence that his rights were violated. “Nowhere in the claimant’...
The country’s longest-serving councillor, Lee Clarke, who has been in local government since 1981, believes the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) must urgently address poor road infrastructure if it hopes to secure a third consecutive term in office....
At age 16, Matthew Hyde tried to end his life by overdosing, a year after he was diagnosed with depression and was prescribed antidepressants. The disclosure was made yesterday by Hyde’s lawyer, Patrick Peterkin, who sought to paint a picture of a...
A UC Rusal employee wrongfully fired two years ago, despite being cleared of intentionally taking scrap metal from his employer, has been awarded $3.5 million and will be reinstated after the Industrial Disputes Tribunal (IDT) ruled his dismissal...
A major fire on Ashenheim Road in St Andrew on Monday has left millions of dollars in damage, destroying 90 per cent of Pure Ice Factory’s assets and all of the inventory Azan’s Supercentre was storing for its Cross Road branch with the crucial...
Occupants of a structurally defective four-storey apartment in Torrington Park in St Andrew are on edge and calling for urgent intervention from the Government after one of the building’s staircases collapsed yesterday, injuring a woman. Althea...
With 320 lives already lost since the start of the year as a result of road accidents and more than 10,000 persons injured annually, Prime Minister Andrew Holness is appealing to citizens to show greater regard for road safety and work together to...
Although shocked at Friday’s Supreme Court ruling which found that Scotiabank Jamaica was within its right to charge customers a fee for encashing a cheque, Opposition lawmaker Fitz Jackson is claiming as a win a decision by the bank to terminate...
The Keith Clarke murder trial crumbled Thursday over the issue of identity, with the presiding judge asserting that it was “remarkable” that senior Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) officials were unable to help identify the soldiers involved in the May...
A retired marine pilot, who had given 43 years of service to the country, was left disappointed after he lost his fight in the Supreme Court to challenge a decision by the Port Authority of Jamaica to not extend his pilot’s licence. The 66-year-old...
The three Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) soldiers charged in connection with the May 2010 shooting death of businessman Keith Clarke are to know this morning whether they have a case to answer. Lance corporals Greg Tingling and Odel Buckley, along...
A British woman who gave her brother $500,000 to help purchase a car from Rich and Wealthy Car Dealer is demanding a refund of her money after the vehicle was not forthcoming and the dealer stopped communicating with her. According to Jackee Hudson...
Former State Minister in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Leslie Campbell, has accused the Integrity Commission (IC) of misplacing some of the information for which the commission had charged him for failing to provide. The...
Prime Minister Andrew Holness is to know on December 6 whether the Supreme Court will grant his request for a judicial review of the Integrity Commission (IC) report on his statutory declarations. The prime minister is seeking, among other things,...
The legal challenge brought by Prime Minister Andrew Holness to have an Integrity Commission (IC) report on his financial affairs invalidated will continue today in the Supreme Court. Holness, through his legal team, is seeking to convince Justice...
