Accusing the Holness administration of depriving teachers of their designated vacation leave entitlement, firebrand educator and trade unionist Paul Adams has described the practice as “administratively and politically criminal”. But Education...
Chief Justice Bryan Sykes accused the prosecution in the Clansman-One Don Gang trial on Monday of being immature after it refused to agree with the defence on information captured in the prisoners’ admission book at the Spanish Town Police Station...
The Customs Brokers and Freight Forwarders Association of Jamaica (CBFFAJ) has lashed out at the Jamaica Customs Agency for reportedly attempting to institute a clearance policy for brokers without seeking their input. The association has warned...
The Government is moving to revitalise and strengthen the country’s export sector, which is being positioned as a key pillar of economic growth. As part of its ramped-up focus, the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce has established an...
Two men who were sentenced to life imprisonment in 2015 for the throat-slashing murder of a watchman at the JamWorld Entertainment Centre in Portmore, St Catherine, will be making a second attempt to get the court’s permission to challenge their...
Sixty-six-year-old Kenneth Morris, who was convicted in 2017 for molesting a 10-year-old girl and sentenced to 14 years in prison, has lost his bid to have at least five years shaved off his sentence. The Court of Appeal, however, while dismissing...
Senior defence lawyers have expressed mixed views about prosecutors’ plans to seek the death penalty for the 23-year-old man accused of the throat-slashing murder of a mother and four children in Cocoa Piece, Clarendon, last week. Rushane Barnett,...
A retired St Catherine shopkeeper and neighbour of an alleged Clansman-One Don gangster disclosed Wednesday that the accused once attended prayer meetings at her home, causing her to disbelieve the State’s claims he was involved in organised crime...
The mother of one of the alleged Clansman-One Don gangsters yesterday testified that she was devastated by the news of his arrest and that he is “not capable of being in a gang”. The St Catherine woman described her son, Brian ‘Rooster’ Morris, as...
The mother of Shanoya Wray, the 13-year-old-old girl who was viciously killed in 2018 and her body almost completely dissolved in caustic acid, said she never believed for a minute that the teacher held for her murder would walk away and is happy...
The majority of the alleged Clansman-One Don gangsters who remain on trial Wednesday sought to paint themselves as productive law-abiding citizens who had been steadfastly focused on their families, businesses or jobs before their arrest. While...
The two former Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) soldiers who were dismissed in disgrace over the disappearance of two high-powered weapons are accusing the army of torturing and intimidating them with death and rape threats. Lascelles Gardener and...
Reputed One Don Gang leader Andre ‘Blackman’ Bryan on Monday distanced himself from being the head of the feared St Catherine criminal outfit while accusing two of his alleged ex-cronies of fabricating lies against him. The 38-year-old is accused...
Government lawyers are planning to review the Emergency Powers Regulations governing the newly declared state of emergency (SOE) in St Catherine to ensure that they are within the confines of the Constitution. This comes in the wake of the Full...
Chief Justice Bryan Sykes is to rule Monday on the no-case submissions made for 24 of the 28 remaining alleged gangsters in the Clansman-One Don Gang trial, including reputed leader Andre ‘Blackman’ Bryan. While the majority of defence lawyers...
While lambasting prosecutors for their persistent failure to provide supporting evidence in the Clansman-One Don Gang trial, Chief Justice Bryan Sykes also accused the police of taking too many shortcuts in the high-profile case. The tough-talking...
An ex-hotel worker who was robbed of four years of his life after he was wrongfully convicted on gun and wounding charges has rubbished the proposed amendments to the Bail Act, barring persons on murder and gun charges from getting bail as “...
Just last month, Marva Vernon-Jackson celebrated her fifth wedding anniversary and was looking forward to many more years of bliss. But her happily-ever-after was cut short after gunmen invaded Pleasant View Lane in Eight Miles, Bull Bay, Sunday...
The Jamaica Police Federation (JPF) says it will not be backing down with its demand for the Government to pay what it claims are billions of dollars owed to cops for actual overtime work since 2008 after the Full Court failed to grant the...
A former police constable, who was charged for a sexual offence involving a minor and suspended from the force for two years, has lost his case in which he was challenging his non-re-enlistment in 2014 and was instead saddled with a $90,000 court...
Family members of the late reggae icon Fredrick ‘Toots’ Hibbert, who have been embroiled in a legal battle with his road manager over a hard drive containing several of the artiste’s songs that were re-recorded by another entertainer for an album,...
The prosecution in the Clansman-One Don Gang trial will today continue its bid to convince Chief Justice Bryan Sykes to reject the no-case submissions for 24 of the remaining 28 alleged gangsters, including reputed gang leader Andre ‘Blackman’...
Before shooting down a last-minute attempt by the prosecution in the Clansman-One Don Gang trial to keep one of the defendants in the case, Chief Justice Bryan Sykes emphasised on Tuesday that the fate of an accused must be determined by current...
Chief Justice Bryan Sykes put defence lawyers in the Clansman-One Don Gang trial on notice that the argument that the Crown had failed to establish their clients’ criminal antecedents under the anti-gang legislation would not wash and was...
The fraud trial involving two former Petrojam executives was yesterday adjourned and will resume on November 21 for three weeks in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court. Dr Perceval Singh, the state refinery’s former chairman, and former General...
