The Kingston and St Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC) has applied for an injunction to immediately halt construction of a St Andrew apartment complex it claims is in contravention of the approved building plan. The development, which is at 9...
A former inmate is suing the State for an erectile condition that he reportedly developed while in state care which has left him impotent. He is seeking millions of dollars in compensation. The claimant, Rupert Campbell, had developed an episode of...
Two former senior officers of the Firearm Licensing Authority (FLA) yesterday suffered a huge blow after the Supreme Court refused to grant them an extension to file a defamation claim, which was initially made outside the limitation period. The...
Two of the island’s legal luminaries asserted on Tuesday that there is nothing improper or wrong with the appointment of the new attorney general after the Opposition poured cold water on the appointment, claiming that the holder of the post must...
The new Holness Cabinet has been criticised as top-heavy and inefficient, with Opposition Leader Mark Golding describing Monday’s reshuffle as “a trivial exercise” that will add to taxpayers’ burdens. Golding accused the Government of using the...
Charging that the two-thirds voting majority bar for the extension of states of emergency (SOE) poses a significant challenge and may be used as a political ploy, the Government signalled on Sunday that it was reviewing the requirement as part of...
With the resumption of jury trial suffering a further delay in light of the island’s increasing COVID-19 positivity rate, emerging variants, low vaccination take-up coupled with other negative factors, Chief Justice Bryan Sykes believes the time...
Former Island Lubes Distributors Limited director John Levy reportedly transferred a motor truck to a company in which he and his wife, Donna, is a director and shareholder, two days after he was asked to step down from his post as director of...
Three senior personnel in charge of a National Health Fund (NHF) warehouse cold room that is suspected to have been sabotaged have been sent on leave while the police conduct a probe into the incident that affected more than 900,000 COVID-19...
A high court judge has warned that lawyers whose failure to adequately prepare for their matters, resulting in adjournments, could find themselves appearing before the General Legal Council or before the court, after slapping Hollislaw firm with a...
It was a bittersweet moment yesterday for two female friends who found themselves behind bars following an alleged attempt to smuggle contraband into a lock-up, after one was granted bail and the other left in tears when she was remanded. Twenty-...
A St Andrew businessman who was reportedly captured on video shooting his son to death at the family business place in Papine, St Andrew, in April is planning to seek a plea deal come January next year. Delton Knight was arrested in April after he...
While the lingering presence of the coronavirus and the increasing threat of the Omicron variant, coupled with the ban on parties and the continued enforcement of COVID 19- restrictions, have put a damper on New Year’s Eve celebrations, some...
Vice Chairman of the National Road Safety Council Dr Lucien Jones says he is not surprised that the country has surpassed last year’s total road fatalities , but noted that this year’s figure, which stood at 473 yesterday, is most disturbing....
Three siblings who filed a claim against their father under the Mental Health Act to get a court order to manage his financial affairs were forced to back down after a medical report showed that their dad was capable of managing his money. The...
The imposition of stiffer penalties for the smuggling of contraband into Jamaica’s penal institutions is not likely to dent the inflow of illegal items as correctional officers are sometimes forced to comply with the demands of dons while others...
Opposition senators while supporting the passing of the Corrections (Amendment) Act, 2021 yesterday charged that the bill, which is seeking to institute tougher penalties with fines of up $3 million and sentences of up to five years, would have...
Businessmen Peter Chin and Robert Chin, the principals of Alliance Investment Management Limited (AIML) and Alliance Financial Limited (AFL), will return to the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court on January 10 next year. The men and their...
The trial in the contentious wage issue between the police and the Government was yesterday set for April 4 and 5, 2022, but the disgruntled cops remain hopeful that the matter will be settled before then. The officers had taken the Government to...
The prosecution in the Clansman-One Don Gang trial indicated on Wednesday that the police have now received the long-awaited telephone data from telecommunications provider Digicel. The prosecutor advised Chief Justice Bryan Sykes that he was...
A detective corporal recalled on Tuesday the chilling discovery of two charred remains nestled together while he detailed, in his testimony, the horrific scene that the police observed in New Nursery, St Catherine. A man and a woman were reportedly...
An investigator in the Clansman-One Don Gang case yesterday brushed aside questions from a defence lawyer about omissions in his statement, claiming he had only recorded what was “dominant” and “readily comes to mind”. Among the omissions agreed...
The five employees of pharmaceutical giant Cari-Med, who yesterday suffered a major blow in their bid to challenge the company’s vaccination policy after the Supreme Court threw out the constitutional aspect of the legal challenge, have signalled...
One of the main witnesses in the Clansman-One Don Gang had reportedly told the police when he was arrested that he would have been killed if he had refused to comply with the One Don Gang’s order. An investigator in the gang case testified...
One of the investigators in the Clansman-One Don Gang case testified on Wednesday that he was part of a police team that travelled to Spanish Town, St Catherine, to foil a shooting spree that was reportedly being planned by members of the One Don...
