Andre Williams/Staff Reporter
May 18, 2026
by Andre Williams
‘Travesty of justice’ - Attorney Bert Samuels calls for GG to intervene after music producer slapped with sentence over imitation firearm
Senior attorney-at-law Bert Samuels is calling for urgent intervention following the sentencing of music producer Ewan Pryce, arguing that Jamaica’s firearms legislation has resulted in what he…
May 17, 2026
by Andre Williams
‘Parliament has tied the hands of Justice’ - Samuels calls for GG to pardon producer in imitation firearm case
Senior attorney Bert Samuels is calling for urgent intervention by the State following the sentencing of music producer Ewan Pryce, arguing that Jamaica’s firearms legislation has resulted in a…
May 16, 2026
by Andre Williams
‘We have the money’ - Cops foil $10m daylight robbery, but not before elderly bearer killed by thugs
A vicious daylight attempted robbery in Half-Way Tree, St Andrew, on Friday afternoon left an elderly man dead and triggered major traffic congestion across sections of the Corporate Area as police…
May 16, 2026
by Andre Williams
Chairloads of guns - Countree Hype facing decade in US prison for firearms smuggling
A Jamaican music producer has pleaded guilty in the United States (US) to smuggling dozens of firearms and ammunition to Jamaica by concealing the weapons inside furniture shipments, according to the…
May 15, 2026
by Andre Williams
Business exec convicted of assaulting man with metal pipe
Business executive Alpha Smith was yesterday found guilty of assault occasioning grievious bodily harm, bringing to an end a four-year court case arising from an incident involving a United States…
May 15, 2026
by Andre Williams
Man accused of stabbing teen girl in Harbour View in police custody
The man accused of stabbing a 13-year-old High School student at her home in Harbour View, St Andrew, has surrendered to the police. He has been identified as 29-year-old Kemar Mitchell.
May 15, 2026
by Andre Williams
Music producer 'Countree Hype' pleads guilty in US to smuggling 30 guns to Jamaica
A Jamaican music producer has pleaded guilty in the United States to smuggling 30 firearms and ammunition to Jamaica by concealing the weapons inside furniture shipments, according to the United…
May 14, 2026
by Andre Williams
A mother’s nightmare - Coma, fear and a family’s fight to save 13-y-o stabbed in domestic dispute
A 13-year-old Excelsior High School student remains in a coma at the Kingston Public Hospital (KPH) after she was stabbed while trying to intervene in a violent domestic dispute in Bayshore Park in…
May 12, 2026
by Andre Williams
Woman shot and injured by police during dispute with taxi operator
A woman was shot and injured by an off-duty policeman following an altercation with a taxi driver, in the vicinity the main gate of The University of the West Indies (UWI), on Tuesday afternoon.