Livern Barrett/Senior Staff Reporter

In this photo demolished structures are seen strewn on the ground in Coopers Pen, Trelawny
August 18, 2026 by Livern Barrett

COOPER’S PEN LAWSUIT - Nine men sue Gov’t over detention amid demolition of Trelawny homes

Nine men from Cooper’s Pen, Trelawny, who claim that they were rounded up by the police and kept in custody for hours during last week’s controversial demolition exercise in the community, have filed…
August 14, 2026 by Livern Barrett

Petrojam worker faces charges in alleged ammo-selling ring

An employee of the state-owned oil refinery Petrojam has been arrested and charged by the police arising from allegations that he was part of a ring that illegally sold bullets and gun parts for…
August 12, 2026 by Livern Barrett

$75m seized, wholesale owners charged in fake goods sting

More than $75 million in cash and thousands of pieces of counterfeit merchandise carrying the labels of globally recognised brands were seized by law-enforcement authorities during multiple operations…
August 10, 2026 by Livern Barrett

Scammers’ car wash

Two Jamaican lottery scammers directed their elderly American victims to deposit millions of dollars into accounts they used to operate separate used-car dealerships in Jamaica, United States (US)…
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July 23, 2026 by Livern Barrett

Senior JDF officer due in court after Florida arrest

A senior Jamaican military officer embedded with a United States (US)-based international counter-narcotics task force is facing a criminal charge after being arrested with a person under the age of…
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July 22, 2026 by Livern Barrett

Penalties for cops - Police face disciplinary action for lock-up escape, missing firearm and diplomatic incident

Two policemen have been “severely reprimanded” after an internal disciplinary process concluded that their “negligence” allowed accused killer Raymond ‘Boxer’ Shaw to escape from the Kingston Central…
Dr Carl Bruce, UHWI’s medical chief of staff.
July 16, 2026 by Livern Barrett

IC faces fresh lawsuit

The Integrity Commission (IC) is facing another lawsuit, this time from Dr Carl Bruce, medical chief of staff at the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI), arising from a request for him to…
July 15, 2026 by Livern Barrett

No-bid danger - IC raises eyebrows over high number of single-source and emergency contracts awarded by public bodies

Seventy per cent of the more than 34,000 contracts entered into by Jamaican public bodies during the last financial year, with a combined value of $370 billion, were awarded using either the…
June 23, 2026 by Livern Barrett

JAMP flags ‘glaring inconsistency’ in Wheatley Case

There is a “glaring inconsistency” in how Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness has so far handled the legal troubles facing de facto Science, Technology and Special Projects Minister Dr Andrew Wheatley,…