Livern Barrett/Senior Staff Reporter
February 26, 2026
by Livern Barrett
Guilty pleas not intended ahead of joining child diversion programmes – Chuck
Some judges appear to be misinterpreting the Child Diversion Act by compelling minors to plead guilty to criminal charges before steering them to intervention programmes, Justice Minister Delroy Chuck…
February 19, 2026
by Livern Barrett
Mediation muddle
At the completion of a court-ordered mediation in May last year, a judge at the Trelawny Parish Court dismissed four criminal charges laid against a businessman by two policemen who claimed he…
February 18, 2026
by Livern Barrett
Two cops face probe over suspected link to three murders
Two policemen are under investigation for their suspected involvement in three murders, including the shooting death of a popular St Mary businessman last week, multiple law-enforcement sources have…
February 2, 2026
by Livern Barrett
School flunks at caring for Child
A teacher’s failure to intervene in a verbal dispute between two Norman Manley High School (NMHS) students, before it turned physical and left one of them bloodied and missing a tooth, is a “clear…
January 27, 2026
by Livern Barrett
DPP fast-tracks SSL case to Home Circuit Court
The attorney for one of the founders of Stocks & Securities Limited (SSL), the investment firm that collapsed amid allegations of a $4-billion fraud, has cautioned that the criminal charges laid…
January 21, 2026
by Livern Barrett
‘Don’t let anybody tek you fi a fool’
The attorney for the policeman accused of killing popular social media personality and entrepreneur Donna-Lee Donaldson argued yesterday that several pieces of evidence in the case were “unreliable”…
January 20, 2026
by Livern Barrett
Prosecutors urge verdict that ‘aligns with evidence’
Prosecutors recounted yesterday how the policeman accused of killing popular social media personality Donna-Lee Donaldson “put on a performance” while she was still only a missing person, before…
January 16, 2026
by Livern Barrett
‘NOT FOR THE GREEDY’
A new state programme to assist some of the most vulnerable families who were displaced by Hurricane Melissa is geared towards the needy and “not the greedy”, Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness has…
January 15, 2026
by Livern Barrett
Embassy in Kingston awaits ‘further guidance’ on visa edict
The United States Embassy in Kingston is awaiting “further guidance” from Washington following the decision by the American government to suspend the processing of immigrant visas in Jamaica and 74…