Bringing the financial accounts of the Kingston and St Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC) up to date is the first task assigned to a newly appointed committee charged with overseeing the local government body. The KSAMC’s financial accounts have...
The return of Westmoreland Central Member of Parliament (MP) to the governing Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) has set off a firestorm of criticisms, with one advocate suggesting that the separation “really was a farce from the beginning”. Judith...
Traffic offences, such as excessive speeding and running a red light, are not being enforced through the use of electronic detection devices nearly two years after such tools were authorised under the country’s modernised road traffic legislation....
An ex-banker who provided over $20 million in loans to eight companies and individuals through agreements crafted by his then attorney Jennifer Messado has been ordered by the Supreme Court to return over $12 million he collected as interest to the...
One of the largest private medical labs in Jamaica has confirmed that unknown actors gained “unauthorized access” to its network and systems through an external vendor last November. However, the extent of the breach at Biomedical Caledonia Medical...
Chief prosecutor Paula Llewellyn says she had no prior knowledge that the Government was planning to use legislation to increase the retirement age for her post before the bill was tabled in the House of Representatives last April. Llewellyn...
A police detective who was promoted to the rank of sergeant, then had it rescinded a day later, is fighting to get back her promotion. Already, Detective Constable Alecia Hutchinson has hired an attorney who has since written to Police Commissioner...
The police are reviewing traffic tickets issued by a St Mary-based constable using the electronic ticketing system, the Ministry of National Security has revealed. It comes amid public concerns after The Sunday Gleaner reported that the constable...
Investigators stumbled upon a number of unexpected items during a series of coordinated raids this week that are related to the alleged $1-billion fraud uncovered at the St Catherine Municipal Corporation (StCMC), law enforcement sources have...
Uniformed cops assigned to the Jamaica Supreme Court have been banned from using mobile phones inside the courtrooms amid complaints from judges and prosecutors that the devices have become a distraction, a top police official has disclosed. The...
A suggestion that Jamaica enact legislative changes that would prescribe social intervention and not criminal prosecution for children engaging in sexual activities is back on the table amid an “alarming” number of sex-related cases that are before...
Hundreds of arrest warrants that were prepared for motorists who were ticketed by law enforcement under the old paper-based system are being returned to the courts, a top police official has revealed. A precise figure was not disclosed. The...
The police have approximately 30,000 arrest warrants for motorists who have ignored tickets issued for traffic violations, a senior official has disclosed. Already, the police have embarked on a “very aggressive” national drive to have them...
A high-level investigation is under way to determine how an injured suspect in the foiled robbery at a Clarendon supermarket last month escaped from a hospital while under police guard. The investigation was ordered by the Police High Command,...
Enforcement of a legislative provision that authorises the use of cameras to detect speeding and other traffic violations and permits emailed tickets to offenders will be a top priority for the country’s main road-safety advocate. The disclosure by...
A judge has indicated that she was not “persuaded” by the evidence of former lawmaker Leslie Campbell during his trial for breaches of the Integrity Commission Act. Campbell, a former member of parliament (MP), senator and junior foreign minister,...
A device that was allegedly confiscated from two men, as they attempted to steal two vehicles at the Constant Spring tax office in St Andrew, has been confirmed to be a key re-programming gadget that allows criminals to steal a car within seconds,...
A popular Manchester businessman, who offered another man $60,000 to kill the top executive at the People’s Cooperative Bank (PCB) in the parish so he could have easier access to loans, has been convicted for solicitation to murder. Marvin Morris,...
Deno Whyte arrived in The Bahamas on October 11 excited about his two-week vacation and plans to reconnect with an old friend. But almost immediately after the Jamaican disembarked Caribbean Airlines flight BW414 in Nassau, his trip took a sudden...
Jamaican motorists who were compelled for 15 years to pay traffic fines that were unlawfully imposed by the government will have to provide proof of payment to get a court-ordered refund, the Supreme Court has ruled. Acceptable forms of proof are...
The country’s top police investigator says the finding of an autopsy that late Gleaner sports journalist Job Nelson was killed by a metal object expelled from the airbag of his car, and not by a bullet, was not surprising. It was initially reported...
The main suspect in the disappearance of primary school teacher Danielle Anglin was cut loose in 2018 with a suspended sentence after he was convicted in the High Court on multiple counts of assault, law enforcement sources have revealed. The...
A former public official at a now shuttered government-owned company that was smeared by allegations of financial impropriety was sent to prison yesterday after he was convicted on corruption-related charges. Lawrence Pommels, a former acting...
The Jamaican Supreme Court has ordered that a mentally ill man who languished in prison for nearly 42 years without facing a trial for murder should be “temporarily” released to family members under strict conditions. His name and the names of the...
Whitehorses: Dalvarine Bruce felt “good” just being around to vote in yesterday’s local government elections in St Thomas. Two weeks ago Bruce, who is a supporter of the governing Jamaica Labour Party (JLP), lost her left leg in a gruesome accident...
