Livern Barrett/Senior Staff Reporter
18 Aug, 2026
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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…
14 Aug, 2026
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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…
12 Aug, 2026
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$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…
10 Aug, 2026
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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)…
23 Jul, 2026
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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…
22 Jul, 2026
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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…
15 Jul, 2026
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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…
15 Jul, 2026
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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…
23 Jun, 2026
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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,…