THE JAMAICA Constabulary Force’s (JCF) 14,094-strong members will today embark under the leadership of Dr Kevin Blake at the helm, boasting among them new and existing constables with degrees in forensic science, forensic chemistry and law. The man...
One of the attorneys who represented dancehall superstar Vybz Kartel in a previous appeal of his 2014 trial yesterday declared that she felt vindicated by the ruling of the United Kingdom (UK)-based Privy Council, quashing the murder conviction of...
Four people, including a businessman, were left nursing serious gunshot or machete injuries sustained in separate incidents in St Andrew over the weekend. Some residents are now living in fear as one of the attacks appears to stem from a long-...
UNITED STATES (US) embassy officials and the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) are confident that the completion of an evidence collection training for local investigators will boost the force’s investigative capacity in crime fighting. Thirty...
THE NATIONAL Housing Trust (NHT) hosted its 365 Compliance Engagement and Mobilisation session yesterday, catering to the interest of almost 400 people before noon as it marked another successful expo, the third for the financial year. The day’s...
EVEN IN death, the rift between the Hamiltons and McDonalds was apparent as the headstone on the grave of 32-year-old Tonia Hamilton-McDonald, Beachy Stout’s second wife, had just her maiden name. Even the slip of the tongue by a journalist...
“Let’s Go!” Those were the only words uttered from the shaking lips of convicted murderer Everton ‘Beachy Stout’ McDonald as he stretched his arms out, inviting the police to slap on the handcuffs and to promptly remove him from the courtroom....
Justice Chester Stamp has put the jury on notice that the high-profile murder trial of businessman Everton ‘Beachy Stout’ McDonald and his co-accused, Oscar Barnes, is just about ready to be handed over to them for deliberations. Yesterday the...
AS THE DAY nears for trial judge Chester Stamp to hand over the high-profile murder trial involving Everton ‘Beachy Stout’ McDonald and Oscar Barnes to the seven-member jury, the victim’s mother’s anticipation is at fever pitch. McDonald, 69, and...
The Electoral Office of Jamaica (EOJ) completed its official count of ballots in the 2024 local government elections on Friday with both of the island’s major political parties still claiming victory and several divisions seem headed to court for...
Emergency responders were summoned to two crash sites along the Temple Hall main road in St Andrew on Friday as at least three persons were left nursing serious injuries. The busy thoroughfare, which connects St Andrew and St Mary, has recorded at...
Justice Chester Stamp again on Thursday pleaded with members of the jury pool not to speak with anyone about the ongoing murder trial involving Everton ‘Beachy Stout’ McDonald and Oscar Barnes. The trial judge made a special effort to advise the...
Despite a severe islandwide garbage collection crisis between 2022 and 2023 causing a black eye, the outgoing board members of the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) were on Friday lauded for bringing a culture of accountability to...
Candidates in the upcoming local government elections moved to pacify angry residents of August Town in St Andrew on Thursday as they staged a fiery protest following a police shooting on Wednesday, reportedly involving a People’s National Party (...
Hugh Bryan, the incumbent councillor for the Annotto Bay division, is confident that his performance in the area is sufficient to convince residents to retain him as their representative in the St Mary Municipal Corporation. Bryan said his drive to...
The defence representing murder accused Everton ‘Beachy Stout’ McDonald began its closing arguments on Tuesday in what lead attorney Christopher Townsend told the jury pool was not a difficult case. Townsend told the seven-member jury that his...
Justice Chester Stamp yesterday shot down a move by murder accused Everton ‘Beachy Stout’ McDonald’s defence team to have him freed by way of a no-case submission, with the courtroom subsequently descending into chaos. McDonald, 69, is charged...
Deputy Commissioner of Police Fitz Bailey is imploring stakeholders to have meaningful talks with the Jamaican community in the United States (US) to help stem the flow of guns into the island, following the discovery of another massive weapons...
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council is expected to rule in a few months on the fate of dancehall star Vybz Kartel and his three murder co-convicts following an adjournment of their appeal hearing on Thursday. The second and final day saw...
Crime scene investigators in St Andrew were kept busy on Tuesday following the shooting and attempted robbery of a Chinese businessman at his Oakland Apartments and the murder of a social media personality. About 8:45 a.m., the police responded to...
As the local government election campaign reaches fever pitch, political flags and posters are being mounted in public spaces in sections of the island in clear violation of the political code of conduct. Across the Corporate Area, buildings and...
Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton is bemoaning the current shortage of optometrists and ophthalmologists in Jamaica and says time has come to engage in a conversation on solutions to satisfy the demands of the population. Dr Tufton...
The judiciary is to decide today in whose custody the children of Melissa Silvera and former legislator Jolyan Silvera will be placed as the high public interest murder saga involving the Silveras continues. The Gleaner has learnt that the matter...
Sections of the gritty community of Zambia in Central Village, St Catherine, have earned the tag of an unofficial burial ground, a concern for some residents as the security forces constantly unearth shallow graves with human remains. An excavation...
Senior attorney-at-law Bert Samuels says he is always wary of the court going ahead without the public viewing as the debate regarding media and family being locked out of the Jolyan Silvera murder case rages on. Silvera, 52, a former People’s...
