Nearly $250 million in assets, suspected to have been acquired through criminal activities, were restrained by the Jamaican courts over a 13-month period that ended in May this year, official figures have revealed. These assets include six houses,...
There is a “very obvious double standard” in the police’s handling of an investigation into alleged breaches of the Disaster Risk Management Act (DRMA) by fallen Agriculture Minister Floyd Green and others connected to the governing Jamaica Labour...
Shanon Stephenson, a Jamaican living in the United States (US) illegally, and Audrey Johnson, an American citizen, got ‘married’ in a seemingly normal ceremony held in the state of New York on March 1, 2012. Days later, Stephenson applied to the US...
Deaths that can be directly linked to the shortage of bulk oxygen at some public hospitals two weeks ago are grounds for legal action against Jamaican health authorities, legal experts have suggested. The lawsuits could be filed against the State...
Four people were killed and seven others wounded by gunfire over the first three-day lockdown imposed by the Government last month to arrest a deadly third wave of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Amid spiralling...
Although the number of convicted sex offenders registered in Jamaica has almost doubled over the last three years, according to new data, specialists believe it still doesn’t tell the true picture. They fear that the low rate of conviction for sex...
There are indications that no rigorous due diligence was conducted for popular pastor Merrick ‘Al’ Miller before he was selected for a national award. Despite this, however, one member of the committee that conferred on Miller the Commander of the...
Nearly 70 people were murdered across Jamaica during the two-week period of the just-concluded Olympic Games, bucking a traditional trend of a respite in the mayhem during major international sporting events. A total of 69 murders and 55 shootings...
The Reverend Merrick ‘Al’ Miller could not believe what he had just heard after he answered his telephone while relaxing at home with his family last Monday. The caller disclosed that he had been selected to receive a national honour, Commander of...
Constable Granville Ortiz* and two of his colleagues were conducting spot check duties in St Andrew earlier this year when he noticed the driver of a car blew through a red light after making an illegal U-turn. “So, he created an offence for me to...
Another cop has been arrested at the Hunts Bay Police Station in St Andrew. The second one in a month. The police corporal was apprehended by other police personnel “around allegations of corruption”, according to Superintendent Kirk Ricketts,...
Jamaican entertainer-turned-drug dealer ‘Flippa Mafia’ remains joint owner of a $22-million apartment in the upscale neighbourhood of Norbrook, St Andrew, amid a search by local authorities looking to seize assets linked to him. Two high-end...
A businessman has been ordered by the Jamaican high court to remove a flock of exotic birds and other pets from his home in the upper-class Norbrook, St Andrew, area after one of his neighbours complained about the noise nuisance. Alexander Haber,...
Detectives up to late yesterday evening were combing through “some good information” they hope will lead them to two armed thugs who gunned down an off-duty police corporal on Friday night in what is believed to be a targeted killing. At the same...
The man seen on American television stations last week blaming Jamaica’s high murder rate for trying to illegally enter the United States (US) by boat is a “former don” with multiple convictions, Jamaican law-enforcement officials have revealed....
A police constable believed to be a high-ranking member of a violent criminal gang is now in custody facing serious charges, police officials have disclosed. His arrest, according to senior law-enforcement sources, is just the tip of the iceberg as...
Winnifred Jackson’s house now sits precariously near the edge of a gully behind her property in the east Kingston community of Harbour View. The unpaved gully runs behind at least 25 other homes along Harbour Drive and was dug out over five years...
Allowing Dr Dayton Campbell to remain in his position as general secretary of the main opposition People’s National Party (PNP) “weakens the leadership” of the political organisation, one of his predecessors has warned. Almost six months into his...
Keith Clarke did not have a familial relationship with drug lord Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke, nor did he know him, the widow of the slain businessman has revealed. Dr Claudette Clarke, who, for over a decade, has heard “a number of rumours” linking...
Madria Wellington* was at a bus stop near downtown Kingston waiting on public transportation to get home after a long day at work. It was close to 7 p.m. on a Wednesday evening last month, and the 23-year-old supervisor would soon get into a car...
A prosecutor would have virtually no chance of pinning a charge of assault on a man seen viciously attacking a woman in a viral video without help from the victim on the receiving end of the brutal beatdown, according to legal experts. It appears...
Jamaicans are walking away from their marriages in droves amid the throes of a coronavirus pandemic. Since January 1 this year, some 1,220 divorce applications have been filed in the courts, figures compiled by Court Administration Division (CAD)...
Margaret Alexander* was getting ready to leave work earlier this month when she noticed that her ex-boyfriend had entered the small gaming lounge she managed. The certified locksmith, she claimed, had been stalking her for months, either trailing...
A “comprehensive” audit of the College of Agriculture, Science and Education (CASE) is now under way amid claims of “poor management and lack of accountability” of the institution’s assets levelled by its alumni association. Over the last three...
