The group that represents used-car dealers in Jamaica has said that it has no evidence of members misusing demonstration licence plates and has challenged the Government to provide proof of abuse. Demonstration plates are issued to new and used-car...
A child molester who raped his six-year-old niece months after he committed a sex act on the child has had his 36-year prison sentence slashed in half by the Court of Appeal. The Gleaner has taken the decision not to publish his name, so as to...
Retired Jamaican police official Fitz Bailey says his appointment as police chief for the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) should be seen as part of a broader mission to enhance public safety and security throughout the Caribbean region. On Thursday...
When Heidi-Ann Williams and her teen daughter struck up a conversation while they made dinner at the family’s Clarendon home last Sunday, there was no sign of the looming heartache. Zaynah Shaw, 13, a grade-eight student at Glenmuir High School,...
The fine imposed on Leslie Campbell, the former junior foreign minister, for breaches of Jamaica’s anti-corruption laws took into account his plea in mitigation that the offences were “procedural in nature”, his attorney has asserted. Campbell, who...
A Jamaican man residing in Georgia is facing criminal charges for allegedly operating a multistate sweepstakes scam that fleeced four elderly women of thousands of dollars, United States (US) authorities have disclosed. Jimmy Smith, 30, is charged...
Two police constables accused of collecting $10,000 for not prosecuting a motorist who was allegedly driving without a licence have been arrested on corruption-related charges. Georgian Hunter and Reul Masters, both assigned to the Discovery Bay...
A Mark Golding-led People’s National Party (PNP) administration would immediately conduct a “line-by-line” examination of the programme to be funded by approximately $360 billion set aside in the 2025-2026 Budget for what has been described as “...
It was a bloody weekend on the nation’s roadways as a one-year-old child, a Canadian citizen, and two motorcyclists were killed in three separate motor vehicle crashes, according to a police report. The names of the victims were not released up to...
The Jamaican police have an outstanding warrant for the arrest of international dancehall star Mavado, a police official and the entertainer’s attorney have confirmed to The Gleaner. Mavado, whose real name is David Brooks, is wanted for assault...
Sixty-four-year-old John Bailey* is drowning in debt. The Industrial Dispute Tribunal (IDT) concluded in 2016 that Bailey, along with eight others, was “unjustifiably dismissed” by their employer, Private Power Operators Limited, in 2013. The IDT...
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,...
