A murder accused is to face fresh committal proceedings in the St James Parish Court after a legal misstep by a parish judge in accepting an inadmissible witness statement resulted in the quashing of a committal order in the murder case. In a...
A senior police officer testified on Monday that the mother of Constable Noel Maitland’s child initially agreed to give a statement to police following the disappearance of social media influencer Donna-Lee Donaldson but later changed her mind. The...
A former Sagicor Bank branch manager and two of her former colleagues are accused of orchestrating a sophisticated internal fraud scheme that allegedly siphoned approximately $65 million from the financial institution through the creation of seven...
Amid yesterday’s protests from some employees over mould, poor air quality, and ventilation issues at the Administration General’s Department (AGD), the head of the entity is declaring that the building is not a “sick building” and that extensive...
Seventy-nine-year-old Alvin Ricketts, who was sentenced to life imprisonment in 2019 for the 2008 murder of a farmworker on a St Ann coffee estate, is now a free man after the Court of Appeal overturned his conviction and entered an order for...
The Kingston deliveryman hired by Constable Noel Maitland to remove a sofa from his apartment will continue his testimony on Monday after the trial was adjourned yesterday. The witness was released early on Thursday and given Friday off to carry...
A Kingston delivery man hired by Constable Noel Maitland to remove a sofa from his apartment, testified on Monday that the lawman appeared surprised when informed that the police had seized his truck. According to the witness, Maitland later...
The chief crime scene examiner from the Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) testified yesterday that he was unaware that the police had visited and processed Constable Noel Maitland’s apartment before his team’s official examination...
The murder trial of Constable Noel Maitland resumed un Monday after a seven-week adjournment, with testimony from the chief crime scene examiner of the Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM). The examiner confirmed that packages...
The tragic death of a Chinese businessman on Sunday morning has prompted urgent calls from senior police officers for the permanent closure of the old Causeway Bridge to recreational fishing, as law enforcement officials warn that the location...
Prominent accounting firm UHY Dawgen and its managing director, Dawkins Brown, have been ordered by the Supreme Court to pay US$31,499.21 in unpaid rent to the operators of New Pineapple Shopping Centre Ja Limited in Ocho Rios, St Ann. In a...
Former People’s National Party (PNP) lawmaker Jolyan Silvera will remain behind bars after the Court of Appeal upheld a previous ruling denying him bail in relation to the murder of his wife, Mellissa Silvera. Silvera, 52, who has been behind bars...
A former police constable, who was dismissed after pointing a firearm at two of his colleagues – one of whom was a superior officer – and hurling expletives at them during a late-night patrol, has lost his appeal to be reinstated to the Jamaica...
“Mi did affi run come down here!” exclaimed Constance Duncan, a 57-year-old teacher from Olympic Gardens, who made a desperate dash to the National Water Commission (NWC) head office on Marescaux Road in Kingston just hours before today’s Debt...
The murder trial of Constable Noel Maitland was on Thursday adjourned until July 7 in the Home Circuit Court for administrative reasons that were not disclosed to the public. Maitland is currently on trial for the alleged murder of his girlfriend,...
Defence attorney John Clarke yesterday raised concerns in the Home Circuit Court about the Crown’s failure to comply with court-mandated electronic disclosure procedures in the anti-gang trial involving Tesha Miller and 22 other alleged members of...
A neighbour of Constable Noel Maitland has denied fabricating claims that the accused officer wanted access to security footage because of concerns it might show him smoking ganja and jeopardise a pending promotion. The witness previously testified...
A neighbour of Constable Noel Maitland admitted on Monday that surveillance footage he was asked to preserve had already been automatically erased by the time he handed over the system to the Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM)....
A neighbour of Constable Noel Maitland testified on Thursday that he felt pressured by the visibly anxious officer to delete surveillance footage showing Maitland entering his St Andrew apartment complex twice between July 11 and 12, 2022 – once...
Constable Noel Maitland’s neighbour is expected to take the stand today in the ongoing trial in which the policeman has been charged in connection with the July 2022 disappearance and murder of his girlfriend, social media influencer Donna-Lee...
A witness from the Independent Commission of Investigations, who had travelled to The Bahamas to collect a statement and DNA sample from the father of missing social media influencer Donna-Lee Donaldson, disclosed yesterday that he was not...
A murder convict at the Tower Street Adult Correctional Facility in Kingston is hopeful for a shot at freedom after the Supreme Court granted him leave to challenge the Parole Board’s recent refusal. Oraine Baldie, who has been incarcerated since...
As Jamaica’s birth rate plunges to alarming levels, sociologist Georgia Crawford is urging the Government to take bold steps to avert the looming crisis, starting with cash bonuses for new mothers, home grants, and a three-day workweek for parents...
The mother of missing social media influencer, Sophia Lugg, yesterday ended her testimony in tears after revealing that she and her daughter, who shared a sister-like bond, affectionately called each other “my love”. The distraught mother, who is...
Birth deliveries at the country’s largest maternity facility, Victoria Jubilee Hospital (VJH), have tumbled from more than 500 last year to just over 300, a startling shift that confirms a national decline in childbirth. Sister Dawn Williams Gordon...
