“Stop killing us!” “Stop the abuse of our children!” “Help me grow in love, not fear.” Armed with their placards bearing poignant and powerful messages, several youngsters from different uniformed groups stood in silent protest, hoping that their...
President of the Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA) Dr Mark Smith yesterday blasted the proposed Jamaica Teaching Council (JTC) Bill as a “betrayal” to educators while warning that the association is prepared to take all necessary steps to block...
A trial date is to be scheduled next Tuesday in the multibillion-dollar cocaine case in which five men have been implicated. A date for a bail hearing in the Home Circuit Court for three of the accused, who were yesterday remanded, will also be...
The special measures application currently before the Home Circuit Court in the Donna-Lee Donaldson murder trial is set to resume on Friday. The application seeks permission for three overseas witnesses to give evidence remotely. Submissions were...
Justice Leighton Pusey has issued a stern warning that public demonstrations and online commentary, particularly from non-traditional media, regarding the Donna-Lee Donaldson murder trial could result in contempt of court charges. Constable Noel...
Jamaican students studying in the United States are being urged to “run silent and deep” amid a temporary halt in the revocation of visas for international students as part of the Donald Trump administration’s sweeping changes in immigration...
A motorist who fatally struck a woman on a sidewalk nearly four years ago will be sentenced on May 30, after the Supreme Court denied his request to change his guilty plea. Christopher Gordon admitted in May 2023 to causing the fatal collision that...
A 71-year-old woman who was fatally struck by a vehicle on Easter Monday had initially planned to spend the holidays with family in St Elizabeth, but a last-minute decision to go to work instead ended in tragedy. Ikodel Wright, a beloved janitor...
When Orthia Watson heard gunshots echo through her Olympic Gardens community in Kingston on Thursday, she rushed towards the chaos – never imagining she would find her 14-year-old daughter lying on the ground with a gunshot wound to the head. She...
The country’s public defender has raised an alarm over a mounting human rights crisis, emphasising that widespread ignorance among Jamaicans about their human rights is enabling the State to trespass on their fundamental rights. Carolyn Reid-...
Dr Carl Bruce, medical chief of staff at The University Hospital of the West Indies, is to go on trial in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court on September 2, in relation to an alleged fight with a former consultant that happened more than 18...
A lawyer found guilty of professional misconduct has partially succeeded in his appeal after the Court of Appeal ruled that the regulatory body made legal and factual errors, and that his constitutional right to a fair hearing was breached. Donald...
The University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) is refuting claims by some of its dialysis patients that deteriorating conditions and a lack of resources at the facility’s renal unit are jeopardising their health and well-being. While describing...
The sentencing for the St Catherine woman who left another woman with severe burns and blind in one eye following a brutal acid attack in which three persons were injured was, on Wednesday, pushed back to May 7 in the Home Circuit Court. Justice...
A man who migrated overseas and ceased contributing to the joint property he shared with his ex-wife, following their separation, has officially lost his stake in a Manchester property after a legal battle. Justice Althea Jarrett, after hearing the...
Three years ago, Nicolette Beckford’s life took a tragic turn when she became the victim of an acid attack that left her severely scarred, blind in one eye, and struggling to see from the other. Despite the life-altering consequences, the 46-year-...
The lone accused in the multibillion-dollar fraud investigation at Stocks and Securities Limited (SSL), Jean Ann Panton, is pushing for access to the Kroll audit report to use as part of her defence in the trial slated for May 4 next year. Panton’s...
Attorney-at-law Lisamae Gordon, who was found guilty of professional misconduct over her handling of a botched land transaction and handed a six-month suspension, has lost her appeal to overturn the guilty finding and suspension. Gordon faced the...
A retired United States (US) resident is suing a St Catherine church for encroaching on its property for over 20 years, and wants the church to vacate the land. But the church is contending that it has dispossessed the owner of the property by...
Sophia Thomas, the prosecutor found guilty of professional misconduct for presenting false evidence in a fraud trial, will serve a six-month suspension from the legal profession after her appeal against the guilty verdict was denied. Last Friday,...
The legal battle surrounding the Portmore parish law took a significant turn yesterday after the Supreme Court issued an order requiring the Government to comply with constitutional requirements before the law can come into effect. Both the...
While lauding Jamaica for making “impressive” strides in its crime-reduction efforts, United States (US) Secretary of State Marco Rubio has promised to re-evaluate the US travel advisory for Jamaica to reflect the current reality regarding crime....
An elderly retired nurse, brutally attacked in her Norbrook, St Andrew, home by her longtime gardener, has been forced to sell her house – now a haunting reminder of the violent ordeal that has left her living in fear. The 89-year-old victim, once...
A gardener who viciously stabbed his elderly employer and her tenant multiple times in a fit of rage was sentenced to seven years and one month in prison on Wednesday – just a day before his 60th birthday. Roy Simpson, a long-time employee of the...
The tearful mother of a child, who was kidnapped as a baby five years ago, says she is “disgusted” by the two-year suspended sentence given to the woman who was held with her son. She had expected the woman to receive at least a 10-year sentence. “...
