Veteran attorney-at-law Bert Samuels is calling for the Jamaican Bar Association to convene an urgent meeting with Finance Minister Dr Nigel Clarke, to find solutions to safeguard lawyers against the potential financial risk of losing clients’...
A new trial has been ordered in the case of ex-cop Rushon Hamilton, who was found guilty for the 2008 murder of a 14-year-old schoolgirl, but his defence team is confident that he will be vindicated in the end. The ex-constable was ordered...
Amoi Leon-Issa’s fight for privacy did not end on Friday with her compliance with a Supreme Court order to give the police access to her phone as they probe the 2022 murder of her son, nine-year-old Gabriel King. King, who was developmentally...
A teacher left devastated after phishers emptied her savings of $1.8 million and took out a $1.6-million loan on her account is not only blaming the National Commercial Bank (NCB) for her loss but is demanding a reimbursement of her life savings. “...
After quoting scriptures for the second day in a row, notorious leader of the One Don Gang, Andre ‘Blackman’ Bryan, yesterday boldly declared that he is the one and only don ahead of his sentencing on Monday. Bryan also admitted that he had given...
The lawyer for the St Thomas pastor, the lone female found to be a member of the Clansman-One Don Gang, on Monday recommended a sentence of approximately three years, along with time already served. The attorney’s proposal was made while asking for...
KING’S COUNSEL Peter Champagnie’s pleas for the judge to not impose a sentence for more than 15 years for a police sergeant who had raped a 16-year-old girl fell on deaf ears on Friday. The attorney argued that it would be hard for Christopher...
Alysia Moulton White’s defence team is now seeking to get their hands on information being held by Sagicor to clear her name of any involvement in a suspected $65-million racket uncovered at the bank’s Liguanea branch last October. Attorney-at-law...
The murder trial of Portland businessman Everton ‘Beachy Stout’ McDonald and his co-accused is to begin from scratch on Monday in the Home Circuit, with the empanelling of a new jury, after the judge was forced yesterday to discharge two of the...
WELL-KNOWN Portland businessman Everton ‘Beachy Stout’ McDonald had reportedly reacted with surprise and anger on learning of his wife’s death and was washed in emotion when he visited her murder scene and identified her partially burnt body. Tonia...
A detective corporal who reportedly took an inmate out of jail and allowed him to stay home for a week, has been granted bail in the sum of $300,000. Corporal Ricardo Rose, who was assigned to the Half-Way Tree Police Station, was offered bail on...
SOME WITNESSES in the ongoing Petrojam fraud trial will be recalled for questioning by the defence next year January, when the trial resumes, following an amendment to the indictment. Former Petrojam General Manager Floyd Grindley and former board...
The head of one of the island’s largest transportation groups says his members are anticipating an increase close to 120 per cent, noting that anything under 60 per cent would be unacceptable. Transport Minister Daryl Vaz on Wednesday advised...
Former Education Minister Ruel Reid and former Caribbean Maritime University (CMU) President Fritz Pinnock, along with their three co-accused, are to return to the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court on October 13. The mention date was scheduled...
A St Andrew mechanic, who sued a customer for a 50 per cent stake in her property after claiming they had jointly purchased the land and were romantically involved, has been given three months to vacate the premises. The judgment was handed down in...
Several schools are set to start the new school term with vacancies in critical areas. This despite Education Minister Fayval Williams’ assurances to the island that there are enough “high quality” teachers left in the system amid the ongoing...
Disgruntled and frustrated University of Technology (UTech), Jamaica’s administrative staff are threatening to remain off the job on Monday if management refuses to take steps to bring their pay in line with their counterparts in other institutions...
TEACHERS AT Seaforth High School in St Thomas are insisting that normalcy cannot be guaranteed at next week’s start of the new school year amid their continued disquiet over the dismissal of the principal. Calbert Thomas, who served the school for...
A United States citizen, who is suing Fiesta Jamaica Limited for injuries she reportedly sustained while vacationing at Grand Palladium Jamaica Resort in 2014, has been ordered by the Supreme Court to pay nearly $2 million as security for cost or...
Residents of Aylsham Heights in St Andrew have secured a major triumph in their challenge against the erection of a cell tower in their community by telecoms firm Digicel. The Supreme Court last month quashed a building permit issued to the company...
The Portland businesswoman implicated in May’s double gun murder in Portland, which included the alleged target, a pregnant woman, is now denying any involvement in the incident. Jody-Ann Jackson, who, yesterday, was offered $4-million bail, had...
The All Island Banana Growers Association Limited (AIBGAL) has been at a standstill for nearly two years because of a row between former and present directors over the current composition of the board, which has affected banana and plantain growers...
The Jamaica Redevelopment Foundation Inc (JRF) has lost its bid to challenge an Industrial Dispute Tribunal (IDT) award of US$203,280 that was granted to an ex-employee for wrongful dismissal. Court of Appeal judge Simone Wolfe Reece denied the...
A Kingston vendor who lured a woman and her partner to a church and, along with an accomplice, robbed them at gunpoint of valuables, including $2,000 and a handkerchief, has been sentenced to 21 years, three months and 16 days in prison. Keddane...
Jamaica Police Federation Chairman Corporal Rohan James is determined to have his job reinstated while challenging his interdiction, and has already started the process to appeal Thursday’s order for him to remain off the job. “The appeal has...
