Seventy-six operators of public passenger vehicles have been murdered so far this year. That's according to three transport groups, the Jamaica Association of Transport Owners and Operators, JATOO, Transport Operators Development Sustainable Services, TODSS and the...
The murder trial of Portland businessman Everton 'Beachy Stout' McDonald has been delayed for a third time due to issues with the jury. When the matter resumed in the Home Circuit Court Thursday morning, presiding judge, Chester Stamp, informed the court that two of...
Chairman of the Crime Monitoring and Oversight Committee, CMOC, Lloyd Distant Junior, is lamenting the slow progress of the Enhanced Security Measures Act, ESMA, the Bribery Act, and the provision for Unexplained Wealth Orders under the Proceeds of Crime Act, POCA....
Prime Minister Andrew Holness says the National Housing Trust, NHT, has approved adjustments to its Housing Micro-Finance Loan programme, which will create more financial opportunities for low-income earners. Prime Minister Holness made the announcement at the handing...
Chief Justice Bryan Sykes has expressed difficulty in accepting pronouncements about how prison sentences act as a deterrent to would be offenders. Justice Sykes points out that there's no data to support the assertion. Justice Sykes says ultimately no prison sentence...
Attorney Alexander Shaw says his client, Andre Golding, had to pretend to be part of the One Don Klansman gang or he would've been killed. Speaking during Tuesday's sentencing hearing for the 14 convicted gangsters, Shaw says his client has accepted responsibility for...
The leader of the One Don faction of the Klansman gang, Andre ‘Blackman’ Bryan, told Chief Justice Bryan Sykes that his fourteen co-defendants were all under his influence and they should’ve been pardoned. On Tuesday, Bryan was given another opportunity to speak...
The sentencing hearing in the One Don Klansman gang trial is to continue on Tuesday morning at 10 in the Home Circuit court in downtown Kingston. The hearing, which started on Monday, saw attorneys for the leader of the gang, Andre 'Blackman' Bryan and his 14...
Professor of Sedimentary Geology at the University of the West Indies, Mona, Simon Mitchell says earthquakes are more likely felt on the eastern end of the island, due to the large number of fault lines around that geographical area. Jamaica was rocked by a 4.9...
The Jamaica Accountability Meter Portal, JAMP, is calling on Greg Christie to resign his post as the Executive Director of the Integrity Commission. In a statement this afternoon, JAMP says the comments made by Mr. Christie, in response to the gun attack on a director...