A businessman who was acquitted of criminal charges has claimed in a multimillion-dollar lawsuit that police investigators ignored evidence that exonerated him and instead relied on “unreliable or incomplete” information. John Levy also claimed in...
Customs officials have implemented a new policy that mandates employees to detain all three-dimensional or 3D printers imported into Jamaica, pending an internal verification of the end-user, a leaked internal memo has revealed. The move by the...
An invoice that was presented to customs officials detailing medical equipment and office furniture purchased in the name of the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) for US$251,582 or almost J$40 million, listed the hospital’s address as ‘...
A man who says he was falsely arrested has claimed in a lawsuit that he contracted a sexually transmitted infection after being assaulted inside a police lockup. The assault, which lasted approximately 30 minutes, happened in 2014 after John Brown...
John Brown* was trying to pick up passengers in downtown Kingston on a busy Thursday afternoon last month when inspectors from the Transport Authority (TA) blocked his Toyota Probox motor car with red plates affixed. The TA was established by law...
A man, allegedly using a fictitious identity, got a total of $352 million in mortgage loans from four financial institutions over a one-month period in 2024, the proprietors of a privately owned firm have charged in a lawsuit. The loans were made...
Lawmakers should consider amending the laws governing public bodies with investigative powers by including provisions to protect citizens from reputational damage, legal experts have suggested. The suggestion comes amid confirmation by The Sunday...
Five financial institutions have been fleeced of more than $600 million through an elaborate and complex fraudulent scheme allegedly involving an upper St Andrew medical doctor and two accomplices, using a litany of fictitious documents, law...
An attorney representing Jamaican sprint icon Usain Bolt has warned that it would be a “facade” to proceed with a trial solely against Jean-Ann Panton, the former wealth adviser at Stocks...
The Government is arguing that the $120 million in damages that was awarded to George Williams – the mentally disabled Rastafarian man who spent 50 years in prison awaiting trial – was “punitive in circumstances where there was no oppressive,...
With Hurricane Melissa bearing down on Jamaica, Debbie-Ann Dixon devised a plan to save over 500 pounds of “fit” plantains on her sizeable farm in Elderslie, a community located in northwestern St Elizabeth. The plantains were valued at close to $...
J.D. Brown* visited the Oracabessa Police Station in St Mary on the night of July 8, 2016, to deliver food for a relative in custody. He chatted with the cops on duty at the time and described them as “friendly” during the 15 minutes he spent at...
Police Commissioner Dr Kevin Blake has defended his decision to declare the chairmanship of the Police Officers’ Association (POA) vacant, citing serious financial irregularities and a failure to provide accountability within the organisation. In a...
Jamaican authorities confiscated more than 250 endangered and exotic species of animals over the last five years amid worrying signs that more locals are seeking to cash in on the global multibillion-dollar illegal wildlife trade. A total of 274...
More than 15 years after businessman Keith Clarke was fatally shot during a joint police-military operation, his family has filed a lawsuit alleging that security forces stormed the wrong house during the deadly pre-dawn raid. Filed by Clarke’s...
There has been a sizable increase over the last two weeks in the number eligible Jamaicans across the older population who plan to step into a polling booth in the general election on Wednesday, a new survey commissioned by the RJRGLEANER Group has...
It was an easy decision for retired senior cop Steve McGregor when the leadership of the main opposition People’s National Party (PNP) approached him to represent the constituency of Kingston Central. The constituency includes several tough inner-...
There are several things that Stacey Knight plans to copy from her famous father as she steps on to the national political stage. But one of the things she will not embrace is having anything handed to her because of her father, retired political...
A father who was cleared last week of sexually assaulting his four-year-old son was reportedly beaten unconscious following his arrest in 2022 after a cop read out loud the disturbing allegations made against him in front of other inmates, a family...
An activity included in a widely used primary school textbook that requires seven- and eight-year-olds to discuss polygamy-type relationships is facing the heat from at least one parent, who charges that it goes against Jamaican laws and is “highly...
A hotel executive and her mother were in stunned disbelief after they found out last Wednesday that sensitive personal information from a transaction with Access Financial Services (AFS) was openly accessible on the Internet. They found out through...
The country’s chief prosecutor has dismissed criticism of her tenure from the parliamentary Opposition, declaring “I don’t give currency to the sayings of politicians.” Paula Llewellyn, the director of public prosecutions (DPP), resumed duties on...
An inspection at a single apartment in a St Andrew housing development that was the subject of an Integrity Commission (IC) investigation a year ago has confirmed several building permit violations, but the municipal authority is facing a challenge...
At 11:43 a.m. on October 15, 2023, Bishop Phillip Johnson was driving his car along the Old Harbour main road in St Catherine when he saw a friend and stopped to take a picture with his cell phone. The chance encounter happened nearly 30 minutes...
Keith McIntosh was standing at his fruit stall erected along the main road in the bustling May Pen town centre in Clarendon about 8:30 p.m. on Valentine’s Day last year when two men approached him on foot. There was a brief conversation between...
