An executive at the Sagicor Group has denied a suggestion that she was aware of numerous attempts by internal security operatives to coerce one of the four ex-employees in the multimillion-dollar fraud case to alter a witness statement. Kaydian...
A government-appointed committee that conducted a “comprehensive” review of Jamaica’s disaster risk management mechanisms has delivered some “sobering” findings, Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness has disclosed. Holness did not divulge details of the...
Nearly four out of every 10 work permits approved by the Jamaican Government last year were for Chinese nationals, a new report has revealed. The Ministry of Labour and Social Security (MLSS) received a total of 5,651 work permit applications in...
The contract killer who is going to prison for the execution-style murder of a Manchester sales representative was released from a juvenile prison just over a year after he was convicted for illegal gun possession as a minor, law enforcement...
The attorney for a Russian national charged with killing four people in a 2022 motor vehicle crash has taken issue with an “unusual” move by prosecutors to consult the Attorney General’s Chambers on the appropriate compensation for the victims’...
Missteps by Jamaica’s environment regulatory agency that caused the collapse of a criminal case against a company accused of polluting a river, resulting in a fish kill, should serve as a “teachable moment” for government entities with...
A contract killer has been convicted for the execution-style murder of a man who was reportedly labelled an “informa” after allegedly alerting his employers to a fraudulent scheme that was siphoning millions of dollars from their Manchester-based...
Almost nine out of 10 Jamaicans believe the Sex Offender Registry should be made public, a new opinion poll has revealed. The “overwhelming response” was reflected across all the age and gender demographic groupings, according to the latest...
A woman who claimed that her life was upended by a false-positive HIV test result has lost a lawsuit she and her common-law partner filed against a Clarendon-based medical laboratory for psychological harm. The decision by Supreme Court Judge...
A father accused of a horrific sexual assault on his then four-year-old son, amid an on-going visitation rights tussle with his former common-law partner, has been freed after a judge, in a rare exercise of judicial discretion, withdrew the case...
“Economistic” young people who believe they can use criminality as the fastest route to “wealth and riches” are “sadly mistaken”, Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness has warned. The warning came on Tuesday as Holness disclosed that some 20,000 young...
A politically influential businessman is listed as a director of the company that owns the luxury Mercedes-Benz sedan that was involved in a highway crash in which four people were killed, official documents have revealed. The vehicle was being...
There are fresh jitters among Jamaicans illegally residing in the United States (US) as American authorities begin to lay the groundwork for a crackdown on hundreds of thousands of people who have overstayed visitor visas. An ‘overstayer’ is...
Twelve years’ experience in law enforcement, five of them at a senior level, was listed as one of the requirements for the post of chief technical director (CTD) of the Financial Investigations Division (FID) when it was first advertised late last...
Government officials have pledged to apprehend those responsible for the largest illegal shipment of firearms and ammunition ever intercepted in Jamaica. Minister of National Security Dr Horace Chang and the Jamaica Customs Agency (JCA) confirmed...
United States (US) authorities have signalled to the Jamaican Government that they have almost 4,000 Jamaicans to be deported, as part of the sweeping immigration crackdown by President Donald Trump, a top official in the Dr Andrew Holness-led...
A police constable has been arrested for allegedly trying to smuggle marijuana and other contraband to a detainee at the problem-plagued Central Police Station lock-up in downtown Kingston, officials have confirmed. He is one of two lawmen who were...
The time has come for Jamaica to explore an overhaul of the office of member of parliament (MP), which should include providing them with additional taxpayer-funded resources to help with national development, the country’s two main political...
A scheme that exploited a since-discarded emergency feature of point-of-sale (POS) terminals was used to defraud two Jamaican financial institutions of nearly $400 million, law enforcement and banking industry insiders have disclosed. One...
Scotiabank Jamaica has been ordered by the Supreme Court to repay more than $3.5 million it claimed was transferred to the public purse from a dormant account belonging to the late proprietor of Gloria’s Seafood Restaurant. Gloria Harris-Prawl,...
A 12-year-old boy is alleged to have been jailed overnight by cops in Trelawny after he refused to comply with their demand for the password to his cell phone. That’s the claim from the attorney for the child’s family. The series of incidents began...
A chemical used during routine preventative maintenance at the Kingston Public Hospital (KPH) last Friday inadvertently entered the Accident and Emergency (A...
A group of legal experts has suggested that the Government rethink punitive legislative trends and pursue comprehensive, evidence-based strategies to reduce violent crime. The suggestion by the Advocates Association of Jamaica (AAJ) comes days...
More than 150 children under age 17 were murdered while just over 4,000 were sexually assaulted in Jamaica over the five-year period that ended last year, the national coordinator for Child Month activities has disclosed. May is celebrated every...
Amid wide public debate sparked by an increase in police fatal shootings, Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness says his administration will never allow state forces to act in ways that “wantonly abuse” the human rights of citizens. Holness was speaking...
