Popular deejay Vybz Kartel, who was among six St Catherine men described as major persons of interest by the police yesterday, has agreed to turn himself in for interrogation today.Kartel's surrender was arranged through his attorneys last night...
NEARLY 1,000 workers could lose their jobs at the Postal Corporation of Jamaica and the Post and Telecommunications Department when proposed legislation is promulgated to establish a statutory body to replace the existing loss-making entities....
Which should you choose?Picture double Olympic record holder Usain Bolt lying in bed at six o'clock on a cold, snowing morning in Europe, hours before a big 100-metre race.His alarm sounds loudly.
Four reputed community leaders detained under the state of emergency went before a review tribunal yesterday to challenge their detention.However, government attorneys reportedly showed up at the in camera hearing unprepared to start deliberations...
MANHATTAN, New York: Christopher 'Dudus' Coke should in two months get his hands on some of the evidence that constitutes the legal arsenal of the United States government in its quest to convict him of drug smuggling and the trafficking of illegal guns....
THE Government's decision to extend the state of emergency has been criticised by the Jamaican Bar Association, which says it is not a crime-fighting tool. At the same time, the Jacqueline Samuels-Brown-led council...
A jury deliberated yesterday for more than two hours before convicting 23-year-old Jamaica Defence Force soldier Leslie 'Steve' Moodie of the murder of four people at a nightclub in October 2008. Supreme Court judge Horace...
The police have released the names of six men who should turn themselves in for questioning.Among them is Christopher Linton, better known as 'Dog Paw', the reputed head of a gang, which is based in Kintyre, St Andrew....
Students of Guy's Hill Primary School were rallied by Gleaner Editor-in-Chief Garfield Grandison on Sunday to lift their academic performance, with particular emphasis on the Grade Four Literacy and Numeracy Tests...
For the past seven years, Patricka Hall has been pastor at the Faith and Hope Deliverance Church in Tivoli Gardens. As that community struggles to recover from last month's bloody clash between security forces and gunmen, she believes, now more than ever...
During yesterday's 10 a.m. worship session when the Reverend Merrick 'Al' Miller appeared before the congregation at his St Andrew church, Fellowship Tabernacle, the buzz in the air was immediately heightened....
Controversial pastor Reverend Merrick 'Al' Miller is claiming that alleged drug kingpin Christopher 'Dudus' Coke wanted to surrender to the authorities last week in the hope that his decision would bring an end to the gang violence and garrison politics...
The two sniffer dogs brought into the island to help with the search for bodies believed buried in Tivoli Gardens, west Kingston, will resume their hunt today.The two dogs, Recon, a golden retriever, and Spirit...
It was once the seat of power in west Kingston, this sparsely furnished office nestled in a corner of the Tivoli Gardens Community Centre, which was the nerve centre for Christopher 'Dudus' Coke's 'Presidential Click'...
WITH A very active hurricane season looming, representatives from the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) braved partly cloudy skies and isolated showers on Saturday to get the message of preparedness out to the public...
PORT ANTONIO, Portland: The Portland police have charged three men with Friday's daring attempt to steal three out-board boat engines.Two other suspects remain on the run.Charged with simple larceny are 41-year-old Curtis Yapp of Duckis Road in Cambridge...
Nearly a month into the hurricane season, the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) has still not managed to replenish some crucial emergency relief supplies...
Accused drug kingpin Christopher 'Dudus' Coke is kept in solitary confinement for 23 hours a day in a maximum-security prison in New York. The Sunday Gleaner has learnt that Dudus, who last Friday appeared in court and pleaded not guilty to charges that he operated a massive drug and gunrunning enterprise, is confined to a very small area in the prison.
There is a method to the cash-for-gold madness gripping Jamaica. According to industry players, the price of gold has more than doubled in the last four years and the strong lure of lucrative profits in United States (US) dollars is what is pulling both upscale jewellery stores and men on the street armed with bullhorns into the cash-for-gold trade.
AUDLEY SHAW continues to trail a long way behind Dr Omar Davies as the man most Jamaicans believe would do the better job as finance minister, despite the many recent positive developments in the economy.
The decision by the police to charge popular pastor Al Miller for his role in the 'Dudus' affair has left other churchmen confused about how they should act when criminals seek their assistance.
Former Permanent Secretary in the then Ministry of Information, Culture, Youth and Sports (MICYS), Faith Innerarity, is defending her stewardship during the events leading up to the Olympic Athletes Homecoming Week of Celebrations in 2008.
SPORTING AN old-fashioned afro wig, a black hat and a dated pair of round-rimmed glasses, Christopher 'Dudus' Coke, alleged notorious drug lord and gangster, looked nothing like royalty or feared gang leader when he was captured by the police last Tuesday.
