The controversial debushing programme is once again number one on the agenda. This after Contractor General Dirk Harrison has summoned three government ministers to answer questions regarding the government’s controversial debushing programme. In a report by the Jamaica Gleaner those summoned are Technology and Energy Minister Dr Andrew Wheatley; Labour ...
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Pastor Paul Hanniford, Fifty-five-year-old of Kingston has been convicted in the Home Circuit Court for having sexual intercourse with a 13-year-old girl. The trial which was held in camera saw testimonies from the victim and her younger brother who witnessed the ordeal. Prosecutors led evidence that Hanniford, the pastor of ...
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Telecoms hopeful Caricel on Tuesday failed in its bid to have the Supreme Court issue an injunction to prevent the government suspending or revoking its mobile licence. The Supreme Court today rejected an application from telecoms provider Symbiote Investments Limited. In handing down his ruling this afternoon, Supreme Court Judge ...
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Students and staff at the Mona High School as well as family members are in mourning today. This after second form student Darnell Foster, who collapsed in Half-Way Tree died after being rushed to the hospital. The Education Ministry said that its Trauma Response team has been dispatched to the ...
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Dr Paul Gardner and Jermaine Gibson were today charged following investigations by detectives from the Centre for the Investigation of Sexual Offences and Child Abuse (CISOCA). The men have been arrested and charged with carnal abuse and indecent assault. Both men are senior members of the Moravian Church, the same church as Rupert Clarke ...
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The trial of businessman Patrick Powell for failing to turn over his licensed firearm to the police has again been pushed back. The latest postponement came this morning when the case was mentioned in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court. The new mention date of February 16 was scheduled ...
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Prime Minister Andrew Holness the country’s crime rate is hindering the success we can have. According to Holness for a country that is on the brink of success the level of crime is too high and something must be done as it is too much of an obstacle. The government ...
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The driver of the car that plunged into the Rio Cobre after it ran off the flat bridge this morning is dead. His body was fished from the Rio Cobre in the Bog Walk Gorge in St Catherine. The driver who was the sole occupant, was still inside the Toyota Camry ...
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Search and rescue operations are now on the way following an accident at the flat bridge this morning. Report are that motor car reportedly ran off Flat Bridge and plunged into the Rio Cobre in St Catherine this morning at approximately 7:00 am. The police’s Corporate Communications Unit (CCU) could ...
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With the changing of the guard at the Jamaica Defence Force comes new promises and expectations. The new Chief of Defence Staff Major General Rocky Meade replaces Major General Antony Anderson, who served as Chief of Defence Staff since 2010. Meade has vowed increased support for the police as the ...
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