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...
Nearly two dozen assets valued at more than $100 million that have been traced to a convicted lottery scammer have been ordered frozen by the Supreme Court. A restraint or freezing order is the first step in having assets derived from criminal...
A St James businessman has been marked for death by a criminal gang after CCTV footage showing four men hastily leaving the scene of an early-morning murder went viral on social media hours after it was shared “confidentially” with cops, his...
One of the four active guns and ammunition dealers supplying private companies and licensed firearm owners in Jamaica has run out of bullets, following a crippling arms embargo imposed by the United States on Jamaica and 35 other countries,...
The Jamaican Government is exploring several options to have Fitz Bailey, a retired deputy police commissioner, remain in the local public sector. However, National Security Minister Dr Horace Chang, who made the disclosure, declined to discuss...
Andrea Bailey* stood in stunned disbelief, trying to make sense of the “disturbing” incident that unfolded before her eyes. The educator was at a popular St Andrew restaurant where she and a small group of pals went to have dinner in late July....
A law enacted nearly three years ago to stem the influx of cell phones in prisons has failed its first test, forcing a prosecutor to end the trial of a prisoner who was purportedly discovered with two mobile devices in his cell at a maximum-...
Amid the rapidly deteriorating state of his heart and the filthy, inhumane conditions in which he was held for over a decade, Vybz Kartel was fearful that he would die in prison, according to court documents. The entertainer has been told by his...
Multiple criminal gangs across Jamaica have forged an “alliance” to target money courier entities, and have reportedly escaped with over $300 million during a recent spate of brazen daytime heists, since last year, police investigators have...
