Jamaica Gleaner
Sat, 10 Oct 2026 01:06:02 -0400COSTLY WAIT
A 15-month transcript delay has cost the Crown its chance to challenge the 26-year minimum term before parole imposed on Andre Thomas for the 2016 killing of two American missionaries in St Mary. The Court of Appeal last month ruled that the Crown�...
Sat, 10 Oct 2026 01:06:04 -0400
Chuck: Ministries dragging feet on updating archaic fines
Several government ministries have not yet submitted lists of offences with “absolutely ridiculous” monetary fines that fall under their purview, Justice Minister Delroy Chuck has disclosed. The revelation comes years after the Government, throu...
Sat, 10 Oct 2026 01:06:14 -0400
‘A watchman may not be enough’
WESTERN BUREAU: The St James police are urging the Ministry of Education to put adequate security measures in place at schools to address a spike in break-ins in recent weeks. Speaking at the St James Municipal Corporation (StJMC) meeting on Thursda...
Sat, 10 Oct 2026 01:07:01 -0400
StJMC mulls action against companies for hanging wires
WESTERN BUREAU: The St James Municipal Corporation is calling on telecommunications companies with low-hanging wires, which were displaced by Hurricane Melissa a year ago, to address them immediately or risk legal action in the interest of the publi...
Sat, 10 Oct 2026 01:06:44 -0400
Management hearing in ‘Buju’ murder case rescheduled
WESTERN BUREAU: The case management hearing in the murder case against Constable Andrew Wilson, who is charged with the May shooting death of Latoya ‘Buju’ Bulgin, has been rescheduled to December 4. The hearing was scheduled to begin on Friday ...
Sat, 10 Oct 2026 01:07:31 -0400
Caregivers need to take care of themselves, too
CONCORD, New Hampshire (AP): For Jessica Renda, the breaking point was a particularly chaotic Christmas season. Consumed by her eldest daughter's mental and behavioral health struggles, she stopped exercising or doing anything else that brought her ...
Fri, 09 Oct 2026 01:07:23 -0400
OUSTER LOOMS - PNP caucus plans to boot May Pen mayor, deputy; tackle permits, water
The minority caucus in the Clarendon Municipal Corporation says it will move a no-confidence motion against Mayor of May Pen Joel Williams and his deputy, Clive Mundle, at a special sitting it has requested following a dramatic end to Thursday’s m...
Fri, 09 Oct 2026 01:07:20 -0400
JLP rift rocks Clarendon MC with councillor, MP at odds
Soured relations between Councillor Tanyalee Williams and Clarendon Central Member of Parliament (MP) Delroy Williams have boiled over, triggering her dramatic resignation from the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP). The decision signals a bruising blow to ...
Fri, 09 Oct 2026 01:07:11 -0400
May Pen mayor puts brakes on move to hand PNP majority
An announcement by May Pen North division Councillor Tanyalee Williams that she would be crossing the floor to join the opposition People’s National Party caucus triggered an abrupt end to the monthly meeting of the Clarendon Municipal Corporation...
Fri, 09 Oct 2026 01:07:30 -0400
Wildman seeks Sykes’ intervention over clash of court dates
Attorney Hugh Wildman has called for Chief Justice Bryan Sykes to intervene in conflicting court commitments that he says are making it difficult for him to attend the multimillion-dollar fraud trial involving former Education Minister Ruel Reid and...