Entrapment! - Buju's lawyers claim he was set up; demand details on the police source
Lawyers representing dancehall star Buju Banton, real name Mark Myrie, have filed a motion in court demanding the naming of the confidential source who is a key part of the case against the Jamaican. The lawyers are using an entrapment defence as they try to get Buju freed...
Owen in the driver's seat
Career cop Owen Ellington has been selected Jamaica's 27th commissioner of police. Ellington, who has been acting as the police commissioner since late last year, has been given the nod by the Police Service Commission...
It's been his destiny - Ellington men knew ACP would become a force to reckon with
Cleveland Ellington is firmly set in his belief that his brother, Owen, would make a great commissioner of police. Growing up, the acting commissioner was a caring person, Cleveland told The Gleaner. "It is not all about his interests...
The night that still haunts - Killancholy triple murder on the lips of residents five years later
A small stretch of road going off into the distance where people gather in front of 'White Man Shop' chatting. Dogs bark in tune with an electric razor going off in the distance. Despite these signs of life moving along, the Killancholy district is still mourning the deaths ....
Davies asks tough questions - Finance spokesman says JDX is not the total answer
OPPOSITION SPOKESMAN on Finance Dr Omar Davies yesterday warned that the Government could be setting up the country for failure if it made unrealistic assumptions in order to meet International Monetary Fund (IMF) preconditionalities...
IMF to bring 'good news' today
Jamaica should hear the good news, today, that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved its request for a US$1.25-billion standby arrangement. This should open the doors for the country to get a further US$1.1 billion in loans from multilateral...
Auditor General concerned over health-fund spending
Auditor General Pamela Monroe-Ellis has cited gross extravagance in the expenditure of the National Health Fund (NHF), with its management openly flouting public-sector guidelines to purchase first-class plane tickets...
Worry for Haiti - Gleaner journalist returns but concerned that earthquake-rocked country faces even tougher days
AT 3:30 Monday morning when the first sign of light appeared, my heart rejoiced: sweet Jamaica, here returneth your son!After one week in the earthquake-flattened Port-au-Prince, and having experienced personal disasters in the country...