Ford hits back - Threatens to sue cops for assault
Dr. Jephthah Ford will take legal action against police officers alleged to have beaten him and his sister at his Fun Citi entertainment venue in Port Henderson, St. Catherine, early Monday morning. Attorney Majorie Shaw-Currie said that both criminal and civil action...
West Indies hanging by a thread
THE WEST Indies' dream of becoming the first host nation to a win the Cricket World Cup on home soil was shattered by South Africa in Grenada yesterday. A brutal display of batting saw the Proteas post an imposing total of 356 for four off their 50 overs...
Woolmer hotel tapes sent to UK
Footage of the closed circuit television (CCTV), on the 12th floor of the Jamaica Pegasus hotel, where the body of Pakistan cricket coach, Bob Woolmer, was found on March 18, was last week sent to a laboratory in the United Kingdom by Scotland Yard...
Gag order on court staff
Reporters from the several media houses covering cases in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's (Criminal) Court say they are being hampered in getting relevant information because of new directives issued recently, by a court official.
WTO director general to arrive in Jamaica tomorrow
Pascal Lamy, director general of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), will be arriving in the island tomorrow to meet with Caribbean Community (CARICOM) trade ministers. The Gleaner also learnt that the WTO director general, who will be in the island for a two-day meeting...
LOC says no security lapse in Woolmer case
Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Owen Ellington, chairman of the Local Security Committee for ICC Cricket World Cup (CWC), has dismissed claims made by Former Pakistan cricket team captain Inzamam-Ul-Haq that a lapse in security resulted in the murder...
Post-mortem report on slain cop to be ready today
An autopsy was yesterday conducted on the body of slain policeman Constable Michael Haughton, who was killed by gunmen. Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) in charge of crime, Denver Frater, told The Gleaner yesterday that the post-mortem report should be ready today.
Another ganja canister found
The police yesterday morning seized a canister containing marijuana, the 12th such find in five days.The Manchester police, assisted by personnel from Area Three Narcotics found the canister about 5:00 a.m.at Port Kaiser in the parish. The canister, with about 40 pounds of ganja...
UTech students allowed to sit exams
The University of Technology (UTech) has decided to allow students with outstanding tuition fees to sit their semester two examinations subject to the presentation of a payment plan acceptable to the university.The university, in a statement issued...
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