KINGSTON, Jamaica — A 16-year-old student has been charged for setting a man on fire during a protest at the intersection of Nelson and Metcalf streets in Denham Town, West Kingston. The teen, charged with assault occasioning grievous bodily harm, is the second person to be charged in connection with the incident. An alleged gang member was charged earlier this week. The 31-year-old injured man is still in hospital being...

DALLAS, United States (CMC) – Former Dallas police officer Amber Guyger, who was convicted of murdering St Lucian-born accountant Botham Jean in his apartment in 2018, has been granted parole by the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles. Guyger was convicted seven years ago on October 1, 2019, and sentenced to 10 years in prison for the fatal shooting of Jean, who was 26. Jean, who was born in St Lucia...

A detective constable a few moments ago testified that murder accused Andre Ruddock confessed to him that he killed 39-year-old Taneka Gardner at the Pathways International Kingdom Restoration Ministries in Albion St James. Gardner was killed on October 17, 2021, as part of what has been described as a human sacrifice ritual at the church. Ruddock is alleged to have cut her throat on the instructions of his now-deceased pastor,...

NEW YORK, United States (AFP)—A judge on Thursday denied an acquittal request by an American mother accused of murdering her three children, a court filing showed, weeks after a jury failed to reach a verdict in the high-profile case. During the trial, 36-year-old Lindsay Clancy did not deny strangling Cora, age five, Dawson, three, and Callan, eight months. But she claimed she was suffering from postpartum psychosis and sought to...

NEW YORK, United States (CMC) – Former Insurance Corporation of Barbados Limited (ICBL) chief executive officer Ingrid Innes has been fined US$7,000 and sentenced to time served after pleading guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering. The 70-year-old, who has stage three pancreatic cancer, avoided further imprisonment after District Judge Kiyo Matsumoto took her medical condition into account. Innes was charged in connection with a bribery scheme...

PARIS, France (AFP) — Argentina icon Lionel Messi has officially acquired Eldense, a Spanish second-division club announced Thursday. Eldense, based just in-land from Alicante, have become the former Barcelona attacker's second venture into Spanish football ownership after his purchase of Cornella, near Barcelona, in April. "Club Deportivo Eldense officially announce (their) acquisition by Leo Messi," the club wrote in an online statement. "Founded in 1921, CD Eldense embark on this...

Known in music circles for chomping on a signature Fidel Castro cigar, Ardie “Cuban” Wallace is one of the most popular Jamaicans in Connecticut. For over 50 years, he has promoted dancehall-reggae shows throughout that state, especially in his hometown of Hartford. The flamboyant Wallace shares how he got into music 51 years ago in The Legendary Reggae Promoter: Ardie “Cuban” Wallace, a book scheduled for release on October 3....

KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Kingston and St Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC) has announced that no approvals will be granted for billboards or other forms of outdoor advertising at four designated locations across Kingston and St Andrew, effective October 1. The corporation said the areas have been designated “sterile (no-signs) areas” as part of efforts to promote road safety and maintain an orderly and visually appealing city. The affected locations are:...

KINGSTON, Jamaica — Kingston College (KC) says two Grade 9 students seen holding a Grade 7 student over a stairwell in a viral video were trying to help him and were not bullying, intimidating or attempting to harm him. In a letter to parents and guardians dated September 30, Principal Dave Myrie said the school had completed a comprehensive investigation into the incident and found that there was “absolutely no...

WASHINGTON, United States(AFP)—A condemned female murderer in the US state of Tennessee who survived a botched execution attempt is in critical condition, her lawyer said Thursday. "What we have been told is that she is in critical condition, receiving life-saving care," Randy Spivey said of Christa Pike, 50, who remained alive after being given two lethal injections on Wednesday night before ultimately being taken to a hospital.

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP)—The family of Renee Good, an unarmed United States (US) citizen shot dead by an immigration agent during a sweeping federal crackdown, sued President Donald Trump's administration on Thursday, alleging wrongful death and civil rights violations. Good, 37, was killed in Minneapolis on January 7 when an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent fired three shots into her car during Operation Metro Surge, the administration's mass deployment...