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Samuels claims prosecutorial misconduct in Petrojam case

One of two pieces of evidence the defence had to wrestle from the prosecution in the Petrojam fraud matter was disclosed yesterday, days after they wrapped up a no-case submission, and weeks after the long-running trial got under way. Former...

King’s Counsel KD Knight yesterday said the state is using “its great might” against two former Petrojam executives accused of defrauding the petroleum company by using allegedly fraudulent claims for overseas travel allowances amounting to more...

Dancehall artiste Andrae 'Popcaan' Sutherland declined an opportunity to apologise to the police for his behaviour at Unruly Fest when he appeared in the St Thomas Parish Court on Wednesday. The entertainer, who is a native of the...

The defence attorneys representing former Petrojam General Manager (GM) Floyd Grindley and former board chair Dr Perceval Singh yesterday further cross-examined Delroy Brown, chief financial officer (CFO), during a recall of witnesses. The men are...

Popcaan might be soon having a date with the police over the Unruly Fest that was shut down recently.

Dancehall entertainer Popcaan says his lawyer Bert Samuels is in full control of the matter relating to charges laid against him following the staging of this annual event Unruly Fest last month. “I leave all these matters in the hands of my...

Jamaica-born Don Samuels has announced another bid to try and unseat Congresswoman IIhan Omar in Minnesota’s 5th congressional district. Samuels first ran against the congresswoman in 2022, losing by just over 2,500 votes. Running on the democratic...

Growing up with many siblings along Mannings Hill Road in St Andrew in the 1960s, Bert Samuels anticipated playing the role of the shepherd boy on Christmas Day as his family re-enacted the birth of Jesus Christ. The prominent attorney’s voice...

The six-year-wait to get a judge’s notes of proceedings has left senior citizen Monica Sommerville frustrated, depressed and upset that her appeal cannot proceed against a Supreme Court ruling. Sommerville had filed a suit seeking a declaration...