Kingston, Jamaica (McKoy’s News)- Ninja Man Verdict Expected Later This Week: The verdict is expected this week in the murder trial of dancehall entertainer, Desmond ‘Ninja man’ Ballentine and two co-accused, including the artiste’s son, Janiel. Dennis Clayton, the third accused, who prosecutors alleged was among four men, who shot Ricardo Johnson, resulting in his death.
The prosecutors began its closing arguments on Monday after the three accused had completed their unsworn statements at the in-camera trial.
The allegations are that Ninja man himself fired the shots on the day in questions.
The main prosecution witness testified that two shots were fired at him, but he managed to escape the attack. However, Johnson was hit in the process.
Clarendon, Jamaica (McKoy’s News)- Clarendon Police: Seeking Help To Identify Body: THE CLARENDON POLICE ARE SEEKING THE PUBLIC’S HELP IN IDENTIFYING A WOMAN’S BODY, WHICH WAS SEEN FLOATING NEAR THE BUSTAMANTE BRIDGE ON MONDAY MORNING.
THE CAUSE OF DEATH WAS NOT DETERMINED BY THE CLARENDON POLICE, BUT A CROCODILE WAS SEEN NEARBY. THE POLICE SAY SOME BODY PARTS SEEMED TO BE MISSING.
FIRE PERSONNEL LATER REMOVED THE UNIDENTIFIED CORPSE.
THE MAY PEN POLICE IN CLARENDON ARE CONTINUING INVESTIGATIONS.
United States of America (NewsWeek)- Wikileaks Told Trump Jr. To Tell His Dad To Not Concede If He Lost On Election Day: Wikileaks urged Donald Trump Jr. to tell his father to not concede if he lost on Election Day, according to a bombshell report from The Atlantic that alleges the president’s eldest child and the transparency organization secretly corresponded in private direct messages on Twitter during the U.S. presidential campaign.
The messages were turned over to Congress and copies were obtained by The Atlantic.
In one of the messages, sent at 6:35 p.m. on the day of the election, Wikileaks wrote, “Hi Don if your father ‘loses’ we think it is much more interesting if he DOES NOT concede [sic] and spends time CHALLENGING the media and other types of rigging that occurred—as he has implied that he might do.”Wikileaks reportedly claimed contesting the election could help his father further delegitimize the mainstream press and build the new media network he seemingly desired.
“The discussion can be transformative as it exposes media corruption, primary corruption, PAC corruption, etc.,”the message added. A few hours later, when it became evident Donald Trump was indeed going to be the next president, Wikileaks sent another message that simply said, “Wow.”
Trump Jr. did not respond to those messages and seemed to ignore many others, but there were a number of instances in which he did write back. He also never rebuffed Wikileaks for any of its requests or suggestions and sometimes even acted on its requests.
The U.S. intelligence community believes the Russian government chose Wikileaks to spread information it had hacked as part of its larger effort to interfere in the U.S. presidential campaign in Trump’s favor. “It is time to call out WikiLeaks for what it really is—a non-state hostile intelligence service often abetted by state actors like Russia,” CIA Director Mike Pompeo said in April.
Trump Jr.’s correspondence with the transparency organization therefore only adds to the scrutiny surrounding his father’s campaign and allegations it colluded with Russia. The president’s son has already been scrutinized over a controversial meeting he had with a Russian lawyer linked to the Kremlin in June 2016, which he attended under the impression he’d receive information damaging to the campaign of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
The messages between Trump Jr. and Wikileaks seem to have been voluntarily turned over to Congress by his lawyers. Even still, questions remain about why Wikileaks so actively sought out his cooperation and assistance, at one point audaciously requesting he help get his father to urge Australia to make Julian Assange its ambassador to the U.S.
Kingston, Jamaica (McKoy’s News)- Police Seeks Public Help To Find Elderly Woman- Marlene Walker: The police are seeking the public’s assistance in finding an elderly woman who went missing in Kingston on Monday.
She is 73-year-old Marlene Walker of Spring Village in Old Harbour, St Catherine.
According to the police, Walker was last seen in a red skirt suit along Winchester Road.
The police, are asking anyone who knows the whereabouts of Walker to call 119 or contact the nearest police station.
(Mckoys News)- DoreenDyer: “Machete Wielding mother” Set to appear in Court Today: Doreen Dyer, the woman who was seen in a viral video, beating her daughter with a machete, is set to appear in court today, Wednesday, November 15, 2017, to answer to charges of child cruelty.
The 44-year-old mother of five has been released from jail for over a month now, and since that time she has been thanking everyone for their support and prayers.
The mother of five has received both financial and emotional support from local persons as well as the international community.
An update will be provided later today as soon as the St. Thomas Residents Magistrates Court has reached a verdict.
Kingston, Jamaica (McKoy’s News)- Adidja Palmer “Vybz Kartel” Appeal Now July 2018: The appeal hearing for Adidja Palmer more popularly known as Vybz Kartel, who was convicted of murder along with three of his associates in 2014, has been rescheduled for July 9 next year.
The Defense had sought more time for preparing its case, and applied to move the date from February of next year.
Kartel, whose real name is Adidja Palmer, along with the other men, were convicted of the murder of Clive ‘Lizard’ Williams.
They are all now serving life sentences as a result of the conviction.
(Mckoys News)- Raymond Wilson-Wage Offer from Gov’t Prompts Police Federation Meeting: The Police Federation has called an emergency meeting with representatives from each division, for Thursday, November 16, 2017, at the National Police College.
The meeting is scheduled as a result of the Federation rejecting the Finance Ministry’s six percent increase proposal.
Chairman Sergeant Raymond Wilson referred to the Government’s proposal for wage increase as “disrespectful.”
Mr. Wilson stated that he is looking forward to a table talk with the Government.
Greater Portmore, St. Catherine, Jamaica (Mckoy’s News)- ANANDA ALERT: MISSING TEEN- NATOYA SIMPSON: An Ananda Alert has been activated for 14-year-old Natoya Simpson of Daytona, Greater Portmore, St. Catherine who has been missing since Saturday, November 11.
She is of slim build and is about 165 centimetres (5 feet 5 inches) tall.
Reports from the Portmore police are that Natoya was last seen about 9:30 a.m. when she left home for classes; wearing a dark green dress and brown shoes. She has not been heard from since.
Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Natoya Simpson is being asked to contact the Portmore Police at 949-8422, Police 119 emergency number or the nearest Police Station.
No photograph of Natoya Simpson was available at the time of this publication.
(Mckoys News)- Kamina Johnson-Smith: Citizens Will Not Be Denied Crucial Services: After discussing clause 41 yesterday in a parliamentary meeting as it relates to the National Identification and Registration Act.
Clause 41 states that a public body shall require registered individuals to submit the National Identification number assigned to them or their ID card, to facilitate the delivery of goods and services by the public body.
The Opposition explained that there could be persons who have not registered ,but need services from the government, which might include services like Naturalization or dual citizenship issues, and as such ,the opposition senators insisted they could not support the provision.
Opposition senator K .D Knight, said he believes the public should be allowed discretion when being provided with services.
Senator Kamina Johnson-Smith ,who is leader of government business, said this could lead to corruption, and pointed out that it doesn’t mean to deny citizens access to crucial services such as health. She also suggested that the Bill could be revised after 18 months.
The Senate chose to review the clauses of the Bill, despite the opposition having called for the meeting to be adjourned.
(Mckoys News)- Government Rejects Opposition’s Proposal: The Jamaican Government yesterday rejected a proposal that the opposition had made for the proposed National Identification Card to be protected by the owner, just as they would protect the Jamaican Passport, which is guaranteed because of one’s fundamental rights and freedom.
Although the National Identification and Registration Bill states that all cards remain the property of the NIRA national Identification and Registration Authority, the Opposition senators argued that site ownership by individuals must be protected at all costs.
Opposition Senator Lambert Brown, with the support of his Opposition colleague, KD Knight, believes that the right of ownership being solely to the authorities is a bad decision.
After much debating and contemplating, the situation was voted upon and the Government used its majority share to decide on how the provision should be handled.
