Jamaia Star (Free subscription) | 09/16/2008
THE Trial into the multimillion-dollar fraud case against Kern Spencer, former junior minister in the Ministry of Industry, Technology, Energy and Commerce and his two co-accused, Colleen Wright and Rodney Chin was yesterday adjourned...
Jamaica Gleaner (Free subscription) | 09/16/2008
KERN SPENCER, the politician facing the court on corruption and money-laundering charges, has admitted that he was worried when he was first arrested. "I was nervous in the beginning, but I am not nervous now," Spencer told The Gleaner yesterday, minutes after he made...
Jamaia Star (Free subscription) | 06/21/2008
Former Junior Minister in the Ministry of Industry, Technology Energy and Commerce (MITEC), Kern Spencer, and his two co-accused will stand trial on September 15. Spencer, along with Colleen Wright and businessman Rodney Chin...
Jamaica Gleaner (Free subscription) | 05/17/2008
The fraud case involving former state minister for energy, Kern Spencer, and his two associates, Coleen Wright and Rodney Chin, has again been delayed to facilitate the prosecution.The three are facing fraud and money-laundering...
Jamaica Gleaner (Free subscription) | 05/16/2008
THE CUBAN light-bulb spotlight will today be refocused on North East St Elizabeth Member of Parliament (MP) Kern Spencer and his co-accused, Rodney Chin and Coleen Wright, when they return to the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court.
Jamaia Star (Free subscription) | 03/27/2008
Supporters of Member of Parliament Kern Spencer cheered as he left the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's court on Wednesday. Spencer, along with co-accused Rodney Chin and Coleen Wright, was ordered to return to court...
Jamaica Gleaner (Free subscription) | 03/26/2008
ATTORNEYS REPRESENTING North East St Elizabeth Member of Parliament (MP) Kern Spencer, businessman Rodney Chin and Coleen Wright are expected to apply for an extension of their bail when they appear before the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court...
Jamaica Gleaner (Free subscription) | 03/25/2008
NORTH EAST St Elizabeth Member of Parliament, Kern Spencer, will return to the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court tomorrow to answer charges of fraud, corruption and money laundering. Spencer was released on a $10-million bail on February 29 after spending three nights...
Jamaica Gleaner (Free subscription) | 03/20/2008
A HIGH-RANKING Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica (PCJ) official has fallen victim to probes into the Cuban light-bulb affair.Rodney Salmon, director of administration and corporate secretary at PCJ, has been relieved of his job, a release from the corporation said yesterday....
Jamaica Gleaner (Free subscription) | 03/01/2008
HIS EYES filled with tears, but he did not cry. Kern Spencer, the embattled People's National Party member of parliament for North East St Elizabeth, stood strong amid scores of enthusiastic supporters who gathered outside the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court in Half-Way Tree, St Andrew, yesterday to see him released from police lock-up.
Caribbean 360 (Free subscription) | 02/29/2008
Two days after being granted JA$10 million (US$141,944) bail on charges stemming from the Cuban light bulb scandal, former junior energy minister, Kern Spencer remains behind bars.
Jamaica Gleaner (Free subscription) | 02/29/2008
Former People's National Party (PNP) state minister Kern Spencer, who was offered bail in the sum of $10 million on Wednesday, had to spend another night behind bars yesterday. He was arrested on Tuesday evening by detectives from the Organised Crime Investigation Division...
Jamaia Star (Free subscription) | 02/28/2008
Former State Minister Kern Spencer was granted bail in the sum of $10 million when he appeared in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrates' Court on Wednesday. Attorneys representing Spencer, Coleen Wright, his former personal assistant, and Rodney Chin.
Trinidad Express (Free subscription) | 02/28/2008
After almost a week of interrogation, the Organised Crime Investigation Division (OCID) on Tuesday arrested and charged former junior energy minister Kern Spencer, his former executive assistant and supervisor at the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica (PCJ), Coleen Wright, and businessman Rodney Chin with fraud, corruption and money laundering in relation to the Cuban light bulb scandal. The charges...
Jamaica Gleaner (Free subscription) | 02/28/2008
Senior members of the People's National Party (PNP) spent a lot of time yesterday trying to come up with a response to the biggest scandal to hit the party in many years. Kern Spencer, a PNP Member of Parliament, is facing prison term after being arrested for his role in the Cuban...
