Guard on wounding charge granted bail
WESTERN BUREAU: A SECURITY GUARD from Flankers, St. James, who allegedly knocked a man unconscious with a piece of pipe, was granted bail when he was brought before the Montego Bay Resident Magistrate's Court on Tuesday.

Cop shot and injured
A POLICEMAN WAS shot in Clarendon on Monday night, while conducting an operation in the Effortville area. Police say that at about 11 p.m., they were entering the Buzz Rock area of the district to conduct an operation when they were greeted...

Barmaid shot in the buttock
WHOEVER HAD ANIMOSITY against a 37-year-old barmaid from Rollington Town, Kingston, made sure she 'got it in the end', after she was reportedly shot in the buttock at her home. Reports are that at about 3 a.m. on Monday night...

Murder, firebomb on Ambrook lane
AN ARGUMENT BETWEEN men in Ambrook Lane, escalated into a murder, and a house being firebombed on Monday night. Dead is Raymond Williams, 37, a sailor of Ambrook Lane, after he and his cousin engaged a man only known as 'Kunda,' in a heated argument.

Gunmen challenged by licensed firearm holder
A DRAMATIC SHOOT-OUT took place on Monday night, involving two gunmen and a licensed firearm holder, near a service station at the intersection of South Avenue and Lyndhurst Road on Monday night.

Two charged with drug possession
WESTERN BUREAU: TWO MEN, GREGORY Eldimire of Love Lane and David Samuda from North Gully, both in Montego Bay, St. James, pleaded not guilty to possession of cocaine, but pleaded guilty to possession of and dealing in ganja...

Optimist Club assists needy twins with school books
WALDERSTON, Manchester: FOLLOWING A PUBLICATION in THE STAR which highlighted the needs of twin brothers who attend the Mitzpah All-Age School in Manchester, the Optimist Club of Christiana has supplied the brothers with well-needed books.

Parents of street children charged with neglect
FIVE PARENTS WERE brought before the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court recently to answer to charges of neglecting their children. The children ages 10-14, wash windshields at intersections in the Three Miles/ Marcus Garvey Drive area...

Man on fraud charge denied bail
WESTERN BUREAU: A WESTMORELAND resident who allegedly failed to deliver goods that was paid for, will need to retain an attorney and make arrangements to reimburse the complainant before he can be granted bail.

Priest with AIDS to tour Carib
bridgetown, barbados (AP): AN ANGLICAN CLERIC who became the first priest in Africa to acknowledge that he had the virus that causes AIDS has started a tour of Caribbean nations as part of a campaign to increase awareness of the disease...