Good Samaritans bring Christmas cheer to 'Ivan Ville'
THE SUGAR COMPANY of Jamaica (SCJ) and Food For the Poor joined forces to deliver Christmas cheer to the inhabitants of 'Ivan Ville' in Duckenfield, St. Thomas, last week. Every household received food stuff such as rice, flour, cornmeal, sugar...

'Merciless' to face court
BLACK RIVER: A SUMMONS WAS served on deejay Leonard 'Merciless' Bartley, on Saturday for him to appear in the Black River RM Court on Wednesday, January 4. Deputy Superintendent Maurice Robinson, in charge of operations in St. Elizabeth...

Deadly Christmas Eve
CHRISTMAS EVE IN Jamaica saw increased activities from vendors, shopping civilians, and of course criminal activities. The death toll alone for Saturday and Sunday morning amassed to eight, with five dead from gunmen, and three dead from police.

Four charged for ganja
TWENTY-YEAR-OLD Maurice Thomas was fined $739,000 or six months imprisonment in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court on Wednesday. He will also serve a mandatory 12- month sentence. Thomas was charged along with three other men...

Man on fraud charge to spend New Year's in prison
WESTERN BUREAU: A MAN WHO allegedly defrauded three persons of $120,000 to invest in a purported bun exporting business, was slapped with a fourth count of fraudulent conversion, when he appeared in the Montego Bay Resident Magistrate's Court...

St James man charged with conspiracy to murder granted bail
WESTERN BUREAU: THIRTY-SEVEN-YEAR-OLD Vinette Ramsarupe of Tucker, Irwin, St. James, who was charged with conspiracy in relation to the murder of popular Montego Bay pastor, 50-year-old Desmond Rankine, was granted bail in the sum of $500,000...

Body found dumped identified
BLACK RIVER: THE BODY OF a male, found dumped along the Fort Charles main road in St. Elizabeth on Christmas Day, last Sunday, has been identified as that of Glen Brown, 45, a construction worker of Cave District, Westmoreland.

Infant shot in August Town
THE HOLIDAY DID little to pacify gunmen in August Town, St. Andrew, as a man was shot dead and a baby injured after gunmen invaded a home in African Gardens. Residents told police that at about 10 p.m. on Monday, explosions were heard...

Men charged with larceny
BLACK RIVER, ST. ELIZABETH: TWO OF FOUR men charged with larceny of two Digicel's generators, were remanded in custody, while the other two were granted bail by Resident Magistrate Ms. Andrea Thomas last Wednesday...

Negril teen's body washes ashore
THE BODY OF Ouando Douglas, 16, of Sheffield in Negril, Westmoreland, who was reported missing on Friday, after encountering difficulties in the waters of Negril Beach, was found near Norman Manley Boulevard on Monday.