Tight-pants school craze
The latest craze of men adjusting their pants for a skin-tight fit has now made its way into our local schools. Several schoolboys have been visiting tailors and paying $150 and upwards to get a tighter fit for their 'ready made' pant...
Percy Junor Hospital moves to collect outstanding fees
The Percy Junor Hospital in Manchester is making an attempt to collect the more than $77 million in outstanding user fees that are owed to the facility. According to a release from the Jamaica Information Service (JIS)...
'Brown Man' fined for illegal DVDs
Noel 'Brown Man' Saunders, a man caught with a quantity of 'burned' DVDs in Half- Way Tree, St. Andrew, appeared in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court on Tuesday.Saunders pleaded guilty to breaching the Copyright Act...
Man accused of raping niece granted bail
WESTERN BUREAU: After languishing in jail for the past seven weeks, a St. James man accused of raping his 15-year-old niece was granted bail. The 42-year-old man was granted $200,000 bail with surety when he appeared in the Montego Bay Resident Magistrat
New York businessman faces court on Tuesday
A businessman who was wanted by the New York police on drug charges, and who was captured by local authorities at Caymanas Park on Saturday, appeared in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court on Tuesday
Sales rep on murder rap remanded
WESTERN BUREAU: A 26-year-old customer sales representative, accused of killing a man he claimed stole compact discs and a T-shirt from a car he was driving, was remanded in the Montego Bay Resident Magistrate's Court on Wednesday.
St Thomas authorities scramble for appropriate car pound
Yallahs: Local authorities are again scrambling to institute what is considered an acceptable and appropriate car pound for St. Thomas. After many failed attempts, another effort is being made as the problem of the illegal public trasport operators..
Water Commission warns restrictions may return
The National Water Commission (NWC) is urging customers to continue storing water as some restrictions, imposed before Tropical Storm Ernesto, may return. Charles Buchanan, corporate public relations manager at the National Water Commission (NWC)...
Higgler charged with sexual assault remanded
A man who is alleged to have raped a 17-year-old girl will have the case continued in September. It is alleged that Kevin Nembhard, a higgler from Kingston, asked the complainant to accompany him...
Equal punishment for all sex crimes
There are many laws which Jamaicans wish they could change and some which they feel are unfair and biased. The Offences Against the Person act dictates how those convicted of rape and buggery should be dealth with.
Man on unlawful possession charge granted bail
WESTERN BUREAU: A 23-year-old man who was alleged held by police with a large sum of money, which he could not properly account for, was granted bail on Tuesday in the Montego Bay Resident Magistrate's Court. Ephraim Shaw, a painter of Granville, St. Jam
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