Girl vanishes after school
The Mavis Bank police in St. Andrew have launched an investigation to find a 13-year-old girl who disappeared while walking home from school last Wednesday. Missing is Camona Orgille, also known as Ranna-Kay, who is a student...
Reward offered for information in locating missing lady
The family of missing 70-year-old Daphne Wharp is offering a $30,000 reward to anyone with information that can help in locating her. The former resident of a nursing home went missing in early September after a grille on the premises...
Accused con woman arrested
A woman accused of fleecing over US$100,000 from unsus-pecting persons in the United States, was arrested by police from the Montego Bay CIB on Tuesday night. Said to be the mastermind of an international scam that has been running for over a year...
Man and woman remanded on rape charge
St. Catherine: A man and a woman who are allegedly involved in the rape and injury of an 18-year-old woman were remanded when they appeared in the Spanish Town Resident Magistrate's Court on charges of rape and wounding with intent.
Portland Cottage All-Age opens despite doubts
Though there were doubts that it would open for the new academic year, the Portland Cottage All-Age School is in full swing. In earlier reports, Carol Forbes, the president of the Portland Cottage Citizens' Association....
Woman gets two years for drug trafficking
Melissa Golding's efforts to smuggle 11 kilograms of ganja out of the island proved to be a costly one as she was sentenced to two years im-prisonment when she appeared in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court on Tuesday.
Clarendon health department stages mental health forum
In response to the increasing numbers of suicides in the parish, the Clarendon Health Department recently staged a mental health forum designed to lessen the incidence of mental health disorders.
Brother sentenced for punching sister
A 31-year-old man will serve four months in prison for punching his sister and mother after they had a dispute over money. Sheldon Miller, the man in question, pleaded guilty to two counts of assault when he appeared in the Corporate Area Resident...
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