PETER KING'S KILLER HELD? - Cops say they now have main suspect in custody
A man that police say may be the killer of former ambassador, Peter King, is now being questioned by police after he was arrested last week. The young man, who is being identified by the names Douglas and Sheldon, was held last Tuesday...
'Pops' Lawrence dies - Montego Bay mourns veteran volunteer
WESTERN BUREAU: For decades, volunteer Gladstone 'Pops' Lawrence would sit in the doorway of the Montego Bay Boys and Girls Club to welcome new members to an institution that has facilitated the development of numerous sporting and musical personalities..
Massive ganja find in Mountain View
Narcotics detectives yesterday seized approximately 15,000lb of compressed ganja and four motor vehicles during a major operation in the Mountain View Avenue area of Kingston.
Five shot, three dead in separate
Five men remain in hospital following a shooting incident along Red Hills, St. Andrew, in which one man was killed on Monday night. Dead is 21-year-old Stephen Campbell, otherwise called 'Head of Sting' of Karl Samuda Boulevard, Kingston 19.
Man fined for stealing wife's school certificate
Spanish Town, St. Catherine: A man who stole his wife's school certificate found himself paying fines of $240,000 or six months hard labour after he pleaded guilty to forgery with intent. The man, Rohan Kahai Jr., told Resident Magistrate Lorna...
Islandwide earthquake simulation exercise today
The Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) will be undertaking an islandwide earthquake simulation exercise today. This is part of activities to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the earthquake...
Schoolgirls taken into custody for fighting
The police from the Island Special Constabulary Force (ISCF) in Santa Cruz, St. Elizabeth, had to intervene to part a fight between two female students of the Maggotty High School in the parish recently.
Alleged burgler remanded
Spanish Town: Damion Bookal, a 25-year-old labourer from Kitson Town District, St. Catherine, opened his mouth wide when he was remanded in custody on charges of housebreaking and larceny yesterday in the Spanish Town RM Court.
Two shot dead in separate incidents
The Denham Town CIB is investigating the murder of a 44-year-old man who was shot dead by gunmen on Baker Street, Kingston 12, on Friday. Reports are that at about 3:10 p.m., Cedric White, who was of a Greater Portmore address...