Mother remanded for burning son
Spanish Town, St. Catherine: A mother who allegedly burnt her son because he took $100 from their home was remanded in custody when she appeared before the Spanish Town Resident Magistrate's Court on Tuesday. Charmaine Henry, a vendor...

Man handcuffed to verandah column during dispute
Manchester: Tempers flared as hot as the morning sun in Kingsland, Manchester, yesterday when a middle-aged man who had a domestic dispute with his aunt was handcuffed half naked to a verandah column for more than four hours by a municipal police...

Cabinet approves $51m for security equipment
Cabinet on Monday approved the award of a contract valuing more than $51 million to Fujitsu Transaction Solutions Limited to supply network, servers and security appliances for the Ministry of Justice and the Supreme Court.

Twelve students injured in bus crash
WESTERN BUREAU: Twelve students from the Cambridge High School in St. James were yesterday hospitalised following an accident along the Mount Carey main road in the parish. The Anchovy Police who are investigating the accident...

Jamaican on the run in St Maarten
A Jamaican man is currently on the run after reportedly assaulting several immigration officers at the Princess Juliana International Airport on the island of St. Maarten in the Netherlands Antilles last week Wednesday...

Two killed in separate incidents
Two persons, one in St.Elizabeth and the other in Manchester, were killed between Tuesday night and yesterday morning. Hubert Pryce, a 56-year-old fish vendor was killed at his home in Friendship District, Santa Cruz, on Tuesday night.

Couple seeks legal aid in sexual assault case
Lacovia: Legal Aid Representation is beeing sought for the St. Elizabeth couple who are facing charges of aiding and abetting the sexual assault of their 12-year-old daughter. The woman, 38-year-old Vivene Campbell and her common-law husband...

$3.5 million to Westmoreland education
Minister of State in the Ministry of Education and Youth, Senator Noel Monteith, on April 20 presented the Sterling Early Childhood Institution and Ferris Primary School in Westmoreland with cheques totalling $3.5 million...