SIGNAL OR DEATH - Inner-city residents use codes to protect communities
Singing the correct song or loudly clearing your throat might just be enough to save your life in certain volatile communities in the Corporate Area. Men from certain areas have being using 'ghetto signals' as a reliable...
Three killed in daylight robbery
St Catherine - The police say that they now have a suspect in custody and they have recovered a portion of the money that was stolen in a brazen daylight robbery that left three persons dead along the busy Manchester Avenue in May Pen...
Higgler shot dead by unknown assailant
Michael Sherman, a 36-year-old higgler of Shenton district, Bog Walk, St. Catherine, was shot and killed by unknown assailants between Saturday night and Sunday morning. According to the Bog Walk police, about 10:30 p.m. on Saturday...
Nineteen-year-old cocaine user granted bail
WESTERN BUREAU - A teenager who admitted to being a drug user was granted bail on Wednesday when he appeared before the Montego Bay Resident Magistrate's Court to answer to cocaine charges. Nineteen-year-old duco man, Damane Rowe of Johns Hall...
Inner-city youths complete betterment course
Spanish Town - Hundreds of children ages 12-18 marched through Spanish Town on Saturday morning. The march was done to mark the end of Children's Game which was put on by several churches to heal the minds of several children in inner-city communities.
Accompong and Askenish road projects get finishing touch
Contractors are putting finishing touches on two road projects in the parish of St. Elizabeth, which were approved by Cabinet last April. The projects, which comprise improvements to the Accompong and Askenish roads in St. Elizabeth...
Yallahs Basic School upgrade almost complete
Work on the upgrading of the Yallahs Basic School and Resource Centre in St. Thomas, which is being undertaken by the Ministry of Education and Youth at a cost of $42.6 million, should be completed by next month.
Man remanded for pulling gun on daughter
WESTERN BUREAU - A man, who has been accused of pulling a gun at his daughter and her mother after assaulting them, was remanded in custody in the Montego Bay Resident Magistrate's Court yesterday. Charged with assault occasioning bodily harm...
Quinesa McKenzie's family seeks missing girl
The family of a 14-year-old girl who has not returned home for almost two weeks is asking her come home. Now, almost two weeks later, her family is begging her to come back home. Quinesa McKenzie went missing last Wednesday...
'We are not squatter police'
Minister of Agriculture and Lands, Roger Clarke, has said that the Squatter Management Unit was not established to take over the work of Operation Pride nor is it a 'universal policeman'.