Death stalks on the weekend
Five persons were killed and four injured in separate incidents across the island on the weekend. According to reports, on Saturday night 33-year-old Desmond Bryan of Caymanas Bay was at home at about 11:30 p.m. when gunmen kicked open his door.

High-grade higgler fined
western bureau: A St. Ann man who was caught in possession of several packets of ganja, that he intended to sell at Sumfest, in Catherine Hall, St. James, lost $2,900 of his earnings, as he had to pay fines before the Montego Bay Resident....

Education system poised for modernisation
Plans are in high gear by the Education Transformation Team to implement the first phase of its modernisation mandate for the education sector this month. Executive director of the Education Transformation Team, Dr. Frank Weeple...

Man 'rings' up fine
A man accused of assaulting his girlfriend after she confronted him about hiding the fact that he was married, appeared in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court on Tuesday. Belmore Francis pleaded guilty when he appeared before Resident...

Whiteman begs for teaching extension
Jamaican High Commissioner to London, Burchell Whiteman, has written to the British government, proposing an extension of the contracts of Jamaican teachers recruited to teach in the United Kingdom (U.K.), to allow them...