A collection for granny
Spanish Town: A senior citizen who refused to return the security deposit to a tenant who left her house smiled broadly when the $18,000 that she was bound to pay, after the tenant sued her, was collected in court, from sympathetic persons.

Pumpkin success! - Backyard farmer reaps large crop
St. Andrew homeowners Gladstone and Emma Hutchinson are reaping success from their backyard gardening project, harvesting pumpkins weighing up to 12 kilograms. A graduate of Knockalva College in 1948, Mr. Hutchinson said that as far back...

Libraries to benefit from $31 million contract
Cabinet has awarded a contract valued at $31 million to Fujitsu Transaction Solutions Limited for the supply of computer equipment and software to the Jamaica Library Service. "This is a programme designed to improve access to Internet...

Woman arrested for 'passport fraud'
A woman who attempted to renew a passport she obtained through fraudulent means in 2002, was arrested and charged on Wednesday. Marsha Wright, 28, a sales representative was charged with obtaining a passport by false means...

'Bloody' Saturday
Saturday proved to be a bloody day across the island with five people being murdered in separate incidents police reports indicate. The May Pen police are now awaiting a post-mortem that will state the cause of death of an unidentified man...

Property tax for parish councils
As of January 1, 2008, all property tax collected by the Government will go directly to the parish councils. The move is in keeping with strategies that the Government intends to pursue over the next two years to place more responsibility...

Security Minister praises Kingfish
Minister of National Security, Derrick Smith, has lauded the work of the Counter Narcotics and Major Crimes Task Force (Operation Kingfish) in its efforts to fight major crimes in Jamaica. The minister, who was speaking at a press briefing...

Vincentain appears in court for overstaying
spanish town: A Vincentian who over stayed his time in the country appeared in the Spanish Town Resident Magistrate's Court on Tuesday to answer to charges of overstaying. Llewellyn Williams, 53, who claimed that he worked in Tortola...