Two illegal guns seized
The Kingston Central police seized two illegal firearms during an operation in downtown Kingston on Sunday night. Police reports are that between 6:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m., a police operation was carried out on West Street...

Defence force mourns lance corporal's death
The Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) and the family of slain Lance Corporal Oral Pinnock, 34, were left in sadness and disbelief after the soldier was killed during a gun battle between gunmen and a joint police/military party...

Women fighting over pan of water
Two women who were charged with assault occasioning bodily harm and unlawful wounding, respectively, appeared in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court yesterday to answer the charges.

Heart patient seeks help
Barbara McKenzie thought for many years that her shortness of breath was caused by asthma. However, about six years ago, she discovered that it was really due to a serious heart condition. She was diagnosed with asthma in 1988...

Cow thief sentenced
A cow thief was sentenced to 18 months imprisonment at hard labour on Wednesday. Earl Gordon and Kirk McClaughlin, both of New Garden, St Andrew, appeared in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court to answer...

The accidental teacher
St Catherine: For a number of us, the jobs that we initially thought we would end up with, never materialised. In many instances our 'adopted jobs' became our love and passion, and we wondered why we did not think of them in the first place....