November 6, 2010
Star News

COPS IN TROUBLE AFTER STATION QUARREL - Constable, corporal transferred following nasty confrontation
“Disciplinary action is expected to be taken against a police, corporal and a woman constable who were involved in a quarrel at the Santa Cruz Police Station on Tuesday morning. "Both officers were involved in a shouting match.... read more
22-y-o searches desperately for her dad

It has been a long search for 22-year-old Kay Ann Phipps who says that for eight years she has been desperately searching for her dad. "I left Jamaica around 1989, I was about nine months to one year old...

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Jamaicans shy away from cheaper burial method

Burying the dead these days is not cheap, yet a large number of Jamaicans have continued to shy away from the much cheaper method of cremation. The cost of doing a cremation is actually around half...

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Health ministry heightens cholera-prevention plan

The Ministry of Health (MOH) has heightened surveillance at all ports of entry as part of its Cholera Prevention and Control Plan.

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Man fined for helping thief escape

A rather dramatic story was heard in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court on Tuesday concerning the escape of an alleged thief from security and police personnel.

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Police shot 12 times?

A policeman was among three persons shot and killed in two separate incidents in the St Andrew North Police division last night...

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Mayor Hinds concerned over evacuation routes closure

Mayor of Portmore, Keith Hinds, expressed concerns over the closure of one of the municipality's key evacuation routes at a time when the nation is under a tropical storm watch.

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JIO donates to Southborough Primary School

Jamaican Infrastructure Operator (JIO), operator of Highway 2000, presented a $50,000 donation to the Southborough Primary School recently to assist with repaving the school's driveway...

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Man freed of rape charge

A Portmore resident was freed of a rape charge in the St Catherine Circuit Court on Tuesday, after a jury returned a not guilty verdict....

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Ex-Caymanas contract supervisor gets bail extended

A former contract supervisor employed to Caymanas Track Limited, who is accused of defrauding $1.8M, has his bail extended until February 25, next year.

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