Street kids video targets attitudes
WHETHER THEY are lurking outside of supermarkets begging "a ten dollar", wiping windshields for change or selling small items, the island's growing number of street children are often ignored as if they are invisible. They're frequently stereotyped...
Water supplies disrupted
LARGE SECTIONS of the Corporate Area and rural St. Andrew were left either without water or with discoloured water for parts of yesterday -- a problem brought on by the heavy rains of the past few days. Areas in rural St. Andrew including Lawrence...
Funds missing from school-feeding programme
THE POLICE are investigating the disappearance of $14.63 million from the coffers of the Government-run Nutrition Products Limited (NPL). Parliament's Public Accounts Committee (PAC) was told yesterday that the money represented contributions by...
Man held in cop's murder
A 32-YEAR-OLD watchman was detained and was being questioned up to late yesterday in connection with the murder of Woman Inspector Patricia Pryce, who was killed at her home in Cedar Grove, Portmore, St. Catherine, on October 29. He has been...
Lawyer sues clients for $5 million
KINGSTON ATTORNEY Gresford Jones has sued four clients for legal fees amounting to $5.7 million with interest. The clients are Yvon Desulme, Thomas Desulme, Claude Desulme and Myrtha Desulme who had sought Mr. Jones' legal services in relation to the...
Five more persons missing
FIVE MORE persons have been reported missing in Kingston, Hanover and St. Ann since September 18. They have been identified as Rohan Shields, 23, of Bayshore Park, Kingston 17; Karlene Abrahams, 32, of Lyndhurst Road, Kingston 5; Cecila Henry, 14, of...
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