Christmas Eve collision sends one to hospital
SPALDINGS, Clarendon: WHILE SOME persons were busy carrying out their last minute shopping in the towns of Spaldings, Christiana and Mandeville on Christmas Eve, two unfortunate motorists had other things to look about.

Police take time out to pray for patients
WALDERSTON, Manchester POLICE PERSONNEL from the Christiana station, led by the sub-officer in charge Inspector R.M. Hardie, and the Rev. Dr. Paul Gardner visited the Percy Junior Public Hospital, near the Manchester/Clarendon border...

A Christmas list for the village drunk
WALDERSTON, Manchester: IN A rural mid-island community the temperature is 17°C as Christmas morning breaks. The village drunk sits on a bar step and stares with blood-shot eyes at last night's rubbish when someone shouts "Merry Christmas".

PC steps up drive on building code compliance
SPALDINGS, Clarendon: THE CLARENDON Parish Council has stepped up its drive aimed at ensuring that residents in that parish comply with the building code there.

Man shot, killed after break-in
SPALDINGS, Clarendon: A 26-YEAR-OLD man was shot and killed by the police in Spaldings, Clarendon on Wednesday morning following a break-in at the SuperPlus Food Store in that town.

'St Bess' top cop vows to reduce crime next year
BLACK RIVER, St. Elizabeth: DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT in charge of crime at the Black River Police Station, Terrence Sanko...

Parish Council working to upgrade Old Shoe Arcade
WESTERN BUREAU: THE ST. James Parish Council says it is working to correct problems at the Old Shoe Arcade site in Montego Bay, which it handed over to the street vendors as a temporary vending area last Thursday.

Poor state of fire service alarms business community
OCHO RIOS, St. Ann: BILLIONS OF dollars worth of investments and a lucrative tourism business in the resort town of Ocho Rios is now under serious threat of going up in smoke...