Robbers target pharmacies - Eight held up and robbed over the past three weeks
THE JAMAICA Association of Pharmacy Owners (JAPO) has requested a meeting with Police Commissioner Lucius Thomas to address the recent incidence of several pharmacies being robbed.
Guardsman security officer involved in $multimillion heist detained
THE GUARDSMAN security officer who allegedly disappeared with US$200, 000 (J$12.2 million) and a firearm from his employer's armoured truck in Savanna-la-Mar, Westmoreland, last December, was detained by a police team in St. Thomas, Thursday morning.
Male students win essay, poster competition
IN A society where boys are being increasingly marginalised, two defied this notion yesterday, emerging winners of the national Earth Day essay and poster competition.
'French fire trucks' offer still on the table' - Shaw disputes Gov't's claims that talks are off
OPPOSITION SPOKESMAN on Finance, Audley Shaw, yesterday disputed Government claims that the French Government had backed out of an offer to provide 41 trucks for the island's beleaguered fire brigade.
Davies faces the heat at forum
DR. OMAR Davies, the Minister of Finance and Planning, has declared that no underhandedness was involved in the return of Air Jamaica to Government control.
'Raining ice' in Portmore
THE METEOROLOGICAL Office has corroborated eyewitness reports that it was "raining ice" during yesterday's bout of inclement weather, which produced the rare sighting of hail.
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