Four killed in robbery attempt - Three Super Plus employees injured - Police vehicle shot up
WESTERN BUREAU: WAVING THEIR guns as they stormed a Super Plus wholesale store in Whitehouse, Westmoreland, four gunmen set the stage for a wild, brazen attempted robbery and when it ended, leaves the four would-be robbers dead...
Notice quits
DR. RAYMOTH Notice, the former Mayor of Spanish Town made a tearful exit from that position yesterday, one day after appearing in the Bog Walk Resident Magistrate's Court for physically abusing his wife.
Cops under probe
NINE MEMBERS of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), detained since Tuesday, are now being questioned in connection with various acts of alleged corruption, as Police Commissioner Lucius Thomas intensifies his drive to rid the force of rogue cops.
Standard of living inches up in Ja
POVERTY LEVELS across the island improved slightly in 2003, shifting from 19.7 per cent in 2002 to 19.1 per cent, according to the latest edition of the Jamaica Survey of Living Conditions (JSLC).
Man arrested in 800-lb ganja bust
WESTERN BUREAU: A MAN was detained in connection with the seizure of 800 pounds of ganja, during a joint security operation along the Parottee beach in St. Elizabeth yesterday.
Sugar industry workers, trade unions protest EU price cuts
ABOUT 200 members of the sugar industry and affiliated trade unions gathered in a show of unity yesterday outside the British High Commission to protest the European Union's (EU) decision to cut sugar prices for African, Caribbean...
First sentencing under Money Laundering Act
THE FIRST prison sentence for offences committed under the Money Laundering Act was imposed on Tuesday on Roxroy Mendez , accounts supervisor who was formerly employed to the Victoria Mutual Building Society.
Toll road accident kills two
SPANISH TOWN, St. Catherine: TWO PEOPLE are confirmed dead following an accident along the Old Harbour section of the toll road in St. Catherine last evening.Traffic had to be diverted along a section of the busy thoroughfare...
School dropout records success - Achieves goal through USAID-funded adolescent training programme
Despite the odds, all-age school dropout Rayon Leachman, has finally achieved his goal of becoming a policeman. Mr. Leachman, who is from the inner-city community of Homestead in Spanish Town, dropped out of school at age 13...
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