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May Pen vendors affected by fire to be relocated

The Clarendon Parish Council has identified a property to which vendors affected by last week's fire in the May Pen Market are to be relocated.

May Pen Mayor Scean Barnswell said the vendors would be temporarily relocated to a vacant lot adjacent to the market.

He said the property was owned by the parish council.

Barnswell said he would also be meeting with the vendors affected by the fire on Friday to update them on the parish council's plans.

He said he was expecting to receive a report from investigators on the fire by today.

More than 40 shops were damaged in the fire, with damage estimated at $30 million.

Man accused of killing girlfriend and child denied bail

Alahandre Green, the St James man accused of murdering his four-month-old son and the infant's mother, was denied bail in the Montego Bay Resident Magistrate's Court yesterday after the court was told he had threatened the investigating officer.

Green is charged with the killing of 20-year-old Melissa Evans and her four-month-old son Jeliana Green, whose bodies were found near a National Water Commission pumping station on the outskirts of Montego Bay on December 28 last year.

Evans and Jeliana were reported missing on December 27 after they left home to purchase ice cream but never returned. The following day, Evans' body was found behind the pumping station with her throat slashed. The infant's body was subsequently found floating in a nearby tank.

Policewoman to appear before court for harbouring fugitive

Constable Faye Falconer, the policewoman who was arrested last year after an escaped prisoner was allegedly found at her house, is set to appear before the Montego Bay Resident Magistrate's Court today.

Falconer was arrested alongside fellow police personnel, Constables Kirton Green, Alicia Hutchinson, and Raymond Johnson, in connection with the escape of Greg Taylor, who was in custody at the Freeport Lock-up in Montego Bay.

Falconer and her colleagues were all charged for breaches of the Corruption (Prevention) Act in relation to Taylor's escape, which occurred on January 30, 2013.

In addition to being charged under the Corruption Prevention Act, Falconer is also charged with harbouring a fugitive. She is being tried separately on that charge.

JLP keeps eye on police 'death squads' probe

The Opposition Jamaica Labour Party has called for claims of so-called 'death squads' operating within the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) to be properly investigated and reported on "so that all doubts and speculation can be removed".

In a release, the Opposition said it welcomed the probe by the Independent Commission of Investigations into allegations of extrajudicial killings by members of the JCF as well as the commitment of the Police High Command to cooperate fully with the investigations.