Investigators at the York Park Fire Station are still trying to determine the cause of a bush fire, which blazed in sections of Jacks Hill, St. Andrew yesterday evening.
A police constable who is reportedly linked to last year’s disappearance of a St. James man is this afternoon scheduled to be questioned by the police.
Firefighters from the York Park Fire station were up late last night trying to contain bush fires, which were blazing in sections of Jacks Hill in St. Andrew.
Members of the Fugitive Apprehension Team in St. Elizabeth arrested an American fugitive yesterday, who has been wanted in the United States since last year.
Residents of Shettlewood and Burnt Ground in Hanover were last night met with gunfire as they returned home from a meeting with Health and Environment Minister, Rudyard Spencer.
Children’s Advocate, Mary Clarke is lobbying for more trained guidance counsellors to be placed in schools as a means of curbing behavioral problems in children.
Dr DK Duncan, Member of Parliament for Eastern Hanover is expected to meet with the Public Defender, lawyers and the Health and Environment Minister regarding the dispute between local residents and the cemetery operators.
A woman and her common law husband are in police custody after being charged for the murder of a 39 year old mason in a reprisal killing at Mike Town in Manchester on March 5.
Unions representing the island’s sugar workers and the Sugar Producers Federation were last night able to reach a wage agreement during a meeting that lasted more than 12 hours at the ministry of Labour’s offices.
Several workers at the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) are back on the job after they were suspended following a fire at the Portmore depot in St. Catherine on February 23.
A 46 year old taxi operator remained in hospital in serious condition after he was shot in the head by one of three gunmen along the Middlesex Main Road in St. Elizabeth yesterday afternoon.
An operation by a joint police team in Ammity Hall, St. Thomas yesterday resulted in the seizure of 500 pounds of ganja and the arrest of two men, one an ex-policeman.
Unions representing the island’s sugar workers are scheduled to meet with the Sugar Producers Federation (SPF) today in a bid to resolve a wage dispute between the federation and workers.
The Jamaican Parliament will today join other Commonwealth Parliaments around the world in observance of Commonwealth Day, under the theme: ‘The Environment, Our Future.’
The Spanish Town police are continuing their search for the driver of a vehicle, which was said to be involved in yesterday’s alleged shoot-out with the police in the town.
