March 8, 2013
Star News


Inmates paying female warders for sex?
“Female warders assigned to male prisons have been rumoured to be putting their jobs on the line by selling pricey sex to inmates..... read more
Cabbie bails, car crashes with cop

An incident in which a taxi driver jumped from his moving car to escape a policeman who entered the vehicle and instructed him to drive to the Stony Hill Police Station is now a hot topic on the lips of residents...

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Waiter to be sentenced for assault

WESTERN BUREAU: A St James waiter who stoned a man he claimed "set him up" to get in trouble with his girlfriend will be sentenced in the Montego Bay Resident Magistrate's Court on April 5....

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Jamaican to be deported for stealing BlackBerry

An Antiguan newspaper has reported that a Jamaican man who was caught on video stealing a BlackBerry smartphone, which was left charging inside a Burger King fast food restaurant, is to be deported shortly....

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Cop suspected of smuggling contraband

Another policeman has found himself in hot water after his colleagues suspected that he was involved in a plot to take contraband to a prisoner at the St Ann's Bay lock-up....

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Muslim cleric, man hauled before the court

A trial date of March 25 was set in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court after a Muslim cleric and another man were hauled before the court in a cross case matter....

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Champs rivalry looms

The annual Boys and Girls' Athletic Championships, popularly known as Champs, is less than a week away and the usual off-track rivalry among schools associated with the event has the police on high alert....

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44-y-o sentenced for numerous offences

An unemployed woman who purported to be the operator of a legitimate overseas job-placement agency was sentenced to prison in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court on Tuesday...

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Woman faces fine, time for fraud

A fine of $40,000 or a prison sentence of six months was the options facing a woman who was hauled before the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court on Wednesday...

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$32m for construction, upgrading schools in Albert Town

A $32-million contract for construction of the Albert Town Infant School in Southern Trelawny and upgrading of the adjoining primary institution was signed on February 28...

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Gov't providing more ICT space

The Factories Corporation of Jamaica is retrofitting more than 63,000 square feet of space at the Montego Bay Free Zone for outsourcing and other operations...

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