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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