Cops in trouble - Cases mount against members of the force
WESTERN BUREAU: A 31-year-old policeman attached to the Area One Flying Squad - based in Montego Bay - is scheduled to be sentenced for gun-related charges on March 21, following his conviction in the Western Regional Gun Court on Wednesday. The conviction of Constable Rahul Khourie...
McKenzie bans police from impounding vehicles at KSAC
Kingston Mayor Desmond McKenzie has informed Police Commissioner Rear Admiral Hardley Lewin that motor vehicles seized by the security forces will no longer be welcomed at the Kingston and St Andrew Corporation's (KSAC) pound. The decision taken was revealed yesterday...
Teacher to answer assault charges
SPANISH TOWN, St Catherine: A teacher of the Jonathan Grant High School in St Catherine is scheduled to appear before the Spanish Town Resident Magistrate's Court on March 18 to answer to charges of aiding and abetting, following the severe beating of six male students...
PNP sits out Senate
Opposition senators stayed away from yesterday's sitting of the Senate where a bill was tabled to amend the Property Tax Act. In a terse letter to president of the Senate, Oswald Harding, leader of opposition business, A.J. Nicholson said: "Regrettably...
'Prevent bush fires' - Jacks Hill blaze sparks warning against burning
Amid a recent spate of bush fires, the Jamaica Fire Brigade is appealing to citizens to be wary of setting fires in the open due to prevailing dry conditions. Acting Senior Deputy Superintendent Lanceford Williams, in charge of operations at the Kingston and St Andrew ...
Teen fugitive from US caught
A 17-year-old girl who was wanted by law enforcement officials in the United States since April 2007 was on Wednesday held by members of the Fugitive Apprehension Team in Lititz district, Watson Hill, St Elizabeth. The student of Fort Lauderdale,...
CSEC seminar a success out west
WESTERN BUREAU : High school students in Westmoreland and Hanover applauded the initiative of The Gleaner's Youthlink CSEC (Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate) techniques seminar, held at the Sean Lavery Faith Hall in Savanna-la-Mar, following a successful staging...
Judge pulls out stops on repeat traffic offenders - 20 cabbies, busmen get two days in jail each
Branded as repeat offenders, 20 taxi and bus operators were yesterday ordered locked up for two days each by Resident Magistrate Chrisanthia Brown when they appeared in the St Mary Traffic Court. Some of the men even broke down in tears, while others who were awaiting their judgement...
No more loitering in transport centre
To alleviate the problem of loitering at the Half-Way Tree Transport Centre, managers at the facility are enforcing a one-hour ticketing policy. Lenworth Simms, marketing and sales manager at the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC), said this was being done in a bid to ensure that students ...
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