Child dies from cop's bullet
Angry residents block roads
A 10-YEAR-OLD girl, Ren-nay Lyons, died in the Kingston Public Hos-pital (KPH) yesterday after a bullet fired by a policeman at a fleeing ganja smoker smashed into her skull. The shooting triggered demonstrations by hundreds of angry residents ...
Lawman gunned down in cold blood
HORRIFIED FRIENDS who accompanied a police corporal from St. James to a hardware store in Kingston, yesterday, watched as he took his last breath, after being shot by gunmen in a robbery at the store. The lawman has since been identified as 40-year-old..
Corruption Commissioners
'Pay them properly'
SENATORS YESTERDAY raised concerns about the salaries for members of the Corruption Prevention Commission, arguing that the compensation was too low and would send the wrong signal about the importance of the body...
Test for new 'gastro' vaccine
SOME 876 Jamaican children have been enrolled in a trial programme of a new vaccine to protect babies against the rotavirus gastroenteritis. The vaccine is being tested at the University of the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) Vaccines...
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