Police beating 'not that serious'
WESTERN BUREAU: LUCIUS THOMAS, police commissioner, said yesterday that the circumstances in which a 48-year-old police corporal was injured during an altercation at the Mount Salem Police Station barracks in St. James, may have been overstated.
Greg Christie appointed new Contractor General
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW Greg Christie has been appointed the new Contractor General, replacing Derrick McKoy who recently stepped down from the post after seven years. Governor-General Sir Howard Cooke is scheduled to swear in the new Contractor General...
Alumina Partners' (Alpart) back to normal
NORMALITY HAS returned at Alumina Partners' (Alpart) Nain, St. Elizabeth, plant following the intervention of the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, which got a court injunction to block supervisory staff at Alpart from going on strike...
Patterson pushes global trade deal
VALLETTA, Malta (CMC): PRIME Minister P.J. Patterson told leaders attending the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) here that a strong and clear message should emanate from the meeting as to the urgent need for a successful conclusion...
Ten laboratory technicians up for leptospirosis training
TEN LABORATORY technicians are to undergo training in the Elisa technique that will facilitate the quick screening of early cases of leptospirosis in both animals and humans.
Gardener murdered
SPANISH TOWN, St. Catherine: SEVERAL PERSONS wept openly after viewing the lifeless body of 25-year-old gardener, Dwayne Thomas, who was shot and killed yesterday afternoon, in Willowdene, St. Catherine.
Two cops shot, injured
TWO POLICEMEN were shot and injured in separate incidents on the weekend, according to the the Constabulary Communication Network (CCN). On Saturday night, a policeman from Mountain View Police Station, moonlighting as a taxi driver, was shot...
Four prisoners escape from Lawrence Tavern lock-up
THE CONSTABULARY Communication Network (CCN) reported last night that four prisoners were on the run after escaping from the Lawrence Tavern Police Station lock-up in St. Andrew.
Wanted man killed in Spanish Town
SPANISH TOWN, St. Catherine: A 25-YEAR-OLD man, who the St. Catherine North police claim is wanted for several crimes committed in the Thompson Pen and Jobs Lane area, was shot and killed during a shoot-out on Saturday night.
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