Parents charged with pimping girl
WESTERN BUREAU: The mother and stepfather of a 12-year-old girl have been arrested for aiding and abetting the sexual assault of their daughter by their 30-year-old neighbour, who is now on the run. The quiet farming district of Rockland in St. Elizabeth...
Half of World Cup tickets sold
More than 50,000 tickets for the International Cricket Council (ICC) Cricket World Cup (CWC) were sold last month according to Delroy Taylor, project officer in charge of ticketing. Mr. Taylor said many of these tickets were sold through the ticket centres...
JUTC to get luxury buses for CWC
The Ministry of Transport is spending just over $1 billion to acquire 50 luxury buses to boost the fleet of the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC), which will be rolling out a shuttle service for the ICC Cricket World Cup...
Falmouth Hospital ready for World Cup
WESTERN BUREAU: Essential services at the Falmouth Hospital are ready and will be available for use during the hosting of the ICC Cricket World Cup this month, health officials say.Speaking in an interview following a tour...
600 to man security points
OVER 50 persons graduated yesterday from a joint customs/immigration training programme in Kingston. They will be part of a 600-strong team that will man Jamaica's borders for the ICC Cricket World Cup which gets under way on March 11.
Teacher collapses in class, dies later
Several students at the Swallowfield Primary and Junior High School, St. Andrew, who are to sit the Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) in just over two weeks, were left traumatised on Wednesday after their teacher collapsed in front of them and later died at hospital.
Fullerton gets 12 months for fraud
Nicole Ann Fullerton, the daughter of Henry Fullerton, former head of the failed Caldon Finance Group, was yesterday sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment for defrauding businessman Colin Karjohn of $15 million. She is appealing...
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