SE St Ann fallout - PNP supporters bitterly divided
The failure of the People's National Party (PNP) to find a candidate to replace Tourism Minister Aloun Assamba in South East St. Ann, has created yet another political storm for the governing party with reports now surfacing that one of its prominent sitting councillors...
Prime Minister babysits in Tavares Gardens
Probably the Jamaican Prime Minister to have hugged and kissed the most people in one year, Portia Simpson Miller yesterday extended her unique political skills to the realm of babysitting. Mrs. Simpson Miller was a motherly picture for two minutes after Ann-Marie White...
Focus on emotional health of students
Professor Maureen Samms-Vaughan, executive chairman of the Early Childhood Commission, says the most important intervention a teacher can make in encouraging individual potential in children, is addressing children's behavioural and emotional health...
Wrong men abducted by gunmen and beaten
Several men, including the son of Assistant Commissioner of Police, Reggie Grant, narrowly escaped death yesterday afternoon, after they were abducted by a group of gunmen who marched them to nearby Wynter's Pen in Spanish Town, St. Catherine...
Blair to address political breaches
Political Ombudsman, Bishop Herro Blair, has called a high-level meeting today with members of the hierarchy of the two major political parties, to address breaches of the political code of conduct and related issues. In a Gleaner interview yesterday, Bishop Blair raised concerns...
Constable freed of extortion charge
One of the five policemen who was charged jointly with a former policeman for allegedly attempting to extort US$2.5 million from a St. Andrew businessman has been freed. Constable Dave Austin was freed yesterday after Resident Magistrate Judith Pusey upheld a no-case submission...
Heavy rains this weekend
Eastern parishes should brace themselves for heavy rains and thunderstorms this weekend, according to the Meteorological Service of Jamaica.The meteorological office has based its prediction on a surface trough which it says currently exists over the central Caribbean...
Alleged 63-y-o con woman in court
SPANISH TOWN, St Catherine: A senior citizen who is accused of defrauding a woman of more than $200,000 was remanded when she appeared in the Spanish Town Resident Magistrate's Court, charged with obtaining money by means of false pretence.
New vehicles to transport prisoners
The Ministry of National Security has handed over five Chevrolet Express vans to be used to transport prisoners to court. The vehicles, which are valued at $18.8 million, can accommodate 10 prisoners each. The vehicles were handed over to Police Commissioner Lucius Thomas yesterday.
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