Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:21:49 -0500
Shocked principal investigates ... STUDENTS 'MARRY' AT SCHOOL
Star Writer The principal of a high school in St Catherine is now conducting an investigation after two students, known to be a couple, were recently allowed to 'exchange wedding ... |
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:21:48 -0500
DEADLY PUNCH - Man dies after being hit in fare dispute
Star Writer A bus driver in Mandeville, Manchester, is now on the run after he was accused of fatally punching a man during a dispute about the bus fare. Up to press time last night, the name of ... |
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:21:47 -0500
Teen steals female cop's gold chain
An 18-year-old Montegonian accused of stealing a policewoman's gold chain has been remanded by the Montego Bay Resident Magistrate's Court while his criminal records are being sought. ... |
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:21:47 -0500
Man on cocaine rap freed
An electrician who was previously brought before the Montego Bay Resident Magistrate's Court for possession of an ounce of cocaine was freed of the charge on Thursday. Brenton Blake of ... |
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:21:46 -0500
18-y-o charged for stealing vehicle
An operation by the Ferry police in St Catherine South Division has led to the recovery of a stolen vehicle and charging of a man. Charged with larceny of a motor vehicle is Kevin Whyte, ... |
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:21:46 -0500
DPP says Danville Walker must be charged
DIRECTOR of Public Prose-cutions Paula Llewellyn has ruled that former Commissioner of Customs Danville Walker must be charged with failure to comply within the prescribed time, with regard to a ... |
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:21:45 -0500
JAS unveils expansion plans for development
Chairman of the Jamaica Cane Farmers Association, Allan Rickards (right) congratulates president of the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS), Glendon Harris, following Wednesday's official launch ... |
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:21:45 -0500
'Clifton' wanted for murder
He is wanted for murder which was committed on December 17. He is being asked to turn himself in to the police at the Portland Police Station immediately. Furthermore, if anyone has information as ... |
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:21:44 -0500
INDECOM probes death of unidentified man
The police reported that they received certain information and, as a result, a team went to a house on Mall Road, Kingston 13. Upon entering the premises, it is alleged a man pointed a firearm at ... |
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:21:44 -0500
Three months for iPhone thief
Three months' imprisonment was the sentence handed down in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court yesterday to a man convicted for stealing a woman's ... |
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:21:43 -0500
Wanted men in custody
They are Kemar Bryan and Christopher Hibbert who were listed as wanted by the St Andrew North Police. Bryan was captured in Portland during a Police operation on the weekend. Meanwhile, Hibbert ... |
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:43:10 -0500
Smith, Miller Retain Titles
Claire Clarke, ContributorVolume 1. No. 10Shreyas Smith and Rachel Miller both retained their respective age group titles last weekend in the first leg of the 2012 National Age Group ... |
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:43:10 -0500
Racers Confirm Camperdown Classics
Robert Bailey, Gleaner WriterGlen Mills, president of the Racers Track Club, could not provide the names of his athletes who will be participating in this year's Camperdown Classics, but ... |
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:43:09 -0500
Patriots The Favourites - Justbet
As one of the most highly anticipated Super Bowl game in recent years approaches, the Tom Brady-led New England Patriots are favoured over the Eli Manning-led New York Giants to lift the Vince ... |
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:43:08 -0500
Milo Relays Will Be Fabulous - Harvey
Adrian Frater, News EditorWestern Bureau:If the optimism expressed at yesterday's press launch of the 34th Milo Western Relays, which is slated for Saturday, February 11, is anything to go by, ... |
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:43:07 -0500
Church Needs To Get A Grip
By Howard Hamilton'CHURCH LIVID' was the headline in The Gleaner of Monday, January 30, following the successful staging of racing at Caymanas Park on the previous Sunday. I understand ... |
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 06:21:19 -0500
Danville to face court for obstructing contractor general
DIRECTOR of Public Prosecutions Paula Llewellyn has ruled that former Commissioner of Customs Danville Walker must be charged with failure to comply within the prescribed time, with regard to a ... |
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 06:21:19 -0500
Old Harbour High not daunted by quiz loss
The members of the Old Harbour High's Schools' Challenge Quiz team (from foreground) Keneisha Thomas, Lloyd Taylor, Dane Warren and Rayon Young at their St Catherine school yesterday. ... |
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 06:21:18 -0500
Robinson, Nelson for church service
Member of Parliament (MP) for South East St Andrew Julian Robinson and rival Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) candidate in the recent general election, Dwight Nelson, have both committed to attend a ... |
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 06:21:17 -0500
Parents need to address 'gangsterism'
Three Montego Bay educators have declared that parents need to be more proactive in their children's educational development and guiding them away from anti-social behaviour to become useful ... |
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 06:21:17 -0500
PM's office not ready to name board chairs
The Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) has moved to clarify claims by government sources that law professor David Rowe has been selected to head the Urban Development Corporation ... |
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 06:21:16 -0500
J'can named top Nissan salesman in Canada
A Jamaican has won the Platinum Award for being Nissan Motors number-one salesperson in Canada for 2011. Forty-nine-year-old Frank Dacosta sold 285 new cars and 50 used cars in 2011. There are ... |
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 06:21:15 -0500
Agriculture ministry to review import licences, waivers process
State Minister for Agriculture Ian Hayles (right) seems to be getting pointers from veteran attorney-at-law Frank Phipps (left), while Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS) board member Delroy ... |
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 06:21:15 -0500
Professor ready to draft Garvey school texts
THE PHILOSOPHIES and opinions of Jamaica's first national hero, Marcus Mosiah Garvey, are to be introduced in schools for the first time at the September start of the new academic year. ... |
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 06:21:14 -0500
Cancer Society seeks more members
The society's main objective is to eliminate cancer as a major health problem in Jamaica by significantly lowering the number of cancer patients and remove the high rate of mortality that is ... |
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 06:09:32 -0500
Kingston to slash NAND flash product prices
Memory module firm Kingston Technology reportedly plans to cut prices for all of its NAND flash products, including USB drives, memory cards and SSDs, by as much as 15%, according to industry ... |
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:56:33 -0500
Ontario's notorious Kingston Penitentiary remains under lockdown
Kingston Penitentiary, home to many of Canada's most dangerous and notorious criminals, remained under lockdown Thursday evening after a prison brawl Tuesday left seven inmates ... |
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:45 -0500
Jamaica police pushed to reduce police killings
Every day, Richard Hill has to pass the bullet-scarred courtyard outside his home where he saw his 47-year-old brother gunned down at point-blank range by a police ... |
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:56:03 -0500
Court told ... COACH MOLESTS 14-Y-O STUDENT
Star Writer The coach of a high school in St Catherine who is on carnal abuse and indecent assault charges was granted $200,000 bail in court yesterday. The man who is also a businessman was said ... |
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:56:02 -0500
Murder Accused Flees Trial
Star Writer A deportee who is accused of stabbing a man 18 times in his neck before hiding him in a refrigerator is now being sought by the police after he disappeared from the Home Circuit Court ... |
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:56:02 -0500
$100,000 or six months for beating 14-y-o
A St Catherine man who beat a 14-year-old boy with a piece of board was fined $100,000 or six months' imprisonment when he appeared in court ... |
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:56:01 -0500
Crown to make submissions in constable's trial
The larceny trial of Constable Kirk Williams was adjourned yesterday in the Spanish Town Resident Magistrate's Court and is to be concluded on February ... |
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:56:01 -0500
Kartel gets May court date
Dancehall entertainer AdiJaH 'Vybz Kartel' Palmer was again remanded until May 8, when he will go to trial to answer to the charges of conspiracy to pervert the course of justice and ... |
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:56:00 -0500
Men on murder charge to face court
They are 24-year-old Dave Graham, also known as 'Scamper', of a Top Lincoln address in Grange Hill and Jermaine Gordon, 18, otherwise called 'Animal', of Hudson Street. Graham ... |
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:56:00 -0500
Kid Kurrupt fined for ganja
On a day when three prominent dancehall artistes were booked to appear before the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court yesterday to answer to various offences, dancehall entertainer Jevan ... |
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:55:59 -0500
Elephant Man offered $400,000 bail on rape charge
Dancehall deejay Elephant Man, whose real name is Oneil Bryan, was offered bail in the amount of $400,000 with surety in The Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court yesterday and is set to ... |
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:55:57 -0500
Dane McFarlene's wake-up call
Dane McFarlane uses a walker to get around after having survived a critical car crash in 2010. His mother, Fae, seen with him, continues to look after him. - ... |
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