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Published:Friday | March 20, 2009 | 6:22 PM

Courtney Grayson, 23, of Hendon, Norwood was arrested and remanded until April 1, after he was charged for impersonating a policeman and unlawful possession of property.

Published:Friday | March 20, 2009 | 6:21 PM

Fire officials in Portland say an electrical short circuit was the cause of the fire, which destroyed the house of community leader Omari Ray last night.

Published:Friday | March 20, 2009 | 3:22 PM

The Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) has appointed Ken Jones as Jamaica House Spokesperson and Communications Director, Office of the Prime Minister.

Published:Friday | March 20, 2009 | 12:38 PM

The police in Portland are rejecting claims that the torching of a house in Buff Bay, Portland was politically motivated.

Published:Friday | March 20, 2009 | 12:37 PM

Investigators in St. Thomas are now awaiting the results of forensic tests to determine if the man arrested for the murder of 9 year old Courtney Walker is to be charged.

Published:Friday | March 20, 2009 | 12:37 PM

As of May one, regular passengers travelling on Air Jamaica will no longer receive the airline’s usual meal service.

Published:Friday | March 20, 2009 | 12:36 PM

At least 40 farmers in the Buff Bay Valley community of Portland are to benefit from a $35.6 million agro-tourism project.

Published:Friday | March 20, 2009 | 12:34 PM

Deputy President of Jamaica Trade and Invest (JTI) Lisa Bell is encouraging a push towards small businesses in Jamaica in an effort to help boost the economy.

Published:Friday | March 20, 2009 | 12:33 PM

A 22 year old man was shot dead in Cobbla District in Manchester a short while ago.

Published:Friday | March 20, 2009 | 8:52 AM

Grief counsellors will be heading to the Morant Bay Primary School in St Thomas this morning to offer therapy to the peers of a nine-year-old student who was killed yesterday.

Published:Friday | March 20, 2009 | 8:52 AM

At least one financial analyst is suggesting that the Government pursue the freezing of public sector salaries as it moves to contain the wage bill.

Published:Friday | March 20, 2009 | 8:50 AM

The Privy Council has ruled that the Public Service Commission (PSC) was correct when it accepted a recommendation for acting deputy solicitor general Lackston Robinson to be reverted to his substantive post as a government lawyer.

Published:Friday | March 20, 2009 | 8:49 AM

Roadwork men in North West Clarendon will have to wait longer before they receive the balance of their pay.

Published:Friday | March 20, 2009 | 8:48 AM

The police are to continue to question dancehall artiste Ninja Man who has been arrested in connection with a murder case.

Published:Thursday | March 19, 2009 | 8:16 PM

Richard Grey, 58, almost went into shock today when a Resident Magistrate in Mandeville ordered him to pay $1.1 million on ganja charges, or be imprisoned for six months.

Published:Thursday | March 19, 2009 | 8:14 PM

The five men who were shot in Greenvale, Manchester last night remain hospitalised in stable condition.

Published:Thursday | March 19, 2009 | 7:45 PM

The St. Thomas Police are trying to quell angry residents following the murder of a young boy in the parish.

Published:Thursday | March 19, 2009 | 6:15 PM

Energy Minister, Clive Mullings has invited a team of international energy consultants to help the Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) examine the recent application for tariff increase by the Jamaica Public Service Company.

Published:Thursday | March 19, 2009 | 5:48 PM

There is no decision yet on what measures will be implemented by the government to reduce its ballooning wage bill, after a meeting between officials of the Finance Ministry and the trade unions produced no results.

Published:Thursday | March 19, 2009 | 5:33 PM

International rating agency Standard and Poor has lowered Jamaica’s long-term foreign and local currency sovereign credit ratings.

Published:Thursday | March 19, 2009 | 5:25 PM

The Director of Public Prosecutions, DPP, is to investigate the circumstances that led to the shortening of the trial proceedings in the Janice Allen murder case, following an appeal to the UK based Privy Council.

Published:Thursday | March 19, 2009 | 5:24 PM

Dancehall artiste Ninja man, real name Desmond Ballentine, has turned himself into detectives of the Major Investigation Task Force this afternoon, along with his lawyer, for questioning in connection with a murder case.

Published:Thursday | March 19, 2009 | 3:26 PM

The National Works Agency (NWA) will be closing the Spring Garden to Chepstowe main road in Portland for five hours on Friday.

Published:Thursday | March 19, 2009 | 3:20 PM

Investigators from the St. Andrew North Police Division are still trying to determine the motive for last night’s killing of an illegal taxi operator in Kingston 3.

Published:Thursday | March 19, 2009 | 12:41 PM

The United Kingdom Privy Council has upheld the decision of the Court of Appeal in the Janice Allen murder case.

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