News

The police in Ocho Rios, St. Ann have taken a man into custody following the shooting death of another man in Great Pond in the parish on Wednesday.

The Court of Appeal has thrown out a criminal case, in which the prosecution relied on computer-generated documents to prove its case, after the evidence was found to be inadequate.

The police high command is rejecting reports that a search was carried out at the home of attorney at law Carolyn Reid because of her connection with the case involving former head of the St. Catherine North Police division, Superintendent, Harry Daley.

Police Commissioner Rear Admiral Hardley Lewin has announced the reassignment of several senior officers.

Officials in St. Maarten say no one has come forward to claim the body of a Jamaican man which was found in the Dutch Quarter on Tuesday.

The Health Ministry is reiterating the government’s commitment to control the use of tobacco and its bi-products.

Small business operators in a building at 14 Caledonia Avenue in Cross Roads, St. Andrew could get a slight reprieve before the building is demolished.

The Education Minister Andrew Holness said he would be meeting with the Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA) next week to discuss their concerns about salary negotiation.

Motorists are to see a reduction in the prices of all petroleum products effective today.

The executive of the Bakers Association of Jamaica (BAJ) asked the Bureau of Standards for three months to have the correct labels placed on all baked products.

Five employees of the Atlas Security Company are now in hospital in critical condition after the bus in which they were travelling overturned along the Anchovy Main Road in Portland this morning.

Jamaica House is seeking to correct a release it issued on Monday stating that The Cabinet is on recess.