RED PLATE FEAR - Taxi men switch to white plates
THE THEFT OF at least four taxis per month has driven some taxi operators to take drastic measures to protect themselves. The drivers, THE STAR understands, have created a new defence mechanism in an effort to keep thieves away.
Illegal abortion under police scrutiny
THE POLICE ARE investigating a case where a doctor reportedly performed an abortion on a minor although performing an abortion is illegal under the law. According to the police, the incident was committed earlier this year...
One killed as gunmen shoot up dance
ONE MAN WAS shot dead and another shot and injured by gunmen at a dance in Constitution Hill, St. Andrew, on Sunday morning. Ainsworth Brown, a 28 year-old man from Constitution Hill was shot dead and a 21 year-old man was injured during the incident.
Number of jailed foreigners increased
THE NUMBER OF foreigners in Jamaica's prison system have increased between 2003 and 2004, the Correctional Services Department is reporting. According to statistics from the Department, in 2003, a total of 219 foreigners were imprisoned locally.
Victim of mob killing was serial rapist?
western bureau: THE POLICE HAVE linked an alleged rapist killed vigilante-style by residents of Green Pond community in St. James to a string of unsolved rape cases across the parish. The alleged rapist, the cops say, may have been a 'serial rapist'.
Great 'Whyte' hope
LEIGHTON WHYTE, A 25-year-old Masters student of the Caribbean Institute of Architecture was therecent recipient of the First Annual Architectural Excellence Award. The awards, held in Trinidad...
Holed out!
A MAN WHO managed to dig a hole in the ceiling of his prison cell, but said it was a police officer who freed him, appeared in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate court before Resident Magistrate Martin Gayle last week.
Another Jamaican extradited to the USA
FORTY-SIX YEAR-old Donovan Fred Anderson also known as Percy David Morais of Jarrett Lane, Mountain View, is to be extradited to the United States to face a 15 year sentence.
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