'Machete killer' denied bail
WESTERN BUREAU: Despite arguments that he acted in self-defense when he chopped to death a man who had entered his premises, bail was denied for St. James taxi operator Clive Mitchell in the Montego Bay Resident Magistrate's Court on Tuesday.

Fake shoe salesmen chased to police station
Spanish Town: A man who is accused of collecting monies from students at the Spanish Town Primary School after tricking them that he would buy shoes for them, recently told the court that he only did so because he is not working...

Hope for Camona
It has been more than eight months since 13-year-old Camona Orgille disappeared while walking home from school in Mavis Bank, St. Andrew, and yet her family refuses to give up hope that she is alive.

Italian doctor builds new, more natural vagina
ROME, (Reuters): An Italian doctor has reconstructed vaginas for two women born with a rare congenital deformation, using their own cells to build vaginal tissue in the lab for the first time. Dr. Cinzia Marchese of Rome's Policlinico Umberto I hospital..

Cop faces gun charges
St. Catherine: A special constable, who was arrested with several other men and an allegedly illegal gun after they were suspected to be on a robbery spree near Chapelton, will appear in court tomorrow.

Two killed in car shooting
A Gleaner vendor was one of two men shot and killed in Montego Bay on Tuesday night when unknown assailants opened fire on the car in which they were travelling. Dead are 44-year-old Gleaner vendor, Raymond 'Big Head' Sinclair...