Gun found in Russia
The Savanna-La-Mar CIB yesterday found an illegal Romak 7.62-calibre rifle with four live rounds during a daylight operation in the community of Russia, Westmoreland. Acting on intelligence, a party of detectives went to an abandoned...

Fire brigade to educate public
In response to alarming figures, the Jamaica Fire Brigade is launching an intense community-based education programme, the hope of making citizens more aware of what they can do to save their lives and property.

Biker dies in collision with bicycle
A motorcyclist was killed, and a cyclist injured, in a collision on the Barry main road in St. Catherine, yesterday morning. Dead is 45-year-old Cyrus Edwards of Cameron district, St. Catherine, while injured is 19-year-old Lekkie Johnson...

Two shot dead yesterday
Two men were shot dead in separate incidents in Trelawny and St. Catherine yesterday morning. Robert Merchant, otherwise called 'Merchie', a 35-year-old taxi operator of Browns Hall, St. Catherine, was killed at his home.

Taxi driver shot dead in Falmouth
Two men were shot, one fatally, by gunmen at Newton Street, Falmouth, Trelawny, on Tuesday night. Dead is taxi driver Waldron Duncan, 44, of Hague, Trelawny, while injured is an 18-year-old man.

Curious RM puzzles over Curacao connection
western bureau: Montego Bay Resident Magistrate's Court judge, RM Winsome Henry, has expressed her concern at what she describe as a drug trade between Jamaica and Curaçao. RM Henry voiced her concerns on Tuesday...

Fisherman fined for drug offences
WESTERN BUREAU - A St. James fisherman who accepted ganja in exchange for money owed to him by a customer was fined $3,000 in the Montego Bay Resident Magistrate's on Wednesday. Patrick Hibbert pleaded guilty to possession...