Mandeville cops hold four for robbery
The Mandeville Police have held four men who they believe are responsible for a robbery which occurred at the Manchester Shopping Centre branch of the Victoria Mutual Building Society on Tuesday.

Most pest controllers insured
Some 70 per cent of pest control operators now have liability insurance since it became mandatory in 2006. Registrar of the Pesticides Control Authority (PCA), Hyacinth Chin Sue Walters, told JIS News that since the start of the registration process...

Student dies from stab wounds
Dujon Hibbert, the 16-year-old Calabar student who was stabbed in Manor Park, Kingston 8, on Monday, succumbed to his injuries in the Kingston Public Hospital on Tuesday.

Fugitive held in Spanish Town
st catherine: A 32-year-old man who is wanted in the U.S. for attempted murder and drug trafficking was held in Spanish Town yesterday. He is Martin Stone of a St. John's Road address. Stone, who is wanted in New Jersey...

Man accused of harassing worksite remanded
spanish town: A St. Catherine man who allegedly went on a site, along with two others, and demanded $10,000 or else, was remanded when he appeared in the Spanish Town Resident Magistrate's Court on Tuesday.

Court jails nose breaker
A man accused of assaulting another man and breaking his nose will spend the next two years in jail. Sheldon Blackwood, who is originally from St. Mary, but now living at a Kingston 10 address....

Man charged with battery theft
western bureau: A St. James man who allegedly attempted to steal packs of batteries from a supermarket had his bail extended when he appeared before the Montego Bay Resident Magistrate's Court yesterday.