Doctor walks free
Spanish town, st catherine: Dr. Victor Brystal walked away a free man from the Spanish Town Resident Magistrate's Court last week after a rape charge brought against him was dismissed. The Resident Magistrate agreed with the defence that Brystal...

Mutilated - Body parts of missing child found
The Montego Bay Police yesterday made the gruesome find of the remains ten-year-old Donique Evans, who was reported missing on Sunday. The police stumbled upon some of the mutilated body parts of the child at about 10:00 a.m...

Baby Naethan's got 'water on the brain'
Only six months old and Naethan Blake is facing a crucial blow to his life. The child's mother, Erica Whyte, who is a cosmetologist by profession, is fearing that her child will suffer indefinitely with the disease hydriocephalus...

Cricket coach bats again
Local police say that they have no authority to arrest a coach who has been accused by the Hartford Police in Connecticut, USA, of being a child molester. The man, a vice-principal of a prominent Jamaican high school and one of the school's successful...

Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) ends a fruitful Calypso Hop
The Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) recently ended a successful six-week Calypso Hop military exchange in London, which saw the contingent performing ceremonial guard duties at the royal palaces.

Students benefit from Sandals scholarships
Twenty-two high school students, who are children of employees of Sandals Hotels across Jamaica, have been awarded scholarships worth an estimated $550,000. The scholarships were made available through Sandals and Beaches Hotels...

No marked increase for textbooks
As the new academic year begins, the Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC) is reporting that parents should not see a marked increase in the prices of textbooks for primary and secondary schools. "Overall we did not see a significant increase...