Beenie 'slapped' with $1.5m bail
Beenie Man appeared in the Kingston Tax Court yesterday and was offered bail in the sum of $1.5 million with a surety. He is to return to court on December 10. Resident Magistrate, Owen Parkin, issued a warrant last week for Beenie Man's arrest...

Please help the helper
Unlike some persons her age, Amanda Wilkinson is still willing and able to work in order to survive. The 78-year-old does not have a steady job and although many like her spend their days enjoying retirement, she is seeking the public's help...

Trouble comes to antagoniser
spanish town: A man, who the police said often intimidated taxi and bus operators, was stabbed several times in Old Harbour on Saturday evening by a man with whom he had a dispute. Hospitalised is Glen Russell, otherwise called 'Squiddle'...

Jamaica to seek a cut from FAO's food programme
Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) Representative for Jamaica, Dr. Dunstan Campbell, has said that he will be lobbying for Jamaica to get a share of the US$6 million that the FAO has pledged to the Caribbean for food ...

'Bally' held with gun
lacovia: A man who was arrested and charged with breaches of the Firearm Act was remanded in custody when he appeared in the Santa Cruz Resident Magistrate Court last Thursday. Jason Beadle, otherwise called 'Bally', of Fagan Town District...

$300 million approved for road and drain repairs
Cabinet has approved $300 million to begin repairs on several roads, gullies and drains which were damaged during the recent heavy rains. Transport and Works Minister Mike Henry, who made this disclosure recently at the post-Cabinet...

Shoot-out claims five
Five persons were shot, three fatally during a shoot-out between police and gunmen yesterday in the Denham Town area of west Kingston. The police say that there was a joint police-military team on operation in the area when at about 10 a.m...

JPS accident inquest set for January
Spanish Town: The relatives of three men who died in a well at a Jamaica Public Service Company Old Harbour Bay plant more than two years ago, will have to wait until January 24 next year for the inquest into their death to start.

Five post offices selected for e-transaction services
Five of the island's post offices have been selected to introduce a range of commercial and e-transaction services under a new pilot initiative being implemented by the Energy, Mining and Telecommunications Ministry....