Celebrants face a lean Christmas
President of the Jamaica Agricultural Society, Senator Norman Grant, said he is confident that Jamaicans will have a good Christmas despite the current shortage in some ground provisions that the country generates.

Cops probe two deaths
A man is being sought by police in connection with the death of his common-law wife on Charles Street, downtown Kingston, on Thursday morning. Dead is Tamara Nelson also known as 'Camille' of Pink Lane...

It's scamming time
As the Christmas approaches, the Police Fraud Squad and the Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC) are urging consumers to be on the lookout for scams, which are more prevalent this time of the year...

Teenager granted bail
One of the two Jamaica College students charged with the murder of their schoolmate was granted bail before the Children's Court earlier this week. The student was on Tuesday offered $1 million bail...

RM orders teens to church
Two teenage students from a Corporate Area high school, who physically abused another schoolmate, will not be enjoying their holidays because they were ordered to only attend church by RM Glen Brown when they appeared...

Area tense after gang mom's murder
Acts of reprisals, and the killing of a mother as she hosted a nine-night, have mounted tension in Church Corner, Morant Bay, St. Thomas, forcing police to maintain a strong presence in the area.

Suspended sentence for carnal abuser
black river: A 23-year-old man, who was on a two-year suspended sentence given in May, was on Wednesday given another suspended sentence this time for three years. Savel Smith of Vineyard district, St. Elizabeth, was given the recent sentence on a charge

'Lenky's' bones identified
The skull and bones which were found in Clarendon on Tuesday have now been identified as those of a reputed gang leader. The Clarendon police have reported that the skeletal remains are those of Seymour 'Lenky' Smith...

Fix-it : Good news one and all
AS PART of our mission to be the People Paper, THE WEEKEND STAR has been highlighting problem areas across the island. Our reporter, Carolyn Johnson, along with photographer Norman Grindley, will focus on a particular area until the problem...

Cabbie says coke not his
western bureau: A Westmoreland taxi driver who was held at the Sangster International Airport attempting to leave the island with a half of a pound of cocaine, was granted bail in the Montego Bay Resident Magistrate's Court on Tuesday.

Man killed, companion injured
Two men were shot, one fatally, along the Stetting main road in Trelawny on Wednesday morning. The dead man has been identified as Presley Downer, 41, of Stetting district in the parish, while injured is a 44 -year-old man.