Cash Plus goes into receivership
Investors with funds in the once popular alternative investment scheme, Cash Plus, received another blow yesterday with the news that the company had officially gone into receivership. News that the company had been appointed a receiver manager...

Two cops charged for illegal actions
Yet another cop has been charged for illegal actions and is to face the courts. In a release from Karl Angell, communications director for the Jamaica Constabulary Force, it was stated that a corporal and constable have been arrested...

Decline in HIV deaths
Chief of Epidemiology and AIDS in the Ministry of Health and Environment, Dr Peter Figueroa, has said that although the incidence of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) continues to rise, the death rate from these...

Sweet deal for Handy
Ricardo Handy appeared once again in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court, along with the "Motorola phone with camera" which he was ordered to return to his ex-girlfriend. Handy seemingly capitalised on the advice of RM Glen Brown...

16-year-old remanded for lying
Spanish Town: A 16-year-old girl who admitted to lying that she was sexually assaulted by a man, was taken into custody at the Spanish Town Resident Magistrate's Court yesterday and the accused man set free...

Teens charged with robbery
Two teenage boys were caught 'red handed' after robbing a female, thanks to the swift response of police on Sunday. Charged with robbery with aggravation are Elegor Burnett, 18, an unemployed resident of McDonald Lane...

Jail, not money for drug mule
A woman who said she was promised $100,000 to carry ganja to Antigua received a more costly payment when she was sent to prison on Wednesday. Evelyn Edwards, 42, from Brown's Town, St Ann, pleaded guilty to the charges against her...

Farming comes to Windsor Forest School
The Portland branch of the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS), is partnering with Windsor Forest All-Age School in the parish, to promote agriculture in schools and generate interest in farming among students....

Accused robbers remanded
Had it not been for a vehicle which reportedly hit one of two accused men, they probably would have made off with $60,000 which they allegedly stole from a woman only moments before. Trevor Codwell and Mark Codwell appeared in the Corporate Area Resident.

Cops wreck tow truck driver's day
spanish town: An operation by detectives from the Office of Professional Responsibility has led to the arrest and charge of a wrecker driver with breaches of the Corruption Prevention Act. Alvin Hensley, 47, was held in Spanish Town about 4 p.m...