Police's anti-crime efforts reap rewards
The St Andrew North Police are reaping their sweet rewards as they continue in their relentless efforts to fight crime. Earlier this year, the division had been rocked by a substantial increase in the number of reported robberies...

Stop! My baby's still in the car!
DALLAS (AP)A tow-truckdriver unknowingly hauled away a car with a seven-year-old asleep inside, before returning the vehicle minutes later and speeding away, police said. The panicked parents of the missing boy watched the driver hurriedly...

Foreigners deported
Two Suriname nationals who came and set up business in Jamaica without going through the right protocols will return home next week. The accused men Anthony Waileung Choi and Yau Keung Choi pleaded guilty to overstaying and working without a work permit.

Man held with fake driver's ID
WESTERN BUREAU: Senior Resident Magistrate for St James, Winsome Henry, is calling for a public campaign against the sale of driver's licences. Her request was made after the second person, within a month, appeared before the Montego Bay RM Court...

Man killed by lone gunman
A 23-year-old man was shot dead by a lone gunman at Seaward Drive, Kingston 20, yesterday. Dead is Ian Palmer whose address has not yet been ascertained. ...

Swizzle slime was an isolated case
The producers of the Swizzle drink and the Bureau of Standards say that a case in which a woman and her kids found a slimy substance in one of their drinks is an isolated incident. Seprod, which distributes the product manufactured by its subsidiary...

Two die during shoot-out
Two of four gunmen who allegedly engaged members of a police team in a shoot-out were fatally shot in Riversdale, St Catherine, yesterday morning and a firearm was seized in the incident. The dead men have been identified as Everton Dawes ...

Sister accused of acid attack bailed
A woman accused of pouring a corrosive substance on her brother, causing burns to his back, appeared in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court on Tuesday. Marcia Marsh is accused of throwing caustic soda at her brother....

MORE TAXES BEING PAID
The Portmore Municipal Council is reporting that more property owners in the Sunshine City are paying their property taxes as there was a record 47.88 per cent compliance for the 2006-2007 period, about nine per cent higher than the 2005-2006 period....

Trucker warned
WESTERN BUREAU: A Montego Bay truck driver who is accused of being one of several persons who robbed a man of his cellphone, cash and a motor vehicle, was granted bail when he appeared before the Montego Bay Resident Magistrate's Court on Thursday....

Scammer fined for fraud
A man who appeared before the Corporate Resident Magistrate's Court on Tuesday pleaded guilty to charges of obtaining money by false pretences. Charged is Conrad Duncan of an employment agency in Kingston.