Mark Shields to leave JCF
Crime chief Deputy Commissioner Mark Shields will leave the Jamaica Constabulary Force next year. A release from the Ministry of National Security said Shields was offered another contract, but negotiations broke down....
Suspected lovers chopped, burnt?
Two men who were killed in Airy Hill, Oracabessa, St Mary last Saturday, might have been attacked because they were believed to be gay, THE STAR understands. The two men, Civian Thomas and the other man known only as 'Malichi'...
Yam thieves plague farmers
Farmers in Sanguinetti, Clarendon, are being discouraged due mainly to losses being incurred as a result of praedial larcenists.The farmers told THE STAR they had invested several thousand dollars to get their farms up to standard...
Man in court for illegal gun
A Westmoreland man who absconded bail last year and who is facing gun and ammunition-related charges, is booked to appear before the St Elizabeth Circuit Court, which opens in Black River on Monday, November 17.
Student kills classmate at Dunoon
A 16-year-old student of the Dunoon Park Technical High School was stabbed to death during a dispute over a cellular phone on the school grounds yesterday. His 16-year-old classmate has been taken into custody in connection...
JCF operational activities increased
The police have significantly increased their operational activities during the months January to October 2008, compared with the corresponding period last year, statistics released by the Jamaica Constabulary....
Corporal charged with Blvd nightclub murders
Corporal Leslie 'Steve' Moodie, the Jamaica Defence Force soldier implicated in the deaths of four men during an incident at the Double Diamond Gaming Lounge on October 20, has been charged with four...
Reggae Boyz physical trainer awaits fate
Reggae Boyz physical trainer, Junior McBean, will wait until November 28 to be sentenced for using a forged birth certificate to obtain a passport. He appeared in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court yesterday...
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