FIX IT - Manhole fixed but road no Paradise Street
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.

Witness in Spragga's son's murder assaulted by cop
Sergeant Michael Blackwood, charged with assaulting a witness to the murder of Carlton Grant, son of dancehall artiste Spragga Benz, is to be tried in the Petty Sessions court in February. When the matter was mentioned...

Residents cry police brutality
Spanish Town: Motorists travelling towards Spanish Town, near the National Housing Trust work site, along the Mandela Highway experienced difficulties as residents protested against the shooting of two men, one fatally, yesterday.

Cop charged with bus driver death gets bail
A policeman charged with killing a bus driver was granted $300,000 bail in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court yesterday. Corporal Owen Montaque, charged with murder, was also ordered to give his fingerprints...

Five persons shot and injured
Five persons, including a police corporal, a 10-month-old baby and the father, were shot and injured by police in the Lodge district, St Ann, Wednesday night.

Man arrested for JLP conference shooting
Almost two months after the shooting incident at the Jamaica Labour Party's annual conference, during which one man was shot dead and two others injured, a man has been arrested and charged.

Feuding babymothers end up in court
western bureau: Two women who share the same 'babyfather' found themselves before the Montego Bay Resident Magistrate's Court answering charges of disorderly conduct for fighting over him...

Divided gang terrorises community
The Hunt's Bay police say a split in the 'Moscow' gang operating in Olympic Gardens, St Andrew, has caused a deadly feud in the community. At least five persons have been killed in what police sources theorise are reprisal killings...

Fake cops accused of robbery, held
Two men accused of impersonating police personnel and confiscating goods as well as money belonging to a vendor in Half-Way Tree, St Andrew, were remanded until January 19.