Shebada nickname causes beating - Babymother claims she was stoned, stabbed
A 19-year-old man accused of stoning and stabbing the mother of his child because she called him 'Shebada' pleaded not guilty when the case was mentioned in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court on Thursday.
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Fake school nurse - Worked at college for eight years
A woman who worked as the school nurse at a St Ann college even though she had no nursing qualifications, will spend the next 12 months in jail. Celia Francis, 57, from Ewarton, St Catherine...
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Health ministry closes school
Four cases of hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) was confirmed by the Ministry of Health at a prominent prep school in the St Andrew parish resulting in its closure yesterday by the Kingston and St Andrew Health Department.
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Woman shouts, calls for Jesus in court
A woman accused of stealing a motor vehicle let out a sudden shriek while standing in the dock at the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court yesterday. The woman, who had previously been charged with unlawful possession...
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PALS raises the 'bar on Red Hills Road
There is a policeman in vice-principal Canute Fagan's office at Calabar High School. Actually, there are two, but the huge one with the gentle, almost beatific expression who makes the automatic rifle he is toting seem more like a toy...
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Lawman robbed of his service pistol and $200,000
Up to late yesterday, investigators in the St Catherine North division were still searching for a group of gunmen who robbed one of their colleagues less than 30 metres from the Spanish Town Police Station.
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Unregistered St Catherine residents to get birth certificates
Icylin Graham had never been registered in all of her 45 years. Yesterday, however, all that changed, as she was finally registered, which means she will now have a birth certificate....
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Groundsman luck runs out in court
A groundsman at the Constant Spring Police Station who pleaded guilty to stealing $16,500 from a policeman's car was about to escape with a suspended sentence, but his luck changed ...
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JPS loses $4 billion to illegal connections
With $4 billion in losses due to illegal connections last year, the Jamaica Public Service is undertaking an all-island drive to remedy the problem and so far 1,250 illegal connections have been removed.
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JUTA driver shot dead
A JUTA tours bus driver was shot and killed by a man after he was accused of 'bad driving' someone else yesterday afternoon in the Rockfort area. Dead is 57-year-old, Headley Charles Morris.
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Accused child molester found dead
A man who was accused of molesting a child in Oracabessa, St Mary on Wednesday was found dead by resident in his community yesterday afternoon. Dead is Desmond Capleton, 51, from Spring Head district, Oracabessa.
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