Increase in local minimum wage
Effective September 3, the local minimum wage margin will be increased by $500. The new rate will see the minimum wage move from $4,500 to $5,000 for a 40-hour-work week....
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Andy Ballentine blessed with natural talent
Blessed with the natural talent to paint on board, canvas and even bottles, Andy Ballentine said this year will be his big break...
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Name of dead man still unknown
The St Mary police are yet to release the name of an unidentified man who was discovered in the back of a trailer in Port Maria on Tuesday.
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Haitian ordered deported
Avry Kethia, a Haitian, who surrendered to the police after illegally entering the island, was ordered deported by a resident magistrate on Tuesday....
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Accused remanded for money laundering
A man who is accused of swindling several complainants out of their monies by alleging that he could import vehicles on their behalf was remanded until August 8....
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BABY, MOTHER WOUNDED IN PIT BULL ATTACK
A mother and her 14-month-old baby had to be hospitalised yesterday after a vicious attack by two pit bulls in Eltham Vista, Spanish Town, St Catherine.....
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Man charged with stabbing girlfriend remanded
A man who is charged with stabbing his girlfriend to death was remanded when he appeared in the Spanish Town Resident Magistrate's Court yesterday....
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Accused minister held for bigamy
A St Catherine-based minister of religion who is being accused of marrying three women without getting a divorce was remanded when he appeared in the Spanish Town Resident Magistrate's Court on bigamy charges. .
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Probe launched into murder of unidentified man
An investigation has been launched into the murder of an unidentified man in Gordon Pen, St Catherine, yesterday.
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Unlicensed real-estate broker in custody
Continuous efforts by the Real Estate Board to clamp down on unlicensed real-estate practitioners bore fruit on Monday morning during an operation in Mandeville.
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