Long Street fire blankets city blocks in smoke

August 06, 2016 in Regional

The police have blamed an electrical fault as the cause of the Long Street fire which consumed a retail store’s stock and blanketed two city blocks in thick grey-white smoke yesterday. While the proprietors of Home Ideal Store have been left to clean up the...

Teen pregnancies trending down

August 05, 2016 in Regional

KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS) – Executive Director of the Women’s Centre of Jamaica Foundation (WCJF), Dr Zoe Simpson, says evidence from the centre’s recruitment activities is suggesting a decline in pregnancy among adolescent teens. “We have not done the empirical research; however, by virtue of the fact...

League threatens to take case to the Privy Council

August 05, 2016 in Regional

The Free & Fair Elections League (F&FEL) has indicated it will appeal the recent High Court judgement that dismissed its challenge to the number of parliamentarians in Prime Minister Gaston Browne’s Cabinet. According to Secretary of the F&FEL, George Rick James, the appeal to the Eastern...

Woman shot, 2 guns found during police operation

August 04, 2016 in Regional

WESTMORELAND, Jamaica — A woman was hospitalised after she was reportedly shot during a police operation in Jerusalem Mountain in Westmoreland early this morning. The police have reported that an AK-47 assault rifle with six 7.26 rounds and a 12-gauge shotgun with two cartridges were seized...