Firefighters from the York Park Fire station were up late last night trying to contain bush fires, which were blazing in sections of Jacks Hill in St. Andrew.
Members of the Fugitive Apprehension Team in St. Elizabeth arrested an American fugitive yesterday, who has been wanted in the United States since last year.
West Indies selectors have dumped Jamaican batsman Brenton Parchment and Trinidad and Tobago’s captain Daren Ganga for the opening Test against Sri Lanka, starting next Saturday in Guyana.
The Supligen-sponsored Kingston and St. Andrew Football Association’s Under-20 League for the Leighton Duncan Trophy continues this afternoon with three Zone Two games.
The country’s national knockout football competition, the Champions Cup, will kick off on Tuesday, March 18 with the City of Kingston Co-operative Credit Union (COK) as the new title sponsors.
Residents of Shettlewood and Burnt Ground in Hanover were last night met with gunfire as they returned home from a meeting with Health and Environment Minister, Rudyard Spencer.
Children’s Advocate, Mary Clarke is lobbying for more trained guidance counsellors to be placed in schools as a means of curbing behavioral problems in children.
Dr DK Duncan, Member of Parliament for Eastern Hanover is expected to meet with the Public Defender, lawyers and the Health and Environment Minister regarding the dispute between local residents and the cemetery operators.
Jamaica’s top junior tennis players will compete at the Junior Davis Cup and Federation Cup 16 and under events at the Central American and Caribbean regional tournaments in Honduras.
A woman and her common law husband are in police custody after being charged for the murder of a 39 year old mason in a reprisal killing at Mike Town in Manchester on March 5.