Baby bail - Alleged kidnapper has fine reduced
western bureau: A Trelawny woman who allegedly kidnapped a six-month-old baby had her $200,000 bail offer reduced and conditions attached to her bond when she appeared before the Montego Bay Resident Magistrate's Court on Tuesday.

Higgler tries to 'pass' out - Ex-con fined for fraudulent British passport
western bureau: An ex-convict who tried to leave Jamaica using a fraudulent passport was fined $150,000 or six months in prison when he appeared before the Montego Bay Resident Magistrate's Court on Monday. Lloyd Grant, a 50-year-old higgler...

Cabinet approves $538 million school contracts
Cabinet has approved the award of four contracts valued at more than $538 million to carry out upgrading and expansion works on four schools in St. Thomas, Westmoreland and St. James. Minister of Education Andrew Holness....

Man rubs four months in prison
lacovia, st elizabeth: A Panamanian-born man charged with robbery with aggravation, after he and two of his friends held up and robbed a sub- contractor of over $700,000, was sentenced to four months imprisonment....

Security guard found with
A security guard employed to a small company along Old Hope Road was arrested and charged with illegal possession of a firearm and ammunition, after he was found with a weapon which he could not account for.

Cop's son's body found in river
The decomposing body of the son of late Inspector of Police Lascelles Walsh was found in a river in Craig Hill district on Monday. Lascelles Walsh Jr. of Craig Hill district, Gordon Town, St. Andrew, was found dead by residents...

Cops arrest three for human trafficking
Police attached to the Centre for the Investigation of Sexual Offences and Child Abuse(CISOCA) have charged three persons who were allegedly involved in a human-trafficking ring. Charged with trafficking in persons are 21-year-old Kenroy Rowe...

Implicated fraudster starts paying back money
WESTERN BUREAU: Claude Downes, one of four persons implicated in a multi- million fraud at the Iberostar Hotel in St. James have begun to repaying the monies. When the case was mentioned in the Montego Bay Resident Magistrate's Court...