Fiona Daniels

Another of the prisoners who escaped from the Oracabessa lock-up in St. Mary in December, last year, has been recaptured.

The police have charged an auto mechanic who allegedly impersonated Government Minister Daryl Vaz and attempted to defraud persons using the minister’s name, following an incident in Kingston on Wednesday, January 10.

Licence renewal for public passenger (PPV) and commercial vehicles will be done online, through the new Transport Authority Advanced Integrated Management System (TAAIMS) effective February 1.

A salary parity exercise for administrative staff is among the measures being undertaken by the University of Technology (Utech) to implement new salary arrangements.

The Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA) is investigating the rape of a 7-year-old child by her 26-year-old male cousin in Trelawny.

The St. Ann police are investigating a suspected case of drowning at a beach on Forte Land Road in Discovery Bay, in the parish on Saturday.

Emergency sewage works being facilitated by the National Water Commission (NWC) in collaboration with the Kingston and St. Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC) will begin on Monday in the Coronation Market, Downtown Kingston.

Two men were shot and killed in separate incidents in Nannyville, St. Andrew on Saturday.

The National Works Agency (NWA) is making major headway in providing contracts for the construction and rehabilitation of three major bridges in the island.

The Kingston Western police are probing the shooting death of a 16-year-old girl at her home on Albion Avenue, Kingston 5 last night.