O-WRAP:Carlos Hill freed… Courthouse fire… Bus driver, woman killed in crash
In case you missed it, here are OBSERVER ONLINE’s top 10 stories for today.
1. Cash Plus boss Carlos Hill freedFormer Cash Plus boss, Carlos Hill, walked out of the Home Circuit Court this morning a free man after only one of 16 witnesses were available.
2. MPs question US$800 increase for constructing Food For the Poor housesMembers of Parliament (MPs) are questioning a proposed US$800 increase by charity organisation Food For the Poor, in the cost per unit to build houses under the Government’s Housing, Opportunity, Production and Employment (HOPE) programme.
3. Two killed, 15 injured in bus crash on Old Harbour RoadA minibus driver and a woman were killed and 15 other people were injured in a two-vehicle crash on Old Harbour Road in St Catherine last night.
4. Fire at St Catherine CourthouseThe Corporate Communications Unit (CCU) of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) has confirmed that there was a fire this morning at the St Catherine Parish Courthouse in Spanish Town.
5. Stop spreading fake news! Police say ‘Bigga’ Ford not deadThe police are asking people to desist from circulating false information, which claims that retired Senior Superintendent of Police Cornwall ‘Bigga’ Ford is dead.
6. Thompson headlines Paris Diamond LeagueJamaica’s double Olympic sprint champion Elaine Thompson will headline the Paris Diamond League meet on July 1, organisers said Monday.
7 . Estimates of flood damage to be completed todayEstimates of the damage to the island’s infrastructure and farmlands by recent heavy rains should be completed by this afternoon.
8. Man arrested after cops find gun, ganja in WestmorelandA man was yesterday arrested in connection with the seizure of a firearm and a quantity of ganja in his Berkshire community located in Westmoreland.
9. JUTC shortens route 54 due to erosion in Lawrence TavernThe State-run Jamaica Urban Transit Company Limited (JUTC) this morning disclosed that it has been forced to shorten its service on route number 54, which plies Half Way Tree to Border in St Andrew, due to significant damage to the Lawrence Tavern corridor.
10. Bahamas police arrest Guyanese woman found with cocaine in hair weaveThe police have arrested a Guyanese woman who attempted to smuggle cocaine that was concealed in her hair weave into the Bahamas.
