Ivey denies fraud

President of the College of Agriculture Science and Education (CASE), Dr Paul Ivey, has denyed allegations he was involved in fraudulent activities at the institution.

The Fraud Squad has been called in to investigate reports of unauthorised expenditure of college funds, which have implicated Ivey.

There are also claims that documents belonging to the college were burnt without following the proper procedure.

In an email to The Gleaner/ Power106 News yesterday, Ivey also said he had not received official notification of any decision to terminate his services as president of the CASE.

Plane-crash victims still to be identified

The police are still to identify the burnt remains of two persons who died when the twin-engine plane they were travelling in crashed in Schwallenburgh district in St Ann on Monday.

Operation Kingfish spokesperson Detective Sergeant Jubert Llewellyn told The Gleaner that the police would have to rely on scientific methods to determine the identities of the two persons, whose bodies were charred.

The police believe the United States-registered plane was on a drug mission to Jamaica to pick up compressed ganja when it crashed on a private road owned by Windalco bauxite company.

Five murdered in St Catherine over 24 hrs

Two men were killed in a shooting incident at Angels, near Spanish Town, St Catherine, yesterday, bringing to at least five the number of murders in the parish over 24 hours.

According to the St Catherine police, about 3 p.m. a group of men invaded a construction site and demanded money. Not getting what they wanted, they opened fire.

The group went to another site, operated by the same company, where they shot and killed supervisors Winston Green and Elijah Smith.

When the men were making their escape, they encountered a licensed firearm holder who shot and killed one of the men.

He was later identified as Richard Spence, 30-year-old labourer of Damhead district, St Catherine.

The shootings followed a triple murder at 67 Old Harbour Road on Monday night.

Those killed in that incident were Robert Lindo, otherwise called 'Coolie'; Nathan Brady; and 26-year-old Glenton 'Bia' Rose. All three were masons of Old Harbour Road adresses in St Catherine.