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Sat, 23 Jan 2021 18:57:33 -0500
Police investigating death of Jamaican-born entertainer in Antigua
St John's, Antigua (CMC) -- The Royal Antigua and Barbuda Police Force are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of entertainer Nicole Munroe-Baptiste, after her body was found under a container early Friday. The police...

Sat, 23 Jan 2021 12:56:58 -0500
$1 billion mega millions jackpot won, third largest in US history
DETROIT (AP) -- One winning ticket for the $1 billion Mega Millions jackpot, the third-largest lottery prize in U.S. history, was bought in Michigan on Friday. The winning numbers for Friday night's drawing were 4, 26, 42, 50 and...

Sat, 23 Jan 2021 11:20:05 -0500
Grange saddened at passing of Jamaica's all-time leading goalscorer Luton Shelton
Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Olivia Grange, has expressed deep sadness at the passing of former Reggae Boy Luton Shelton. "I am really saddened at Luton's passing. I was hoping he would have made a turn around...

Sat, 23 Jan 2021 10:48:24 -0500
114 new COVID cases, four more deaths
Jamaica on Friday recorded four COVID-19 deaths increasing the death tally to 336. The deceased are: a 63-year-old female from St. Elizabeth, an 83-year-old female from Kingston and St. Andrew, a 43-year-old male from St. James, and a 61-year-old......

Sat, 23 Jan 2021 09:42:44 -0500
Larry King, broadcasting giant for half-century, dies at 87
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Larry King, the suspenders-sporting everyman whose broadcast interviews with world leaders, movie stars and ordinary Joes helped define American conversation for a half-century, died Saturday. He was 87. King died at Cedars...

Fri, 22 Jan 2021 05:02:15 -0500
Man on assault charge proposes in court
The usual court proceedings were in session when Andre Chantiloupe was called to defend himself against a claim from his common-law wife of 14-years, Neisha Morrison, that he physically assaulted her. While addressing the Kingston and St Andrew......

Fri, 22 Jan 2021 05:02:03 -0500
Untold Sadness - She dropped out of med school after finding love n Sierra Leone national now struggling in Jamaica
Etta Isatu Findlay was on her way to earning a medical degree from the Carlos J. Finlay University of Medical Sciences. She said that she left her homeland of Sierra Leone in West Africa, and was receiving medical training at the Cuban university.....

Fri, 22 Jan 2021 05:02:19 -0500
Cabbies shun free COVID tests
Delletha Jimson-Adams is taking no chances with COVID-19. The 72-year-old was among several who took advantage of free COVID-19 testing offered by the Kingston and St Andrew Health Department when its mobile unit visited Duhaney Park and...

Fri, 22 Jan 2021 05:02:14 -0500
Accused in murder of 4-y-o remanded
A chef and his girlfriend, who were arrested and charged in connection with the murder of a four-year-old and the wounding of her father, were remanded into custody when they appeared before the Trelawny Parish Court on Thursday. The accused...

Fri, 22 Jan 2021 05:02:21 -0500
Fear grips community after woman’s murder
Residents of the usually quiet community of Content, St Catherine, are concerned after a neighbour was shot and burnt to death on Tuesday. The deceased has been identified as Lorraine Foster, 53. According to a report from the Spanish Town police....

Fri, 22 Jan 2021 05:02:20 -0500
Condoms found in dead crocodile’s stomach
Environmentalists have renewed the call for Jamaicans to take more responsibility of the ecosystem, after they found various objects, including condoms, in the stomach of a dead crocodile at the Hellshire Sewage Treatment Plant on Monday. Damion.....

Fri, 22 Jan 2021 05:02:14 -0500
Man admits to killing Simone Campbell-Collymore and her cabbie
A 24-year-old man has pleaded guilty for his role in the murder of Simone Campbell-Collymore, who was killed at the entrance to her Forest Ridge apartment complex on Stanley Terrace, Red Hills, St Andrew, on January 2, 2018. Winston Walters, the.....

Fri, 22 Jan 2021 05:02:06 -0500
I slept with my old landlord for money
Mi say, when mi was about 19 years old, mi move come a town come live with mi mother in a tenement yard. A rent she and di other people dem did a pay. The landlord did old til him body shake when him a walk, but him did feel like him a young bwoy....

Fri, 22 Jan 2021 05:02:05 -0500
Shavane Daley using challenges as stepping stones
Shavane Daley has had to overcome challenges all his life. Having to navigate his way after losing his sight as a child, he thought the deck was stacked against him. Today, he looks back at some of what he has managed to accomplish in spite of......

Fri, 22 Jan 2021 05:02:00 -0500
MORE TEACHERS COULD TAKE FLIGHT
The promise of bigger pay cheques could lure many of the island's top teachers to take up jobs overseas, despite COVID-19, which appears to be picking up steam. The United States of America on Monday surpassed 400,000 COVID-19 deaths, which...

Fri, 22 Jan 2021 16:40:15 -0500
No new protocols for Trinidad following discovery of UK COVID-19 variant
Port of Spain, Trinidad (CMC) - As health officials urged the population not to panic about the discovery of the United Kingdom variant of COVID-19, Minister of Health Terrence Deyalsingh on Friday said there would be no new restrictions or...

Fri, 22 Jan 2021 15:35:26 -0500
Clarendon man charged after stealing two cars in less than an hour
A Clarendon man has been charged with multiple offences following a series of robberies in the parish which included stealing two taxis, and robbing a woman of her cellphone on the morning of Thursday, January 14.  Charged with three counts of...

Fri, 22 Jan 2021 14:33:41 -0500
Trump impeachment to go to Senate Monday, triggering trial
WASHINGTON (AP) -- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Friday that she will send the article of impeachment against Donald Trump to the Senate on Monday, triggering the start of the former president's trial on a charge of incitement of...

Fri, 22 Jan 2021 12:34:37 -0500
CAC urges Jamaicans not to seek COVID tests from unauthorised entities
Chief Executive Officer of the Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC), Dolsie Allen, is cautioning the public against seeking COVID-19 testing from unauthorised entities. "We are appealing to consumers, don't support entities that are...

Fri, 22 Jan 2021 11:17:53 -0500
UWI investigating sale of fake degrees
The University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, has launched a probe into the sale of certificates feigning the identity of undergraduate and post graduate degrees conferred by the institution. "We wish to advise employers, educational...



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