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Sat, 06 Mar 2021 17:52:40 -0500
Dancehall producer arrested in Florida on scamming allegations
Music producer Donte "Papi Don Muziq" Johnson has been arrested in Florida in connection with a fraud case. He is accused of scamming an 88-year-old Sarasota, Florida man out of US$63,000. It is reported that the victim believed he was...

Sat, 06 Mar 2021 17:06:40 -0500
Gunman shot while attempting to rob Westmoreland store
A gunman is nursing gunshot wounds in the hospital after a failed robbery at a store on Whitehouse main road in Westmoreland on Saturday, March 6. Reports from the Whitehouse Police are that about 2:00 a.m., the store manager went to investigate a.....

Sat, 06 Mar 2021 15:28:55 -0500
Firearm found under tree in St Ann
The St Ann police say they have recovered a Glock and nine 9mm cartridges during an operation in Alexandria, St Ann on Saturday, March 6. Reports from the Alexandria Police are that between 9:30 a.m. and 10:00 a.m., lawmen carried out an operation.....

Sat, 06 Mar 2021 13:41:07 -0500
US Coast Guard interdicts Haitian migrants off Southern Florida coast
The United States Coast Guard says rescue crews interdicted a 30-foot vessel with 25 Haitian migrants on aboard after they called for help after taking on water about 30 miles northeast of Jupiter in Southern Florida. The US Coast Guard said the...

Sat, 06 Mar 2021 12:19:43 -0500
Murder suspect captured, two firearms seized
The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) is reporting that the quick action of the St Catherine South police resulted in the capture of a murder suspect. In a statement today, JCF said the man was a part of group of men suspected of committing a murder....

Sat, 06 Mar 2021 11:21:04 -0500
Europe records 1M coronavirus cases last week
MILAN -- Europe recorded 1 million new coronavirus cases last week, an increase of 9% from the previous week and a reversal that ended a six-week decline, according to the World Health Organization. Among the hard-hit places is the Milan...

Sat, 06 Mar 2021 10:16:47 -0500
16-year-old charged for stabbing attack on cop in Clarendon
A 16-year-old male of a Clarendon address, has been arrested and charged for the attack of Constable Nicholas Brown, who was stabbed multiple times shortly after leaving the Mineral Heights toll plaza in the parish last Saturday ....

Sat, 06 Mar 2021 10:16:39 -0500
Three more COVID-19 deaths, 527 new cases
Jamaica on Friday recorded three more COVID-19 deaths, pushing the tally to 446. The deceased are: A 91-year-old female from St Ann A 48-year-old male from St Ann A 76-year-old male from St Catherine whose death was previously...

Fri, 05 Mar 2021 05:02:31 -0500
Lucky to be alive - Crash survivor recounts near-death experience
March 6 marks a year since Monique Richards, 30, came face to face with death. She was cruising steadily along the Boscobel main road in St Mary sometime after midnight when the driver of a white Toyota Probox motor car reportedly failed to...

Fri, 05 Mar 2021 05:02:53 -0500
Teen dies while going to pick up brother
Two years after losing a brother to a mob attack, Romaine Miller is again sunken into a place of despair after another sibling, 14-year-old Devaughn Hollingsworth, died as a result of injures he sustained in a tragic accident along the Spanish...

Fri, 05 Mar 2021 05:02:35 -0500
Money plane - Rocky Point aircraft turns residents into entrepreneurs
A 12-seater aircraft that crash-landed on the white sand beach in Rocky Point, Clarendon, on January 23 has become a source of income for some residents in the fishing village, as scores of people ventured there to get a first-hand view of the...

Fri, 05 Mar 2021 05:02:48 -0500
Vlogger killed in her yard
Residents of Little Kew Road in Kingston 10 looked on in shock and sadness on Wednesday as they recalled the chilling news that their neighbour and friend, 36-year-old Nicola Gibson-Campbell, was murdered in her yard the night before. Gibson-...

Fri, 05 Mar 2021 05:02:44 -0500
Senior cop fumes at attacks on colleagues
Head of the Clarendon police, Senior Superintendent Glenford Miller, has decried the attack on a police constable by a man identified as a vendor in the parish capital, May Pen, on Thursday. The incident, captured on video, shows the policeman.....

Fri, 05 Mar 2021 05:02:29 -0500
‘I feared for my life’ - Driver who showed gun in video tells his side of the story
The driver of the Honda vehicle seen on video showing a gun to another road user says he only pulled his licensed firearm as he believed he was in danger. Seymour Branford, a businessman, has issued a statement to the Firearm Licensing Authority.....

Fri, 05 Mar 2021 05:02:51 -0500
Roy Rogers set for success in Delapenha Memorial
ROY ROGERS has the ideal draw and weight allowance to run rivals off their legs in Sunday's 'Lindy' Delapenha Memorial at a mile, sitting plumb at post-position two with 117lb, with the only possible matching speed being HARRY'S TRAIN. An eight-.....

Fri, 05 Mar 2021 05:02:50 -0500
GG Award recipient fights way out of poverty
Shamona Smith of Palmers Cross, Clarendon, was among 42 people conferred with the Governor General's Award for Leadership and Achievement in February. The award focuses on youth, education and nominees' impact in their communities. "Receiving...

Fri, 05 Mar 2021 05:02:49 -0500
Made love to a one-legged woman
STAR, mi say there was this girl in my community that I had the biggest fetish for. She was really beautiful and had a Coca Cola bottle shape, well almost because she lose one of her leg in an accident. She wears a prosthetic leg and mi brethren....

Fri, 05 Mar 2021 05:02:47 -0500
Woman searching for sister since 2003
A few weeks before her dad died in 2003, Shellion Salmon found herself sorting through his old documents, when she stumbled upon a photo of a young woman. The photo had a note written on the back saying 'Happy Father's Day daddy from your...

Fri, 05 Mar 2021 16:41:19 -0500
Man charged with murder following garbage dispute with neighbours
The security guard who shot and killed one of his neighbours during a dispute over garbage scattered by dogs, has been charged with murder. Charged is 56-year-old Leroy Martin otherwise called 'Biggy', of Carlton Mountain, Claremont in the...

Fri, 05 Mar 2021 16:51:58 -0500
Mechanic arrested for stabbing man in belly
Twenty-eight-year-old Ricardo Smith, a mechanic of New Hope district, Little London in Westmoreland has been charged with wounding with intent following an incident in the parish on Wednesday. Reports from the Little London police are that about 6.....



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