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Sun, 11 Apr 2021 12:12:42 -0500
Elderly woman found wandering in Portmore
An elderly woman was found wandering along Dodge road in St Catherine on Saturday April 10. The police say she gave her name as Aphredite Latvatski of Smith Avenue, Morant Bay in St. Thomas. She is of brown complexion slim build and is about 5 feet....

Sun, 11 Apr 2021 12:48:33 -0500
Pubs, hairdressers set to reopen as UK eases virus lockdown
LONDON (AP) -- Millions of people in Britain will get their first chance in months for haircuts, casual shopping and restaurant meals on Monday, as the government takes the next step on its lockdown-lifting road map. Nationwide restrictions...

Sun, 11 Apr 2021 12:43:12 -0500
More volcanic eruptions rock St. Vincent
KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent (AP) -- Conditions worsened on Sunday on the eastern Caribbean island of St. Vincent as loud rumbling, lightning and heavy ashfall were observed and residents reported power cuts. The eruption Friday of La Soufrie...

Sun, 11 Apr 2021 12:21:02 -0500
CISOCA urges parents to monitor children's online activities
Head of the Centre for the Investigation of Sexual Offences and Child Abuse (CISOCA), Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Charmaine Shand, is calling on parents and guardians to be more vigilant in monitoring their children's use of the...

Sun, 11 Apr 2021 11:59:18 -0500
381 new COVID cases as three more Jamaicans die from virus
Three more Jamaicans including one who tested positive for the virus in the last 24 hours, have died as a result of the coronavirus, increasing the island's COVID death tally to 672. All three of the deceased are from Kingston and St Andrew,...

Sun, 11 Apr 2021 11:24:23 -0500
Eligible persons can now register on spot to receive COVID vaccine
Health Minister Dr.Christopher Tufton, is encouraging Jamaicans to not allow the lockdown to stop them from getting vaccinated, as eligible persons are permitted to travel to immunisation sites within their parish, even without an appointment....

Sun, 11 Apr 2021 10:52:18 -0500
Police warn job seekers against fake employment agencies
The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) has urged job seekers, especially young adults, to ensure employment agencies are legitimate companies before engaging in any business with them. Investigators say employment agencies are being used as a ploy to....

Sun, 11 Apr 2021 10:40:36 -0500
Mother and teen son arrested following attempt to extort cops
A teenage boy who can be heard in a viral video on social media demanding the release of a prisoner, as well as JM$ 2 million from the police has been arrested. The threats were made against the Freeport Police in St. James. The teen and his...

Sat, 10 Apr 2021 16:54:23 -0500
Ash-covered St. Vincent braces for more volcanic eruptions
KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent (AP) -- People who ignored an initial warning to evacuate the area closest to a volcano on the eastern Caribbean island of St. Vincent raced to get clear Saturday, a day after it erupted with an explosion that shook the...

Sat, 10 Apr 2021 16:19:45 -0500
Severe volcanic ash and small craft warning in effect for Barbados
Bridgetown, Barbados (CMC)-- The Barbados Meteorological Service has issued a warning following another eruption of the La Soufriere volcano in St Vincent. In a release early Saturday, the Met Service said that satellite imagery continues to...

Sat, 10 Apr 2021 12:30:23 -0500
Stalled at first jab: Vaccine shortages hit poor countries
LONDON (AP) -- As many as 60 countries, including some of the world's poorest, might be stalled at the first shots of their coronavirus vaccinations because nearly all deliveries through the global program intended to help them are...

Sat, 10 Apr 2021 12:14:55 -0500
Gun and ammo handed over to cops in MoBay
A team of officers assigned to the St. James Police Division seized one 9mm Smith and Wesson pistol with a magazine containing fourteen 9mm rounds of ammunition at an establishment on the Jimmy Cliff Boulevard, Montego Bay, St. James on Friday....

Sat, 10 Apr 2021 12:07:01 -0500
Cops seize gun in Spanish Town, man in custody
One man has been arrested in connection with the seizure of a 9mm Sig Sauer pistol with a magazine containing fourteen 9mm rounds of ammunition by the St. Catherine North police. The firearm was seized during a joint police/military operation in...

Sat, 10 Apr 2021 11:41:03 -0500
276 COVID cases recorded as eight more Jamaicans die from virus
Eight more Jamaicans have died as a result of the coronavirus, increasing the island's COVID death tally to 669. Three of the deceased are from Kingston and St Andrew, two men aged 72 and 61, and a 69-year-old woman, two men from Westmoreland...

Fri, 09 Apr 2021 05:03:28 -0500
Jamaican mongrel enjoying life in Canada
Jamaican dog Joseph is certainly living the high life with his new owner Rachel Kornblum in Toronto, Canada. One of 144 dogs who were flown on a chartered flight to Canada last month, Joseph was recently adopted by the 25-year-old elementary...

Fri, 09 Apr 2021 05:03:13 -0500
Five-year-old shot twice in attack on her house
A West Kingston mother is thankful to see her five-year-old daughter smile again after being shot twice in a violent gun attack at her home around 7 on Wednesday night. A second victim, a 32-year-old man, was shot in the upper body and had to be.....

Fri, 09 Apr 2021 05:03:14 -0500
Search for missing teacher ends in heartbreak
A week of intense searching for Nattalie Dawkins, a teacher at Four Paths Primary and Junior High School in Clarendon, came to a painful end yesterday after a body, believed to be hers, was found in a shallow grave in Sandy Bay. Search parties...

Fri, 09 Apr 2021 05:03:21 -0500
Rock River youth building his own car line
Oshane Dunstan, 23, has his sights set on designing and making his own line of cars - the only thing in his way is getting the training he so desperately needs. He has already started on his journey by making miniature cars in his community of...

Fri, 09 Apr 2021 05:03:36 -0500
Kareen McLean finds her voice as Kalyra
It's not every day that we see a dancer making a transition to pursue a career in music. But for Kareen McLean, it has been a long time coming. A past member of the Ardenne Dance Troupe and L'Acadco Dance Company, McLean has taught dance at her.....

Fri, 09 Apr 2021 05:03:27 -0500
Father of slain exotic dancer offers reward for info on killers
It has been almost five months since Donovan Campbell lost his child, Shandeka 'Diamond' Campbell, 28, who was found dead in a guest house in St Andrew. Diamond, who the police said was an exotic dancer, was found lying in a pool of blood in a......



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