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Wed, 08 Sep 2021 05:02:26 -0500
Man steals COVID vaccine igloo
An igloo which is used for the storage of COVID-19 vaccines at inoculation sites was stolen in rural St Catherine last week. The incident happened on the grounds of Tacius Golding High School, which was being used as a vaccination centre. "Yes....

Wed, 08 Sep 2021 05:02:37 -0500
Community mourns as beloved chef among septic tank casualties
On Monday, Lurline Lindo intended to carry fruit juice for her former spouse Kirk Kerr, but he did not get it as he died in a septic tank accident at the Moneague Teachers' College in St Ann. Joslyn Henry, 56, of Rivoli in Spanish Town, St...

Wed, 08 Sep 2021 05:02:27 -0500
Gaza wants proof of Kartel’s vaccination
Vybz Kartel's Gaza nation is unconvinced that he has taken the COVID-19 vaccine, despite his lawyer, Isat Buchanan, indicating that the Worl' Boss was given his first dose of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine last Friday. Vybz Kartel, who is an.....

Wed, 08 Sep 2021 05:02:40 -0500
Hanover cop’s sudden death shocks colleagues
The Police High Command has expressed condolences to the family, friends and colleagues of Inspector Michael Brown of the Hanover Police Division, who fell ill on duty and died suddenly yesterday. About 12:30 p.m. Brown was the shift commander at....

Wed, 08 Sep 2021 05:02:33 -0500
Tickets not ready for ‘COVID law’ violation
More than five months after Parliament passed legislation to ticket persons for certain breaches of the Disaster Risk Management Act (DRMA), persons are still being locked up for offences such as failing to wear masks or breaching curfew. Justice....

Wed, 08 Sep 2021 05:02:31 -0500
Tallawahs flop hands TKR comfortable win
BASSETERRE, St Kitts (CMC): Trinbago Knight Riders (TKR) inched towards the top of the Caribbean Premier League standings with a completely dominant 75-run victory over Jamaica Tallawahs, who lost their third on the trot to continue their...

Wed, 08 Sep 2021 05:02:35 -0500
CDC advises against travel to Jamaica
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has told Americans to avoid travel to Jamaica as there is a great risk that they could contract COVID-19. In an updated travel advisory yesterday, the CDC placed Jamaica at Level 4, the...

Wed, 08 Sep 2021 05:02:23 -0500
No knocking on gates during COVID - Jehovah’s Witnesses take ministry online
Jehovah's Witnesses have stopped knocking on gates in order to minister to people since the pandemic, but the religious body, like others, has been using the online space to good effect. Rojae Davidson, public communications representative for...

Wed, 08 Sep 2021 17:28:39 -0500
COVID-19 surge in the US: The summer of hope ends in gloom
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The summer that was supposed to mark America's independence from COVID-19 is instead drawing to a close with the U.S. more firmly under the tyranny of the virus, with deaths per day back up to where they were in March...

Wed, 08 Sep 2021 17:39:32 -0500
Five arrested during snap raid in Greenwich Farm
Five persons have been arrested in connection with the seizure of one Beretta 9mm pistol along with five 9mm rounds of ammunition, following a snap raid at a premises on Central Avenue, Greenwich Farm, Kingston 13 on Tuesday. Reports from the...

Wed, 08 Sep 2021 17:08:20 -0500
Firearm and ammunition seized in Clarendon, man in custody
One man has been arrested and charged in Clarendon, following the seizure of a firearm and ammunition in Banks district in the parish on Tuesday. He has been identified as 33-year-old Anthony Vassell otherwise called 'Potato Man',...

Wed, 08 Sep 2021 14:50:18 -0500
Transport authority urges commuters to report overcharging of fares
Members of the public are being encouraged to report any overcharging of fares to the Transport Authority. According to the Transport Auhtority, commuters may report incidents of overcharging through the Authority's toll-free line at 888-991-...

Wed, 08 Sep 2021 13:33:31 -0500
Street renamed in honour of Jamaicans in Paterson, New Jersey
Hundreds of Jamaicans and friends of Jamaica gathered on Saturday, September 4 in Paterson, New Jersey, to witness the renaming of one of the major streets in that city, to recognise the outstanding contribution that Jamaicans have made to the city....

Wed, 08 Sep 2021 12:09:58 -0500
672 new COVID cases, 20 more deaths
Jamaica on Tuesday recorded 672 new COVID-19 cases from 2,129 samples tested, increasing total confirmed cases to 73,496 with 22,225 being active. This brings the country's positivity rate to 42.2%. Of the new cases,...

Wed, 08 Sep 2021 11:37:28 -0500
Man fed up with potholes plants banana tree in road
FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) -- A man fed up with a private road in poor condition near his southwest Florida business had a novel solution: plant a banana tree in a pothole to warn motorists away. Last week, Bryan Raymond planted the...

Wed, 08 Sep 2021 11:00:35 -0500
World health leader urges halt to booster shots for rest of year
GENEVA (AP) -- The head of the World Health Organization is calling on rich countries with large supplies of coronavirus vaccines to refrain from offering booster shots through the end of the year, expanding an earlier request that has largely...

Tue, 07 Sep 2021 16:26:40 -0500
Cop dies after collapsing on job
Police Inspector Michael Brown, who was assigned to the Hanover Police Division, collapsed and died in Lucea this afternoon. Details surrounding his passing have not been released. His death has sent personnel at the Hanover divisional...

Tue, 07 Sep 2021 15:13:16 -0500
Cops seize illegal gun in Portmore
A team of officers assigned to the St. Catherine South Police Divsison seized one .38 pistol containing five .38 rounds of ammunition during an operation on Firearm on Myrtle Way, Independent City, St. Catherine on Monday. Reports from the...

Tue, 07 Sep 2021 14:17:53 -0500
Moneague College septic tank survivor tells tale
September 6, 2021 is a date that will forever be etched in the mind of Rayon Reid, a survivor of the Moneague College septic tank noxious fumes incident. He witnessed two of his colleagues and good friends from Central Cesspool, Kirk Kerr, 46, of.....

Tue, 07 Sep 2021 13:52:54 -0500
Baby switch at Spanish hospital discovered two decades later
MADRID (AP) -- Health authorities in Spain are blaming human error for the switching of two baby girls in a maternity ward almost 20 years ago, after one of them discovered by chance through a DNA test as a teenager that she wasn't the...



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