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Tue, 18 Jan 2022 17:25:28 -0500
23 killed in road crashes since January
Twenty-three have been killed in road crashes in the first 17 days of the year. This is one more than that the tally for the comparative period of 2021. The Road Safety Unit in the Transport Ministry says six private motor vehicle drivers, six...

Tue, 18 Jan 2022 16:05:39 -0500
New nightly curfews in parts of Westmoreland
A new nightly curfew has been imposed in sections of Savanna-La-Mar, Westmoreland where a Zone of Special Operations (ZOSO) has been declared. The impacted communities are Russia, Dexter Street and Dalling Street. According to the police, the...

Tue, 18 Jan 2022 12:58:16 -0500
Police warn car buyers of false car adverts
The police are calling on the public to aid in reporting fraudsters using the images of Government Minister Daryl Vaz to lure unsuspecting car buyers. "These persons are in no way connected to Vaz and do not have the authority to conduct...

Tue, 18 Jan 2022 11:50:31 -0500
Guyana records 15 deaths among children from COVID
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC - The Guyana government Monday confirmed that 15 children have died as a result of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, since the country recorded its first case of the virus in March 2020. Overall, Guyana has...

Tue, 18 Jan 2022 09:13:24 -0500
Four men arrested for $2 million corned beef theft
Four men have been arrested and charged for allegedly stealing three pallets of corned beef valued at $2 million. The corned beef was stolen from a compound on Salt Pond Road, Spanish Town, St Catherine on Wednesday, January 5. Charged...

Tue, 18 Jan 2022 05:01:56 -0500
Partygoer viciously beaten
A 22-year-year old partygoer claims that she suffered a busted eardrum, multiple cuts and bruises, and swelling on the head after she was beaten by a group of women in Ocho Rios, St Ann. The incident, which took place on January 6, spilled over......

Tue, 18 Jan 2022 05:02:11 -0500
Mother of slain teen urges parents to be vigilant
A grief-stricken Keisha Foster, mother of slain teenager Toni-Ann Reid, is appealing to parents to get more involved in their children's lives. Foster, 36, believes her daughter could be alive today if both she and Toni-Ann's father, Albert Reid....

Tue, 18 Jan 2022 05:02:13 -0500
‘Fed up’ Admiral Bailey calls for resumption of hanging
Fed up with the 72 murders recorded so far in 2022, including that of nine-year-old Gabriel King in St James last week, veteran dancehall deejay Admiral Bailey is calling for the death penalty for rapists and persons who commit crimes using the...

Tue, 18 Jan 2022 05:01:58 -0500
TWO YEARS OF PAIN - Mom desperately seeks to find her daughter
It has been two years of pain and heartache for mother Marrisa Reid since her youngest child, 17-year-old Theresa Smith, went missing on March 23, 2020. Reid has been travelling the length and breadth of the island searching for her daughter, and....

Tue, 18 Jan 2022 05:02:08 -0500
Doctor proposes early therapeutic treatment to battle COVID
Prominent neurosurgeon Dr Roger Hunter is calling again for the Government to shift to early therapeutic methods as the primary means to fight COVID-19. "There is no condition that I know that if you treat it late, the outcome is better. Now we....

Tue, 18 Jan 2022 05:01:59 -0500
Brighter days on horizon for new Rae Town fisherfolk
A gentle wave makes its way out to shore and caresses the flotilla of boats at the newly constructed Rae Town fishing beach in Kingston. Standing in their midst is Rayon Graham, a fisherman, who depends on the Kingston Harbour to provide him...

Mon, 17 Jan 2022 13:43:43 -0500
Westmoreland Custos wants more ZOSOs
Westmoreland Custos Hartley Perrin wants more Zones of Special Operations (ZOSOs) in the parish. Prime Minister Andrew Holness on Sunday declared a ZOSO in southern Savanna-la-mar encompassing the communities of Russia, Dexter and Dalling streets......

Mon, 17 Jan 2022 12:57:43 -0500
Portland man arrested for allegedly assaulting sister
A Portland man has been arrested and charged for the alleged assault of his sister. The police say on Saturday, Rushane Terlonge got into a heated argument with his sister during which he hit her on the left side of her body with a concrete block......

Mon, 17 Jan 2022 12:04:48 -0500
Gun seized in Hanover
An operation by the police on Orange Bay Road in Hanover on Sunday, January 16, yielded a firearm and several rounds of ammunition. The Green Island Police reports that about 7:55 a.m., the police conducted a search of a premises in the area,...

Mon, 17 Jan 2022 11:56:21 -0500
Kingston woman missing
Natasha Robinson, 29, of Wilmott Crescent, Drewsland in Kingston 20 has been missing since Tuesday, January 11. She is of brown complexion, medium build and is about 173 centimetres (5 feet 8 inches) tall. The police report that about 8:00 a.m.,...

Mon, 17 Jan 2022 05:02:10 -0500
Central Kingston rivals to hold peace talks
Rival men in the Kingston Central Police Division could sit down with each other for peace talks as early as this week. Police commissioner Major General Antony Anderson said that the Zone of Special Operations (ZOSO) that was recently declared......

Mon, 17 Jan 2022 05:02:11 -0500
Hayes crash victim dies after seven months in hospital
After fighting for her life from a hospital bed for seven months, 16-year-old Kayanna Williams died at the University Hospital of the West Indies yesterday from injuries sustained in a June 2021 car accident in Hayes, Clarendon. Williams was...

Mon, 17 Jan 2022 05:02:12 -0500
72 murders in 15 days - Holness explains why Chang is still security minister
A staggering 72 murders have been recorded in Jamaica in the first 15 days of the new year, statistics published by the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) has revealed. In addition to the murders, the police statistics show that 35 persons were...

Mon, 17 Jan 2022 05:01:54 -0500
Southside artist helping to bring life to downtown Kingston
Being part of a project that is helping to spruce up sections of downtown Kingston is a worthwhile feeling for Sheldon Blake, an artist who grew up in Southside, a tough inner-city community in the centre of the city's capital. Blake, 42, shared.....

Mon, 17 Jan 2022 05:02:07 -0500
Waterhouse native a victim of ‘modern day lynching’ in the USA
When Peter Spencer left the gritty inner-city community of Waterhouse in St Andrew in 2013 to join his family in Pennsylvania in the United States of America, he had dreams of owning a trucking company. He appeared to be one step closer to...



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