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Tue, 15 Mar 2022 15:14:23 -0500
Police investigate double murder in St James
Investigations by the St James police are underway, after they discovered two bodies suffering from gunshot wounds in Green Pond, St James last night. Dead is 19-year-old O'Neil Tellwell, otherwise called 'CJ' of Bridgetown in Green...

Tue, 15 Mar 2022 13:49:05 -0500
Businesswomen rob man at knife-point
Two women were arrested and charged with robbery with aggravation after they allegedly robbed a man at knife-point in downtown Kingston yesterday. They are 21-year-old make-up artist Moesha Smile, otherwise called 'Browning', and 25-...

Tue, 15 Mar 2022 13:30:30 -0500
Portmore man charged with stealing fridge parts
In Braeton, St Catherine, 63-year-old Mario Davis was arrested and charged with simple larceny, and malicious destruction of property after he reportedly stole parts from two refrigerators. The police report that on Monday, February 07, Davis...

Tue, 15 Mar 2022 10:34:45 -0500
"Jamaica will continue to increase global presence," – GG
Governor General Sir Patrick Allen, says the Government intends to continue to strengthen Jamaica's presence across the globe, including collaborating more closely with traditional and non-traditional partners. He noted that the country...

Tue, 15 Mar 2022 10:22:00 -0500
Police continue gun, ammunition clean up
The Joint Anti-Gang Task Force (JAGTF) continues its gangs, guns, and gangster's initiative with two separate operations that lead to the seizures of an illegal firearm, and caches of ammunition. In the first operation, the police say one 9...

Tue, 15 Mar 2022 05:01:32 -0500
Dildo video costs pastor a tooth -
It has been four years since Pastor Jean Clarke was seen acting jolly with a dildo in his mouth. Following the circulation of a video on social media, which showed the 65-year-old performing fellatio on the sex toy, the preacher told this...

Tue, 15 Mar 2022 10:39:06 -0500
Privy Council rules to ban same sex in Bermuda
LONDON, Mar 14, CMC - The London-based Privy Council Monday sided with the Bermuda government in its battle to ban same-sex marriage in the British Overseas Territory. The ruling by the Privy Council, the island's highest court, came...

Tue, 15 Mar 2022 05:01:41 -0500
Cop tricked City Puss on visit to prison
City Puss, the alleged deputy leader of the One Don faction of the Clansman Gang reportedly caused a commotion in the Spanish Town Resident Magistrate's Court in 2018, after he was reportedly tricked and charged for extortion and breaches of the......

Tue, 15 Mar 2022 05:01:40 -0500
High energy costs force water lockoffs
Jamaicans have been told to brace for water lockoffs as the National Water Commission (NWC) will be shutting down some of its facilities during certain hours. The NWC said that the shutdown represents proactive steps to safeguard water supply......

Tue, 15 Mar 2022 05:01:37 -0500
Charles sees value in fly farming pilot project
Agriculture and Fisheries Minister Pearnel Charles Jr has expressed support for a regional pilot project to showcase the value of insect farming. The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), a specialised agency of the United Nations that leads......

Tue, 15 Mar 2022 05:01:37 -0500
Old school building going to waste - MP shuns calls to turn it into training centre
Member of Parliament for St Andrew West Rural, Juliet Cuthbert-Flynn, has pushed back at suggestions that she should convert the Mount James Primary and Infant School building into a skills-training centre. The school was among 18 learning...

Tue, 15 Mar 2022 05:01:29 -0500
Manchester mom seeks help to replace broken artificial leg
Despite the absence of an arm and a leg, Sheryl Walters has always been an independent woman, working day jobs to sustain herself and help provide for her two children. But for the past year this has become increasingly hard as the prosthetic leg....

Tue, 15 Mar 2022 05:01:28 -0500
ONE-MINUTE READS ... News from across the world
One journalist killed, another injured in Ukraine Fox News reporter Benjamin Hall was injured while reporting outside of Kyiv, Ukraine, yesterday and was hospitalised, the network said. Hall is a Washington-based correspondent who covers the......

Tue, 15 Mar 2022 05:01:26 -0500
ONE-MINUTE READS ... News from across Jamaica
Ministry seeks duty relief on farm inputs The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries said that given the ongoing supply chain disruptions caused by the pandemic and the crisis in Ukraine, it will be asking the finance ministry to provide...

Tue, 15 Mar 2022 05:01:24 -0500
American takes natural lifestyle to Jamaica
Hailing from the icy boroughs of west Chicago, in the US state of Illinois, raw food chef Sara Gentis has come to Jamaica, specifically Maverley in St Andrew, to share her philosophy. Gentis, who is also a wellness coach and founder of Intrinsic....

Mon, 14 Mar 2022 17:14:26 -0500
Ongoing assessment to address learning loss
Principal of Petersfield Primary and Infant School in Westmoreland, Susan Rattray-Hammond, has said that the school is employing techniques to combat learning loss among its student population. In an interview with, Mrs Rattray-Hammond...

Mon, 14 Mar 2022 14:04:59 -0500
Gun seized from Portmore teen
In Gregory Park, Portmore, St Catherine the police say an illegal gun was seized from a 17-year-old boy on Sunday. The teen has since been arrested. The nine-millimetre Brico pistol was recovered during a snap raid on Walkers Avenue in the...

Mon, 14 Mar 2022 13:36:47 -0500
Buff Bay Minibus operators feeling left out
The Transport Authority (TA) has this morning announced that new route licenses for taxi drivers are available for the Port Antonio to Buff Bay route, leaving minibus drivers disgruntled. The drivers this morning staged a peaceful protest, just one...

Mon, 14 Mar 2022 13:54:10 -0500
Police making inroads in tackling gangs – Dr Chang
Minister of National Security, Dr Horace Chang, is commending the police for making inroads in disrupting criminal gang activity and enhancing public safety. "They are [tackling] the criminal gangs across the country, very effectively,...

Mon, 14 Mar 2022 05:01:41 -0500
Board gun thugs terrorise motorists
The St Andrew South police have confirmed that thugs, some of whom seemed to be using pieces of board shaped like guns, yesterday held up and robbed several call centre workers along Spanish Town Road as they travelled home on a staff bus, the...



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