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Tue, 17 May 2022 11:25:21 -0500
Musk: Doubt about spam accounts could scuttle Twitter deal
LONDON (AP) — Tesla CEO Elon Musk says his deal to buy Twitter can’t move forward unless the company shows public proof that less than 5% of the accounts on the social media platform are fake or spam. Musk made the...

Tue, 17 May 2022 16:57:50 -0500
UPDATE: Four shot at funeral, one fatally
One woman was fatally shot, and three others injured earlier today at the Meadowrest Memorial Gardens after gunmen attacked a group of funeral attendees in St Catherine. The deceased has been identified as Shanice ‘Peach’ Dean from 12...

Tue, 17 May 2022 11:44:16 -0500
Murders up by 4%
According to crime statistics published by the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), 21 more people have been killed in 2022 when compared to the same period in 2021. Currently, the total number of murders stands at 534; a 4% increase. The St...

Tue, 17 May 2022 11:20:59 -0500
Train service will boost community tourism - Shaw
Minister of Transport and Mining Audley Shaw has said that the country's railway system will be revived and fast-tracked to take advantage of the numerous economic activities that are available. Addressing reporters and other stakeholders...

Tue, 17 May 2022 11:11:06 -0500
Nineteen-year-old charged with murder
The Spanish Town police arrested and charged 19-year-old Eric Gordon in connection with the fatal shooting of one woman, and the injuring of two men in Homestead, St Catherine last month. Reports from the police say that about 3:00 a.m...

Tue, 17 May 2022 10:59:09 -0500
Seventeen-year-old charged after Clark’s, Red Stripe beer stolen
A St Mary minor has been charged for housebreaking and larceny after he broke into a house in the Oxford District in the parish and stole cash and other valuables. According to the police, the complainant had returned home from running errands when....

Tue, 17 May 2022 10:32:04 -0500
Security guard charged for murder
Security guard Kirk Gardener, 41, was recently slapped with several charges, including murder, after he reportedly shot and killed another security guard on Ashoka Road in Kingston 11 last year. Dead is Eswick Lawson, otherwise called 'Tata...

Tue, 17 May 2022 05:02:50 -0500
Former Magnum contestant killed
An up-and-coming artiste died yesterday following a stabbing incident close to his home in Hamilton Gardens, Portmore, St Catherine. The deceased, Durmaim Carson, 36, affectionately called 'Willy' or 'Carson Fyah', was a contestant in the 2018...

Tue, 17 May 2022 05:02:41 -0500
Two seniors dead after being shot at domino table
A usually peaceful night of games among friends was shattered by gunmen last Friday along East Street in central Kingston leaving two men dead. According to police reports, about 8:45 p.m., a group of men were playing dominoes when a motorcycle.....

Tue, 17 May 2022 05:02:32 -0500
Slow pace of St Thomas roadwork angers residents
Omar Ryan, an advocate for the development of St Thomas, said he is sometimes moved to tears while driving in sections of the parish which is riddled with potholes and trenches caused by work being done under the Southern Coastal Highway...

Tue, 17 May 2022 05:02:37 -0500
Clarendon youth farmer has big dreams
Clarendon goat farmer Tabbian McGye is a man with big dreams. McGye, who works at the Caribbean Broilers outlet in Longville Park in the parish, does his goat farming on the side and started off with a single mixed-breed goat in 2010. He has...

Tue, 17 May 2022 05:02:39 -0500
Nurse-turned-farmer crowned all-island farm champ
Chelisa Osbourne, the Wakefield, Trelawny, woman who gave up a career in nursing and embraced agriculture, was last week crowned All-Island Youth Farmer champion at the Jamaica 4-H Clubs National Achievement Expo 2022 at the Denbigh showground in.....

Tue, 17 May 2022 05:02:43 -0500
Women choosing a more natural look over the ‘vixen’ body shape
As social media users speculate that the 'vixen' body era is coming to an end, CEO of Designer Bodys, Michelle Dior, believes that it will always have a place among plastic surgery enthusiasts and the wider society. "I think it has dwindled a...

Tue, 17 May 2022 05:02:35 -0500
Mark Golding offers prescription for gas pain
Leader of the Opposition, Mark Golding, has drafted a proposal for the amendment in the regime governing the tax on gas. Golding's plan proposes that the Government imposes a cap on the ad valorem special consumption tax on petroleum products...

Tue, 17 May 2022 05:02:34 -0500
Section of Tower Street renamed for Indian statesman
India's president Ram Nath Kovind yesterday likened his country's renowned social reformer, Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar, to Pan-African Marcus Garvey. Ambedkar, known as the Father of the Indian Constitution, has been bestowed a special honour by...

Tue, 17 May 2022 05:00:26 -0500
Clarendon woman fears home will be washed away
Having recently lost her toilet to floodwaters caused by heavy rain, Monica Barnes, 55, fears that another heavy shower might see her entire house being washed into the river. Barnes lives in a rundown shack on the riverbank in Waterworks,...

Mon, 16 May 2022 18:20:38 -0500
Street renamed in honour of Indian social reformer
A part of Tower Street in downtown Kingston was today (May 16) officially renamed in honour of Dr Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar. Dr Ambedkar was a jurist, social reformer, and politician. He is also known as the Father of the Indian Constitution. A...

Mon, 16 May 2022 18:12:39 -0500
Former supermarket supervisor pleads guilty to manslaughter
Former supermarket supervisor Aundre Bromfield pleaded guilty to manslaughter today when he appeared in the circuit court for the murder of his lover at the Master Mac Supermarket in Manchester two years ago. On December 31, 2019, Aundre Bromfield.....

Mon, 16 May 2022 17:02:31 -0500
PNP marches on Ministry of Finance
Members of the Peoples National Party (PNP) and their supporters are currently gathered in protest at Heroes Circle in Kingston. They are about to March to the office of the finance minister, Dr Nigel Clarke. Several opposition members...

Mon, 16 May 2022 05:02:47 -0500
‘Anything fi get back mi baby’ - Family desperate to find missing two-year-old
The family of missing two-year-old Jameal Mendez says a prophetic revelation from a pastor has rekindled hope and optimism for the safe return of the infant who went missing from his Rasta Corner home in Free Town, Clarendon, on Thursday....



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