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Wed, 01 Jun 2022 17:56:23 -0500
Clansman trial on hold
Due to the unavailability of presiding judge, Chief Justice Bryan Sykes, the Clansman-One Don Gang trial has been adjourned until tomorrow. The matter was scheduled to resume today but had to be postponed as Sykes had a previous engagement....

Wed, 01 Jun 2022 15:31:27 -0500
Depp awarded $10M, Heard $2M in split libel lawsuit verdict
FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) --A jury awarded Johnny Depp more than $10 million on Wednesday in his libel lawsuit against ex-wife Amber Heard, vindicating his stance that Heard fabricated claims that she was abused by Depp before and during their brief...

Wed, 01 Jun 2022 14:46:56 -0500
New shelter for the homeless is a dream come true
The opening of the $140-million Desmond McKenzie Transitional Centre for the Homeless, marks the fulfilment of a long-standing dream of the man in whose honour the facility is named. The state-of-the-art centre, which is the country's first...

Wed, 01 Jun 2022 14:38:44 -0500
Olympic Gardens home destroyed in fire
A suspected arson attack this morning along Balmagie Avenue in Olympic Gardens, St Andrew destroy one property, leaving a family homeless. There are no reports of injuries. Our news team understands that no one was home at the time of the fire. It.....

Wed, 01 Jun 2022 14:17:00 -0500
Manchester killer wishes he could bring back lover
Andre Bromfield, the former delivery supervisor who pleaded guilty to the killing of his 24 -year- old lover Shantel Whyte, says he wishes he could bring her back. "If money could bring the deceased back to life, I would spend every...

Wed, 01 Jun 2022 13:47:53 -0500
Auto electrician shot dead in St Ann
The St Ann police are investigating the fatal shooting of an auto electrician during a suspected carjacking in Swamp district, Moneague last night. The deceased has been identified as 50-year-old Dwight Abrahams of Middlesex. It is reported that...

Wed, 01 Jun 2022 05:02:48 -0500
Shooters Hill residents learn from landslide disaster
"An unforgettable and terrible event" is how Sophia, a resident of Toby Gully in Shooters Hill, St Andrew, describes the landslide that claimed the lives of her neighbours Romeo and Saneeka Leachman in October 2020. As the Atlantic hurricane...

Wed, 01 Jun 2022 05:02:57 -0500
Construction worker walks free in gang trial
Newly acquitted defendant in the Clansman-One Don Gang trial Dwayne Salmon said it was a case of mistaken identity that had caused him to be charged. The 31-year-old construction worker was initially charged in June 2019 with being a member of a.....

Wed, 01 Jun 2022 05:02:40 -0500
Budding Farmers engage youth in agriculture
Mikayla-Ann Henry wanted watermelons. But instead of asking her mom to purchase the fruit, the then four-year-old and her brother, Matthew-Aiden, six, asked for help to plant the seeds that would bear the juicy treat they desired. It was this...

Wed, 01 Jun 2022 05:02:38 -0500
Jamaican roasted breadfruit on shelves in the USA
When Anne and William Saunders decided to retire in Jamaica's northeast parish of Portland, they bought a fruited property that had more than 100 breadfruit trees. They quickly realised that much of the breadfruit was going to waste and thought......

Wed, 01 Jun 2022 05:02:54 -0500
Jamaicans have sweet craving for lychee
Everywhere one looks, it is clear that Jamaica is in lychee season, but for some reason the fruit has become a must-have for summer. According to vendors in the Corporate Area, past scarcity has driven up demand and simultaneously, the price.......

Wed, 01 Jun 2022 05:02:55 -0500
Man accuses cop of stealing cell phones
A Corporate Area resident who went to a police station to report that he was allegedly robbed by a cop was ordered to spend a night in jail when he reportedly threatened lawmen and behaved boisterously. Andrew Burrell pleaded not guilty to...

Wed, 01 Jun 2022 05:02:52 -0500
Teen allegedly beaten for bad writing
A senior parish judge was stunned yesterday when she heard that a Corporate Area man physically assaulted a teen at his school because he was not writing properly. Prosecutors at the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court said that last November,......

Wed, 01 Jun 2022 05:02:47 -0500
Pooran hails batters after WI beat Netherlands
West Indies captain Nicholas Pooran commended his side's batting approach against the Netherlands, following the regional side's seven-wicket win under the Duckworth-Lewis method in the first One Day International (ODI) in Amstelveen yesterday.......

Wed, 01 Jun 2022 05:02:44 -0500
Brilliant GK Foster denies Tivoli in JPL
Goalkeeper Kemar Foster pulled off a string of impressive saves on Monday night at the Anthony Spaulding Sports Complex to help Waterhouse FC return to the top of the Jamaica Premier League (JPL). Waterhouse clipped Tivoli Gardens 1-0, but the......

Wed, 01 Jun 2022 05:02:36 -0500
WEIRD STUFF: Woman in love with aeroplane
Brace for digital babies Artificial intelligence expert Catriona Campbell has predicted that one in five couples will opt for a digital child over a real infant in the next 50 years. The computer-generated children will exist in the virtual......

Tue, 31 May 2022 17:38:32 -0500
St James mother being questioned by police
Earlier today, a St James mother was taken into custody for questioning by the police in connection with the death of her seven-year-old son. The body of Hayden Rose was discovered in a small banana field outside his home in Bicker Steth this...

Tue, 31 May 2022 05:04:15 -0500
Pothole fixer charged for collecting money
Herman Cousins, who said that he has spent the past 28 years of his life fixing potholes in Portland without payment, is outraged that he was charged with extortion and obstructing traffic by police on April 28 in Port Antonio. He said that he......

Tue, 31 May 2022 05:03:16 -0500
Trelawny man fighting renal failure for 18 years
"When the doctor told me that I had renal failure, I thought it was something that was going to get better. I thought it was something like flu that I could recover from, I never expect I would be travelling to Kingston twice a week to get...

Tue, 31 May 2022 05:05:03 -0500
Kingston residents wary as hurricane season approaches
Senior citizen Daphne Reynolds, who has been residing at Board Villa in Denham Town, Kingston, for the past 30 years, said she is often worried during the hurricane season because of the fragility of her one-bedroom dwelling. In fact, the 83-year....



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