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Wed, 08 Jun 2022 14:04:10 -0500
Region told to brace for wetter than normal seasonal rainfall
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC - The Barbados-based Caribbean Climate Outlook Forum Tuesday said that wetter than normal seasonal rainfall is expected from Jamaica across to Puerto Rico between June and August. In its latest report, the entity...

Wed, 08 Jun 2022 13:15:52 -0500
Jamaicans urged to register for June 14-16 diaspora conference
All is in place for the staging of the Jamaica 60 Diaspora Conference, and nationals at home and abroad are being urged to register to participate in the June 14-16 event. The three-day conference is being staged by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.....

Wed, 08 Jun 2022 12:02:27 -0500
Cops seize three guns in downtown Kingston
The Metro Quick Response Unit assigned to the Public Safety and Traffic Enforcement Branch (PSTEB) seized three firearms and arrested three men following a shooting incident on Orange Street, downtown, Kingston yesterday. According to the police,......

Wed, 08 Jun 2022 11:54:34 -0500
Police seize high-powered weapons, 260 rounds of ammunition in Salt Springs
The St James Police have seized three high-powered rifles, two 9mm pistols, and 260 rounds of ammunition during a joint police/military operation in two separate incidents in Salt Spring, St James yesterday.

Wed, 08 Jun 2022 05:02:59 -0500
J’can 5-y-o missing as mom tries sneaking into US
After losing two of her brothers to gun violence and narrowly escaping the same fate, Teresa 'Stushy' Wilson, 30, decided to flee Jamaica with her two children. On May 25, Wilson left Jamaica with her five-year-old daughter Malaysia 'Million'...

Wed, 08 Jun 2022 05:03:07 -0500
Attorney scoffs at proposed ‘no bail’ law
Noted attorney Christopher Townsend yesterday said the Government would be trampling upon human rights if Parliament passes a new law that would deny bail for persons charged with murder. "The moment that you are going to say that 'No, you are...

Wed, 08 Jun 2022 05:03:05 -0500
Police urge caution after $7m Western Union heist
The St Mary police are urging business operators to be extra cautious in order to minimise the risk of break-ins or robberies after a Western Union outlet in Oracabessa was robbed of close to $7 million yesterday. Head of the St Mary Police...

Wed, 08 Jun 2022 05:03:01 -0500
Christel House giving hope to poor children
Providing free education and free food, Christel House Jamaica is hoping to make a difference in the lives of children in Spanish Town, St Catherine. Officially launched in December 2020, the organisation is the Jamaica chapter of Christel House.....

Wed, 08 Jun 2022 05:02:55 -0500
‘McFarlane was the life of the party’ - Late St Ann teacher remembered as caring educator
The Discovery Bay All-Age and Infant School family in St Ann is today mourning the loss of one of its teachers who died early Saturday morning. Deloris McFarlane, 46, a senior teacher who taught at the grade-one level died in the Cornwall...

Wed, 08 Jun 2022 05:03:06 -0500
Security forces seize high-powered weapons, ammo
The St James police seized three high-powered rifles, two handguns and a large quantity of ammunition during an operation carried out in the Go-Peace area of Salt Spring on Tuesday. Several men were also picked up during the operation, but so far....

Wed, 08 Jun 2022 05:02:59 -0500
Confessed thief heading back to prison
A man who served nine months in prison for housebreaking, and larceny and who has been free for about a year, is heading back to prison for similar charges. Richard Morgan was was convicted in September 2020 and pleaded guilty to the new charges.....

Tue, 07 Jun 2022 15:10:25 -0500
15-year-old arrested after gun found in school bag
A 15-year-old schoolgirl and a man she was traveling with were taken into custody on Monday after an illegal gun was recovered from her school bag. The police say they are to be questioned and later charged. It is reported that personnel attached......

Tue, 07 Jun 2022 14:53:09 -0500
Big clean-up for fisherman’s beach on world oceans day
WPM Waste Management Limited is partnering with several stakeholders to clean the Montego Bay Fisherman's Beach on Wednesday (June 8), which is being observed as World Oceans Day. WPM's Customer Relations Officer, Sharnon Williams, told...

Tue, 07 Jun 2022 12:26:34 -0500
‘Coolie Man’ charged for murder
Thirty-four-year-old Kingston resident Errol ‘Coolie Man’ Williams has been charged with several offences, following a shooting incident that left one dead and two injured in Johnson Pen, St Catherine.

Tue, 07 Jun 2022 05:02:46 -0500
Tawes Pen rocked by quadruple murder
On Sunday night, a female security guard on duty at the Spanish Town Hospital in St Catherine was heading up a flight of stairs when she recognised a car from her community speeding towards the accident and emergency section. She dashed towards...

Tue, 07 Jun 2022 05:02:47 -0500
‘Target the bikers’ - Security expert wants cops to go after men on motorcycles
If Robert Finzi-Smith has his way, the police would stop and search any motorcycle on which two males are travelling. At the same time, the security consultant would crush motor vehicles in which fugitives are found, and seize houses belonging to....

Tue, 07 Jun 2022 05:02:48 -0500
Bring back the Port Royal ferry - Residents of historic town want boat service to return
District Constable Troy Lewis' eyes gleamed as he recalled the first time he set foot on the ferry that used to operate between downtown Kingston and Port Royal. His school, Norman Gardens All-Age, hosted a trip to the historic city. It was not......

Tue, 07 Jun 2022 05:02:52 -0500
Former ferry operator misses being on the open sea
For about three decades, former ferry operator George 'Washy' Grant enjoyed an envied bird's eye view of the Kingston Harbour, as he made a career transporting goods and passengers from downtown Kingston to Port Royal. But his journey into sea......

Tue, 07 Jun 2022 05:02:32 -0500
Winston Perkins brings stick art to life
To the casual passer-by, the work of visual artist Winston Perkins may seem amateur at best, but Perkins has been making a living off his paintings for the last 30 years. Perkins, who displays his works on Lady Musgrave Road in St Andrew, says......

Tue, 07 Jun 2022 20:45:50 -0500
Suspect identified in Bull Bay triple murder
Police Commissioner Major General Antony Anderson said that the police have identified a man in connection with the triple murder that has rocked residents in Bull Bay, St Andrew, on the weekend. Anderson, who was also speaking at a digital press.....



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