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Thu, 09 Jun 2022 05:02:45 -0500
Court hears ... Stepdad takes pictures of child’s private
A 40-year-old man who is accused of taking a picture of his stepdaughter's vagina and giving her $3,000 not to tell her mother, made his first appearance in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court yesterday. The man, who is of a Trelawny address....

Thu, 09 Jun 2022 05:02:50 -0500
Teen involved in teacher brawl expresses remorse, says mom
The mother of the teen involved in a classroom bust-up with a teacher at the Tivoli Gardens High School in Kingston says that the incident does not reflect the discipline she has instilled in him. The boy, who has been charged with assault and...

Thu, 09 Jun 2022 05:02:40 -0500
Homeless man says five men raped him
A homeless man said he is now fearing for his life after he was allegedly held at gunpoint and buggered by five men in St Catherine, last Friday. The man, Paul*, said that he was sitting along the roadway when an unidentified man, travelling in a....

Thu, 09 Jun 2022 05:02:46 -0500
One-handed window wiper dreams of building houses
When Richard Elliot lost his left hand in a dispute, he also said goodbye to his dream of building houses. At the time, Elliot, known to most as 'Skiller', was working on a construction site in order to gain the experience needed to become a...

Thu, 09 Jun 2022 05:02:41 -0500
Woman wants to exorcise ghost of past dismissed ganja case
It has been eight years since the St James Parish Court dismissed a ganja case which had been brought against Tashoya Colquhoun, but the ghost of that old matter continues to follow her around up to the present day, and she wants it laid to rest......

Thu, 09 Jun 2022 05:02:51 -0500
Sav community counting losses after power outage
Several disgruntled residents of Dalling Street, Savanna-la-Mar, Westmoreland, are demanding compensation from the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) as they were without electricity from Sunday, causing them to lose thousands in grocery items......

Thu, 09 Jun 2022 05:02:53 -0500
Cops probing $22 million courier heist
Up to press time last night, investigators were still searching for clues surrounding the robbery of $22 million from a Beryllium courier vehicle yesterday in east Kingston. Head of the Kingston East Police Division, Senior Superintendent...

Thu, 09 Jun 2022 05:02:43 -0500
Cops recover stolen SUVs
Two stolen Suzuki Vitara motor vehicles - one red and the other black - have been recovered by the police. The model of the vehicles are between 2008 and 2014. The police did not indicate when the vehicles were recovered and if anyone has been...

Thu, 09 Jun 2022 05:02:39 -0500
Ex-cop held following seizure of Suzuki Grand Vitara
A former member of the Jamaica Constabulary Force is before the court, accused of unlawful possession of property. The charge arose from the seizure of a Suzuki Grand Vitara that the accused, Ralph Thompson, was allegedly found driving in...

Thu, 09 Jun 2022 05:02:44 -0500
ONE-MINUTE READ ... News from across Jamaica
Cabbie gets new house Fifty-nine-year-old Collington Graham, a taxi driver from Seaview Gardens in St Andrew, is thankful to be the beneficiary of a new home after the house in which he lived for 24 years was razed by fire in 2020. The keys......

Thu, 09 Jun 2022 05:02:36 -0500
Mom of three caught carrying weed
A 41-year-old Corporate Area woman, who pleaded guilty to drug-related offences in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court on Tuesday said that she was intending to sell the substance out of financial need. Ann-Marie Farquharson pleaded guilty....

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...



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