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Jamaica Gleaner

Tue, 19 Jul 2022 00:17:50 -0500
LIPS SEALED
The district constable at the centre of a love triangle and the disappearance of social-media star Donna-Lee Donaldson may be compelled by the police force to give a statement despite her reported resistance to tell what she knows. Prominent...

Tue, 19 Jul 2022 00:17:19 -0500
Report: No footage showing monkeypox patient walking out ward
Findings of an investigation into the shock departure of Jamaica’s first monkeypox patient have suggested that he indeed escaped through a bathroom window, challenging a counterclaim that he walked from the isolation ward. The July 9 disappearanc...

Tue, 19 Jul 2022 00:16:24 -0500
Gang accused were behind bars when some murders happened
State records pertaining to the arrest and detention of three defendants in the Clansman-One Don Gang trial have shown that they were, in fact, in jail during the periods in which they are accused of committing various murders. The trio, Tareek...

Tue, 19 Jul 2022 00:13:26 -0500
Dad rues double tragedy as brother kills sibling in crash
Seventy-four-year-old Hubert Mike stared at the broken motorcycle parts close to his home and business place in Byles district, near Kitson Town, trying to make sense of a crash that claimed the life of his 35-year-old son, Kenish Oneil Mike. In a.....

Tue, 19 Jul 2022 00:17:01 -0500
Gore: Racetrack prep, monster engine factored in drag-racing tragedy
Leading motorsport driver Doug Gore has said that Sunday’s deadly drag-racing event at Vernamfield in Clarendon may not have been triggered by oil spill residue but could be linked to track preparation and the power of the car. Gore said that the...

Tue, 19 Jul 2022 00:16:07 -0500
Wave of grief after three bodies found at St Ann home
A cloud of mystery surrounds the discovery of three bodies at a family home in Free Hill, St Ann, as stunned relatives and a shocked community were plunged into mourning on Monday morning as investigators try to find motives and the perpetrator...

Tue, 19 Jul 2022 00:09:20 -0500
Fear grips residents in police murder conspiracy
Residents of Green Glebe Road in Red Hills, St Andrew, are cowering in fear and have opted to clear the streets before dark amid a police conspiracy probe following the murder of Phillip Wallace on Saturday. Rogue cops are suspected to have carried....

Tue, 19 Jul 2022 00:15:48 -0500
Organisers rebuff Vernamfield safety concerns
As investigations into Sunday’s deadly accident at the Vernamfield Aerodrome in Clarendon continue, residents of Gimme-Mi-Bit and surrounding communities have expressed concern over what they believe to be lax safety measures when racing events ar...

Tue, 19 Jul 2022 00:12:56 -0500
Staff press NSWMA management to thrash out concerns
Sanitation staff are accusing the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) of depriving them of overtime salaries while they work in poor conditions and with inadequate equipment for the past seven months. “Dem deal wid we like the...

Tue, 19 Jul 2022 00:09:57 -0500
Work together to improve justice system
THE EDITOR, Madam: I thank retired Supreme Court Judge Lennox Campbell for so eloquently speaking about the crux of the matter, and the challenges facing the justice system, in The Gleaner article ‘We must restore confidence in the justice syste...

Mon, 18 Jul 2022 00:07:14 -0500
LEGEND
EUGENE, Oregon: Even by her high standards, Shelly-Ann Fraser Pryce, ‘Mommy Rocket’, soared into another universe last night further cementing her place as one of the greatest female sprinters ever. Pryce captured her fifth world 100 metres titl...

Mon, 18 Jul 2022 00:08:07 -0500
‘My whole world is coming down’
Lamenting the disappearance of her daughter, the mother of social-media influencer Donna-Lee Donaldson has described the heartbreak suffered by her and family members since the 24-year-old vanished without a trace last Tuesday. That emotional...

Mon, 18 Jul 2022 00:08:47 -0500
Tougher oversight looms after Vernamfield drag-racing tragedy
The freak drag-racing tragedy at the Vernamfield Aerodrome on Sunday has triggered a review of staging protocols by the Airports Authority of Jamaica (AAJ), which could strengthen qualification criteria before future event access is approved. That.....

Mon, 18 Jul 2022 00:08:22 -0500
Family torn by grief as crash kills kids
When Amanda Wright, her four children, along with three other kids and two adults, set out on a trip to Skateland in Old Harbour Saturday afternoon, the excitement and joy felt by the youngsters were palpable. But the family was jolted by a...

Mon, 18 Jul 2022 00:07:24 -0500
JPS raises roof on new energy prospects
The Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) says it is willing to pursue rooftop power-generation arrangements with property owners, particularly in Kingston and St Thomas, who would produce electricity through renewable energy and sell to the grid.......

Mon, 18 Jul 2022 00:07:08 -0500
JPS eyes US$500m investment over 4 years
With the retirement of 171.5 megawatts of generating assets of the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) scheduled for 2023, the leadership of the light and power company said it is planning a significant investment of up to half a billion US...

Mon, 18 Jul 2022 00:08:43 -0500
Two cops held in murder conspiracy probe
Two cops attached to the Constant Spring Police Station have been arrested on suspicion of murder after a tiler was killed Saturday morning in Red Hills, St Andrew. The dead man has been identified as 49-year-old Phillip Wallace of a Green Glide...

Sun, 17 Jul 2022 00:06:06 -0500
‘I am not a thief’
Shirley Pinnock-Barclay’s* husband was sceptical, but she convinced him to shell out almost $1 million to purchase a plot of land they saw being advertised on social media as part of a new housing development. Barbara Gonzalez* paid down $1.1...

Sun, 17 Jul 2022 00:12:59 -0500
Denied!
Jennifer Nunes is at her wits’ end and is ready to take the drastic action of renouncing her Jamaican citizenship. It’s been more than six years since she has been trying without success to have Jamaican citizenship bestowed on her adopted daugh...

Sun, 17 Jul 2022 00:11:00 -0500
Lawyer ordered to comply with court order or face imprisonment
A parish court judge issued a committal order last week Wednesday against Queen’s Counsel Denise Kitson, a managing partner at the law firm Grant Stewart Phillips...



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