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Thu, 21 Jul 2022 00:07:41 -0500
MONEY PUZZLE
Financial investigators are beginning to untangle assets linked to the four men who were taken into custody during simultaneous anti-narcotics law enforcement operations in the Corporate Area and St James on Wednesday. The predawn raids carried...

Thu, 21 Jul 2022 00:07:34 -0500
Loved ones hoping for best, prepared for worst in Donaldson case
News emerged yesterday during a protest outside the precincts of the Constant Spring Police Station that 24-year-old Donna-lee Donaldson’s mother’s health is deteriorating rapidly with each passing day since the mysterious disappearance of the.....

Thu, 21 Jul 2022 00:09:54 -0500
Wage-to-GDP ratio could near 11% this year – Duncan
WESTERN BUREAU: THE ECONOMIC Programme Oversight Committee (EPOC) has projected that with the country’s wage-to-GDP ratio already breaching the-nine-per-cent limit for this fiscal year, the Ministry of Finance will have to make new regulations to....

Thu, 21 Jul 2022 00:10:12 -0500
Grief still heavy as grave-digging begins for Clarendon family of five
Earl Smith stood among several emotional onlookers in the Sutton Memorial Cemetery in Clarendon on Tuesday as an excavator began digging a nine-by-20-foot grave to inter a Clarendon mother and her four children, who were killed last month. Wearing.....

Thu, 21 Jul 2022 00:09:46 -0500
Camp challenges children to use tech to tackle pressing issues
Although she has not settled on a career path just yet, 16-year-old Joanna White* is using the IGT Coding and Robotics Rock! Camp to immerse herself deeper in the wide-ranging field of technology. “It has taught me a lot so far, and I now know tha...

Thu, 21 Jul 2022 00:11:15 -0500
Joy, relief as PM presents senior with new home
Albert Logan was so excited about the prospect of finally owning a good house that after seeing a tent being erected, signifying that the ceremony was eminent, he could not eat or sleep until yesterday’s handover ceremony. The emotional Logan told...

Thu, 21 Jul 2022 00:10:31 -0500
EU looks to strengthen ties with Ja as it opens new offices
A flock of birds joined those gathered to witness the opening of the newly renovated multimillion-dollar office building for the European Union (EU) Delegation to Jamaica on Tuesday. Seconds before Prime Minister Andrew Holness took the microphone.....

Thu, 21 Jul 2022 00:11:10 -0500
NSWMA shelled out $10m to settle lawsuits last year
The National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) had to pay out $10.4 million in judgment debts and settlements for the financial year 2020-21. In its 2020-2021 annual report tabled in Parliament on Tuesday, the agency said that it had not...

Wed, 20 Jul 2022 00:05:28 -0500
Dudus legacy lives on
The chilling discovery of the bodies of four men near Tivoli Gardens on Tuesday has deepened the wounds of Francine Tomlinson, whose 17-year-old son Omario Williams is believed to have met his demise under similar circumstances. Omario has been...

Wed, 20 Jul 2022 00:07:06 -0500
Grisly find of quartet jolts Denham Town
A foiled robbery last Friday is believed to have been the trigger for the horrific murder of several men from Denham Town whose dismembered bodies were excavated from shallow graves at the old Public Works Department (PWD) compound near Tivoli...

Wed, 20 Jul 2022 00:12:23 -0500
Rainforest pumps millions into St Vincent operation
WESTERN BUREAU: Jamaica’s Rainforest Caribbean has invested EC$10 million (J$640 million) into a new 25,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art processing plant in St Vincent and the Grenadines. Six months into its foray in the Vincentian market,...

Wed, 20 Jul 2022 00:06:43 -0500
Facey warns pace lagging in downtown renewal
Executive chairman of Pan-Jam Investments, Stephen Facey, is lobbying for the establishment of a special committee to drive downtown Kingston’s development, warning that the perceived snail’s pace is keeping investments at bay. “The longer we...

Wed, 20 Jul 2022 00:14:02 -0500
Motorists face $500,000 ‘bad word’ fine
Transport operators who spew expletives, or ‘bad words’, at an inspector of the Transport Authority (TA) in the lawful conduct of his duties could be slapped with a fine of up to $500,000 or face jail time of up to six months. This provision is....

Wed, 20 Jul 2022 00:12:48 -0500
Abuse victim turns passion into domestic violence lobby
For the past four years, Moni’s Voice has been utilising crocheted artwork to promote domestic violence awareness and to assist those who have courageously left an abusive spouse or family member in efforts of rediscovering their own voice. Loi-.....

Wed, 20 Jul 2022 00:07:00 -0500
Merciless’ sudden death under probe
Tuesday’s passing of well-known dancehall entertainer Merciless, which has shocked the entertainment industry, is being investigated as a sudden death case. The artiste, christened Leonardo Bartley, was found unresponsive at a motel on Walker...

Wed, 20 Jul 2022 00:06:48 -0500
Over 1 million traffic tickets unpaid
Lawless motorists who Justice Minister Delroy Chuck claims are collecting traffic tickets as “confetti” without settling their obligations are being warned that they will suffer tough sanctions from the looming implementation of the Road Traffic...

Wed, 20 Jul 2022 00:08:23 -0500
Families of crash victims demand crackdown on road hogs
The families of 40-year-old Brenda Lee Rattigan and 42-year-old Allison Johnson, two teachers who died after being mowed down by motorists days apart in western Jamaica, are calling on the Government of Jamaica to establish stiffer penalties for...

Wed, 20 Jul 2022 00:13:52 -0500
Road rage triggers dramatic MoBay gunfight
A tour bus operator and a firefighter are nursing gunshot wounds after a traffic dispute sparked a dramatic gunfight in downtown Montego Bay. Both men are reportedly licensed firearm holders. Reports by the Freeport police are that about 10:30 a.m.....

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...



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