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Fri, 12 Aug 2022 11:56:25 -0500
Noel Maitland makes first court appearance
Constable Noel Maitland, who is charged for the murder of his girlfriend Donna-Lee Donaldson, made his first appearance this morning in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court.

Fri, 12 Aug 2022 05:03:56 -0500
Minister pleads for car - Also wants free gas and phone service for life
Claiming that he has spent $15 million of his own cash travelling around the country ministering to youths, gospel artiste Jermaine Gordon has made a passionate plea for money to help him continue his work. "I need a car," said Gordon who left...

Fri, 12 Aug 2022 05:04:22 -0500
Dream home for the Tuckers - Struggling St Catherine family gets new dwelling
In two weeks when Delano Tucker leaves his family to start his career as a student of the College of Agriculture, Science and Education (CASE), he will no longer have to worry about where and how they sleep at nights. The Tucker family was the......

Fri, 12 Aug 2022 05:04:22 -0500
PM announces new stipulations for housing recipients
As Prime Minister Andrew Holness handed over the keys to the 84th house to be given away under the New Social Housing Programme yesterday in Seafield, St Catherine, he said all recipients must now become ambassadors of hope. He was speaking at......

Fri, 12 Aug 2022 05:04:14 -0500
Drug trafficker to miss his wedding
Next Tuesday should have been the day that Melton Blackwood walked down the aisle with his lady love. However, instead of exchanging marital vows, while surrounded by family and friends, he will be holed up in a jail cell, perhaps whispering a...

Fri, 12 Aug 2022 05:04:09 -0500
New homes for Majesty Gardens
More than 20 people will be handed keys to brand new homes in Majesty Gardens, Kingston 11, later this month. The developments, which were facilitated by the National Housing Trust (NHT), feature a mix of duplex studios and one and three-bedroom....

Fri, 12 Aug 2022 05:04:15 -0500
Former security guard charged with illegal vending
A Corporate Area man who started selling fruits after being laid off from his job as a security officer during the heights of the pandemic found himself before the courts when he was charged for exposing goods for sale in a no vending area....

Fri, 12 Aug 2022 05:04:13 -0500
‘You must be unbiased’ - Newly minted cops reminded of need to be professional
The latest cohort of police personnel to join the ranks of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) has been reminded of their duty to serve with professionalism. Dr Horace Chang, the minister of national security, told the freshly minted cops that......

Fri, 12 Aug 2022 05:04:12 -0500
Gov’t dispatches $90-M in COVID grants to PPV operators
Grants totalling approximately $90 million have been dispatched for payment to 3,600 public passenger vehicle (PPV) operators under the Government's COVID Allocation of Resources for Employees (CARE) Programme. Minister of Finance and the Public.....

Fri, 12 Aug 2022 05:04:05 -0500
Bartlett wants single Caribbean visa
Jamaica's Minister of Tourism Edmund Bartlett has again called for the implementation of a Caribbean visa regime that will allow for ease of movement within the region, for tourist purposes. "We are going to have to decide if we are going to...

Fri, 12 Aug 2022 05:04:04 -0500
WEIRD STUFF: Two-headed turtle found
Two-headed turtle found A rare and endangered two-headed turtle with four front legs has left experts mystified. The African spurred specimen, known as Centrochelys sulcate in Latin, is predicted to live a long, healthy life despite a CT scan.....

Thu, 11 Aug 2022 18:34:29 -0500
'Trigger' charged with murder of Spanish Town cop
Another man has been charged in connection with the July murder of Police Constable Jermaine Brown in Johnson Pen, Spanish Town, in St Catherine. A release from the Jamaica Constabulary Force's Corporate Communications Unit says...

Thu, 11 Aug 2022 18:31:24 -0500
'Bolo' killed by men on motorcycle
Andre 'Bolo' Smith, one of the accused persons in the ongoing Clansman/One Don Gang trial was shot and killed by unknown assailants on Wednesday night. Head of the St Andrew South Police Division, Senior Superintendent of Police Kirk...

Thu, 11 Aug 2022 15:36:13 -0500
Former state minister dies
Former state minister and retired medical practitioner Dr Henry ‘Marco’ Brown has died. The late medical doctor served under the leadership of former Prime Minister, Edward Seaga, as a member of parliament for South St. James....

Thu, 11 Aug 2022 12:23:49 -0500
US citizen found with illegal ammunition at Sangster Airport
Lawmen in St James arrested and charged an American citizen in relation to ammunition that was found in his possession while boarding a flight at the Sangster’s International Airport in the parish. Charged is 29-year-old Javius Mitchell of...

Thu, 11 Aug 2022 15:15:10 -0500
Police identify body found in Lakes Pen
Police investigators in the St Catherine North division have identified the body of the male which was discovered earlier today along the Lakes Pen main road. He is Zamari McKay of Thompson Pen in Spanish Town, St Catherine....

Thu, 11 Aug 2022 11:41:35 -0500
Noel Maitland case set for Friday
Constable Noel Maitland, the man accused of Donna-Lee Donaldson's murder, did not appear in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court on Thursday morning, despite reports that the case against him would be mentioned. In fact, matter was not on...

Thu, 11 Aug 2022 11:09:06 -0500
Minister Bartlett strengthens call for Caribbean visa regime
Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, is again calling for the implementation of a Caribbean visa regime that will allow for ease of movement within the region for tourist purposes. "We are going to have to decide if we are going to...

Thu, 11 Aug 2022 11:01:44 -0500
Body found along the Lakes Pen main road
The body of a man was found along the Lakes Pen main road in St Catherine earlier today. The feet were bound and there are abrasions on the hands. Police officers are currently on the scene investigating. More details soon. We want to hear from......

Thu, 11 Aug 2022 05:03:42 -0500
Idle boys set man ablaze
A Kingston man was left severely burnt after two mischievous teenagers, one of whom is said to be "like family", poured rum on him and set him on fire. The incident took place at a bar in the Corporate Area on July 28. No one has been arrested in....



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