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Thu, 03 Nov 2022 14:05:29 -0500
EU pledges one million euros to help Haiti in cholera fight
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, Nov. 3, CMC - The European Union says it will be making EU1 million available to support the emergency response to the cholera epidemic in this French speaking Caribbean Community (CARICOM), member state. The funds...

Thu, 03 Nov 2022 13:59:45 -0500
Miss Puerto Rico, Miss Argentina announce they are married
HAVANA (AP) -- Two former beauty queens, Fabiola Valentin of Puerto Rico and Mariana Valera of Argentina, announced this week that they had secretly married. The joint Instagram post spurred celebration in LGBTQ communities across Latin...

Thu, 03 Nov 2022 13:53:47 -0500
‘Dadda’ listed as person of interest
The St Ann Police has listed dancehall entertainer Amir Fyffe, also known as 'Dadda', as a person of interest implicated in two recent shootings in the parish. His brother, Shaquille Fyffe, has also been named as a person of interest,...

Thu, 03 Nov 2022 13:31:44 -0500
St James man charged for allegedly beheading mother
The St James police has charged a man in relation to this weeks killing of 53-year-old domestic helper Michelle Gayle-Brown, whose headless body was found on Monday afternoon.

Thu, 03 Nov 2022 11:48:33 -0500
Bus driver dies following two-vehicle crash
A bus driver who was involved in a two-vehicle crash in the Bog Walk Gorge in in St Catherine on Tuesday night has died. He is Courtney Alexander otherwise call 'Romey' of a Spanish Town address. According to reports, Alexander, who...

Thu, 03 Nov 2022 11:30:03 -0500
US Coast Guard transfers Caribbean nationals to The Bahamas
MIAMI, Nov. 3, CMC - The United States Coast Guard on Wednesday said that the crew of its cutter Manowar transferred six nationals of the Bahamas, Jamaica, and Cuba to the Bahamas earlier this week...

Thu, 03 Nov 2022 11:13:00 -0500
Musk: People banned from Twitter won’t be restored for weeks
NEW YORK (AP) -- Elon Musk said Wednesday that Twitter will not allow anyone who has been kicked off the site to return until it sets up procedures on how to do that, a process that will take at least a few weeks. That would mean people banned...

Thu, 03 Nov 2022 05:02:36 -0500
Relocate them! - Warmington suggests abandoning remote communities where few people reside
A senior government minister has suggested the relocation of persons from remote communities where "very few people" live as an alternative to expending billions of dollars to fix the infrastructure leading to these areas. Everald Warmington,...

Thu, 03 Nov 2022 05:02:34 -0500
Warmington jolted by St Thomas’ bad roads - Announces plans to repair defective Llandewey bridge
Bumping and rocking through pothole-filled roads across sections of St Thomas, some key government officials yesterday experienced first hand the treacherous conditions under which residents of the parish are forced to travel. The touring party.....

Thu, 03 Nov 2022 05:02:38 -0500
Judge angered by delay in getting criminal records
Parish judge Venise Blackstock-Murray expressed great concern about the length of time it takes to produce criminal records requested by the court. On Wednesday, she aired her grouse in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court, where she presides....

Thu, 03 Nov 2022 05:02:44 -0500
Tufton wants parents to be vigilant of respiratory illnesses
Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr Christopher Tufton, says parents need to be extra vigilant in protecting children from respiratory illnesses as the infection rate is high. The minister's call came following a visit to the Spanish Town...

Thu, 03 Nov 2022 05:02:45 -0500
Man charged with cop’s murder
The police have charged 20-year-old Jermaine Hamilton, otherwise called 'Alex', for the murder of Constable Brian Martin on October 15. Hamilton, who is of a Maxfield Avenue, Kingston 13, address, has been charged with murder, four counts of...

Thu, 03 Nov 2022 05:02:42 -0500
Ms Fix-It Rushel Wisdom keeps small engines buzzing
Rushel Wisdom considers herself the typical country girl who was always seeking her next adventurous quest, whether it was climbing trees or riding a bicycle just like the boys. "I was a tomboy and life was easy, it was nice. I did everything,...

Thu, 03 Nov 2022 05:02:35 -0500
Chapelton hospital to be reopened
The Chapelton Community Hospital in Clarendon, which has been closed for years, is to be reopened on December 8, after undergoing upgrading and expansion. The facility will be formally opened by Prime Minister Andrew Holness and Minister of...

Wed, 02 Nov 2022 17:08:34 -0500
22-y-o construction worker gunned down in Hanover
Twenty-two-year-old construction worker Cruz Reid was shot and killed in Lucea, Hanover, on Wednesday morning. The STAR understands Reid was gunned down while waiting on two of his co-workers on his motorcycle. The incident took place in a section.....

Wed, 02 Nov 2022 16:55:29 -0500
American national charged with double murder gets bail extension
An American national who was charged with double manslaughter for deaths which resulted from a fatal crash, had her bail extended when she appeared before the Hanover Parish Court in Sandy Bay earlier today. Ayanna Montana...

Wed, 02 Nov 2022 15:20:32 -0500
Government has full confidence in Dr Tufton – Information minister
The Government has full confidence in Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr Christopher Tufton's ability to manage his portfolio. This was stated by Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister, with responsibility for...

Wed, 02 Nov 2022 15:03:23 -0500
Damage to road network by Tropical Storm Ian at $889 million
Prime Minister Andrew Holness, has said that the total cost resulting from damage to the road network by Tropical Storm Ian is $889 million. Speaking in the House of Representatives on November 1, the Prime Minister noted that the cost to reopen...

Wed, 02 Nov 2022 11:48:17 -0500
Separate shootings in Clarendon leave four dead, one injured
Two separate shooting incidents in Clarendon have left four persons dead and one hospitalised. The Clarendon police have launched a probe into the deadly shootings.  In the first incident, a husband and wife, Evan Francis and Alicia...

Wed, 02 Nov 2022 11:43:54 -0500
Person of interest in 'Slickianna' murder case in police custody
The police have confirmed that Rushawn Patterson, the person of interest in the murder of social media influencer Anika 'Slickianna' Townsend, is now in police custody. He was arrested by the police at a guest house in Hanover about 1...



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