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Wed, 16 Nov 2022 18:36:00 -0500
Guyana President invites Black panther actress to visit homeland
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Nov 16, CMC - President Irfaan Ali has told internationally acclaimed Guyana-born actress, Letitia Michelle Wright, that his administration would be "honoured" to host her as he extended an invitation to...

Wed, 16 Nov 2022 18:33:34 -0500
Firearm seized in St Thomas, two men arrested
Two men were arrested in Whitehorses, St Thomas on Wednesday, following the seizure of an illegal firearm and several rounds of ammunition by the Morant Bay Police. According to the police, a team of cops carried out a search warrant at a location.....

Wed, 16 Nov 2022 18:26:33 -0500
Taxi man freed of murder charges
Orlando Powell, the Manchester taxi operator who was implicated in the mob killing of another man in May, was this afternoon freed of murder. The charges were dismissed after parish judge Monique Harrison found that there was no evidence...

Wed, 16 Nov 2022 12:36:18 -0500
PNP officials, supporters stage protest in New Kingston
Supporters of the People's National Party (PNP) have staged a protest outside the offices of the Ministry of Health and Wellness in New Kingston in relation to the recent death of several babies at the Victoria Jubilee Hospital from a...

Wed, 16 Nov 2022 11:54:38 -0500
‘Embarrassing’ booing of Juliet Holness condemned
Member of the Global Jamaica Diaspora Council, Dr Allan Cunningham, says the behaviour of persons who booed Member of Parliament (MP) Juliet Holness was embarrassing. Other Jamaicans in the US have also expressed shock at the apparent booing...

Wed, 16 Nov 2022 11:27:18 -0500
CDEMA signs agreement with US-based organisation to strengthen disaster response in the Caribbean
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Nov 16, CMC - The Barbados-based Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the United States-based World Hope International (WHI) to strengthen disaster...

Wed, 16 Nov 2022 11:24:41 -0500
Securities Commission probes collapse of FTX
NASSAU, Bahamas, Nov 16, CMC - The Securities Commission of The Bahamas (SCB) Wednesday said it is working with other regulators on matters dealing with the collapse of the Nassau-based FTX, with the government expressing confidence in the...

Wed, 16 Nov 2022 11:21:06 -0500
‘The Lion King’ hits a key milestone in its circle of life
NEW YORK (AP) -- In the summer of 1997, audiences in Minneapolis at the Orpheum Theatre saw something no one had ever seen before: leaping antelopes, fluttering birds and elephants lumbering through the orchestra seats. "The audience...

Wed, 16 Nov 2022 11:16:36 -0500
Poland, NATO say missile strike wasn’t a Russian attack
PRZEWODOW, Poland (AP) -- NATO member Poland and the head of the military alliance both said Wednesday a missile strike in Polish farmland that killed two people did not appear to be an intentional attack, and that air defences in neighbouring...

Wed, 16 Nov 2022 05:02:45 -0500
Clown says sorry - Protester apologises for roughing up passengers
Ramone Silvera, the professional clown who was confronted by the serious face of law enforcement hours after he was seen in a viral video ordering passengers out of a taxi in downtown Kingston on Monday, said he regrets his actions. A bewildered-....

Wed, 16 Nov 2022 05:02:37 -0500
Teen mourns the death of his first love - Couple met on TikTok and had big plans for the future
"I might not talk it every day but I love you and always will." Those are the words in one of the final text messages that Jevauni McKenzie sent to his girlfriend, Nicole Comrie. Although McKenzie is just 18 years old, he and Comrie, 21, were...

Wed, 16 Nov 2022 05:02:41 -0500
Go-go club patrons accused of destroying property
Seven men who visited adult entertainment establishments during a night of fun were apprehended by police, allegedly for destroying surveillance cameras at a business place in the Kingston 5 area. Carl Brown, Damion Fairweather, Kemo Jahdean,......

Wed, 16 Nov 2022 05:02:47 -0500
Alleged don gunned down in Half-Way Tree
At least two Corporate Area divisional commanders have labelled Prince Wynter, otherwise called 'Finga', as a major violence producer who wreaked havoc within the Corporate Area for years. Wynter was gunned down along Constant Spring Road in Half....

Wed, 16 Nov 2022 05:02:48 -0500
Holness highlights gang threats
Prime Minister Andrew Holness says that criminal organisations are doing their best to corrupt agents of the state. He stopped just short of saying Jamaica could end up like Haiti if deliberate steps are not taken to nullify the influence of...

Wed, 16 Nov 2022 05:02:43 -0500
Bike crash claims two lives in Westmoreland
Two young Westmoreland residents died in a two-vehicle crash on Strathbogie Cross Road in the parish on Monday. The deceased have been identified as 16-year-old Jamal Watson, a student, and 29-year-old Orain Campbell, a labourer, both of Porters.....

Wed, 16 Nov 2022 05:02:43 -0500
Chaos as pepper spray released on JUTC bus
An altercation between students on a Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) bus on Monday resulted in damage to one of the units. The incident took place along Windward Road in Kingston during a heavy afternoon downpour after a student reportedly......

Wed, 16 Nov 2022 05:02:32 -0500
$64 million raised for building children’s clinic in St Ann
The Issa Trust Foundation has raised US$417,000 (approximately J$64.1 million) from a benefit concert held in Manhattan, New York which featured a scintillating performance from iconic reggae band Third World, last Saturday. The funds, which will....

Wed, 16 Nov 2022 05:02:30 -0500
‘Get out of Ukraine!’ - New UK PM sends strong message to Putin
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has told Russia "to get out of Ukraine and end this barbaric war". He confronted Vladimir Putin's officials at the opening session of the G20 summit in Bali and made the hard-hitting comments about the ongoing...

Wed, 16 Nov 2022 05:00:23 -0500
Trump not the best choice, says Pence
Former US vice president Mike Pence thinks the United States will have "better choices" than Donald Trump in the future. Pence, who served under Trump from 2017 until 2021, believes that people in the nation want politicians with more "compassion....

Tue, 15 Nov 2022 17:11:47 -0500
Shooting in HWT leaves one man hospitalised
The police have confirmed that an unidentified man was shot and injured in the parking lot of Lane Plaza in Half-Way-Tree, St Andrew earlier today. He has been rushed to hospital, in serious condition.



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