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Tue, 22 Nov 2022 18:25:32 -0500
TEF to host town hall on Orchard Beach development
The Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF) will host a town hall on the development of the Orchard Beach in Hopewell, Hanover. The consultation session is scheduled for Sunday (November 27) at the Hopewell Community Centre and will start at 2:00 p.m....

Tue, 22 Nov 2022 15:19:17 -0500
Pet therapy programme to be rolled out at Bustamante Hospital
Children admitted at the Bustamante Hospital for Children will begin to receive animal assisted therapy during the upcoming Christmas season, for a period of 18 months. Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr Christopher Tufton said the...

Tue, 22 Nov 2022 13:18:11 -0500
Ronaldo to leave Manchester United ‘with immediate effect’
DOHA, Qatar (AP) -- Cristiano Ronaldo will leave Manchester United "with immediate effect," the Premier League club said Tuesday. The 37-year-old forward conducted an explosive interview on the eve of the World Cup, criticising...

Tue, 22 Nov 2022 12:49:02 -0500
Farmer caught stealing ketchup from woman’s home
According to police reports, a St Elizabeth farmer has been arrested and charged after he was caught stealing a bottle of tomato ketchup from a woman's house in Maggotty in the parish. It is further reported that when caught, 50-year-old...

Tue, 22 Nov 2022 12:34:29 -0500
26-y-o charged with rape
St James resident Akeem Walton, 26, has been charged with rape and unlawful wounding after he allegedly assaulted his neighbour in Salt Spring, in the parish on Friday. It is reported that Walton had asked his neighbour to allow him to use her...

Tue, 22 Nov 2022 12:27:06 -0500
Westmoreland man charged with murder
The police have arrested and charged 56-year-old Fitzroy Fray after he allegedly stabbed a man to death in Moreland Hill, Westmoreland on Saturday. It is reported that the deceased, Kish Evans, 36, had a dispute with Fray, during which Fray used a.....

Tue, 22 Nov 2022 12:16:00 -0500
US Coast Guard transfers 217 Haitians to the Bahamas
MIAMI, Nov 22, CMC - The United States Coast Guard has transferred 217 Haitians to Bahamian authorities after they were found in the vicinity of Dog Rocks in the Bahamas. The Coast Guard said crews from the cutters Escanaba and William Flores...

Tue, 22 Nov 2022 12:13:27 -0500
Dominican Republic denies US accusation regarding treatment of people of colour
SANTO DOMINIGO, Dominican Republic, Nov 22, CMC -The Dominica Republic has accused the United States government of providing "no evidence" to back its claim that the Spanish-speaking country engaged in "a systematic pattern...

Tue, 22 Nov 2022 10:32:59 -0500
Man in viral video surrenders firearm, permit suspended
The Firearms Licensing Authority (FLA) has confirmed that the man who was seen in a now viral social media video pointing his firearm at a woman surrendered the weapon yesterday. The FLA also confirmed that his licensed firearm permit was suspended....

Tue, 22 Nov 2022 10:07:48 -0500
World Cup stunner: Saudi Arabia beat Messi’s Argentina 2-1
LUSAIL, Qatar (AP) -- Lionel Messi stood with his hands on his hips near the centre circle, looking stone-faced as Saudi Arabia's jubilant players ran in all directions around him after scoring one of the biggest World Cup upsets ever...

Tue, 22 Nov 2022 05:02:35 -0500
Penis keepsakes take over craft markets
The infamous Ready Freddie -- the wood carving from Fern Gully, St Ann, to which a large, erect and oversized penis has been affixed -- has now spawned many children, some of which are now made in China and sent to Jamaica where they are passed off...

Tue, 22 Nov 2022 05:02:38 -0500
Deejay killed in Central Kingston
An up-and-coming dancehall artiste TK was getting ready to 'breeze' the gritty Tel Aviv community of Central Kingston, having sensed in his spirit that something bad was about to happen to him. He did his laundry on Sunday night and told his...

Tue, 22 Nov 2022 05:02:37 -0500
Germany supporter sounds warning - ‘Any side buck up inna Germany a guh dead!’
While the Welsh and US teams battled it out on the pitch in Qatar, another battle was brewing at the Movie Star Lounge, located on Omara Road in Kingston. Long-time Brazil supporter 'Blindz' was resting comfortably next to his wife, Laurie-Ann,......

Tue, 22 Nov 2022 05:02:23 -0500
A year of pain as nurse recovers from frightening crash
As a registered nurse for eight years, Renee Johnson saw and cared for many road crash victims while working at the Spanish Town Hospital in St Catherine. But she never thought that one day she would be faced with a similar situation, hooked up.....

Mon, 21 Nov 2022 16:25:51 -0500
Relaxed Messi determined to savor ‘likely’ final World Cup
DOHA, Qatar (AP) -- Maybe it's his age. Maybe it's his stellar form for Paris Saint-Germain. Maybe it's that drought-ending Copa America title last year. But there's something different about Lionel Messi at the ...

Mon, 21 Nov 2022 16:23:10 -0500
Small plane crashes in Colombian neighborhood; 8 dead
MEDELLIN, Colombia (AP) -- A small plane crashed Monday in a neighbourhood in the central Colombian city of Medellin, killing eight people on board, airport authorities said. No injuries were immediately reported on the ground. The...

Mon, 21 Nov 2022 11:28:14 -0500
Bahamas murder toll reaches 2021 figure
NASSAU, Bahamas, Nov 21, CMC – The Bahamas has recorded its 119th murder for this year,  the same figure as it did for the entire 2021, after a man was shot in Grand Bahama over the last weekend. Police said that the unidentified...

Mon, 21 Nov 2022 13:12:18 -0500
Teachers stage protest at Ocho Rios Primary
Disgruntled teachers at the Ocho Rios Primary School in St Ann are currently protesting.

Mon, 21 Nov 2022 14:27:59 -0500
Victims in St Ann train crash identified
The two employees of Discovery Bauxite Partners who were killed in a train crash near Brown's Town, St Ann on Sunday have been identified.

Mon, 21 Nov 2022 12:51:08 -0500
Four arrested in Spanish Town following gun, ammo find
Three men and a woman were arrested after an illegal firearm and over 30 rounds of ammunition were found in their house at a house in, Spanish Town, St Catherine on Sunday. Their identities are being withheld at this time. According to the police,.....



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