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Jamaica Gleaner
Sat, 21 Dec 2024 00:08:53 -0500‘Never felt targeted’
Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Paula Llewellyn has declared she never felt targeted by the parliamentary opposition, which challenged her continuation in office. Instead, she asserted that her 40-year career has been shaped by challenges...
Sat, 21 Dec 2024 00:09:24 -0500Accused in murder of Paulwell’s daughter and her mother denied bail
Leoda Bradshaw and two of her alleged accomplices, who are implicated in the murder of politician Phillip Paulwell’s 10-month-old daughter, Sarayah, and her mother, Toshyna Patterson, were yesterday denied bail when they appeared in the Home...
Sat, 21 Dec 2024 00:08:23 -0500Mayor urges Westmoreland to embrace love, unity amid Christmas celebrations
WESTERN BUREAU: Savanna-la-Mar Mayor Danree Delancy has called on the residents of Westmoreland to make a concerted effort to spread love and joy throughout the Christmas holiday, despite the toll that violence has taken on the community this...
Fri, 20 Dec 2024 00:07:18 -0500‘Sick and twisted’
A nude photo mistakenly sent to her mother in October was how the parents of an Immaculate Conception High School student say they found out that a male teacher at the all-girls’ institution was allegedly sexually involved with their 14-year-old.....
Fri, 20 Dec 2024 00:06:26 -0500JamaicaEye going blind
WESTERN BUREAU: National Security Minister Dr Horace Chang has revealed that the JamaicaEye surveillance network is now in shambles, owing to a shortage of personnel to maintain the system, causing several cameras to fail. Launched in March 2018 in....
Jamaica Observer
Tue, Apr 12, 2022 07:01:00 GMT Charity makes donation to upgrade more restrooms at Little London High
SAVANNA-LA-MAR, Westmoreland - Male students at Little London High School no longer have to be jealous that the girls' restroom is nicer than theirs. Last Friday, a group of alumni called Global Humanity Network Incorporated (GHNI) dona...
Tue, Apr 12, 2022 07:01:00 GMT This Day in History - April 12
Today is the 102nd day of 2022. There are 263 days left in the year.TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT1961: Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin becomes the first man to fly in space, orbit the Earth and make a safe landing. OTHER EVENTS1606: Great Britain ad...
Tue, Apr 12, 2022 07:01:00 GMT Sharif sworn in as Pakistan's new PM after week of drama
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistan's Parliament on Monday elected Opposition lawmaker Shahbaz Sharif as the new prime minister, following a week of political turmoil that led to the weekend ouster of Premier Imran Khan.Sharif took the ...
Tue, Apr 12, 2022 07:01:00 GMT Arlene Swaby fuels her business with focus and Access
While the journey of entrepreneurship has been anything but smooth sailing for small grocery store owner Arlene Swaby, she is proof that with the right focus, and a little support, small business owners can thrive."I started out after m...
Mon, Apr 11, 2022 07:01:00 GMT Hanging not solution to crime problem, says official
MONTEGO BAY, St James - Programme director, Community Renewal Programme, Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) Charles Clayton says the answer to the nation's crime problem is definitely not the resumption of hanging.In fact, Clayton poi...
Jamaica Star
Fri, 20 Dec 2024 16:31:41 -0500Sagicor contractors charged with defrauding company granted bail
The four Sagicor Group Jamaica Limited contractors accused of defrauding the company out of $130 million were each offered $850,000 bail when they appeared in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court today.
Fri, 20 Dec 2024 15:43:47 -0500Leoda Bradshaw and co-accused in murder of Paulwell's daughter and her mother denied bail
Fri, 20 Dec 2024 15:25:54 -0500Escapee from Barnett Street lock-up fatally shot by police
One of the men who escaped from the Barnett Street Police Station in St James last week, was shot and killed by lawmen during an operation to apprehend him on Thursday.
Fri, 20 Dec 2024 13:25:58 -0500Danielle Rowe's killer gets life in prison
Former dental assistant Kayodi Satchell, who pleaded guilty to slashing eight-year-old Danielle Rowe's throat last year, was in tears this morning as she was sentenced to life in prison.
Fri, 20 Dec 2024 11:44:21 -0500Pregnant woman among two jailed in St Vincent for sharing nudes of another woman
KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, CMC - A magistrate has sentenced to jail, two people after they were found guilty of defaming a woman on Facebook and distributing nude photos of her on WhatsApp.