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Sun, 14 Feb 2021 17:32:28 -0500
Duchess of Sussex expecting second child
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are expecting their second child, their office confirmed Sunday. A spokesperson for the couple said in a statement: "We can confirm that Archie is going to be a big brother. The Duke and...

Sun, 14 Feb 2021 17:35:49 -0500
Taxi driver arrested for illegal possession of firearm, ammunition
Detectives attached to the Kingston Eastern Division have arrested and charged 39-year-old Satchmore White, a taxi operator of Albion Heights, St Thomas on Thursday, February 11. Reports from the Elleston Road Police are that about 11:35 a.m.,...

Sun, 14 Feb 2021 17:28:27 -0500
US Embassy responds to Collier's fake kidnapping accusation
The United States Embassy in Jamaica says it is aware of reports of a U.S. citizen who had recently travelled to Jamaica and claimed to have been held against her will. In a statement today, the Embassy said it was unable to release any...

Sun, 14 Feb 2021 13:42:13 -0500
Man charged with murder in Hanover
The Hanover Police say they have charged 32-year-old Shaniel Flemmings, otherwise called, 'Blacks' of Claremont district in the parish with murder following an incident on Willie Delliser Boulevard, Lucea in the parish on Thursday,...

Sun, 14 Feb 2021 10:26:02 -0500
205 new cases, two additional COVID deaths
Jamaica on Saturday recorded two more COVID-19 deaths, pushing the tally to 374. The deceased are a 58-year-old man from Kingston and St Andrew and a 80-year-old male from Portland. Meanwhile, there were 205 new cases with ages ranging from four...

Sun, 14 Feb 2021 10:53:15 -0500
New Zealand city going into 3-day lockdown after virus found
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) -- New Zealand's largest city of Auckland will go into a three-day lockdown beginning just before midnight Sunday following the discovery of three unexplained coronavirus cases in the community. Prime...

Sun, 14 Feb 2021 11:51:19 -0500
Police dispute claims made by American tourist in viral video
The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) is advising members of the public to dismiss as rumour information that has been circulated via social and other media that Kalina Collier, an American, was kidnapped in Jamaica. Collier, a Jetblue Airways...

Sat, 13 Feb 2021 17:01:48 -0500
Jamaican rescued, US Coast Guard searching for 6 other boaters off Florida coast
FORT PIERCE, Fla. (AP) -- The U.S. Coast Guard continued its search for six people Saturday, three days after their boat apparently capsized off Florida's Atlantic coast. The search began Friday morning when a boater rescued a Jamaican...

Sat, 13 Feb 2021 16:33:12 -0500
Trump acquitted: Senate votes 57-43 at impeachment trial
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Senate on Saturday acquitted Donald Trump of inciting the horrific attack on the U.S. Capitol, concluding a historic impeachment trial that exposed the fragility of America's democratic traditions and left a...

Sat, 13 Feb 2021 15:05:55 -0500
$6 Million worth of compressed ganja seized at Kingston Port
A shipment containing over 1500 pounds of marijuana, with an estimated street value of $6.1 million, was seized at the Port of Kingston on Thursday. The marijuana was said to be concealed in a transhipment container. It is reported that during a...

Sat, 13 Feb 2021 13:14:26 -0500
Strong quake hits Japan’s northeast coast; no tsunami alert
TOKYO (AP) -- A strong earthquake hit off the coast of northeastern Japan late Saturday, shaking Fukushima, Miyagi and other areas, but there was no threat of a tsunami, officials said. Tokyo Electric Power Co. said there were no...

Sat, 13 Feb 2021 12:33:19 -0500
RGD to launch same-day and next-day certificate production on Monday
The Registrar General's Department (RGD) says it will be launching its premium offerings of same-day and next-day certificate production on Monday, February 22, 2021. To access both, persons are required to have been previously issued with a...

Sat, 13 Feb 2021 10:27:07 -0500
Four more COVID-19 deaths, 303 new cases
Jamaica on Friday recorded four more COVID-19 deaths, pushing the tally to 372. Those who have died are: A 70-year-old female from Clarendon A 56-year-old male from St Elizabeth A 79-year-old male from Kingston and St Andrew An 83-year-old male...

Sat, 13 Feb 2021 10:47:04 -0500
US Coast Guard seizes US$69 million in drugs, nabs suspected smugglers in Caribbean Sea
KEY WEST, Feb. 13, CMC - The United States Coast Guard says it has seized four drug vessels, detained five suspected drug smugglers and seized 4,000 pounds of cocaine with a street value of about US$69 million, after a 59-day...

Fri, 12 Feb 2021 05:03:50 -0500
Student stripped naked by obeah man - Told she needed to be cured of sex demon
Mary* was sitting by her computer one night in January when evil entered her life through her Facebook page as she received a frightening message from a man. "Death is upon yuh, that traditional curse. Yuh have a very bright future, don't allow.....

Fri, 12 Feb 2021 05:04:00 -0500
Expect more COVID deaths – health ministry
Jamaicans have been put on notice to expect more hospitalisations and even more COVID-19 deaths as the number of cases on the island, especially among the 60 years and older cohort, continues to rise. "This is a very serious situation that we are....

Fri, 12 Feb 2021 05:03:57 -0500
PAHO/WHO give thumbs up to AstraZeneca vaccine
Elderly Jamaicans, 60 years and older, will be vaccinated with the AstraZeneca COVID-19 shot even though there is data suggest the jab offered only "minimal protection" against the South African strain. A Pan American Health Organization/World...

Fri, 12 Feb 2021 05:03:38 -0500
Baby found in abandoned car now a lawyer
December 15, 2020 will forever be etched in the memory of Joy Carter. It was the day she was called to the Jamaican Bar, making her an attorney-at-law. The day before, her own fighting past flashed before her eyes after a baby girl was found in...

Fri, 12 Feb 2021 05:03:46 -0500
‘Jesus’ killed in Dunkirk
As Tehra Clarke stared at the spot where her babyfather Carl 'Jesus' Montague was shot and killed in their McIntyre Villa, Kingston 16, community, she couldn't hold back the tears. Clarke, 39, told THE WEEKEND STAR that she is still in a daze...

Fri, 12 Feb 2021 05:03:56 -0500
Former cop killed in truck crash
A former police sergeant died from injuries he sustained in a bloody motor vehicle crash on a section of the Barham main road in Westmoreland on Wednesday afternoon. He has been identified as 48-year-old Christopher McDaniel, of Whitehouse, in...



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