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Wed, 31 Mar 2021 17:00:28 -0500
Clarendon teacher missing, handbag found on highway
A search is now underway for a Clarendon teacher who has been missing since Tuesday, March 30. She has been identified as Natalie Dawkins of Denbigh Kraal in the parish. Reports from the Four Paths Police are that Dawkins was last seen at home on......

Wed, 31 Mar 2021 16:33:33 -0500
EU says ‘no evidence’ to restrict use of AstraZeneca vaccine
BERLIN (AP) -- The head of the European Medicines Agency said Wednesday that there is "no evidence" that would support restricting use of AstraZeneca's coronavirus vaccine in any population, as Germany has now done amid...

Wed, 31 Mar 2021 14:46:50 -0500
Jamaica to receive 75,000 doses of COVID vaccines in the next five days
Chairman of the National Health Fund (NHF), Howard Mitchell, is reporting that approximately 75,000 doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine from the African Medical Support Platform (AMSP) are expected in the island in the next five days. Mitchell......

Wed, 31 Mar 2021 13:04:38 -0500
Guyanese man caught smuggling birds hidden inside hair rollers in luggage
NEW YORK, CMC - The United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agency said on Tuesday that officers had discovered 29 finches concealed in hair rollers inside a Guyana man's baggage at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New...

Wed, 31 Mar 2021 12:48:46 -0500
Patients at Bellevue to benefit from reading project
Patients at the Bellevue Hospital in Kingston are to benefit from an initiative by the institution to further improve their mental well-being, through a reading project on every ward. "You know how hospitals are and you have some patients who...

Wed, 31 Mar 2021 11:11:40 -0500
9 new COVID deaths, 389 additional cases
Jamaica on Tuesday recorded nine COVID deaths pushing the tally to 596. At the same time, there were 389 new COVID cases with ages ranging from five months to 98 years. COVID deaths A 62-year-old male from Portland A 68-year-old male from St....

Wed, 31 Mar 2021 11:17:31 -0500
Pfizer says its COVID-19 vaccine protects younger teens
Pfizer announced Wednesday that its COVID-19 vaccine is safe and strongly protective in kids as young as 12, a step toward possibly beginning shots in this age group before they head back to school in the fall. Most COVID-19 vaccines being rolled......

Wed, 31 Mar 2021 10:21:24 -0500
Jamaican national first to test positive for UK COVID-19 variant in Grenada
ST GEORGE'S, Grenada, CMC - A Jamaican national who went to Grenada earlier this month has been confirmed as the island's first case of the United Kingdom strain of COVID-19. Acting Chief Medical Office, Dr Shawn Charles,...

Wed, 31 Mar 2021 09:53:40 -0500
Police man killed in Portmore last night
A police constable was shot dead last night in Gregory Park, Portmore, St Catherine. He has been identified as 36-year-old Jermaine Bennett. Bennett was reportedly shot multiple times, including to the head and upper body. Reports are that ...

Wed, 31 Mar 2021 05:04:10 -0500
‘Strictly platonic’ - Senior cop says Khanice Jackson was never involved with her alleged killer
Deputy Commissioner of Police Fitz Bailey said that Khanice Jackson, the 20-year-old Portmore, St Catherine, woman who was allegedly murdered by mechanic Robert Fowler was never involved with him. "I want to clarify, based on our investigations,.....

Wed, 31 Mar 2021 05:04:01 -0500
Sharp rise in pepper spray demand
At least one person who sells pepper spray says that the demand for them has increased significantly over the past few days. "I think with everything that is happening, females are just looking out for themselves so the pepper sprays are really......

Wed, 31 Mar 2021 05:04:06 -0500
Holness slams entertainers for violent music
Jamaica's Prime Minister Andrew Holness yesterday used the floor of Parliament to lash aspects of the country's popular culture that he says are contributing to the high levels of violence in the country. Holness said that entertainers often...

Wed, 31 Mar 2021 05:03:56 -0500
Burial restrictions irk some mourners
The Government-imposed protocol that allows only a 30-minute interment period for burials with only 10 mourners being present has raised the ire of some mourners. When the news team visited the Meadowrest Memorial Gardens in St Catherine on...

Wed, 31 Mar 2021 05:03:59 -0500
James Bond resurrects Portland jerk centre
When Eustas 'Piggy' Lindsay lost his popular jerk centre to fire in 2019, little did he know that James Bond would come to the rescue. Lindsay's Piggy's Jerk Centre, located along the picturesque Foreshore Road along the Port Antonio coastline,......

Wed, 31 Mar 2021 05:03:55 -0500
ONE-MINUTE READS ... News from across the nation
It's Voters' List D-Day Today is the deadline for persons to register to be on the next Voters' List, which is scheduled to be published on May 31. The Electoral Office of Jamaica said that persons intending to have their name added to the...

Tue, 30 Mar 2021 18:19:33 -0500
Fifty-year-old mechanic charged with the murder of Khanice Jackson
Fifty-year-old mechanic Robert 'Backra' Fowler of Portmore, St Catherine has been charged with the murder of 20-year-old accounting clerk Khanice Jackson. He was charged a short while ago. Fowler is to appear in court on April 9, to answer...

Tue, 30 Mar 2021 17:05:43 -0500
Over 300 prosecuted and warned for breaches of DRMA
The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) is reporting that 12 persons were arrested and charged for breaches of Disaster Risk Management Act, and over 200 persons warned for the prosecution to include party goers, over the past weekend of lockdown...

Tue, 30 Mar 2021 15:09:35 -0500
Firearm and ammunition seized in Majesty Gardens
A team of officers assigned to the St Andrew South Police Division, say they have seized one 9mm pistol and two 9mm cartridges during an operation in Majesty Gardens, Kingston 11 on Monday, March 29. Reports from the Hunts Bay Police are that about....

Tue, 30 Mar 2021 15:31:30 -0500
Policewoman, two others charged with firearm trafficking in Trinidad
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC - A policewoman is among three people charged with gun trafficking following the discovery of a firearm with ammunition and a silencer at a house where the trio reside. Kurl Ann McEachnie, an acting police...

Tue, 30 Mar 2021 13:40:48 -0500
Khanice Jackson murder suspect questioned by cops
The man suspected of murdering 20-year-old Khanice Jackson has been interviewed by police detectives. Deputy commissioner of police in charge of crime and security, Fitz Bailey, said that during the interview, the suspect gave a statement under...



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