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Sat, 03 Apr 2021 18:09:32 -0500
Missing Clarendon teacher's car recovered during police investigation
The car belonging to missing Clarendon teacher Natalie Dawkins was today recovered by the police during an operation in Bellas Gate, St Catherine. The police say one man was killed and a firearm seized during the operation. Another man escaped...

Sat, 03 Apr 2021 17:34:39 -0500
Man threatening ex-girlfriend in viral voicenote now in police custody
Man heard threatening ex-girlfriend in voicenote apprehended by police The police are reporting that a man heard threatening his ex-girlfriend's life in a voicenote has been apprehended. In the voicenote, the man, who is identified as Peter,...

Sat, 03 Apr 2021 14:49:21 -0500
Illegal gun seized in St James
The police in St James seized an illegal gun during an operation in the community of Arcadia. The police report that about 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, an abandoned premises in the area was searched and a firearm was seen in a plastic bag hidden under a.....

Sat, 03 Apr 2021 13:18:43 -0500
I-Octane to release new album
Entertainer I-Octane says that his new album, titled Moods, is all about women. "It's female-oriented. It's all about the women and all different types a moods me wah put dem inna. It's going to show off more of the dancehall side...

Sat, 03 Apr 2021 11:44:15 -0500
Rapper DMX in hospital following drug overdose
Rapper DMX is reportedly in hospital after suffering a drug overdose. According to TMZ, the 50-year-old hip hop icon overdosed on Friday night and is currently in the critical care unit of a hospital in White Plains, New York. The overdose is said.....

Sat, 03 Apr 2021 11:23:16 -0500
UK: Benefits outweigh risks for AstraZeneca despite 7 deaths
LONDON (AP) -- Britain's medicines regulator is urging people to continue taking the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine, despite revealing that seven people in the U.K. have died from rare blood clots after getting the jab. The Medicines...

Sat, 03 Apr 2021 11:02:35 -0500
Six more COVID-19 deaths, 482 new cases
Jamaica on Friday recorded six more COVID-19 deaths, pushing the tally to 613. Those who have died are: 1. A 30-year-old male from Westmoreland 2. A 59-year-old male from Kingston and St Andrew 3. A 75-year-old female from Kingston and St...

Sat, 03 Apr 2021 09:50:06 -0500
Artistes respond to PM: 'We are pointing fingers right back at you'
Gully Gad Mavado said he is pointing fingers right back at Prime Minister Andrew Holness, aka Bro Gad. During his session in Parliament on Tuesday, the prime minister addressed the vexing topic of the perceived link between dancehall music and the.....

Fri, 02 Apr 2021 16:06:43 -0500
Man rams car into 2 Capitol police; 1 officer, driver killed
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A Capitol Police officer was killed Friday after a man rammed a car into two officers at a barricade outside the U.S. Capitol and then emerged wielding a knife. It was the second line-of-duty death this year for a department...

Fri, 02 Apr 2021 13:59:23 -0500
Suspected murder-suicide in St Thomas
The St Thomas police are probing what is suspected to be a murder-suicide in the parish on Good Friday. Dead is 47-year-old Lorraine Hutchinson of Citron Valley, Middleton in the area. Also deceased is Hutchinson's ex-boyfriend who is...

Fri, 02 Apr 2021 13:24:09 -0500
Vincentians told to remain ready for explosion despite reduced activity at La Soufriere
KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, CMC - Director of the National Emergency Management Organisation (NEMO), Michelle Forbes is again urging Vincentians to prepare for the possibility of an explosive eruption of La Soufriere. The volcano has been...

Fri, 02 Apr 2021 12:14:06 -0500
Three arrested after illegal firearm seized in St Ann
Three men were arrested by the police in St Ann following the seizure of a homemade firearm and a 12 gauge cartridge. Their identities are being withheld pending further investigations The recovery was made during an operation in Steer Town on...

Fri, 02 Apr 2021 10:59:27 -0500
424 new COVID-19 cases, eight additional deaths
Jamaica on Thursday recorded eight new COVID-19 deaths, pushing the tally to 607. The deceased are: * A 65-year-old male from St. Elizabeth. * An 80-year-old male from St Elizabeth * A 69-year-old male from St Elizabeth * A 73-year-old male...

Fri, 02 Apr 2021 10:39:09 -0500
Iraqi baby is first boy ever to be born with three penises, doctors claim
A boy in Iraq who was born with three penises is the first child ever proven to have the strange deformity, doctors have claimed. "To the best of our knowledge, this is the first reported case with three penises or triphallia," wrote Dr...

Fri, 02 Apr 2021 10:01:26 -0500
Meals for the homeless in St Ann
Mayor of St Ann's Bay, Councillor Sydney Stewart, will lead a team across major towns in the parish over the Easter holiday, to provide meals to the homeless during the extended curfew period. The holiday curfew will begin at 8:00 p.m., today...

Thu, 01 Apr 2021 16:05:47 -0500
Measures in place to ensure safety of PEP students says Williams
Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Fayval Williams, says that measures are being put in place to ensure the safety of students, who will sit the Ability Test component of the Primary Exit Profile (PEP) on May 26. "I know that...

Thu, 01 Apr 2021 13:48:57 -0500
Agriculture Ministry to explore designating bamboo as agricultural crop
Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Floyd Green, says he will be exploring the possibility of designating bamboo as an agricultural crop in keeping with the Ministry's objective of building a robust bamboo industry and getting more farmers...

Thu, 01 Apr 2021 12:11:46 -0500
Company producing J&J vaccine had history of violations
The company at the center of quality problems that led Johnson & Johnson to discard 15 million doses of its coronavirus vaccine has a string of citations from U.S. health officials for quality control problems. Emergent BioSolutions, a little-.....

Thu, 01 Apr 2021 10:58:04 -0500
Second vaccination blitz to be held April 3 at National Arena
The Government's second coronavirus (COVID-19) Vaccination Blitz is to be held this Saturday, April 3, at the National Arena, in St Andrew. The blitz is the mass vaccination plan being implemented by the Ministry of Health and Wellness to...

Thu, 01 Apr 2021 10:22:55 -0500
Investigation prompts resignation of Aruba’s Prime Minister
ORANJESTAD, Aruba, CMC - The Prime Minister of Aruba has resigned. Evelyn Wever Croes, the island's first female Prime Minister who came into power in November 2017, resigned on Tuesday after prosecutors announced an investigation...



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