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Sat, 10 Apr 2021 16:54:23 -0500
Ash-covered St. Vincent braces for more volcanic eruptions
KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent (AP) -- People who ignored an initial warning to evacuate the area closest to a volcano on the eastern Caribbean island of St. Vincent raced to get clear Saturday, a day after it erupted with an explosion that shook the...

Sat, 10 Apr 2021 16:19:45 -0500
Severe volcanic ash and small craft warning in effect for Barbados
Bridgetown, Barbados (CMC)-- The Barbados Meteorological Service has issued a warning following another eruption of the La Soufriere volcano in St Vincent. In a release early Saturday, the Met Service said that satellite imagery continues to...

Sat, 10 Apr 2021 12:30:23 -0500
Stalled at first jab: Vaccine shortages hit poor countries
LONDON (AP) -- As many as 60 countries, including some of the world's poorest, might be stalled at the first shots of their coronavirus vaccinations because nearly all deliveries through the global program intended to help them are...

Sat, 10 Apr 2021 12:14:55 -0500
Gun and ammo handed over to cops in MoBay
A team of officers assigned to the St. James Police Division seized one 9mm Smith and Wesson pistol with a magazine containing fourteen 9mm rounds of ammunition at an establishment on the Jimmy Cliff Boulevard, Montego Bay, St. James on Friday....

Sat, 10 Apr 2021 12:07:01 -0500
Cops seize gun in Spanish Town, man in custody
One man has been arrested in connection with the seizure of a 9mm Sig Sauer pistol with a magazine containing fourteen 9mm rounds of ammunition by the St. Catherine North police. The firearm was seized during a joint police/military operation in...

Sat, 10 Apr 2021 11:41:03 -0500
276 COVID cases recorded as eight more Jamaicans die from virus
Eight more Jamaicans have died as a result of the coronavirus, increasing the island's COVID death tally to 669. Three of the deceased are from Kingston and St Andrew, two men aged 72 and 61, and a 69-year-old woman, two men from Westmoreland...

Fri, 09 Apr 2021 05:03:28 -0500
Jamaican mongrel enjoying life in Canada
Jamaican dog Joseph is certainly living the high life with his new owner Rachel Kornblum in Toronto, Canada. One of 144 dogs who were flown on a chartered flight to Canada last month, Joseph was recently adopted by the 25-year-old elementary...

Fri, 09 Apr 2021 05:03:13 -0500
Five-year-old shot twice in attack on her house
A West Kingston mother is thankful to see her five-year-old daughter smile again after being shot twice in a violent gun attack at her home around 7 on Wednesday night. A second victim, a 32-year-old man, was shot in the upper body and had to be.....

Fri, 09 Apr 2021 05:03:14 -0500
Search for missing teacher ends in heartbreak
A week of intense searching for Nattalie Dawkins, a teacher at Four Paths Primary and Junior High School in Clarendon, came to a painful end yesterday after a body, believed to be hers, was found in a shallow grave in Sandy Bay. Search parties...

Fri, 09 Apr 2021 05:03:21 -0500
Rock River youth building his own car line
Oshane Dunstan, 23, has his sights set on designing and making his own line of cars - the only thing in his way is getting the training he so desperately needs. He has already started on his journey by making miniature cars in his community of...

Fri, 09 Apr 2021 05:03:36 -0500
Kareen McLean finds her voice as Kalyra
It's not every day that we see a dancer making a transition to pursue a career in music. But for Kareen McLean, it has been a long time coming. A past member of the Ardenne Dance Troupe and L'Acadco Dance Company, McLean has taught dance at her.....

Fri, 09 Apr 2021 05:03:27 -0500
Father of slain exotic dancer offers reward for info on killers
It has been almost five months since Donovan Campbell lost his child, Shandeka 'Diamond' Campbell, 28, who was found dead in a guest house in St Andrew. Diamond, who the police said was an exotic dancer, was found lying in a pool of blood in a......

Fri, 09 Apr 2021 05:03:10 -0500
Taxi companies not happy with Uber move
Recent news that international ride-sharing giant Uber will soon be available in Jamaica has left a few locally operated taxi companies distressed. CEO of Paramount Taxi Services and Rental, Kenard Dixon, told THE WEEKEND STAR that he is...

Fri, 09 Apr 2021 05:03:44 -0500
Guy calls for wider testing to aid COVID fight
As Jamaica continues to grapple with the novel coronavirus, Opposition spokesperson on health, Dr Morais Guy, says he believes there are still a few loopholes that may be contributing to the hike in positive cases and deaths of many Jamaicans....

Fri, 09 Apr 2021 05:03:31 -0500
Married woman feels used by ‘sideman’
A woman who has been married for 10 years and lives at home with her husband, is distraught that her 'side piece' has seemingly used and refused her. Kim*, 46, said that the man with whom she is having an affair is also married. She said that...

Fri, 09 Apr 2021 05:03:30 -0500
Man pleads guilty to stealing food
Parish Judge Jacqueline Wilcott has ordered a social enquiry report for a St Andrew man who pleaded guilty to shoplifting. The man, Donald Miller, was brought before the court after he allegedly stole several food items from a convenience store.....

Fri, 09 Apr 2021 05:03:29 -0500
Fighting women sent to mediation
Three women were ordered to attend mediation when they appeared in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court on Thursday. The two accused - a mother and daughter - are charged with assault and unlawful wounding, respectively, for an incident which....

Fri, 09 Apr 2021 05:03:25 -0500
Fake ‘reader woman’ conned me
Yuh know say woman a real scammer. Mi use to sell ground provisions at the market and there was always this nice customer. Every other higgler love har off but she wasn't the talkative type. She would just smile when we run joke with her and buy....

Fri, 09 Apr 2021 17:22:50 -0500
Health Ministry sets 50,000 target for four-day vaccination blitz
The Ministry of Health and Wellness says it will be looking to administer 50,000 coronavirus vaccinations at blitz events across the island over the next four days. The targeted are persons aged 60 years and over, teachers and other employees of...

Fri, 09 Apr 2021 16:31:45 -0500
GoFundMe launched to aid St Vincent volcano disaster relief
A St Vincent Volcano Disaster Relief GoFundMe has been launched to help raise immediate funds to satisfy the urgent needs of displaced individuals to Barbados, as well as those who have now been forced into shelters, hours after the La Soufri...



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