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Fri, 09 Jul 2021 22:37:26 -0500
Actor Volier Johnson dies suddenly
The theatre and entertainment fraternity has been left in shock following the sudden passing of renowned actor, Volier 'Maffie' Johnson. Johnson's daughter confirmed his passing this evening.

Fri, 09 Jul 2021 13:34:13 -0500
Jamaican on murder charge in Florida after road rage shooting
A Jamaican businessman based in Florida has been charged with second degree murder following a shooting during an incident of road rage in the southern United States state.

Fri, 09 Jul 2021 11:44:42 -0500
Manchester scammers employing new tactics to steal
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Fri, 09 Jul 2021 05:02:29 -0500
Crab farmer clawing his way back after theft
Trelawny crab farmer Jermaine Morris believes that the theft of most of his crustaceans last month has been a blessing in disguise. Morris, 42, stated that bouncing back has been costly but worthwhile. "Now I have to pay people to go and hunt...

Fri, 09 Jul 2021 05:02:25 -0500
Young farmer loves raising chickens
Tian Williams always had a passion for farming and after months of dreaming about it, the 15-year-old is now on his way to becoming a successful chicken farmer. The grade-nine student at Cumberland High School in Portmore, St Catherine,...

Fri, 09 Jul 2021 05:02:31 -0500
CONTROLLED FROM PRISON - Woman says prisoner she met online nearly ruined her life
Months after ending a relationship with a murder-convict who is serving time in one of the country's maximum security prisons, a Corporate Area woman is sounding the warning to other women who would contemplate similar escapades. Keisha*, who is.....

Fri, 09 Jul 2021 05:02:42 -0500
Man loses freedom after kicking complainant’s car
A man who is accused of kicking a car out of anger, resulting in $130,000 in damage to the vehicle, found himself in hot water yesterday after it was revealed that he breached a court order to stay away from the complainant. The man, Joel East,......

Fri, 09 Jul 2021 05:02:37 -0500
DREAM KEPT ALIVE - Holness, engineering firm help aspiring doctor
Gavieal Gordon has had a lifelong dream of becoming a medical doctor. The 21-year-old, from Freetown Woodford in St Andrew East Rural, has been working hard throughout her academic life, and gained admittance to The University of the West Indies....

Fri, 09 Jul 2021 05:02:24 -0500
Students salute JWN Foundation scholarship programme
Final-year university students Javelle Stewart and Romario Blackwood say that had it not been for the J. Wray and Nephew (JWN) Foundation scholarships, they would have encountered difficulties pursuing their educational dreams. Stewart, who is.....

Fri, 09 Jul 2021 05:02:48 -0500
Cabbie on drug charge
A taxi driver who tried to export 89 pendants that he claimed he found in his cab is now in trouble with the law after it was found that the trinkets contained white powdery substance resembling cocaine. Kenrick Edwards, 44, has been charged...

Fri, 09 Jul 2021 05:02:44 -0500
Party breaches worry health officials
Videos and photographs of people at entertainment events have been making the rounds on social and traditional media and tongues have been wagging; not so much about the reopening of the entertainment sector but rather due to the fact that people.....

Fri, 09 Jul 2021 05:02:39 -0500
‘Don’t come here’! - Chang issues warning to criminals who may want to flee Haiti
Minister of National Security, Dr Horace Chang, said that everything will be done to dissuade criminal elements from entering Jamaica from Haiti, which has been rocked by political instability in the aftermath of Wednesday's assassination of...

Fri, 09 Jul 2021 05:02:30 -0500
Teen distraught as mom goes missing
With her Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examinations just days away, Keresa Stephens, 19, is finding it hard to concentrate, as her mother Kereen Jackson, 41, has been missing since Sunday, July 4. "I haven't slept much and on Wednesday I didn't....

Fri, 09 Jul 2021 05:02:28 -0500
Woman told to pay $2 million to ‘untie’ husband
Local obeah man Reuben Williams is advising his clients to be careful what they wish for, especially as it relates to 'tying' their other half. This after one of his clients desperately wants him to untie her husband who she argued has been...

Fri, 09 Jul 2021 05:02:21 -0500
WhatsApp threat lands woman in trouble
An infuriated judge ordered that a woman be remanded after hearing that she was threatening the complainant in her case. Samantha Hall appeared before the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court on Monday for unlawful wounding and was expected to...

Thu, 08 Jul 2021 14:13:37 -0500
Two Haitian Americans detained in slaying of Haiti president
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) -- Two men believed to be Haitian Americans -- one of them purportedly a former bodyguard at the Canadian Embassy in Port au Prince -- have been arrested in connection with the assassination of Haiti'...

Thu, 08 Jul 2021 13:47:36 -0500
Haiti’s future uncertain after brazen slaying of president
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) -- An already struggling and chaotic Haiti stumbled into an uncertain future Thursday after the assassination of President Jovenel Moise, followed by a gunfight in which authorities said police killed four...

Thu, 08 Jul 2021 12:14:35 -0500
41 new COVID-19 cases, seven more deaths
Seven more COVID-19 fatalities have been recorded in Jamaica, increasing the tally to 1,108. Those who have died are: * A 74-year-old man from St James * A 68-year-old male from St Catherine * A 57-year-old man from St Catherine * A...

Thu, 08 Jul 2021 10:02:20 -0500
Fans banned at Olympics, Tokyo under state of emergency
TOKYO (AP) -- Fans were banned from the pandemic-postponed Tokyo Olympics which will open in two weeks, following a state of emergency on Thursday, Olympic Minister Tamayo Marukawa told the Japanese news agency Kyodo. The ban was announced by...

Thu, 08 Jul 2021 05:02:29 -0500
Gunshot shatters plans for baby’s birthday party
A few weeks ago, Whitney Ferguson was busy making plans for her son's second birthday party. She has, however, been forced to shelve those arrangements after her firstborn was shot and injured in western Kingston. "I won't be keeping his birthday....



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