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Mon, 10 Jan 2022 20:42:07 -0500
Holness reshuffles Cabinet
Prime Minister Andrew Holness has made changes to the composition of the Cabinet. The newly appointed ministers will be sworn in at a virtual ceremony tomorrow. Here are the changes: 1. Office of the Cabinet * Prime Minister Andrew Holness 2...

Mon, 10 Jan 2022 16:56:00 -0500
Fatal crash in Portmore
A man died early this morning after crashing into a concrete utility pole along the Port Henderson main road in Portmore, St Catherine. The deceased has been identified as 40-year-old Maurice McKenzie.

Mon, 10 Jan 2022 16:46:05 -0500
​​​​​​​St Andrew man caught stealing sheets charged
A 55-year-old man who was caught stealing sheets in a house in Hope Pastures, St Andrew has been charged with housebreaking with intent.

Mon, 10 Jan 2022 16:22:05 -0500
US expands interview waivers for certain nonimmigrant visa applicants
WASHINGTON, CMC - The United States Department of State announced on Sunday that consular officers are now temporarily authorised to waive in-person interviews for certain individual petition-based nonimmigrant work visas and their...

Mon, 10 Jan 2022 12:18:50 -0500
COVID-19 cases force closure of GG’s office
The Office of the Governor-General has been closed for today due to COVID-19. It reported, through a post on its Twitter account, that a number of persons have tested positive for the virus. It said that the Ministry of Health is will be carrying.....

Mon, 10 Jan 2022 05:01:37 -0500
Parade Gardens pleased with ZOSO declaration
A resident of Parade Gardens, who lost a relative to gun violence last year in central Kingston, has welcomed the decision to name the often-volatile community a zone of special operations (ZOSO). She believes that the presence of the security...

Mon, 10 Jan 2022 05:01:36 -0500
Fabian Melvin feeding his community with inner-city farm
Fabian Melvin, who is a much-liked resident of Admiral Town in Kingston, has, within a year, transformed an illegal dumpsite used by residents into a highly functional greenhouse farming hub that he uses to help feed the elderly. The land space,.....

Mon, 10 Jan 2022 05:01:42 -0500
Romeich begs Jamaicans to get COVID vaccinated
Popular businessman Romeich Major is urging Jamaicans to get vaccinated for the sake of reopening the entertainment industry. This after Prime Minister Andrew Holness, speaking at a press conference yesterday, said that despite the rising...

Mon, 10 Jan 2022 05:01:50 -0500
Semaj wants Holness to take a break
Renowned psychologist Dr Leahcim Semaj believes that the low vaccination rate amid a fourth COVID wave and the troubling murder figures may be starting to weigh heavily on Prime Minister Andrew Holness and has advised him to consider taking a...

Mon, 10 Jan 2022 05:01:47 -0500
Maroon chief fires back at PM
Head of the Accompong Maroons, Richard Currie, has hit back at Prime Minister Andrew Holness urging him to respect the human and indigenous rights of his people. In a post on his Instagram account yesterday, Currie defended the sovereignty of...

Mon, 10 Jan 2022 05:01:34 -0500
Museum stabbing victim paralysed - Wolmerians rally to raise funds
Wolmerians are rallying to raise funds to offer financial assistance to curator of the National Museum Jamaica, David Stimpson, who was reportedly stabbed by a co-worker inside his office at the Institute of Jamaica in downtown Kingston on...

Mon, 10 Jan 2022 05:00:34 -0500
Rodney Road residents hope for lasting peace
Months after losing her daughter Sasheka Graham to a gunman's bullets, Sophia sometimes pinches herself in disbelief while embracing the peace which currently reigns in the often-volatile community of Rodney Road in St Andrew. The grieving mother....

Sun, 09 Jan 2022 11:10:35 -0500
ZOSO imposed in Parade Gardens Kingston
A Zone of Special Operations (ZOSO) has been imposed in Parade Gardens in Kingston. In making the announcement at a press conference this morning, Prime Minister Andrew Holness said the security measure will be in place for 60 days. Holness said...

Fri, 07 Jan 2022 20:03:09 -0500
FDA shortens timing of Moderna booster to five months
WASHINGTON (AP) -- United States regulators on Friday shortened the time that people who received Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine have to wait for a booster -- to five months rather than six. The two-dose Moderna vaccine is open to...

Fri, 07 Jan 2022 14:35:52 -0500
Security guard charged with rape
Fifty-four-year-old Alton Palmer, a security guard from Wynter Pen, Spanish Town, was today arrested and charged with rape, grievous sexual assault and robbery with aggravation. The police report that on Thursday, December 23, 2021 a woman was...

Fri, 07 Jan 2022 13:50:08 -0500
Vaccines for children under 12 not available
Minister of Health and Wellness, Christopher Tufton, says vaccines for children under 12 years of age are not yet available on the market. "My understanding is that stocks would have been bought or controlled by the more industrialised...

Fri, 07 Jan 2022 13:02:34 -0500
St Andrew woman missing
Talicia Lovelace, 27, Charlton Avenue, Kingston 8 has been missing since Wednesday, January 05. She is of dark complexion, medium build and about 5 feet 4 inches tall. Reports from the Constant Spring Police are that about 4:45 a.m...

Fri, 07 Jan 2022 05:01:53 -0500
Cops charged for allegedly attempting to rob bar
Four men, including two police constables, have been arrested and charged for allegedly trying to rob a bar. The constables have been identified as Daenard Meikle 35, of Banbury district, Clarendon and Christoph Campbell, 27, of Fernando Road,...

Fri, 07 Jan 2022 05:01:48 -0500
A messy situation - Public health inspector seeks help for struggling family
A dilapidated structure and a caving roof with no bathroom facilities is what Sharon* and her four daughters have called home in St Ann for the past 12 years. Their condition has brought tears to her eyes on several occasions, most recently...

Fri, 07 Jan 2022 05:01:57 -0500
Shooting at Accompong during Maroon festival
At least three persons, one as young as 12 years old, were shot and injured following a dispute at the annual Accompong Maroon Festival in St Elizabeth late Thursday. The incident reportedly took place sometime after 9 p.m. "There was a shooting....



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