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Wed, 19 Jan 2022 17:21:35 -0500
Highway crash leaves 5 persons severely injured
A coaster bus travelling from St. Elizabeth today overturned after the driver lost control, leaving five persons seriously injured. About 12:40 p.m, a Toyota Coaster bus and a Nissan Tiida were in the east bound-lane when the crash happened...

Wed, 19 Jan 2022 15:39:32 -0500
Police hunting for St James wanted men
The St James police are on the hunt for two men implicated in recent murders in the parish. They are 24-year-old Nickeelo Lewis, otherwise called 'Keelo', of Lilliput, St James and 31-year-old Kenroy Roach, otherwise called...

Wed, 19 Jan 2022 13:27:33 -0500
Child forgotten in dad's car dies
Cops at the Black River Police Station have been left traumatised after the death of the one-year-old daughter of a police sergeant. The child had been forgotten in the car at the station while her father worked. The father, who is a...

Wed, 19 Jan 2022 05:02:01 -0500
MINIMUM 30 YEARS FOR GUNS - Chamber of Commerce head wants stronger punishment for crimes involving illegal firearms
Ian Neita, the president of the Jamaica Chamber of Commerce (JCC), is proposing that persons convicted of firearm-related offences be sentenced to a minimum of 30 years imprisonment. His call comes against the background of a rise in murders,...

Wed, 19 Jan 2022 05:02:00 -0500
Mom amazed by ‘baby genius’ daughter
From she was just a day old, Shackeina Grey-Wilson said that her daughter Rakel, who was born prematurely, underweight and with the odds stacked against her, exhibited behaviours that seemed above average. As little Rakel grew older, Grey-Wilson.....

Wed, 19 Jan 2022 05:02:05 -0500
Shenseea secures crazy collab with Megan Thee Stallion
Trending Gyal hitmaker Shenseea and American rapper Megan Thee Stallion have hinted on their social platforms that fans can expect a single titled Lick. "Get ready!! We gonna go crazy this FRIDAY!," Shenseea told her 4.9 million followers on...

Wed, 19 Jan 2022 05:02:06 -0500
Shaggy proclaims strength of Mia
The presence of Grammy-winning superstar entertainer Shaggy is being felt on the campaign trail in Barbados, with his 2002 release, Strength of a Woman, being used as in the campaign song by Mia Mottley. "This one goes out to Mia Mottley, yuh...

Wed, 19 Jan 2022 05:02:06 -0500
Denham Town slowly rebuilding with help of ZOSO
Even as they struggled to pinpoint any socio-economical changes since a zone of special operations (ZOSO) was imposed in their community in 2017, residents of Denham Town in west Kingston agree that there has been one seismic shift. "Di only real....

Wed, 19 Jan 2022 05:01:58 -0500
Ganja stakeholder doubts gov’t will use weed to fight COVID
Programme Director of the Ganja Growers and Producers Association of Jamaica, Paul Burke, says he is not optimistic that Jamaica will reap the benefits of using ganja to fight COVID-19. Last week, a study coming out of Oregon State University......

Wed, 19 Jan 2022 05:02:02 -0500
UK-based teacher wants more for local education system
After teaching in Jamaica and the United Kingdom (UK), Alesa Pryce Bloomfield believes that there are four main areas, that, if targeted, would allow the Jamaican education system to excel. These include ensuring that teachers show more...

Tue, 18 Jan 2022 17:25:28 -0500
23 killed in road crashes since January
Twenty-three have been killed in road crashes in the first 17 days of the year. This is one more than that the tally for the comparative period of 2021. The Road Safety Unit in the Transport Ministry says six private motor vehicle drivers, six...

Tue, 18 Jan 2022 16:05:39 -0500
New nightly curfews in parts of Westmoreland
A new nightly curfew has been imposed in sections of Savanna-La-Mar, Westmoreland where a Zone of Special Operations (ZOSO) has been declared. The impacted communities are Russia, Dexter Street and Dalling Street. According to the police, the...

Tue, 18 Jan 2022 12:58:16 -0500
Police warn car buyers of false car adverts
The police are calling on the public to aid in reporting fraudsters using the images of Government Minister Daryl Vaz to lure unsuspecting car buyers. "These persons are in no way connected to Vaz and do not have the authority to conduct...

Tue, 18 Jan 2022 11:50:31 -0500
Guyana records 15 deaths among children from COVID
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC - The Guyana government Monday confirmed that 15 children have died as a result of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, since the country recorded its first case of the virus in March 2020. Overall, Guyana has...

Tue, 18 Jan 2022 09:13:24 -0500
Four men arrested for $2 million corned beef theft
Four men have been arrested and charged for allegedly stealing three pallets of corned beef valued at $2 million. The corned beef was stolen from a compound on Salt Pond Road, Spanish Town, St Catherine on Wednesday, January 5. Charged...

Tue, 18 Jan 2022 05:01:56 -0500
Partygoer viciously beaten
A 22-year-year old partygoer claims that she suffered a busted eardrum, multiple cuts and bruises, and swelling on the head after she was beaten by a group of women in Ocho Rios, St Ann. The incident, which took place on January 6, spilled over......

Tue, 18 Jan 2022 05:02:11 -0500
Mother of slain teen urges parents to be vigilant
A grief-stricken Keisha Foster, mother of slain teenager Toni-Ann Reid, is appealing to parents to get more involved in their children's lives. Foster, 36, believes her daughter could be alive today if both she and Toni-Ann's father, Albert Reid....

Tue, 18 Jan 2022 05:02:13 -0500
‘Fed up’ Admiral Bailey calls for resumption of hanging
Fed up with the 72 murders recorded so far in 2022, including that of nine-year-old Gabriel King in St James last week, veteran dancehall deejay Admiral Bailey is calling for the death penalty for rapists and persons who commit crimes using the...

Tue, 18 Jan 2022 05:01:58 -0500
TWO YEARS OF PAIN - Mom desperately seeks to find her daughter
It has been two years of pain and heartache for mother Marrisa Reid since her youngest child, 17-year-old Theresa Smith, went missing on March 23, 2020. Reid has been travelling the length and breadth of the island searching for her daughter, and....

Tue, 18 Jan 2022 05:02:08 -0500
Doctor proposes early therapeutic treatment to battle COVID
Prominent neurosurgeon Dr Roger Hunter is calling again for the Government to shift to early therapeutic methods as the primary means to fight COVID-19. "There is no condition that I know that if you treat it late, the outcome is better. Now we....



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