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Sat, 05 Mar 2022 00:10:17 -0500
Major gun find in Kingston
The Counter-Terrorism and Organised Crime Investigation Branch (C-TOC) yesterday made another dent in the shipment of illegal firearms after 21 guns including three rifles were seized at a warehouse inside the One Stop Customs Clearance Centre in......

Sat, 05 Mar 2022 00:10:33 -0500
Court shaves 21 days off 25-year sentence of child killer
A Westmoreland businessman who was slapped with 25 years to life sentence for strangling a pregnant 14-year-old schoolgirl, but was seeking a 50 per cent reduction, was left terribly disappointed yesterday after his sentence was only reduced by 21.....

Sat, 05 Mar 2022 00:10:25 -0500
ZOSO making a difference in Greenwich Town
Residents of Greenwich Town have lauded the Government for the physical infrastructure upgrades the community has benefited from, through the build phase of the zone of special operations (ZOSO). A ZOSO was imposed in July 2020, as the south west.....

Sat, 05 Mar 2022 00:10:01 -0500
PNP sees positives from renewed Vale Royal talks
The Vale Royal talks, according to People’s National Party (PNP) President Mark Golding, have been quite successful in facilitating much-needed conversation between the Government and the Opposition on national issues. National security,...

Sat, 05 Mar 2022 00:08:31 -0500
Brothers shun crime to make inroads in farming
Jamaicans have long been encouraged to till the soil and Rockfort brothers Davian and Kevan Watt, who turned their backs on a life of crime, are now making significant strides as farmers in their community. The men, who reside in Wareika Hill in...

Sat, 05 Mar 2022 00:09:57 -0500
Accused murderers of four make appearance in court
The St Mary brothers accused of killing four people in separate incidents, including a Chinese couple, are to settle their legal representation. Nigel Walters, alias ‘Troy’, and Nicholas Walters were yesterday remanded until June 2 when they ma...

Sat, 05 Mar 2022 00:10:11 -0500
Another goat farmer in Westmoreland killed
Several disgruntled goat farmers in Crowder, Grange Hill, Westmoreland, are calling on the Westmoreland police to carry out more patrols in their community following the gruesome murder of another goat herder on Wednesday. The latest victim has...

Sat, 05 Mar 2022 00:09:49 -0500
More than $90 million spent to renovate police barracks
Four buildings at Harman Barracks have been renovated to the tune of $93.4 million. The barracks, which have a capacity of 72 persons per building, is home to members of the Specialised Operations Branch of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF)....

Sat, 05 Mar 2022 00:09:15 -0500
Job security concerns heighten at Russian-owned bauxite company in Jamaica
Community members and business owners in Ewarton, St Catherine, where Russian company En+ Group International PJSC operates UC Rusal WINDALCO in Jamaica, have expressed concern about the lingering uncertainty caused by the potential negative impact....

Fri, 04 Mar 2022 00:08:10 -0500
PRICE PROTEST
An urgent call has been made for the Government, through the state-owned oil refinery, to suspend its current pricing arrangement to ease the burden of the escalating oil prices on local businesses and consumers. Opposition Spokesman on Energy...

Fri, 04 Mar 2022 00:09:08 -0500
Young Delano Tucker gets scholarship to chase agri studies dream
The Jamaica 4-H Clubs has pledged to support further agricultural science studies for standout member and Guy’s Hill student Delano Tucker, whose story of academic excellence amid the grips of poverty has warmed the hearts of Jamaicans. The 17-yea...

Fri, 04 Mar 2022 00:09:58 -0500
Suspected gangsters nabbed; mom pleads for mentally ill detainee
A mother is concerned about the future of her mentally challenged son who was among 25 men detained by the security forces during a predawn Joint Anti-Gang Task Force operation along Mountain View Avenue. But the police have claimed success,...

Fri, 04 Mar 2022 00:09:53 -0500
Good Samaritans die with gunshot victim in crash
Two good Samaritans who were assisting a gunshot victim to the Savanna-la-Mar Hospital in Westmoreland on Wednesday night died from injuries they sustained in a motor vehicle collision along the Haddo main road in Westmoreland. The deceased have......

Fri, 04 Mar 2022 00:08:17 -0500
Former sugar workers seize chance to prove themselves as independent farmers
Some ex-sugar workers in St Thomas who lost their jobs at the shuttered Golden Grove Sugar Factory are counting that displacement as a blessing in disguise. Some cultivators have established their own farms on sugar lands that have been repurposed.....

Fri, 04 Mar 2022 00:08:32 -0500
Gov’t told to lodge Ukraine complaint about threats
Former Minister of Foreign Affairs Anthony Hylton has suggested that the Government protest the alleged discriminatory treatment meted out to Jamaican students fleeing the war in Ukraine. “We have heard all kinds of stories, some of them cause fo...

Fri, 04 Mar 2022 00:10:16 -0500
Body of missing villa manager found in car
The body of 65-year-old villa manager Clyde Taylor was discovered in the trunk of his 2013 Nissan Note motor car in Top Hill, near Runaway Bay, St Ann, on Thursday. The body had several chop wounds to the upper body, including the head. One man,.....

Fri, 04 Mar 2022 00:09:38 -0500
11 guns linked to 35 shootings
Eleven firearms that were detected to have been used in the execution of 10 murders reportedly orchestrated by the Clansman-One Don Gang are directly linked to 35 shooting incidents, which include at least 27 other murders, a ballistic expert...

Fri, 04 Mar 2022 00:09:03 -0500
10,000 students in need of intensive academic help
The Ministry of Education and Youth’s ‘Yard-to-Yard’ initiative is said to be bearing fruit, with at least 40,000 of the 120,000 students who could not be accounted for since the onset of COVID-19 in March 2020 now located and being offered sp...

Thu, 03 Mar 2022 00:11:45 -0500
CARICOM: Sanctions against Russia rest with individual nations
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has left the possible imposition of sanctions on Russia to individual member states following hours of intense deliberation on the second day of the 33rd Inter-Sessional Meeting of Heads of Government in Belize.......

Thu, 03 Mar 2022 00:11:15 -0500
19 years old and never gone to school
Nineteen-year-old Jellisa Williams, who has club foot and suffers from seizures, has never sat in a classroom in all her life. Her mother, Brenda Ramsay, told The Gleaner that she was not aware, two decades ago, of affordable options for...



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