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Fri, 25 Mar 2022 12:23:09 -0500
UPDATE: Former Haitian senator to be extradited to the US
Former Haitian senator Joseph Joel John, who authorities in Haiti list as one of five fugitives involved in the assassination of President Jovenel Moise is to be extradited to the United States, after he signed the committal warrant on...

Fri, 25 Mar 2022 05:01:36 -0500
‘I wanted to save him’ - Good Samaritan spirit broken after gallant effort to preserve Kenute Williams’ life
Roger Marshall said he has not slept or ate anything since Wednesday after he tried unsuccessfully to save 16-year-old Kenute Williams, who was murdered for his cell phone and $1,000 while walking to school along Liguanea Avenue in St Andrew....

Fri, 25 Mar 2022 05:01:45 -0500
Clarendon’s great tragedy - Children burnt to death in house fire
Micey Walters had hardly left her house when she was told that her house was engulfed in flames. Her two children, Kayla, four, and Abigail, three, were inside. They would not make it out. "God, a whey mi do? A feel like a gwine mad, a caan go......

Fri, 25 Mar 2022 05:01:44 -0500
St Thomas woman explains why she housed Davian Bryan
When Sandra was asked by her friend to allow her brother, Davian Bryan, to stay "even inna the toilet", she recognised that he was in dire straits. The woman, Bryan said, was her very good friend and had turned to her for help. Her brother,...

Fri, 25 Mar 2022 05:01:39 -0500
‘Bring back hanging!’ - Westmoreland woman makes passionate plea after her pregnant daughter is murdered
A distraught Westmoreland mother yesterday called on the Government to resume hanging after her daughter was murdered in the parish. Tascian Copeland, 24, who was pregnant, was travelling home on a bike taxi on Wednesday night when she and the...

Fri, 25 Mar 2022 05:01:38 -0500
Man insists he bought stolen items
A Corporate Area man who said he bought a television set, a laptop, a Samsung cellphone and a Samsung DVD player for $30,000 will know his fate on May 16. The items, all of which were stolen, are said to worth $290,000. Richard Morgan, the man.....

Fri, 25 Mar 2022 05:01:37 -0500
Cash-for-gold trader gets five-day prison sentence
A judge yesterday sentenced a cash-for-gold peddler to five days' imprisonment after she considered her option under a 76-year-old law under which he was prosecuted. George Findly pleaded guilty on Monday to breaching the Metal and Jewellery (...

Fri, 25 Mar 2022 05:01:30 -0500
‘Better prison than the grave’ - Davian Bryan’s father glad he wasn’t killed in manhunt
Having watched for months as police and residents hunted for his son, Victor Bryan is breathing a sigh of relief now that his 32-year-old offspring has been taken into police custody, unharmed. "Mi glad say him captured," the elder Bryan said...

Fri, 25 Mar 2022 05:01:28 -0500
Khamal had big dreams - Boy killed over guard ring wanted to become big league keeper like his brother
Natasha Roach she sat on an embankment across from her house in Deeside, Trelawny, wiping tears intermittently as she struggled to come to terms with the sudden loss of her son, Khamal Hall. The 16-year-old grade 10 student at William Knibb High.....

Fri, 25 Mar 2022 05:01:21 -0500
Colour woman says God gave her road safety message
"Slow down on the road or you will not get your space in God's kingdom." This is the message that self-proclaimed warner woman and queen of the gospel, Eve Campbell, says she has been given by the Almighty to share with the nation. Campbell,...

Fri, 25 Mar 2022 05:00:25 -0500
Starscope
HOROSCOPE MARCH 25, 2022 WHAT TO DO AND WHEN TO DO IT Entertainment and romance...........................28th Domestic and family matters.........................29th Bargain hunting and shopping........................27th Selling...

Thu, 24 Mar 2022 17:44:27 -0500
LA Lewis files assault charges against Babsy Grange
The seven-star general LA Lewis says he has filed assault charges against Culture Minister Olivia 'Babsy' Grange in relation to an incident in Trench Town two days ago. Lewis says the ordeal has left him traumatized. The report was filed at...

Thu, 24 Mar 2022 13:00:11 -0500
Former Haitian senator to be extradited to the US
Joseph Joel John, the Haitian senator implicated in the assassination of President Jovenel Moise, is to be extradited to the United States. In the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court today, he waived his right to an extradited hearing. John...

Thu, 24 Mar 2022 05:01:35 -0500
Hearts broken into pieces - Only child murdered days before parent’s wedding
In a cruel twist of tales, a St Andrew mother is now grieving the death of her only child, some 13 hours after she had ironed his suit to wear at her wedding this Saturday. Kenute Williams, 16, and a 10-grader at Papine High School in St Andrew.....

Thu, 24 Mar 2022 05:01:34 -0500
‘You are not the father’ - Woman says her baby looks like her former lovers
A woman who is caught in the middle of a love triangle said she wants to conduct a paternity test to confirm who fathered her eight-month-old child as she believes the child shares features of her former lovers. Her startling revelation was...

Thu, 24 Mar 2022 05:01:37 -0500
Alleged serial abductor Davian Bryan captured
A six-month hunt for Davian Bryan ended yesterday after he was captured by the police in Portland last night. Senior members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) said that Bryan was captured shortly after 9 p.m. in the hills of Durham in the......

Thu, 24 Mar 2022 05:01:36 -0500
Another student stabbed at school
Following the stabbing of a student at the Excelsior High School in Kingston yesterday afternoon, one concerned parent says she is eager to remove her child from that institution. The incident, which took place in front the school gate...

Thu, 24 Mar 2022 05:01:30 -0500
Jamaica is ‘moving on’ from the Queen, says Holness
Prime Minister Andrew Holness says that Jamaica intends to attain and fulfil "its true ambitions as an independent, developed and prosperous country" in short order. Holness, speaking with the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, during a courtesy call....

Thu, 24 Mar 2022 05:01:29 -0500
Kate stresses value of early-childhood education
Duchess of Cambridge, Kate Middleton, yesterday underscored the importance of early-childhood education, stating that it is a "strategic investment" in ensuring a "well-trained, professional workforce". Kate, who arrived on the island with her......

Thu, 24 Mar 2022 05:01:28 -0500
Young professionals fined for breaching curfew
A group of young professionals, including student doctors, were fined for breaching the Disaster Risk Management Act (DRMA) when they appeared in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court yesterday. The court heard that the defendants were...



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