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Tue, 02 Aug 2022 18:09:20 -0500
60-y-o farmer found dead in Clarendon
Sixty-year-old Clarendon farmer Edward Grant was found dead with stab wounds in Crooked River, in the parish on Monday. Reports are that about midday, Grant left home for his farm and did not return. About 9:30 p.m., residents stumbled upon his...

Tue, 02 Aug 2022 17:41:23 -0500
JCF officers charged with murder
The Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM), has confirmed that two police officers have been charged with murder, following the shooting death Kingston resident Phillip Wallace in July. Charged is Corporal Miguel Ebanks and Constable...

Tue, 02 Aug 2022 17:26:47 -0500
‘Food freedom’ is true emancipation - PM
Prime Minister, Andrew Holness, attended the 68th Denbigh Agricultural, Industrial and Food Show, which culminated with the official launch of the 'Grow Smart, Eat Smart' campaign on August 1. The launch brought the curtains down on the...

Tue, 02 Aug 2022 17:21:56 -0500
New COVID-19 variants confirmed in Jamaica
The Ministry of Health says that the the Omicron BA.4 and BA.5 sub-variants of the COVID-19 virus are currently presence in Jamaica. They were identified during the latest round of gene sequencing performed at the University of the...

Tue, 02 Aug 2022 17:17:10 -0500
Chris Townsend not surprised by Maitland murder charge
Christopher Townsend, the attorney representing Constable Noel Maitland, the boyfriend of social media personality Donna-Lee Donaldson, said he is not surprised that his client has been charged with her murder. Although a body has not been found,......

Tue, 02 Aug 2022 16:47:57 -0500
Popular entertainer visits Noel Maitland
The Star understands that Constable Maitland, who is in custody at the Grants Pen police lock up in St Andrew was visited by the popular entertainer last week. The police high says that a cop has been transferred pending a probe for his alleged...

Tue, 02 Aug 2022 12:49:15 -0500
Houses firebombed in Gregory Park
Three homes were reportedly firebombed this morning at separate locations in Gregory Park, St Catherine. There was also heavy gunfire for a prolonged period as rival gangs traded bullets. The act of arson took place sometime after 3am Tuesday...

Tue, 02 Aug 2022 12:39:31 -0500
Local government minister deplores spate of crashes
The spate of crashes on the nation's roads has become extremely unpalatable and is fast escalating into a national crisis, says Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Desmond McKenzie. Mr McKenzie, who was speaking at a disaster...

Tue, 02 Aug 2022 05:03:57 -0500
Loved ones of ‘Clarendon five’ picking up the pieces
Keshawn Henry would have celebrated his second birthday on July 10 but instead of a month of joy and festivities on Sunday, the infant was nestled in his mother's arms in a casket. Baby Keshawn, his mother Kemesha Wright and his three sisters were....

Tue, 02 Aug 2022 05:04:02 -0500
‘Mr Jamaica’ thinks he’s addicted to the national colours
You can spot him at every sporting event hosted at the National Stadium, adorned in his Jamaican-esque outfit from head to toe. Dubbing himself as 'Mr Jamaica', it would have been remiss of Patrick Campbell not to attend this year's 60th jubilee.....

Tue, 02 Aug 2022 05:04:06 -0500
‘Drummer boy’ Tayshawn beating his own path
The youngest and by far the shortest member of the Eagles Drum and Bugle Core, 13-year-old Tayshawn Spence is hoping to go places through drumming. Tayshawn, who started drumming in February, said he has so far received enormous support from his.....

Tue, 02 Aug 2022 05:04:14 -0500
Labourer held with illegal firearm
Twenty-six-year old Victor Allen, otherwise called 'Jonel', labourer of Racecourse, Falmouth in Trelawny, is now facing gun charges after he was stopped by the police on Sunday. Reports from the Falmouth police are that about 6:40 a.m., a police.....

Tue, 02 Aug 2022 05:04:07 -0500
Hanover couple killed on Emancipation Day
Lloyd Oreggio, whose daughter Venesha was murdered along with her boyfriend in the Pumpkin Bottom community of Sandy Bay, Hanover, on Emancipation Day, believes that she was very unlucky with men. The 35-year-old shopkeeper and her 30-year-old......

Tue, 02 Aug 2022 05:04:00 -0500
Attorney ‘tun hand mek fashion’ to celebrate Emancipation Day
On Emancipation Day, while there was no shortage of Jamaica-inspired ensembles, attorney Stephanie Muir turned heads in her impromptu hat and glasses combo. Muir said that while she always watches the Emancipation Day Float Parade that graces...

Tue, 02 Aug 2022 05:03:58 -0500
Men murdered in Maxfield
Detectives from the St Andrew South and West police divisions are probing the murders of two men at a dwelling along Maxfield Avenue yesterday. They have been identified as 20-year-old Kevaughn Young and 29-year-old Recco Gayle, both of Maxfield....

Mon, 01 Aug 2022 13:50:11 -0500
$2-million worth of phones recovered from Dream Weekend heist
Western Bureau: More than $2 million worth of gadgets allegedly stolen from patrons of the Dream Weekend party series in Westmoreland were recovered on July 31.  The event started on Friday and will end Monday.  Approximately J$200,000 in...

Sun, 31 Jul 2022 16:59:52 -0500
L.A. Lewis upset he didn't speak at 'Clarendon five' funeral
L.A. Lewis said he was left disappointed when he did not get to deliver his planned speech at the funeral of the Clarendon five.

Sun, 31 Jul 2022 17:05:46 -0500
Slain Clarendon mom Kemesha Wright awarded nursing certificate
Kemesha Wright, the slain mother of the Clarendon massacre was awarded her practical nursing certification posthumously during the funeral service for her and her 4 children at the Stuart Hall Auditorium at Clarendon College.  ...

Sun, 31 Jul 2022 12:17:36 -0500
Unbearable grief as Cocoa Piece victims laid to rest
There were screams and cries of anguish from neighbours as the hearses bearing the bodies of Kemesha Wright and her four children led a motorcade which passed their Cocoa Piece, Clarendon home this morning.

Fri, 29 Jul 2022 05:03:46 -0500
Nearly 100 stabs - Clarendon monster stabbed baby 11 times
Rushane Barnett, who yesterday confessed to killing his cousin and her four children in Cocoa Piece, Clarendon, reportedly inflicted more than 100 combined wounds to his victims with a knife. Barnett pleaded guilty in the Home Circuit Court to...



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