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Wed, 17 Aug 2022 15:49:08 -0500
‘Rev’ charged with illegal import of guns, ammunition
Fifty-one-year-old St Elizabeth resident Godfrey Martin otherwise called 'Rev,' has been charged with conspiracy to illegally import firearms and conspiracy to illegally import ammunition. The police say a major dent in the illegal...

Wed, 17 Aug 2022 12:57:45 -0500
Keys to city of Kingston presented to Windhoek, Namibia
The Kingston and St. Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC) has presented the Keys to the City of Kingston to Windhoek, Namibia, symbolising mutual friendship and shared interests and cooperation between the capital cities. The ceremony took place on....

Wed, 17 Aug 2022 12:53:57 -0500
Best Dressed Chicken gets price cut
The Jamaica Broilers Group has announced that its Best Dressed Chicken will be cheaper for consumers. Effective August 18, prices for The Best Dressed Chicken Grade-A Whole Bird and mixed parts will be reduced by $12.50 per kilo. It says the...

Wed, 17 Aug 2022 11:39:06 -0500
‘Designer vaginas’ on the rise in UK
According to a report from the UK’s DailyMail, the number of women engaging in vagina-altering surgeries this year has more than doubled when compared with the same time period last year.   Dr John Skevofilax, Head of Surgery at the...

Wed, 17 Aug 2022 05:04:08 -0500
Pastor tells wives to do ‘doggy style’
Her sermons are raw, radical and controversial but Shannona Brown is unapologetic about her style of delivering the Lord's word via TikTok, where she is known as the Thussaiththelordpreacher. In a recent sermon, the 37-year-old St Ann-based...

Wed, 17 Aug 2022 05:04:13 -0500
Man who saved cop delighted to get national honour
What started as the usual brisk, early-morning walk for a 63-year-old resident of Portmore, St Catherine, on February 15, soon evolved into a life-changing experience for him and a life-saving one for a member of the Jamaica Constabulary Force....

Wed, 17 Aug 2022 05:04:16 -0500
Another fire does damage in central Kingston
A despondent Donovan Williams, the member of parliament for Kingston Central, has expressed concern about the frequency of fires occurring in his constituency. Yesterday he stood in front of a seven-room dwelling on Text Lane hours after it was......

Wed, 17 Aug 2022 05:04:18 -0500
MP advises wrongdoers to get employed
"Try and get a skill" was the advice of Member of Parliament for Central Kingston Donovan Williams to wrongdoers yesterday, responding to the threat of violence in sections of Rose Gardens. He was speaking in the aftermath of another alleged fire....

Wed, 17 Aug 2022 05:04:15 -0500
DisrespectFUL - Family of late boxing champ unhappy with mural on bathroom
Relatives of later former world heavyweight boxing champion Trevor Berbick have expressed outrage at what they described as the wanton disregard shown to one of Portland's iconic figures. This as Berbick's portrait now lies on the walls of a...

Wed, 17 Aug 2022 05:04:05 -0500
Oneil Clarke finds his voice through art
Today, 34-year-old Oneil Clarke is a confident individual but he readily admitted that for years he was extremely shy, with an inferiority complex and little or no self-esteem. The visual arts teacher at the Sydney Pagon STEM Academy in St...

Wed, 17 Aug 2022 05:04:08 -0500
Woman who hit complainant with board avoids jail
A Westmoreland woman who reportedly hit another woman in the head with a piece of board during a confrontation was lucky to get off with a stern warning when she appeared in the Westmoreland Parish Court on Tuesday, following mediation with the...

Tue, 16 Aug 2022 17:06:01 -0500
Alleged Dream Weekend robbers granted $400,000 bail
The three men who were charged for the theft of electronic valuing $2 million during the Dream Weekend party series were today granted $400,000 bail in the Westmoreland Parish Court. They are scheduled to return to court on August 23, when a...

Tue, 16 Aug 2022 16:40:51 -0500
Woman who hit complainant with board warned to control temper
A Westmoreland woman who reportedly hit another woman in the head with a piece of board during a confrontation was lucky to get off with a stern warning when she appeared in the Westmoreland Parish Court on Tuesday, following mediation with the...

Tue, 16 Aug 2022 12:14:27 -0500
More houses set on fire in Kingston Central
Another round of fires in sections of Kingston Central left multiple residents from Text Lane homeless early this morning. There are no reports of injuries. It's believed to be the work of arsonists.  Tuesday's early morning blaze...

Tue, 16 Aug 2022 13:12:33 -0500
Two killed in Hanover crash
A male motorist and a female passenger were killed in a vehicular collision along the Tryall main road in Hanover, earlier today. They have been identified as 26-year-old Onieke Barnes, of Mandeville in Manchester, and 51-year-old Claudia Shaw, of....

Tue, 16 Aug 2022 13:32:36 -0500
Tour operator shot dead while transporting tourists in Negril
Fifty-three-year-old Byron Grey, a tour operator from Negril was shot and killed late last night as he transported two male tourists along the West End main road in Negril. The two male tourists were unharmed during the engagement. According to the...

Tue, 16 Aug 2022 13:21:18 -0500
Kingston forges ties with Windhoek, Namibia
The Kingston and St Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC) is establishing ties with the capital city of Windhoek, Namibia, for cooperation in multiple focus areas. The development follows the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) between...

Tue, 16 Aug 2022 12:38:17 -0500
Police investigate men arrested at supermarket in Hanover
Two men were apprehended at the Hew's Enterprise Supermarket in Hopewell, Hanover, after the owner contacted the police in regards to suspicous behaviour on Monday night. The Hanover police have since launched an investigation to determine...

Tue, 16 Aug 2022 05:04:03 -0500
15-y-o traumatised after being shot - Parents demand answers from police
Howard Johnson, whose 15-year-old son was shot and injured during an operation carried out by the security forces in Seaview Gardens last Wednesday, said he is worried that the ordeal will break the teen and cause him to harbour negative thoughts.....

Tue, 16 Aug 2022 05:03:47 -0500
Husband and wife graduate NCU together
With his three-week-old daughter nestled in his arms, Marvin Pryce was a picture of contentment following the graduation ceremony at the Northern Caribbean University (NCU) on Sunday. The occasion was particularly special for Marvin, as his wife....



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