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Wed, 05 Oct 2022 00:16:23 -0500
‘Blood like rice grain’
In damning allegations drawing on DNA and video footage, prosecutors cast accused murderer Constable Noel Maitland as a calculated killer who schemed to clean up evidence linking him to the death of 23-year-old girlfriend Donna-Lee Donaldson. The......

Wed, 05 Oct 2022 00:14:43 -0500
‘He has always been suicidal’
WESTERN BUREAU: Twelve-year-old Laron Jurik, who was found hanging from an apple tree in Broughton, Westmoreland, on Tuesday, had a history of suicidal behaviour that sparked scrutiny and worry, his disheartened mother has said. Jurik, who was...

Wed, 05 Oct 2022 00:15:13 -0500
Mom had no chance of surviving knife attack – son
The St Ann police have arrested a man in relation to the gruesome murder of his sister in Content Gardens, Ocho Rios, Monday night. The woman has been identified as 56-year-old Michelle Roache, who operated the Healing Stream Spiritual Temple in......

Wed, 05 Oct 2022 00:11:42 -0500
G.C. Foster courts investments to overhaul ageing plant
G.C. Foster College of Physical Education and Sport is seeking to expand its campus’ facilities and double student enrolment to maximise revenue generation as part of its strategic five-year plan. Chairman Vishu Tolan said that the 42-year-old...

Wed, 05 Oct 2022 00:15:30 -0500
MP wants water bills tied to customers, not property owners
St Catherine North Eastern Member of Parliament (MP) Kerensia Morrison has called for the National Water Commission (NWC) to revise its 1985 regulation that ties water to the property owner rather than the customer. The lawmaker argued that the...

Wed, 05 Oct 2022 00:12:50 -0500
Lobbyists plead for cycle lanes, slam Kingston’s streets as dangerous
Dorraine Duncan and Jhordan Channer, co-founders of Island City Lab, have called for the Government to urgently establish cycle lanes in the Corporate Area. The youthful duo, who argued on the second day of a Jamaica Institution of Engineers’...

Wed, 05 Oct 2022 00:14:12 -0500
Hubby slapped with assault charge in marriage murder scandal
Weeks after his wife was slapped with a charge of attempted murder following allegations that she tried to mow him down with her car, Edward Lee, too, has found himself in trouble with the law. He is now facing an assault charge stemming from...

Wed, 05 Oct 2022 00:16:14 -0500
Ex-con who cheated Marcia Griffiths of millions to repay singer
An ex-convict who defrauded veteran reggae singer Marcia Griffiths of approximately $4.8 million pleaded guilty to fraud charges on Tuesday and promised to start making payments next week Thursday. Ray Morgan, who was remanded, pleaded guilty to......

Wed, 05 Oct 2022 00:16:27 -0500
Tools to assess suicide risk
P – Plan: The more detailed the plan is, the closer the person is to the suicide act. I – Intensity of the method: The more drastic the method, the more likely the person is to complete the act. N – Nearness of the method: Does the person alre...

Wed, 05 Oct 2022 00:13:50 -0500
DBJ cleared of malpractice, conflict of interest flagged
Auditor General Pamela Monroe Ellis says allegations of malpractice surrounding loan awards to the information and communications technology-business process outsourcing (ICT-BPO) sector by the Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ) are unfounded....

Wed, 05 Oct 2022 00:06:49 -0500
Nathan, Mikran star the show
St Catherine 1. Nathan Bailey, McAuley Primary 2. Shavaughn Roper, St Jago High 3. Skylie McLeod, Lucky Valley Primary 4. Nyasia Gordon, Marlie Mount Primary 5. Shaneil Clarke, St Mary’s College Top boy: Nathan Bailey, McAuley Primary Top girl:....

Tue, 04 Oct 2022 00:10:37 -0500
NEW TEST LOOMS FOR GUN PERMITS
The nation’s firearm regulator is expected to add another layer of scrutiny for the granting of gun permits when it introduces a written component to the list of requirements for applicants. Come January, Jamaicans seeking a firearm permit will b...

Tue, 04 Oct 2022 00:09:37 -0500
Lee-Chin, Trident Estate eye more seafront with road reroute proposal
The Michael Lee-Chin-owned Trident Estate in Port Antonio has submitted a road realignment proposal to extend the footprint of its landholding to envelop more picturesque seafront in Portland. The move, which could add buoyancy to property value...

Tue, 04 Oct 2022 00:10:07 -0500
Shy ‘Rising Stars’ winner kept singing talent a secret
Before entering Digicel Rising Stars, not many people knew 17-year-old Camperdown High School fifth-former Mozein Sutherland – the eventual winner of the 2022 staging of the contest – could hold a note. Sutherland told The Gleaner on Monday that...

Tue, 04 Oct 2022 00:09:28 -0500
‘Pay attention to your body’
For several years, Emma Lewis had an annual mammogram, each returning normal results. But earlier this year, her radiologist noticed an abnormality on the breast images. Lewis underwent a few scans and a biopsy in April, which confirmed that the...

Tue, 04 Oct 2022 00:09:49 -0500
Kevin Hendrickson toasted as a beacon in regional tourism
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico: Jamaican hotelier Kevin Hendrickson has won the coveted Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA) 2022 Caribbean Hotelier of the Year award. Hendrickson, the managing director of the Courtleigh Hotel Group, was...

Tue, 04 Oct 2022 00:10:27 -0500
Manchester, St Bess join the buzz
MANCHESTER Top five: 1. Taevion Morgan, deCarteret College 2. Paris Lindsay, Bishop Gibson High 3. Faith-Stacianna Langley, Marlie Hill Primary 4. Sheena Marayana-Makala, Victor Dixon High 5. D’Jenaye Branwell, Mandeville Primary Top boy:...

Tue, 04 Oct 2022 00:08:47 -0500
Leaders agree hard policing not antidote to school violence
School administrators have joined Education Minister Fayval Williams in rubbishing calls for more policing in schools following Thursday’s stabbing death of 17-year-old Kingston Technical High student Michion Campbell. Campbell’s alleged killer...

Tue, 04 Oct 2022 00:08:40 -0500
Walker wants Clarke to explain WIPL tax waiver delay
Senior vice-president of the West Indies Petroleum Limited (WIPL), Danville Walker, has urged St Andrew South Eastern Member of Parliament Julian Robinson to ask Finance and the Public Service Minister Dr Nigel Clarke why his ministry initially...

Mon, 03 Oct 2022 00:09:55 -0500
Christmas joy and woe
Jamaicans are set to benefit from global reductions in shipping costs which peaked at unprecedented levels in the height of the coronavirus pandemic but should brace for more shortages and further delays in the clearance of goods for the upcoming......



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