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Tue, 02 Feb 2021 17:45:32 -0500
Skillibeng shoots 'Coke' on crashed plane
The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) said they have wrapped up preliminary investigations on the Rocky Point plane crash. This after dancehall artiste Skillibeng shot an entire music video at the now-famous crash site. Released last night, the...

Tue, 02 Feb 2021 16:04:08 -0500
UK tests house-to-house in hunt for new COVID-19 variant
LONDON (AP) -- England has begun house-by-house COVID-19 testing in some communities as authorities try to snuff out a new variant of the coronavirus before it spreads widely and undermines a nationwide vaccination program. Authorities want to...

Tue, 02 Feb 2021 15:16:52 -0500
COVID-19 vaccines to arrive in Jamaica mid-February
The Government of Jamaica is set to receive COVID-19 vaccines earlier than the April date, which was previously announced. Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton said Jamaica will receive approximately 140,000 doses of vaccines from...

Tue, 02 Feb 2021 14:10:45 -0500
Woman dies following crash in St Elizabeth
A Westmoreland woman was this morning killed in a motor vehicle crash along the Font Hill Main Road in St Elizabeth. The vehicle was reportedly heading from Westmoreland around 11 a.m when the driver lost control and crashed into a...

Tue, 02 Feb 2021 13:42:20 -0500
Exemption needed to leave Trinidad and Tobago
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad Feb. 2, CMC - Anyone wanting to leave Trinidad and Tobago on a Caribbean Airlines (CAL) flight will need an exemption from the Ministry of National Security, the twin-island republic's main carrier said Monday....

Tue, 02 Feb 2021 11:56:51 -0500
China arrests suspects in fake COVID-19 vaccine ring
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) -- Chinese police have arrested more than 80 suspected members of a criminal group that was manufacturing and selling fake COVID-19 vaccines, including to other countries. Police in Beijing and in Jiangsu and Shandong...

Tue, 02 Feb 2021 12:18:33 -0500
JUTC discontinues free bus ride programme to essential workers
Effective February 14, the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) says it will discontinue its free bus ride programme to essential workers. The JUTC said this was as a result of financial constraints made worse by COVID-19. In April 2020, Minister......

Tue, 02 Feb 2021 10:39:04 -0500
St Mary woman charged after body of newborn found in river
A St Mary woman is scheduled to appear before the court on Thursday, February 04, to answer to charges of concealment of birth after the body of a newborn baby was found in a river in Belfield district in the parish. Charged is 27-year-old Reneisha....

Tue, 02 Feb 2021 10:28:37 -0500
Two men charged with murder of Anglican priest
Two men were arrested and charged by the Clarendon Major Investigation Division for the murder of 36-year-old Reverend Father Larius Lewis of Chapelton, Clarendon. The nude body of the Anglican priest was found in the rectory. The body was...

Tue, 02 Feb 2021 10:18:17 -0500
One additional COVID-19 death, 195 new cases
Jamaica on Monday recorded one more COVID-19 death, pushing the tally to 353. The deceased is a 75-year-old male from St Ann. Meanwhile, there were 195 new cases with ages ranging from four months to 96 years, pushing the total to 15,973 with 3,331....

Tue, 02 Feb 2021 05:02:09 -0500
Disabled woman robbed by Facebook lover
A disabled woman who journeyed more than 65 miles from eastern Jamaica to Ocho Rios, St Ann, to meet a man with whom she had an 'online relationship' claims that he robbed and took advantage of her on their very first face-to-face meeting. The...

Tue, 02 Feb 2021 05:02:16 -0500
Crime wave leaving Kingston residents in fear
Over the past several weeks, security personnel have been kept busy processing numerous crime scenes in the Area Four Police Division, which covers Kingston. Among the latest victims are Angelita McPherson, 49, who was shot and killed by unknown....

Tue, 02 Feb 2021 05:02:24 -0500
JCF to roll out Quick Response team in Corporate Area
Police Commissioner Major General Antony Anderson says that the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) would roll out its Quick Response team across sections of Kingston and St Andrew in an attempt to stem the violence currently plaguing the Corporate......

Tue, 02 Feb 2021 05:02:25 -0500
Cops make inroads in massive gun find case
Deputy Commissioner of Police Fitz Bailey says the police have identified the main players overseas in relation to the major gun bust at the wharf in St James on January 11. "But one of the hindrances that has prevented us from progressing...

Tue, 02 Feb 2021 05:02:18 -0500
Portland man accused of killing his two wives
A special team of detectives is being assembled to look at cold cases and reopening investigations into them. Sleuths have so far reopened the case involving the murder of Merlene McDonald, a Portland woman who was shot and killed outside her...

Tue, 02 Feb 2021 05:02:22 -0500
3,000 households to benefit from water project
For years, some residents of the St Andrew South constituency had to collect water from standpipes as the precious commodity did not flow in their homes. But that is expected to change through a water well project valued at US$180,000 (...

Tue, 02 Feb 2021 05:02:14 -0500
‘Strive for excellence’ - Bright ward of the State gives charge to youngsters
Aphrabehn Fuller, a ward of the State who passed nine subjects in the 2020 Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate and Caribbean Advanced Proficiency examinations, has encouraged the students to strive for excellence. "The road to success is...

Tue, 02 Feb 2021 05:02:12 -0500
TAJ cuts turnaround time for driver’s licence renewal
People will now be able to pick up their printed driver's licence within a maximum of 20 days after submitting their documents for renewal at any tax office. Previously, it could take up to eight weeks for persons to get their driver's licence...

Tue, 02 Feb 2021 05:02:03 -0500
WEIRD, WEIRD
Man to marry sex doll A man has got engaged to his sex doll girlfriend. Xie Tianong ordered his silicone 'girlfriend' in October 2019 and revealed that he popped the question in a ceremony attended by friends and family last month. Xie, who...

Mon, 01 Feb 2021 17:19:21 -0500
NWA: More major works scheduled for St Thomas this month
The National Works Agency (NWA) says works are set to start this month on another five contract packages under the Southern Coastal Highway Improvement Project (SCHIP). As such some roadways in sections of East Rural St Andrew and Western St Thomas....



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