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Sun, 07 Mar 2021 17:39:46 -0500
Guy calls for review and replacement of ineffective COVID-19 measures
Opposition Spokesperson on Health and Wellness, Dr Morais Guy, says he shares the nation's collective shock and concern at the high number of positive COVID-19 cases and is calling for a national approach to the burgeoning crisis. Commenting on...

Sun, 07 Mar 2021 16:23:59 -0500
Italy offers vaccination for all by summer’s end
ROME -- Italy's health minister says that all Italians who want to be vaccinated against COVID-19 will be able to do so by summer's end. Minister Roberto Speranza told state TV on Sunday that Italy expects to receive delivery of...

Sun, 07 Mar 2021 14:58:48 -0500
Woman charged with shop breaking and larceny
Forty-four-year-old Teesha Hawawi, otherwise called 'Trisha', of Kings Street, Port Antonio in Portland has been charged with shop breaking and larceny. The charges stem from an incident on Wednesday, March 03. The police report that...

Sun, 07 Mar 2021 13:30:37 -0500
Guyana receives COVID-19 vaccines from India
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC - Guyana received 80,000 doses of the 'Covishield' Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine from India on Sunday. The vaccines arrived at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport early Sunday morning, and were...

Sun, 07 Mar 2021 12:01:15 -0500
UK students off to class backed by virus tests
LONDON -- British children are gearing up to return to school on Monday after a two-month closure, part of what Prime Minister Boris Johnson said was a plan to get the country to "start moving closer to a sense of normality." As...

Sun, 07 Mar 2021 11:46:40 -0500
Manchester man charged with robbery, illegal possession of firearm
Jevon Smith otherwise called 'Souljie', a 22-year-old labourer of Effort district, Clarendon was arrested and charged following an incident in Top Lincoln district, Manchester on Monday, February 22. Smith was charged with robbery with...

Sun, 07 Mar 2021 10:52:09 -0500
Jamaica records 723 new COVID-19 cases, highest number in a 24-hour period
Jamaica has recorded its highest number of COVID-19 cases in a 24-hour period, with 723 cases recorded from 2,640 samples tested in the last 24 hours. Jamaica on Saturday recorded seven more COVID-19 fatality, pushing the total to 453. The deceased....

Sun, 07 Mar 2021 10:33:07 -0500
US Coast Guard transfers Cuban migrants to Bahamian authorities
MIAMI, CMC - The United States Guard on Friday transferred six Cuban migrants to Bahamian authorities after they were found stranded on Anguilla Cay. On Saturday, the Coast Guard said that during a routing patrol, an Air Station Miami...

Sat, 06 Mar 2021 17:52:40 -0500
Dancehall producer arrested in Florida on scamming allegations
Music producer Donte "Papi Don Muziq" Johnson has been arrested in Florida in connection with a fraud case. He is accused of scamming an 88-year-old Sarasota, Florida man out of US$63,000. It is reported that the victim believed he was...

Sat, 06 Mar 2021 17:06:40 -0500
Gunman shot while attempting to rob Westmoreland store
A gunman is nursing gunshot wounds in the hospital after a failed robbery at a store on Whitehouse main road in Westmoreland on Saturday, March 6. Reports from the Whitehouse Police are that about 2:00 a.m., the store manager went to investigate a.....

Sat, 06 Mar 2021 15:28:55 -0500
Firearm found under tree in St Ann
The St Ann police say they have recovered a Glock and nine 9mm cartridges during an operation in Alexandria, St Ann on Saturday, March 6. Reports from the Alexandria Police are that between 9:30 a.m. and 10:00 a.m., lawmen carried out an operation.....

Sat, 06 Mar 2021 13:41:07 -0500
US Coast Guard interdicts Haitian migrants off Southern Florida coast
The United States Coast Guard says rescue crews interdicted a 30-foot vessel with 25 Haitian migrants on aboard after they called for help after taking on water about 30 miles northeast of Jupiter in Southern Florida. The US Coast Guard said the...

Sat, 06 Mar 2021 12:19:43 -0500
Murder suspect captured, two firearms seized
The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) is reporting that the quick action of the St Catherine South police resulted in the capture of a murder suspect. In a statement today, JCF said the man was a part of group of men suspected of committing a murder....

Sat, 06 Mar 2021 11:21:04 -0500
Europe records 1M coronavirus cases last week
MILAN -- Europe recorded 1 million new coronavirus cases last week, an increase of 9% from the previous week and a reversal that ended a six-week decline, according to the World Health Organization. Among the hard-hit places is the Milan...

Sat, 06 Mar 2021 10:16:47 -0500
16-year-old charged for stabbing attack on cop in Clarendon
A 16-year-old male of a Clarendon address, has been arrested and charged for the attack of Constable Nicholas Brown, who was stabbed multiple times shortly after leaving the Mineral Heights toll plaza in the parish last Saturday ....

Sat, 06 Mar 2021 10:16:39 -0500
Three more COVID-19 deaths, 527 new cases
Jamaica on Friday recorded three more COVID-19 deaths, pushing the tally to 446. The deceased are: A 91-year-old female from St Ann A 48-year-old male from St Ann A 76-year-old male from St Catherine whose death was previously...

Fri, 05 Mar 2021 05:02:31 -0500
Lucky to be alive - Crash survivor recounts near-death experience
March 6 marks a year since Monique Richards, 30, came face to face with death. She was cruising steadily along the Boscobel main road in St Mary sometime after midnight when the driver of a white Toyota Probox motor car reportedly failed to...

Fri, 05 Mar 2021 05:02:53 -0500
Teen dies while going to pick up brother
Two years after losing a brother to a mob attack, Romaine Miller is again sunken into a place of despair after another sibling, 14-year-old Devaughn Hollingsworth, died as a result of injures he sustained in a tragic accident along the Spanish...

Fri, 05 Mar 2021 05:02:35 -0500
Money plane - Rocky Point aircraft turns residents into entrepreneurs
A 12-seater aircraft that crash-landed on the white sand beach in Rocky Point, Clarendon, on January 23 has become a source of income for some residents in the fishing village, as scores of people ventured there to get a first-hand view of the...

Fri, 05 Mar 2021 05:02:48 -0500
Vlogger killed in her yard
Residents of Little Kew Road in Kingston 10 looked on in shock and sadness on Wednesday as they recalled the chilling news that their neighbour and friend, 36-year-old Nicola Gibson-Campbell, was murdered in her yard the night before. Gibson-...



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