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Tue, 11 May 2021 16:45:07 -0500
Man charged for illegal possession of firearm and ammunition
The St Andrew North Police have arrested and charged a man in relation to an incident that occurred in Goulbourne district, Lawrence Tavern in on Sunday, February 14, 2021. Charged with shooting with intent and illegal possession of firearm and...

Tue, 11 May 2021 15:36:54 -0500
Trelawny man charged for murder after chopping common-law wife to death
The Trelawny Police have charged 62-year-old Stenneth Wilson, otherwise called 'Uncle' of Clark's Town in Trelawny with murder following the chopping death of his common-law wife at their home on Saturday, May 08. Reports from the...

Tue, 11 May 2021 14:39:13 -0500
Scores of dead bodies found floating in India’s Ganges River
NEW DELHI (AP) -- Scores of dead bodies have been found floating down the Ganges River in eastern India as the country battles a ferocious surge in coronavirus infections. Authorities said Tuesday they haven't yet determined the cause of...

Tue, 11 May 2021 12:30:31 -0500
North Korea again claims no coronavirus infections
SEOUL, South Korea -- North Korea has told the World Health Organization that it has tested 25,986 people for the coronavirus through April but still has yet to find a single infection. The WHO said in a weekly monitoring report that North...

Tue, 11 May 2021 11:09:54 -0500
#Champs2021 | Tuesday's Schedule
The ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls' Athletics Championships kicks off today at the National Stadium in Kingston. Over five days, some 970 athletes will be competing. This comprises 506 boys and 464 girls. Here is today's schedule: Morning...

Tue, 11 May 2021 10:28:53 -0500
Five more COVID-19 fatalities, 39 new cases
Jamaica on Monday recorded five new COVID-19 fatalities, increasing the tally to 814. The deceased are an 17-year-old female from Trelawny, a 78-year-old male from Trelawny, a 60-year-old male from Trelawny, a 75-year-old male from Trelawny, and a.....

Tue, 11 May 2021 10:01:26 -0500
Over 500 schools reopen for face-to-face classes
More than 500 schools island-wide reopened their gates on Monday to resume face-to-face classes for students who will be sitting upcoming examinations. Educational institutions were ordered closed on March 21 due to a surge in the number of new...

Tue, 11 May 2021 05:02:43 -0500
Swift justice - Gunmen cut down by cops shortly after allegedly killing businessman
Two of three men who allegedly robbed and murdered a businessman in Swallowfield, St Andrew, were cut down by the police shortly afterwards. According to the police's Corporate Communications Unit, the murder was reported to the Police Emergency.....

Tue, 11 May 2021 05:02:38 -0500
Cabbie takes tourist from Kgn to Negril without pay
Corporate Area taxi operator Anthony Mason recently decided to be a Good Samaritan and transported a Swiss national travelling from Kingston to Westmoreland without getting paid up front. According to Mason, the woman approached him on Wednesday....

Tue, 11 May 2021 05:02:40 -0500
Man shot dead by ‘best friend’
Hoards of angry residents in All-Side, Trelawny, took to the streets yesterday morning, and protested over the death of a neighbour who was shot and killed by a factory manager, who is also said to be his best friend. The deceased has been...

Tue, 11 May 2021 05:02:31 -0500
Manchester man pleads for help after fire guts house
A tarpaulin tied to banana trees, with a makeshift bed of cloth and sponge is what 60-year-old Ucal Sinclair has had to resort to following a fire last Wednesday, that burnt his home on Perth Drive, Mandeville, Manchester to the ground. The blaze.....

Tue, 11 May 2021 05:02:42 -0500
Fake shopper to pay J$150,000 or face prison
Rodrick Wilson, 45, will have to come up with $150,000 when he returns to the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court on June 21 or he will be sentenced to nine months in prison at hard labour. This follows his May 4 guilty plea to the charge of...

Tue, 11 May 2021 05:02:37 -0500
Mother and daughter fight over furniture
Paulette Murray, 54, and her daughter Tamara Lee, 29, hugged each other in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court yesterday as they answered to charges of assaulting each other. Parish Judge Lori-Ann Cole-Montague asked Lee to show her mother......

Tue, 11 May 2021 05:02:33 -0500
Schools reopen for face-to-face learning
More than 500 schools islandwide reopened their gates yesterday for students who will be sitting upcoming examinations. Educational institutions were ordered closed on March 21 due to a surge in the number of new coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in.....

Tue, 11 May 2021 05:02:25 -0500
New house for mourning mom
It was a brand new two-bedroom dwelling provided by BOOM Energy Drink in partnership with Food For The Poor (FFTP) on April 29, which granted Lelieth Fraser of Milk River in Clarendon temporary relief from the recent onset of grief brought on by......

Tue, 11 May 2021 05:02:18 -0500
WEIRD, WEIRD
Company guarantees live fish for dinner A Japanese company is developing a portable fish tank so people can take their seafood dinner home alive. MA Corporation is in the early phase of working on the 'Katsugyo bag', a handheld device with...

Tue, 11 May 2021 05:02:17 -0500
Craft traders feel COVID pain
In 2017, Port Authority of Jamaica (PAJ) spent $40 million to construct 31 shops to accommodate craft traders in Falmouth. After much disagreement on the sizes of the stalls and the rental costs, the traders moved in and started to sell their...

Mon, 10 May 2021 18:13:07 -0500
AGs urge Facebook to drop ‘Instagram for kids’ proposal
A bipartisan group of 44 attorneys general has written to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg urging him to drop company plans for a version of Instagram for children under the age of 13, Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey announced Monday. The......

Mon, 10 May 2021 14:54:27 -0500
Two dead, one in custody in Trafalgar Road shooting
The police are reporting that two gunmen were shot dead and a third taken into custody, following a daring shoot-out on Trafalgar Road in St Andrew. Two firearms have also been seized. The men, believed to have earlier killed a man in Swallowfield....

Mon, 10 May 2021 13:10:55 -0500
EU insists dispute with AstraZeneca is only contractual
BRUSSELS (AP) -- The European Commission insisted Monday it still trusts the coronavirus vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and that its dispute with the Anglo-Swedish drugmaker is only contractual. The EU's executive branch has launched...



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