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Wed, 09 Mar 2022 15:31:12 -0500
Judge questions no bail for firearm holder
Chief Parish Judge Chester Crooks on Wednesday expressed concern why a licensed firearm holder, who was arrested and charged on March 6 for being in possession of extra rounds of ammunition, was not offered bail at that the station. "Is there...

Wed, 09 Mar 2022 13:54:28 -0500
St Elizabeth police seize 109 rounds of ammunition, $3.3 million of Ganja
The police in St Elizabeth are rejoicing after special operations across the parish resulted in the seizure of 109 rounds of ammunition, 828 pounds of ganja, and one firearm in three separate operations over the last 48-hours. The first operation......

Wed, 09 Mar 2022 13:14:58 -0500
“Higher fuel costs mean higher electricity costs,” – JPS
The Jamaica Public Service (JPS) has expressed concerns over rising fuel prices as a result of the conflicts between Russia and Ukraine, noting higher electricity bills could follow soon. "The war in Ukraine means fuel is much more expensive...

Wed, 09 Mar 2022 12:13:35 -0500
Police operation leaves four dead in Central Village
A police operation in a community known as Zambia in Central Village, St Catherine, has left four men were dead, and three firearms recovered.

Wed, 09 Mar 2022 11:46:48 -0500
War-era bomb found in Manchester
Manchester Police Superintendent Lloyd Darby commended the men who found the buried WWII bomb yesterday, for the swift and precautionary measures taken to raise awareness of the weapon. “These things seem to have a long-term life and so it...

Wed, 09 Mar 2022 05:02:50 -0500
Clarke excites Combo Boss - Promoter of freaky party thinks finance minister’s ‘Keisha’ reference is about her
Whether by design or coincidence, Jamaica's Minister of Finance Dr Nigel Clarke yesterday appeared to have given the infamous Combo Boss the kind of endorsement she needed for the next staging of her freaky parties. "Mi feel good fi know seh dem.....

Wed, 09 Mar 2022 05:02:59 -0500
Bog Walk heroine saves drowning man
Spurred on by her own near-death experience at age eight, hero diver Zina Slew says she is happy to continue saving lives without payment. News broke Monday morning that the Bog Walk, St Catherine, resident, who saved five persons from a watery......

Wed, 09 Mar 2022 05:02:57 -0500
‘Fake cop’ dancing at party broke not impersonating an officer – CCU head
Head of the police’s Corporate Communications Unit, Senior Superintendent Stephanie Lindsay, says that the actions of a man in the viral video wearing a police costume did not amount to the impersonation of an officer.  She, however, stated th...

Wed, 09 Mar 2022 05:02:58 -0500
Wrong ‘bad word’
A pregnant woman yesterday told a judge that she did not utter the 'bad word' that cops accused her of using when they arrested her while she sold her wares in downtown Kingston. The woman, Samara Phillips, was slapped with several charges...

Wed, 09 Mar 2022 05:03:00 -0500
Retired police says gangster ‘box dung’ politician
A retired police inspector who investigated gangs testified in the Clansman-One Don Gang trial yesterday that he was told of a situation in which a gangster had "box dung" a politician and him lap him tail and walk wey". The witness told the Home....

Wed, 09 Mar 2022 05:02:52 -0500
Ray Ray Market vendors fearful as area may become parking lot
Even as they struggle to regain their footing, vendors who were displaced by fire at the Ray Ray Market in downtown Kingston two weeks ago are fearing the future as the site may go for good. The Kingston and St Andrew Municipal Corporation (...

Wed, 09 Mar 2022 05:02:41 -0500
Businessman on mission to bring back the love to Trench Town
The words 'Bring Back the Love' are painted with bright colours on the wall of a tavern owned by 69-year-old Michael Gayle in Trench Town, Kingston. For Gayle, Bring Back the Love is more than just mere words. It represents his desire to see a......

Wed, 09 Mar 2022 05:02:43 -0500
Sickly St Bess woman loses home in fire
Nadine Thorpe said her heart skipped several beats when one of her neighbours informed her that her three-bedroom dwelling was on fire last Friday. The 64-year-old woman, who was at a doctor's office in Savanna-la-Mar, rushed to her home in New.....

Wed, 09 Mar 2022 05:02:42 -0500
TPDCo explores south Clarendon tourism potential
Newly appointed Executive Director of the Tourism Product Development Company (TPDCo), Wade Mars, said he was excited about the possibilities that exist in Clarendon that could drive a tourism product. "We have a lot of virgin opportunities here.....

Wed, 09 Mar 2022 05:02:38 -0500
WEIRD STUFF: Scientists closer to making virgin births possible
Scientists closer to making virgin births possible Women have moved closer to conceiving without men after scientists created the first virgin births in mammals. Chinese experts have carried out virgin births in mice to create offspring from......

Wed, 09 Mar 2022 05:02:34 -0500
St Catherine cops to continue work with ‘troubled’ schools
With the resumption of face-to-face schooling for the first time in nearly two years, the St Catherine South police are promising to maintain a calming presence. ''The police will be working with the deans of discipline in the high schools to...

Tue, 08 Mar 2022 18:04:47 -0500
Police search for suspects connected to gun finds
The Counter-Terrorism and Organised Crime Branch (C-TOC) have listed a man and a woman as Persons of Interest in the ongoing investigation of the seizure of several firearms at two warehouses in St James. They are Clayon Clarke otherwise...

Tue, 08 Mar 2022 17:43:29 -0500
Clansman members charged with assault after court fight
Tyreek James and Fabian Johnson, two accused members of the One Don/ Blackman Gang are set to appear in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court later this month to answer assault charges. James and Johnson are both charged with assault...

Tue, 08 Mar 2022 05:02:50 -0500
Alleged gun smugglers collared
Two men described as key players in the importation of illegal guns are now in the custody of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF). The men, who are yet to be charged, have been arrested in connection with the seizure of 21 firearms at a...

Tue, 08 Mar 2022 05:02:43 -0500
Love conquers all - Wheelchair user blessed with beautiful wife
As a teenager growing up in Central Village, St Catherine, Sobrina Anderson had a crush on Davian Tennant, so much so that she could barely keep her eyes off him. She was 17 years old and Davian was 23. Davian became a wheelchair user in 2006...



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