Month: July 2018
The expressed wish of some bereaved families for Simeon Miller to be hanged for murdering four people in Linstead, St Catherine, has not materialized. Justice Chester Stamp…
- July 31, 2018
- by : Horace Mills
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Jamaica Information Service – Minister of Health Dr Christopher says work is progressing on a National Health Insurance Scheme for Jamaicans. “We have brought teams together to…
- July 31, 2018
- by : Horace Mills
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For the first time since its inception some 24 years ago, the Emancipation Day donkey races in the Top Hill area of Lluidas Vale, St Catherine, will…
- July 31, 2018
- by : Horace Mills
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The current organizers of the annual Emancipation Day donkey races at Top Hill in Lluidas Vale, St Catherine, are not sure exactly when the fast-growing event started…
- July 31, 2018
- by : Horace Mills
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The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) said the man and woman who were arrested in relation to a gun seized at Orangefield district in Linstead, St Catherine, have…
- July 30, 2018
- by : Horace Mills
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The Opposition People’s National Party (PNP) said it welcomes Dr Andrew Wheatley’s decision to resign from the Cabinet, adding that there should be a full independent inquiry…
- July 30, 2018
- by : Horace Mills
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Minister of Science and Technology Dr Andrew Wheatley has bowed to public pressure for him to resign from the Cabinet amid a massive scandal involving various issues, including…
- July 30, 2018
- by : Horace Mills
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The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) said detectives are seeking the public’s help in identifying a man, whose body was found yesterday (July 29) on an open lot…
- July 30, 2018
- by : Horace Mills
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Jamaica Information Service –Â President of the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS), Norman Grant, is reporting that all is in place for the 66th staging of the Denbigh Agricultural,…
- July 30, 2018
- by : Horace Mills
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Jamaica Constabulary Force – An Ananda Alert have been activated for 14-year-old Tylia Walker of Matthew Lane, Kingston CSO who has been missing since Friday, July 27….
- July 30, 2018
- by : Horace Mills
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The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) said the Negril Criminal Investigations Branch is probing the shooting death of a man on Nompriel Road in Westmoreland yesterday, July 28….
- July 29, 2018
- by : Horace Mills
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The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) said two persons were murdered in separate incidents in Hanover yesterday, July 28. One of the incidents happened at River Road district…
- July 29, 2018
- by : Horace Mills
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The Police High Command has issued what it said is a strong caution to motorists against installing flashing lights, sirens, and certain tints on their vehicles, adding…
- July 29, 2018
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The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) said two firearms have been seized and two males fatally shot during an alleged shootout with police in Clarendon. The incident happened…
- July 29, 2018
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The Police High Command, headed by commissioner Antony Anderson, has issued a statement commending a police corporal and his team for remaining professional while executing a vehicle…
- July 29, 2018
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Jamaica Information Service – Starting in September this year, entrepreneurship classes will become mandatory in all high schools. State Minister for Education, Youth and Information, Floyd Green,…
- July 29, 2018
- by : Horace Mills
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Jamaica Information Service – The Jamaica Diaspora Investment Group has provided $5 million for the establishment of a technology entrepreneurship laboratory at the Caribbean Maritime University (CMU)….
- July 29, 2018
- by : Horace Mills
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The St Thomas police have taken two men into custody in relation to a gun seized on the Bull Bay main road in the parish yesterday, July…
- July 28, 2018
- by : Horace Mills
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The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) said a pensioner from Burnt Savannah, Westmoreland, died from injuries received in a motor vehicle crash along the Greenfield main road in…
- July 28, 2018
- by : Horace Mills
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The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) said its officers seized an illegal firearm, with a magazine containing fifteen 9 milimetre cartridges, in a house at Dover district in…
- July 28, 2018
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When she turned 103, Lydia Grange, otherwise called Mum, told Jamaica Beacon that her long life is attributable to her unwavering faith in her maker. She worshipped…
- July 28, 2018
- by : Horace Mills
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The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) said a pair of twins is in custody following a fire that destroyed a house at Ebenezer district, Manchester, yesterday, July 26….
- July 27, 2018
- by : Horace Mills
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Jamaica Information Service – Tourism Minister, Edmund Bartlett, says the Rio Nuevo Village attraction in St. Mary is making a major contribution to heritage tourism in Jamaica…
- July 27, 2018
- by : Horace Mills
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Former head of the St Ann Municipal Corporation Charles Anthony Tait, who also served as Mayor of St Ann’s Bay from 1998 to 2003, has died. He…
- July 27, 2018
- by : Horace Mills
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Jamaica Information Service – Minister of Transport and Mining, Robert Montague, says the Government is making its best efforts to ensure that West Indies Alumina Company (Windalco)…
- July 27, 2018
- by : Horace Mills
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The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) said three foreign nationals held at Norman Manley International Airport on Sunday with tens of thousands of United States dollars and other…
- July 27, 2018
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The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) said a gunman who invaded the home of a couple at Moore Park in Adelphi, St James, has died after he was…
- July 27, 2018
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The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) said a woman and her brother have been charged with the July 18 murder of a woman and her two children in…
- July 27, 2018
- by : Horace Mills
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Jamaica Information Service – Medicanja Limited today (July 26) launched its full suite of 12 cannabis-based nutraceutical products during a ceremony at Eden Gardens Wellness Resort and…
- July 26, 2018
- by : Horace Mills
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