Police have locked up a bartender and her boyfriend who were at a premises in St James where law enforcers today found the three-week-old baby who was stolen on January 4 in the parking lot at Cornwall Regional Hospital. The baby girl, who is pictured above, was found at Greens district in Norwood, St James,…
Month: January 2019
HIGH ALERT: 12-year-old missing
The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) said a High Alert has been activated for 12-year-old Serine Williams from Ambrook Lane in Kingston 10 who has been missing since yesterday, January 5. She is of brown complexion, stout build, and is about 165 centimetres (5 feet 5 inches) tall. The JCF said: “Reports from the Stony Hill…
Over 16,000 Jamaicans get work in US, Canada last year
Jamaica Information Service - A total of 16,681 Jamaicans were placed in employment opportunities in Canada and the United States under the Ministry of Labour and Social Security’s overseas employment programme during the 2018 season. This was disclosed by Portfolio Minister, Shahine Robinson, during a send-off ceremony for 300 Jamaicans, who will take up employment…
Baby stolen after being left with stranger at hospital
The Montego Bay Police in St James are seeking the public’s help in locating a missing baby girl and a woman suspected of stealing her from the parking lot at Cornwall Regional Hospital in the parish yesterday, January 4. The baby, who is three weeks old, is of brown complexion. She was wearing a pink…
LLUIDAS VALE: Councillor pays up millions, says gas station takeover is illegal
While claiming that representatives of Petcom acted illegally when they took over the management of a service station he leased in Lluidas Vale, St Catherine, politician Hugh Graham said a debt that was at the heart of the contention finally was paid up yesterday. The payment was made apparently after Petcom, which said it was…
Update: American woman reported missing returns home
LLUIDAS VALE: Politician loses gas station over millions owed
There were tense moments yesterday at the only gas station in Lluidas Vale, St Catherine, as the Petroleum Company of Jamaica Limited (Petcom) openly seized operation of the establishment it had leased to Hugh Graham, People’s National Party Councillor for the Lluidas Vale Division in St Catherine. Petcom is claiming that it is owed just…
Elderly man missing
The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) said 73-year-old Leroy Dorrant from Oneil Close in Kingston 8 has been missing since Thursday, January 3. He is of dark complexion, medium build, and is about 158 centimetres (5 feet 2 inches) tall. The JCF said: “Reports from the Constant Spring Police are that, about 6:15pm, Dorrant was last…
10 judges promoted
Jamaica Information Service - Ten judges were sworn in today (January 4), to serve in higher positions in the Court of Appeal and Supreme Court. The judges are Hilary Phillips who will act as President of the Court of Appeal effective January 21, 2019; Jennifer Straw, Carol Edwards and Nicole Foster Pusey who have been…
2 murdered in Manchester
The Porus Police in Manchester said they are investigating whether there is a possible link between the shooting deaths of two men within hours of each other in Hampton district in Manchester on Wednesday, January 2. They have been identified as 28-year-old Kevin Timol from Trinity district and 22-year-old Nicholas Smith from Hampton district, both…
St Ann mechanic dies in crash
A man was killed and another injured in a motor vehicle collision on the Discovery Bay main road in St Ann this afternoon, January 3, said the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF). The deceased is 26-year-old mechanic Jerome Hall from Keith district in Brown’s Town, St Ann. The JCF said: “Reports from the Discovery Bay Police…
Dengue outbreak hits Jamaica | reported cases reach 123
Minister of Health Dr Christopher Tufton said, based on figures received for December, the island is now facing an outbreak of dengue fever, which is a mosquito-borne disease. “One hundred and 23 dengue cases [have been] reported. These are suspected, presumed and/or confirmed cases received for the month of December 2018. This exceeded the outbreak…
MISSING: Ashaki Garvey, 14, from St Ann
The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) said 14-year-old Ashaki Garvey from Middle Street in Priory, St Ann, has been missing since Monday, December 31. She is of dark complexion, slim build, and is about 168 centimetres (5 feet 6 inches) tall. The JCF said: “Reports from the Ocho Rios Police are that, about 8:30am, Garvey was…
Spanish Town woman missing
The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) said 18-year-old Alicia Richards from Jobs Lane in Spanish Town, St Catherine, has been missing since Wednesday, December 26. She is of dark complexion, slim build, and is about 173 centimetres (5 feet 8 inches) tall. The JCF said: “Reports from the Spanish Town Police are that Richards was last…
Nearly 300 farm workers start new year with jobs in Canada
Jamaica Information Service - Close to 300 Jamaicans will be taking up employment opportunities in Canada under the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Programme (SAWP). The workers, 87 per cent of whom are returnees, will be deployed mainly to farms in Ontario. They began departing the island on Thursday (January 3). At a send-off ceremony held at…
PHOTOS OF THE DAY: The elderly among patients sleeping on chairs at Linstead Hospital
The chronic shortage of beds and limited space at Linstead Hospital in St Catherine has left a number of patients - including senior citizens - spending nights in discomfort on chairs. People are not allowed to capture photos like these inside the hospital, and so these do not fully show the true gravity of the…
State of emergency ends | curfew imposed in sections of St Catherine North
For the first time since March 18 last year, the people of Spanish Town, Bog Walk, Linstead, Ewarton, Lluidas Vale and other parts of the St Catherine North Police Division are waking up outside a state of public emergency. The state of public emergency, which essentially gives law enforcers extraordinary powers to arrest people for…
MISSING: Romario McCatty, 14, from St James
The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) said 14-year-old Romario McCatty, otherwise called Dancer, from Norwood in St James has been missing since Tuesday, December 20. He is of dark complexion, slim build, and is about 170 centimetres (5 feet 7 inches) tall. The JCF said: “Reports from the Montego Bay Police are that, about 4pm, McCatty…
MISSING: Elderly man from Kitson Town
The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) said 77-year-old Clement Tulloch, otherwise called Chester, from Cherry Gardens district in Kitson Town, St Catherine, has been missing since Thursday, December 27. He is of dark complexion, slim build, and is about 180 centimetres (5 feet 11 inches) tall. The JCF said: “Reports from the Spanish Town Police are…
LINSTEAD: Alarm goes off late, but resonates
Cross-examiNATION: The ban, in the end, is a right step
By Alexander Shaw, Columnist In case you were lost in all the merriment that comes with the season, it is now worthwhile to note that the ban on single-use plastic bags, styrofoam and plastic straws actually took effect in Jamaica yesterday, January 1. It happened at a time when the world is watching fearfully while…
Bloody start - Murder rate climbs to 3 in August Town
The murder rate in August Town, St Andrew, climbed to three on the first day of the new year. The police Corporate Communications Unit confirmed that ‘two unidentified men were shot dead by unknown assailants’ on the August Town main about 7:20pm yesterday, January 1. It said more information regarding that incident will be provided…
Shopkeeper murdered in St Mary | Man shot dead in Papine
The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) said two men were murdered in separate incidents in St Mary and St Andrew yesterday, December 31. It reported that, in the St Mary incident, 48-year-old shopkeeper Hugh Bennett from Bailey’s Vale in Port Maria was chopped to death in his community. “Reports from the Port Maria Police are that,…
August Town records its first murder for 2019
The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) said unknown assailants shot and killed 34-year-old construction worker Omar Johnson in his community of Peyton Place in August Town, St Andrew, this morning, January 1. It said: “Reports from the Half Way Tree Police are that, about 8:55am, Johnson was walking along the Mentio roadway when two men armed…
Clarendon teen dies in crash hours before new year
Eighteen-year-old Andre Buchanan from Woodhall in Clarendon died of injuries he sustained in a motor vehicle collision on New Road in the parish yesterday, December 31. The Jamaica Constabulary Force said: “Reports from the Chapelton Police are that, about 6:30pm, Buchanan was driving his motorcycle when he collided with a Toyota Caldina motor car. The…
Cops find gun 15 minutes into new year
A group of officers from Hunts Bay Police Station rang in the New Year with the seizure of an illegal firearm and several rounds of ammunition on Bishop Avenue in Kingston 11 today, January 1. The Jamaica Constabulary Force said: “Reports are that, about 12:15am, lawmen were on patrol in the area when a group…