The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) said a male victim was shot dead, while another was shot and wounded before he disarmed the attacker, at Reach district in Portland yesterday, July 30. The suspect, along with a 9 millimetre Berretta pistol and two magazines containing twenty-one 9 millimetre cartridges, was handed…
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 sentenced the 37-year-old convict to life imprisonment on each of the four counts of murder. Miller, a vendor from Gillette Street in Linstead,…
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 look at healthcare financing…how are we going to pay for the increasing cost of healthcare, and that is going to morph into a…
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 be held during a state of public emergency. The state of emergency, which was declared on March 18, was aimed at curbing the…
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 in their farming community. But they are of the view that it began in about 1994 among a group of friends from the…
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 been released without charge. The Corporate Communications Unit of the JCF told Jamaica Beacon this evening that the release of the two comes…
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 into the ‘web of corrupt activities’ being alleged. Dr Wheatley resigned from the Cabinet amid allegations of corruption, nepotism and mismanagement in his…
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 his handling of the initial ministry for which he had responsibility. Dr Wheatley was appointed to a full ministry known as the Ministry…
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 at Hope Road, St Andrew. It is in an early stage of decomposition, and has bruises and a wound to the head, said…
Jamaica Information Service - President of the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS), Norman Grant, is reporting that all is in place for the 66th staging of the Denbigh Agricultural, Industrial and Food Show. The annual event will be held on the Denbigh Show Ground, May Pen, Clarendon, from August 4 to 6,…