Jamaica Constabulary Force – An Ananda Alert has been activated for 15-year-old Tresique Crammer from Hessen Castle, Calderwood in St. Ann who has been missing since Wednesday, May 02. She is of brown complexion, medium build, and is about 157 centimetres (5 feet 2 inches) tall. Reports from the Alexandria police are that Tresique was…
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Shaw on high after meeting several cannabis investors in Canada
The Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries said its minister, Audley Shaw, this week paved the way for Jamaica to play a leading role in the rapidly growing medical cannabis industry. The minister met with representatives from the Canadian Government and the Province of Ontario, as well as some 15 companies and investors who…
Linstead family wants death penalty for murder convict
One of four families that lost loved-ones during a gun attack roughly four years ago in the Linstead area of St Catherine wants the man convicted of the murders to be put to death. Simeon Miller, a resident of Linstead, will be sentenced on July 6. A seven-member jury deliberated for some 40 minutes in…
Don’t kill my lover – Girlfriend against death penalty for murder convict
The spouse of the Linstead man who was convicted last week for murdering four people has come out in defence of her lover, Simeon Miller, who will be sentenced on July 6. She contacted our news team yesterday to say Miller is being judged merely because of his ‘bad guy’ appearance, adding that he is…
Gunmen rob, murder woman in Linstead
Police said gunmen invaded a woman’s home, robbed her, and then shot her dead last evening (May 28) in the Time and Patience area of Linstead, St Catherine. The deceased is 30-year-old Kidonne Miller. The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) said: “Reports from the Linstead police are that, sometime after 7pm, armed men allegedly entered Miller’s…
Montague proposes: No taxi licence for thieves, rapists, gunmen
Minister of Transport Robert Montague has announced a number of proposals to improve safety and accountability in the public transportation system, adding that stakeholders will be consulted before a final position is taken on any of the 16 proposals he has made. One of those recommendations would prevent certain convicts from operating taxis. “No driver…
PNP claims gov’t not doing enough for workers at WINDALCO
The Opposition People’s National Party (PNP) has accused Government of being too silent about issues threatening more than one thousand jobs at West Indies Alumina Company (WINDALCO) in Ewarton, St Catherine. He expressed concern weeks after the union representing workers at the company told our news team that a part of the workers’ pay has…
Cops confirm suspected suicide involving politician’s son
The Constabulary Communications Unit of the police force said the Bog Walk police in St Catherine has confirmed the suspected suicide of Kemar Abrahams, who is the son of Jamaica Labour Party Councillor for the Bog Walk Division Peter Abrahams. The Unit however stated that the Bog Walk police, up to publication time, was unable…
Inspired by mom | St Mary native succeeds in overseas university
Shyan Edwards, a native of Highgate in St Mary, always wanted to bring pride and joy to her community and family, especially to her mother Lesia Campbell-White. Campbell-White, who is a big source of inspiration, engineered a massive comeback after she dropped out of secondary school to give birth to Shyan. She eventually returned to…
Teacher extraordinaire dies in daughter’s arms at 102 years old
A gentle giant who reached 102 years old passed away peacefully at her home in the rural community of Top Hill, near Lluidas Vale in St Catherine, on May 1. The people in and around her district virtually abandoned her real name, Alice Johnson, because, to them, the alias ‘Teacher’ sufficed. It was a fitting…
Victim of ‘mystery’ fire forgives arsonists who hurt her
I did not draw conclusion – Mother clears air on identity drama
When Jamaica Beacon recently reignited the story about Janette Hardie’s 16-year search for her son Rojay King, no one thought it would have been picked up by other media entities and eventually become high drama. Rojay was five years old when he disappeared during a trip to Roaring River beach with his mother, Hardie, a businesswoman…
Lluidas Vale man disappeared at night – cellphone left behind
The highly suspicious circumstances under which Glenford Joseph Graham disappeared five years ago, has left his family and friends in the Pennington and Lluidas Vale areas of St Catherine in a quandary. Members of the family believe the Lluidas Vale Police have not done enough to help find their loved one, and so they approached…
MOTHER: I would give millions to find my son
Sixteen years after her son disappeared during her birthday outing at Roaring River beach in St Ann, businesswoman Janette Hardie continues to search for closure – the best of which would be to find her son alive and well. She said public and private investigators, as well as residents, have searched extensively on sea and…