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MISSING: Shenequa Heslop from St James
June 9, 2018 0

MISSING: Shenequa Heslop from St James

By Horace Mills

Jamaica Constabulary Force – An Ananda Alert has been activated for 14-year-old Shenequa Heslop of Content district in St. James…

St James ‘missing’ woman found in bushes with throat slashed
June 9, 2018 0

St James ‘missing’ woman found in bushes with throat slashed

By Horace Mills

A resident of Sign Orange district in St James, who was reported missing on June 4, was found in an…

MISSING: Javante Harris from Kingston 13
June 9, 2018 0

MISSING: Javante Harris from Kingston 13

By Horace Mills

Jamaica Constabulary ForceĀ  – Twenty-year-old Javante Harris of Rose Town, Kingston 13 has been missing since Tuesday, June 5. He…

Man caught on bus with nearly 30 pounds of ganja
June 9, 2018 0

Man caught on bus with nearly 30 pounds of ganja

By Horace Mills

The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) said a man was arrested and charged after approximately 30 pounds of marijuana was found…

Private sector chided | PM to announce plastic bag clampdown
June 9, 2018 0

Private sector chided | PM to announce plastic bag clampdown

By Horace Mills

Amid talks that Government is moving to ban single-use plastic bags, Prime Minister Andrew Holness said he recently had discussions…

Jamaican-born judge gets another big promotion in Florida
June 9, 2018 0

Jamaican-born judge gets another big promotion in Florida

By Horace Mills

United States judge Renatha Francis, who was born and raised in Jamaica, has been selected over five other persons to…

Boy not yet charged | Saunders was found in pool of blood
June 8, 2018 0

Boy not yet charged | Saunders was found in pool of blood

By Horace Mills

While noting that the 13-year-old boy nabbed in relation to the death of a nine-year-old girl in Westmoreland is yet…

PM announces ‘severe dent’ in scamming activities
June 8, 2018 0

PM announces ‘severe dent’ in scamming activities

By Horace Mills

Prime Minister Andrew Holness has told a gathering of predominantly Jamaicans living in Canada that the enhanced security measures in…

Court action may delay NIDS – Holness
June 8, 2018 0

Court action may delay NIDS – Holness

By Horace Mills

Prime Minister Andrew Holness has acknowledged that the court action challenging aspects of his government’s much vaunted National Identification System…

Body with slashed throat found in Kitson Town
June 8, 2018 0

Body with slashed throat found in Kitson Town

By Horace Mills

Police are investigating the death of a 52-year-old man, Vincent Campbell, who has been chopped and killed in his community…

Cops find illegal gun in Gregory Park
June 8, 2018 0

Cops find illegal gun in Gregory Park

By Horace Mills

The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) said an illegal gun was seized during an operation in the Gregory Park area of…

No peace in Cassava Piece – curfew imposed
June 7, 2018 0

No peace in Cassava Piece – curfew imposed

By Horace Mills

Following a series of fatal and non-fatal shootings in the Cassava Piece area of St Andrew, the Jamaica Constabulary Force…

Charlemont High mourns again | Teacher dies
June 7, 2018 0

Charlemont High mourns again | Teacher dies

By Horace Mills

Charlemont High School in Linstead, St Catherine, is mourning the death of another teacher. Ian McCleary, 53, passed away last…

Seiveright may become ‘political opponent’ of Dr McNeill
June 7, 2018 0

Seiveright may become ‘political opponent’ of Dr McNeill

By Horace Mills

During a fiery verbal exchange at the sitting of parliament’s Public Administration and Appropriations Committee (PAAC) yesterday, Government parliamentarian Juliet…

Cops find gun, arrest man in Kingston
June 7, 2018 0

Cops find gun, arrest man in Kingston

By Horace Mills

Police took a man into custody in relation to the seizure of an illegal gun at Inverness district in Kingston…

89-year-old suspected to have committed suicide
June 7, 2018 0

89-year-old suspected to have committed suicide

By Horace Mills

The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) said 89-year-old Basil Coley from Pert Close in Mandeville is believed to have committed suicide…

6 girls missing from childcare facility in Trelawny
June 7, 2018 0

6 girls missing from childcare facility in Trelawny

By Horace Mills

The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) said six wards of the state, who were housed at Granville Child Care Facility in…

McNeil shocks civil servant with politics, declines to apologize
June 7, 2018 0

McNeil shocks civil servant with politics, declines to apologize

By Horace Mills

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Tourism Jennifer Griffiths was a picture of discomfort yesterday as she attempted to defend…

Curfew extended in Gregory Park
June 7, 2018 0

Curfew extended in Gregory Park

By Horace Mills

The curfew that was imposed in sections of Gregory Park, St Catherine, has been extended for another 48 hours and…

9-year-old girl murdered in Westmoreland | boy in custody
June 6, 2018 0

9-year-old girl murdered in Westmoreland | boy in custody

By Horace Mills

A Westmoreland community has been plunged into grief and shock after the body of a nine-year-old girl was found Tuesday…

Cops kill 20-year-old gang leader, seize 2 guns
June 6, 2018 0

Cops kill 20-year-old gang leader, seize 2 guns

By Horace Mills

The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) said the leader of the Compound Gang based in the Gregory Park area of St…

JLP member defends $9M bill for travel as gov’t consultant
June 6, 2018 0

JLP member defends $9M bill for travel as gov’t consultant

By Horace Mills

Member of the governing Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) Delano Seiveright has defended his travel expenditure as communications consultant to the…

MP claims both parties are sabotaging women
June 6, 2018 0

MP claims both parties are sabotaging women

By Horace Mills

Opposition Spokesperson on Gender Affairs Natalie Neita wants female candidates to be installed in more winnable constituencies to increase the…

Clarendon man fined just under $1M for ganja
June 6, 2018 0

Clarendon man fined just under $1M for ganja

By Horace Mills

A 29-year-old labourer from Morgan’s Pass in Clarendon will have to find just under $1 million by September to avoid…

Highway is not parish council road | Sinclair scoffs at PNP resolution
June 6, 2018 0

Highway is not parish council road | Sinclair scoffs at PNP resolution

By Horace Mills

A veteran lawyer and former Chairman of the St James Municipal Corporation Charles Sinclair has scoffed at a decision by…

Holness to make historic presentation at G7 Summit
June 6, 2018 0

Holness to make historic presentation at G7 Summit

By Horace Mills

Jamaica Information Service – Prime Minister Andrew Holness has been specially invited to attend the G7 Summit set for June…

Holness leaves island for Canada, to meet Jamaicans
June 6, 2018 0

Holness leaves island for Canada, to meet Jamaicans

By Horace Mills

Jamaica Information Service – Prime Minister Andrew Holness left the island this afternoon (Wednesday June 6) for Canada to attend…

Resolution passed for Simpson-Miller to get piece of highway
June 5, 2018 0

Resolution passed for Simpson-Miller to get piece of highway

By Horace Mills

The St Catherine Municipal Corporation, which is controlled by the opposition People’s National Party (PNP), has passed a resolution for…

Cops appeal for Mavado to surrender
June 5, 2018 0

Cops appeal for Mavado to surrender

By Horace Mills

The Constant Spring police have issued a public appeal for Dancehall artiste David ‘Mavado’ Brooks from Norbrook in St Andrew…

MISSING: Cecil Henry from Bridgeport
June 5, 2018 0

MISSING: Cecil Henry from Bridgeport

By Horace Mills

Jamaica Constabulary Force – Eighty-five-year-old Cecil Henry of Thant Place, Bridgeport, St Catherine has been missing since Wednesday, May 30.…

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