Gov't pumps $81 billion into deportee rehabilitation programme 3:49 PM
Kingston man missing 3:18 PM
ANANDA ALERT! 14 year old boy missing from Kingston 3:12 PM
Repair work disrupts water supply in St Ann 3:03 PM
Beenie backtracks on gay stance 2:20 PM
Man stabbed to death on Manchester Road 1:07 PM
J'cans falter as Gatlin fires US sprint sweep in Korea 11:17 AM
Mechanic killed in Negril crash 10:54 AM
Teen arrested after homework left at crime scene 9:57 AM
Unfair!! 9:45 AM
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Beenie backtracks on gay stance
2:20 PMA repentant Beenie Man has issued an emotional apology to the international gay community. Beenie Man is booked to perform on the Rototam Sunsplash in Spain in August and seemed to apologise in an effort to stem any protests from the gay community which may prevent him from performing. The entertainer has posted a ...more
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Anglican Bishop balks at three-man contract panel
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
LORD Bishop-elect of the Anglican Church in Jamaica and the Cayman Islands, Rev Dr Howard Gregory has called on the People's National Party Administration to rethink its decision to appoint an Independent Oversight Panel to expedite negotiation and s ...more
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Anti-gay couple barred
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
AJamaican-born British couple say they have been told they can’t foster a 16th child in their Derby County home, because as Christians they don’t believe homosexuality is right. Owen and Eunice Johns, who are back home in Jamaica, are pr ...more
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'Please bring back my baby!'
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
GREAT POND, St Ann — The family of five-year-old Mikayla Manasseh, who mysteriously disappeared from her home in Ocho Rios, St Ann, before dawn Monday, have issued a desperate appeal for her safe return as she suffers from chronic asthma. Acco ...more
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Understanding the Consular Report of Birth Abroad
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Q. I'm a US citizen and I filed an immigrant visa petition for my Jamaican-born son to immigrate to the United States. However, when he attended his visa interview last week he was told to apply for a Consular Report of Birth Abroad. Since he's my bi ...more
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Republic status can't happen this year — Assamba
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
GOVERNMENT'S plan to replace the Queen as head of state will not happen this year, Ambassador-designate to United Kingdom, Aloun Assamba, has said. Prime Minister Portia Simpson-Miller, at her swearing-in January, had promised to take steps to sever ...more
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Missing 5-year-old Mikayla Manasseh found
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
GREAT POND, St Ann — The family of five-year-old Mikayla Manasseh, who mysteriously disappeared from her home in Ocho Rios, St Ann, before dawn Monday, are now breathing a sigh of relief upon hearing of her safe return late last night. Family ...more
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Big budget for State functions
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
THE Government has come out swinging in defence of a doubling of its budget for State functions to just over $60 million. In the 2012/13 Estimates of Expenditure, now being examined by the Standing Finance Committee of Parliament, a total $61.764 mi ...more
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More female leadership needed in Parliament, says GG
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
GOVERNOR General Sir Patrick Allen says more women should become involved in Caribbean politics and entrusted with leadership roles in order to soften the harsh and aggressive view of politics in the region. "Our politics has sometimes been too musc ...more
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Way cleared for FTC to challenge Digicel/Claro merger
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
THE Fair Trading Commission (FTC) was yesterday cleared by the Supreme Court to challenge the controversial merger between telecoms giant Digicel and the now defunct Claro. There could be a reversal of the merger if the FTC is able to prove to the c ...more
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More rape victims reporting dons
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
THE parents of young girls have been coming forward to report the rape of their daughters by so-called community dons over the last two years, allowing the police to launch an aggressive assault to bring the abusers to justice, head of the Centre for ...more
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Shaw raises questions over Appropriations-in Aid
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
OPPOSITION Spokesperson on Finance Audley Shaw yesterday chided the Government for tacking on some $14 billion from the revenues of several departments to its Appropriations-in-Aid. Shaw called the move a "dysfunctionality, and perhaps an improper bu ...more
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Gov't goes for permanent farmers' markets
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
MINISTER of Agriculture and Fisheries Roger Clarke says that the Government is creating permanent farmers' markets in strategic areas to encourage the purchase of local produce over imported ones. Clarke told the recent launch of Kingston and St And ...more
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CDF budget slashed
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
THE Constituency Development Fund's (CDF) 2012/2013 budget cut is expected to be one of the most controversial issues to be tackled by the House of Representatives' Standing Finance Committee, which began reviewing the Estimates of Expenditure yester ...more
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'You could have done better'
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
REGIONAL agencies tasked with safeguarding the interests of children came in for some harsh criticism Monday from three children's delegates, who chided them for not doing enough to protect their rights. The three teenagers — one Jamaican and ...more
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Street Scenes - May 16
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
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Sistren's Lana Finikin appointed to regional advisory committee
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
EXECUTIVE director of Sistren Theatre Collective, Lana Finikin, has been selected to represent the committee that will be meeting this week to discuss the selection of members for the UN Women Regional Civil Society Advisory Group for Latin America a ...more
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Central Village wins US grant for HIV/AIDS project
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
THE Central Village Benevolent Society has been selected as an awardee for the 2012 United States Ambassador's PEPFAR Grants Programme (formerly known as the Ambassador's HIV Prevention Programme). The benevolent society will use their US$6,500 gran ...more
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Gas prices drop for second straight week
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
THE prices on all categories of fuel have dropped. A litter of 87 and 90 gasoline will now sell for $102.57 and $104.22 respectively after both were decreased by 10 cents per litre. Automotive diesel oil has been decreased by $1.09 and will now sel ...more
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3:49 PM
Gov't pumps $81 billion into deportee rehabilitation programme
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
THE government will pump $81.2 billion into a program geared at decreasing the rate of re-offending by local offenders and deportees. The move is made possible through financial assistance from the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office and is aimi ...more
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3:18 PM
Kingston man missing
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
CLETUS Graham, 49, of Vineyard Town, Kingston 3, has been reported missing since Monday. He is of brown complexion, medium build and approximately five feet 10 inches tall. The Matilda’s Corner police report that Graham was last seen about 3: ...more
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3:14 PM
Police called to quell Palisadoes truckers dispute
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
POLICE were called to intervene as truckers on the Palisadoes road improvement project blocked another from weighing and off-loading his cargo this afternoon. The truckers, who have been on strike since for over a week, say none will be allowe ...more
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3:12 PM
ANANDA ALERT! 14 year old boy missing from Kingston
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
FOURTEEN-YEAR-OLD Kevin Lewis of Ferguson Drive in Riverton City, Kingston 11, has been reported missing from home since yesterday. He is of brown complexion, slim build and five feet six inches tall. The Seaview Gardens police report that Kevin wa ...more
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3:03 PM
Repair work disrupts water supply in St Ann
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
THE National Water Commission (NWC) is advising customers in St Ann, who are served by the Minard Pumping Station that the disruption they are experiencing is as a result of emergency leak repair work. The NWC says every effort is being made to rest ...more
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3:03 PM
Silverstone residents beat burglar and him over to cops
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
QUICK action by police led to the arrest of an alleged robber in the community of Silverstone, Portmore, St Catherine today. Residents in the area said the man was arrested after he attempted to break into a house in the area. "Residents in the are ...more
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2:46 PM
'Colly P' chopped to death in Discovey Bay
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
DISCOVERY BAY, St Ann – One man is dead and another in police custody following a dispute at a house in Discovery Bay in St Ann this morning. The dead man has been identified as Clayton Edwards also known as 'Colly P’ 48-year-old furnitu ...more
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1:07 PM
Man stabbed to death on Manchester Road
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
MANDEVILLE, Manchester- Fifty year old Lawrence George Reid was found dead on Manchester Road in Mandeville yesterday afternoon. The Mandeville police, who are still investigating the incident, said that he was found at 113 Manchester Road at a prem ...more
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12:52 PM
Cops recover stolen electronics in Faiths Pen
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
MONEAGUE, St. Ann – The police in Moneague, St Ann have recovered a large quantity of electronics they believe were stolen from residences in the parish and neighbouring St Catherine. The stolen items which include computers and other electron ...more
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10:54 AM
Mechanic killed in Negril crash
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
A man is now dead as a result of injuries he received in a motor vehicle collision on the Negril main road in Westmoreland yesterday. He is 26-year-old Kevin Rhoden, a mechanic of a White Hall address in Negril. The Little London Police report that ...more
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10:46 AM
China Harbour employee beaten with spade
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
MANDEVILLE, Manchester - Chinese construction giant, China Harbour Engineering Company is reportedly playing down an assault on one of its employees by a man seeking work on the site of the Christiana bypass road on May 4. The Manchester polic ...more
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9:57 AM
Teen arrested after homework left at crime scene
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
OREM, Utah (AP) - An 18-year-old Utah man was arrested on suspicion of burglary after police say he left his homework at the crime scene. Police in Orem say they tracked a USB drive found at the burglarized home to Dallas Naljahih. They say the comp ...more
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9:45 AM
Unfair!!
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Mandeville, Manchester - Councillors and staff of the Manchester Parish Council have expressed concern about the level of commitment of the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPSCo) to get rid of the practice of illegal connection since they claim the c ...more
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8:51 AM
Stepmom faces extradition in kids' abduction
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
HILO, Hawaii (AP) -The stepmom of three children who were taken by their father to the Bahamas on a sailboat against custody orders is facing an extradition to Montana by order of Hawaii's governor. Hawaii prosecutor Jason Skier says Angela Bryant i ...more
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8:31 AM
Manhunt under way for groom of slain bride
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
CHICAGO (AP) -A groom whose bride had sought to keep their impending wedding secret from most of her family is wanted on a murder charge after his new wife was found stabbed to death in a bathtub in her suburban Chicago home just hours after the cere ...more
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$17.7-million boost for rural water projects
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
THE development of Jamaica's Water Sector Policy and Rural Master Plan by the Ministry of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change has been further boosted by the provision of $17.7 million in the 2012/13 Estimates of Expenditure, currently being ...more
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Cop shot and injured
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
A policeman was yesterday shot and injured during an operation at Birdsucker Lane in Kingston 8. He was treated at hospital and later released. The Constabulary Communication Network reported that about 12:00 pm members of the constabulary were on a ...more
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Man caught with ganja on toll road to be sentenced May 21
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
A man who last week pleaded guilty for trafficking a little over 48 pounds of ganja was remanded into custody and is scheduled to be sentenced in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court on May 21. Guwayne Beckford pleaded guilty to ...more
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Hecoin to deliver EMT lessons via interactive software
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
THE Health, Education and Counselling Institute (Hecion) is to shortly launch an interactive software for the delivery of its Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) programme. The software, which has been successfully tested overseas, will guide student ...more
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Men accused of making fake bank statement granted bail
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
TWO men were hauled before the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court last Friday for reportedly giving an ex-policeman a fake bank statement which he took to the British High Commission to apply for a visa. The accused, Gavin Campbell, ...more
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$530m to complete Washington Boulevard project
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
ALL outstanding civil works under the Washington Boulevard Corridor Widening Programme will be completed this fiscal year, through allocation of $530 million. The provision, contained in the 2012/13 Estimates of Expenditure that is now before the Ho ...more
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Cabbie killer gets life sentence
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
CONVICTED murderer Edward Bitter will have to serve 20 years of his life sentence for the 2006 murder of a taxi operator in Kingston before becoming eligible for parole. Bitter, 30, was sentenced recently in the Home Circuit Court to life behind bar ...more
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This Day in History - May 16
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Today is the 137th day of 2012. There are 229 days left in the year. Today's Highlight 2006: Nigeria's Senate rejects a proposed constitutional amendment that could have allowed its president, Olusegun Obasanjo, a third term — a proposal that ...more
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PHOTO: Mr Miss Universe
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Toronto, Canada — Vancouver's transgendered Miss Universe Canada contestant Jenna Talackova takes a picture with eleven-year-old student Kadeen Drummond as Miss Universe Canada contestants visit St John Vianney Catholic School in Toronto yester ...more
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Colombia bombing kills 2, injures 19
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — A bomb targetting a former Colombian interior minister killed two people and injured at least 19 others in the heart of Bogota's uptown commercial district yesterday, authorities said. President Juan Manuel Santos said ...more
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UK man gets 15 years for child prostitution
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
LONDON, England (AP) — A British judge yesterday sentenced a Bangladeshi man to 15 years in prison for paying young girls for sex and trying to recruit some as young as 12 years old into prostitution in northern England. In his sentencing yest ...more
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UK police fire top officer for misconduct
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
LONDON, England (AP) — Scotland Yard says it has fired one of its most high-profile minority officers after he was found guilty of misconduct. The dismissal of Ali Dizaei comes after the outspoken Iranian-born police commander spent much of th ...more
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It's politics!
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
WASHINGTON, USA(AFP) — Most Americans believe President Barack Obama came out in favour of gay marriage for political reasons rather than because he thought it was the right thing to do, a poll made public yesterday has found. The New York Tim ...more
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South Africa union members stone Opposition march
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AP) — An opposition party march in Johannesburg turned violent yesterday after trade union supporters hurled rocks at the leader of South Africa's main opposition party. Helen Zille, who has been leading a protest b ...more
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Photo: Tuition hike?
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Quebec, Canada — A demonstrator kicks a Quebec Provincial Police officer on the helmet during a confrontation between police and students protesting tuition hikes at the Lionel Groulx college in Ste Therese, Quebec, Canada yesterday. (Photo:AP) ...more
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Two wounded in explosion on Kenya's coast
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
MOMBASA, Kenya (AP) — Police say assailants have set off an explosive device outside a nightclub in Kenya's coastal town of Mombasa, wounding two people. The assailants fled on foot and no one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack, ...more
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Sarkozy goes jogging
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
PARIS, France (AFP) — Shortly after leaving the Elysee Palace yesterday, former French president Nicolas Sarkozy went jogging in Paris's Bois de Boulogne park near the chic neighbourhood where he now lives. Right-wing politician Sarkozy left t ...more
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Guyana to receive US$500K for drug fight
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) — The Unired States has agreed to give the South American country of Guyana half a million dollars to help fight drug trafficking. The amount is five times what Guyana received last year under the 2009 Caribbean Basin S ...more
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New French president Hollande sworn in
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
PARIS, France (AFP) — Francois Hollande was sworn in as president of France yesterday with a solemn vow to find a new growth-led strategy to end the debt crisis threatening to unravel the eurozone. After brief ceremonies and a rain-lashed walk ...more
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Prominent 'celebate' priest admits he fathered child
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Legion of Christ religious order, still reeling from 2009 revelations that its founder was a paedophile who fathered three children, was hit yesterday by another scandal after its most well-known priest — a promine ...more
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Indonesia urges NKorea to continue dialogue
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia's president has urged North Korea to keep communication channels open to prevent misunderstandings with other countries. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono discussed tensions on the Korean peninsula yseterda ...more
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Ex-tabloid editor faces phone hacking charges
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
LONDON, England (AP) — One of Rupert Murdoch's most trusted lieutenants and five people close to her were charged yesterday with conspiring to hide evidence of phone hacking, bringing the scandal that has raged across Britain's media and politi ...more
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Ecuador says US$1.3 million found on crashed plane
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Ecuador's anti-narcotics chief says authorities have found $1.3 million in cash in a plane from Mexico that crashed into a rural hillside. General Juan Carlos Barragan says officials counted up the cash and also found the ...more
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Heathrow delays blamed on wind, short staffing
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
LONDON, England (AP) — Blame the government. Blame airline schedules. Blame the wind. Witnesses at a British parliamentary committee hearing yesterday offered a variety of reasons for the long waits some arriving passengers endure at immigrati ...more
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Strauss-Kahn countersues NY maid US$1m
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
NEW YORK, USA (AFP) — Disgraced ex-IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn is countersuing the New York hotel maid whose accusation of sexual assault last year brought down his glittering political career. Strauss-Kahn is suing the hotel housekeeper, ...more
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UN court rejects Mladic bid to replace judge
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The president of the Yugoslav war crimes tribunal has rejected a bid by former Bosnian Serb military chief Ratko Mladic to replace the Dutch presiding judge in his trial and delay the start of the case. Mladic's l ...more
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Lightning hits French president's plane, no injuries
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
PARIS, France (AP) — French officials say that new President Francois Hollande's plane was hit by lightning en route to Berlin, Germany yesterday. They say no one was hurt but that the plane returned to Paris as a precaution. A storm forced Ho ...more
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Where's Bosco?
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — A notorious ex-warlord who became a general in the Congolese army despite international war crimes charges is now being blamed for fomenting more unrest in Congo's east and faces new charges of crimes against humanity. A ...more
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EU carries out first strikes on Somali pirates
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) — The European Union's naval force off the Somali coastline yesterday carried out its first air strikes against pirate targets on shore, officials said. Maritime aircraft and attack helicopters took part in the attacks e ...more
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Israeli group wins terror suit against Syria, Iran
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
JERUSALEM, Israel (AP) — An Israeli advocacy group won a US$323 million judgment in a US court against Iran and Syria for supporting Palestinian militants that killed an American teenager and ten others in a 2006 bombing, the group's director s ...more
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Mystery as girl, 5, goes missing
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
OCHO RIOS, St Ann — Police and residents of Great Pond were last night continuing their search for a five-year-old girl who mysteriously disappeared from her home yesterday morning. The child's aunt, Carresse Thomas, identified her as Mikayla ...more
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VIDEO: Sexually abused while under 16 years?
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
THE police's Centre for the Investigation of Sexual Offences and Child Abuse (CISOCA) says victims of sexual abuse, some dating back to two decades, have been coming forward to make reports because of increased confidence in the systems now in place ...more
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OCG issues order for oversight panel to submit reports
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
THE Office of the Contractor General (OCG) yesterday issued a statutory requisition to the recently established Government Independent Oversight Panel (IOP) for three major projects, requiring that the panel routinely submit to him formal written rep ...more
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VIDEO: Savagery! CISOCA tells of brutal buggery of 3-year-old boy
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
THE savage buggery of a three-year-old boy, that resulted in the skin being peeled from his stomach during a near 15-hour ordeal unleashed on him by a handcart man in downtown Kingston last year, is one of the many gut-wrenching cases that Superinten ...more
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10:17 AM
Cops extend search for missing 5-year-old
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
OCHO RIOS, St Ann — The police have extended their search for five-year-old Mikayla Manasseh who disappeared from her home in Great Pond, Ocho Rios early yesterday morning. The St Ann police have also called a press conference for later today ...more
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Shaw wants answers on ‘tight’ budget
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
OPPOSITION Spokesman on Finance Audley Shaw says that the Government will have to explain today how it plans to deal with the fact that the debt-servicing costs included in the Estimates are $10 billion more that the budget increase. The Standing Fi ...more
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Gov’t workers’ back pay budgeted
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
THE Government has budgeted $7.6 billion to meet this year's instalment of the $21 billion in delayed retroactive payments to public sector workers, which have been outstanding since 2009/2010. The sum is included in the $12.1 billion which has been ...more
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'Survival of racing threatened'
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
FORMER president of the Jamaica Racehorse Trainers' Association Lee Clarke has called on the government and stakeholders in the local horseracing industry to put aside their differences, and work together for the survival of the industry. Clarke, hi ...more
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CISOCA pilot to give boys a chance
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
THE Centre for Investigation of Sexual Offences and Child Abuse (CISOCA) is now piloting an initiative aimed at preventing boys under age 18 who are involved in a sexual relationship with girls below the age of consent (16 years) from getting a crim ...more
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Stepdad, man accused of impregnating 12-y-o get bail
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
A man who is accused of molesting his 12-year-old stepdaughter and the 20-year-old man who is believed to have impregnated her were yesterday offered bail in the sum of $100,000 each. The men were offered bail by Senior Resident Magistrate Judith P ...more
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Teen sex videos irk CISOCA
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
THE high incidence of minors filming and broadcasting their illicit sex acts has riled the head of the Centre for the Investigation of Sexual Offenses and Child Abuse (CISOCA). "Where we have a [bigger] problem in that they are filming it, they are putting ...more
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Local nursing staff gets boost from Cuba
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
A total of 26 nurses from Cuba are currently employed to the South East Regional Health Authority (SERHA), giving a boost to the nursing staff in the parishes of St Catherine, St Thomas, Kingston, and St Andrew. They have been assigned to the Bustam ...more
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PM and Holness
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Governor General Sir Patrick Allen (centre), Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller (second left) and Opposition Leader Andrew Holness (left) stand at attention during the playing of the National Anthem at the opening of the Commonwealth Parliamentary ...more
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5:00 PM
Police High Command praises Portland, Westmoreland and St James cops
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
THE Police High Command today heaped praise on the crime-fighting efforts of cops in the Portland, Westmoreland and St James Divisions. In a release to the media the High Command said cops in those divisions had made major a dent in the illicit drug ...more
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4:00 PM
ANANDA ALERT! 'Punkus' missing from Bull Bay
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
SIXTEEN-YEAR-OLD Cavela Christie, otherwise called ‘Punkus’, of Shooters Hill, Seven Miles in Bull Bay, St Andrew has been reported missing from home since Saturday, May 5. She is of dark complexion, medium build and approximately five f ...more
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3:45 PM
Lotto scammers thrown behind bars
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
A woman who is implicated in the lotto scam was today remanded into custody along with her husband after her bail was revoked in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate’s Court. The woman, Peta-Gaye McFarlane was taken into custody last week al ...more
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3:32 PM
Man sues Wal-Mart for $1M over racist remark
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
CAMDEN,USA (AP) — Wal-Mart is being sued for $1 million by a man who claims he was traumatized by a racist comment made over an intercom at a southern New Jersey store two years ago. Donnell Battie, of Winslow, accuses Wal-Mart of being neglig ...more
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2:54 PM
Jody-Ann has returned home
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
NINETEEN-YEAR-OLD Jody-Ann Hadden of Bulls Bay in Lucea, Hanover has returned home. She was reported missing since Thursday, May 10. She is said to be in good health. more
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2:46 PM
Mother kills four kids then herself
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
PORT ST JOHN, USA (AP) — A Florida mother who fatally shot her four children before killing herself today called three of the kids who had sought help from a neighbor back to the house before firing the fatal shots, authorities said. Thirty-th ...more
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2:08 PM
Cops shot, firearm seized at Birdsucker Lane
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
THE Police yesterday seized a 9 mm Smith and Wesson pistol, with its serial number erased, at Birdsucker Lane in Kingston 8. The cops report that about 12:00 pm, they were on an operation in the area when they accosted a man who pulled a firearm and ...more
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1:57 PM
Bad roads make life miserable in Kintyre
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
DEPLORABLE road conditions in the community of Camp View Avenue and other areas in Kintyre has left residents fearing for their lives. Residents claim that because of the bad road conditions a simple trip in the area may result in major injury. "Wh ...more
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1:41 PM
JFLAG, JFJ condemn sexual abuse of children
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
EXECUTIVE Director of Jamaicans for Justice (JFJ) Carolyn Gomes, has expressed disgust at reports that a three-year-old boy was savagely buggered by a man who is now behind bars. Gomes, after reading today's lead story 'Savagery', said if found guil ...more
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12:09 PM
Court throws out Digicel petition against FTC
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
THE Supreme Court this morning threw out a petition filed by Telecommunications company Digicel opposing the legal standing of the Fair Trading Commission (FTC) who is challenging the merger between the Digicel and the now defunct company Claro. Jus ...more
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10:56 AM
Jamaican claiming to be US citizen sentenced to 27 months
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
A Jamaican man was sentenced to 27 months in federal prison and three years of supervised release last week after pleading guilty to falsely claiming US citizenship and illegally re-entering the US. He has been identified as Andre Mark Walters. Walt ...more
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10:23 AM
Suspect charged in killing of 11-year-old
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
THE main suspect in last week’s murder of 11-year-old Ricardo Dove of York district, Bethel Town, Westmoreland has been charged. He is 24-year-old Russell Sams, otherwise called 'Zedda', of Galloway, Bethel Town, Westmoreland. Sams has been c ...more
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9:35 AM
Man sets himself on fire outside trial
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Norway (AFP)- A man set himself on fire today outside the Oslo courthouse where Anders Behring Breivik is on trial for killing 77 people in twin attacks last July, police said. The man, whose identity was not revealed, suffered serious injuries, Nor ...more
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8:27 AM
Another missing teen returns home
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
NINETEEN-YEAR-OLD Jody-Ann Hadden of Bull Bay, Hanover, who was reported missing since Thursday, May 10, has returned home. She is said to be in good health. more
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8:21 AM
Wrong man was executed in Texas, probe says
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
HE was the spitting image of the killer, had the same first name and was near the scene of the crime at the fateful hour. And Carlos DeLuna paid the ultimate price and was executed in place of someone else in Texas in 1989, a report out today found. ...more
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8:16 AM
Hollande sworn in as French president
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
FRANCOIS Hollande was sworn in as president of France today with a solemn vow to find a new growth-led strategy to end the debt crisis threatening to unravel the eurozone. After brief ceremonies and a rain-lashed walkabout, the 57-year-old Socialist ...more
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6:41 AM
BSI probes ‘Hot Head’s’ killing in Rat Trap
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
THE Bureau of Special Investigations (BSI) is now probing the circumstances surrounding the shooting death of a man by the police in Rat Trap District, Bethel Town, Westmoreland, about 6:35 am yesterday. The dead man has been identified as 22-year-o ...more
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6:38 AM
Missing teen returns home
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
FIFTEEN-YEAR-OLD Monique Williams of Seaview Gardens, Kingston, who was reported missing since Wednesday, May 2, has returned home. She is said to be in good health. more
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This Day in History - May 15
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Today is the 136th day of 2012. There are 230 days left in the year. Today's highlight 2011: Thousands of Arab protesters march on Israel's borders with Syria, Lebanon and Gaza in an unprecedented wave of demonstrations, sparking clashes that left ...more
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Cooling down
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Ahmadabad, India — Indians throng at a water park to beat the blistering heat in Ahmadabad, Sunday. (Photo: AP) more
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Syria violence spills into Lebanon, 5 killed
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
TRIPOLI, Lebanon (AFP) — Five people were killed and nearly 20 wounded in sectarian clashes in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli yesterday linked to unrest in neighbouring Syria, a security official told AFP. He said four men died in the ...more
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Canada, Poland strike energy deal
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
OTTAWA, Canada (AFP) — Visiting Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk and his Canadian counterpart Stephen Harper yesterday announced that their two countries would bolster energy cooperation to develop shale gas deposits. Both nations are believe ...more
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Quake downs walls, cuts power in northern Chile
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — An earthquake shook down walls and knocked out electricity in parts of far-northern Chile yesterday. No injuries have been reported. The US Geological Survey calculates the magnitude as 6.2 and says it was centered about ...more
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Cash stash on crashed plane in Ecuador
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — A Mexican-registered plane carrying two men, a large amount of cash and a dog has crashed in Ecuador and officials say they suspect the money may be related to drug trafficking. The plane crashed into a hillside Sunday ni ...more
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Romney’s a vampire, says Obama campaign
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
WASHINGTON, USA (AFP) — US President Barack Obama's camp unleashed a fierce assault on his Republican foe Mitt Romney yesterday, slamming the former venture capitalist as a "vampire" who got rich by bleeding ailing firms. A new campaign ad, re ...more
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12 killed, villages razed in northeast Nigeria
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Gunmen surrounded villages in northeast Nigeria and set them ablaze, killing at least 12 people and wounding 48 others in violence that could spread as attackers remain hiding in the rural region, the Nigerian Red Cross sa ...more
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UK convicts restaurant owner of child prostitution
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
LONDON, England (AP) — A British jury yesterday convicted a 44-year-old man of trying to recruit girls as young as 12 years old into prostitution in northern England. The jury at Carlisle Crown Court also found Azad Miah guilty of paying for t ...more
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Missing, feared dead
Monday, May 14, 2012
VANISHED without a trace! That is what happened to 202 of the 2,122 children reported missing last year alone, leaving devastated families to unravel the mysteries surrounding their disappearance. Many of these families long for closure but, at the ...more
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4:52 PM
Be careful of the company you keep and the places you go — Police
Monday, May 14, 2012
THE Police today issued a warning to young men, who are among they most likely murder victims, to be careful of their movements and the company they keep. The cops report that their statistics indicate that almost half of the murder victims in the f ...more
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2:41 PM
Abducted farmer released
Monday, May 14, 2012
HADDEN, St Ann — A farmer who was reportedly abducted this morning while on his way to his farm in Hadden, near Moneague in St Ann, has been released. Police have not yet released his identity or details surrounding his release, however, acti ...more
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2:33 PM
111 cases on St Ann Circuit Court list
Monday, May 14, 2012
ST ANN’S BAY, St Ann — The Easter sitting of the St Ann Circuit Court opened in St Ann’s Bay this morning with 111 cases on the list to be heard during the eight-week sitting. Presiding judge Justice Marva McDonald Bishop has descr ...more
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10:47 AM
Jamaican drowns in Trinidad
Monday, May 14, 2012
A Jamaican visitor to Trinidad drowned Saturday morning while at a beach in that country, the Trinidad Guardian reports. The man, Anthony Patrick Gayle of Kingston, was swimming with a woman about 11:30 when he got into difficulties, the report said ...more
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10:37 AM
Deported Jamaican convict wins £1 for wrongful detention
Monday, May 14, 2012
A Jamaican who was convicted in the UK, who said he was illegally detained before being deported, has won £1 in damages from the Home Office, the Telegraph reports today. The man, known only as LE, fought the case in the High Court and Court o ...more
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Lottery scammers running scared
Monday, May 14, 2012
LOCAL law enforcers say the pressure they have been putting on lottery scammers has resulted in the criminals scrambling to find more creative ways to hide or get rid of their assets, including luxury cars and homes worth millions. Despite the chall ...more
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JPS head angers CURE
Monday, May 14, 2012
NEW Jamaica Public Service (JPS) head Kelly Tomblin is coming under attack for statements which are now being described as "appalling" and reflective of the "continued arrogance" of the light and power company. Citizens United for the Reduction of ...more
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5:51 PM
Truckers to stay away from Palisadoes project
Monday, May 14, 2012
TRUCKERS will continue to stay away from the Palisadoes Project after a meeting between those workers and sub-contractors failed to see their demands met. President of the All Island truckers Association, Leonard Green, said a meeting between trucke ...more
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KPH cancer patients finally getting radiotherapy
Monday, May 14, 2012
THE cobalt radiotherapy unit at the state-owned Kingston Public Hospital (KPH), which in January this year broke down, stalling the treatment of hundreds of cancer patients, is back in service. An average of 30 patients are now being treated there e ...more
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Sandals fête educators for Teachers’ Day 2012
Monday, May 14, 2012
OVER 350 teachers from schools across Jamaica were treated to a day of fun, luxury and relaxation at Sandals and Beaches Resorts in recognition of Teachers' Day 2012. In an effort to show appreciation to those charged with molding the lives of the n ...more
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FISH FEAST - Residents see thriving industry in Yallahs Pond
Monday, May 14, 2012
HUNDREDS of fish are washed up from the Yallahs Pond in St Thomas daily unto land where some residents sell and eat what they can and leave the smaller ones to rot. According to residents, the fish leave the water when it gets warm and swim onto lan ...more
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Arresting Attention!
Monday, May 14, 2012
Woman Constable Jheanell Watkis (left) beams with obvious enjoyment at meeting reigning Miss Universe Leila Lopes (centre) during the Miss Universe (2012) Pageant at the National Indoor Spoorts Centre on Saturday night. Ground Commander for the event ...more
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Dawgen chartered accountants expands in Ocho Rios
Monday, May 14, 2012
OCHO RIOS, St Ann -— UHY Dawgen Chartered Accountants has upgraded its satellite location in the Pineapple Complex in Ocho Rios to an expanded office and has promised customers full professional services at reasonable cost. Managing Partner Da ...more
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No public order - Senior cop bemoans state of tourist town
Monday, May 14, 2012
ST ANN'S BAY, St Ann — Head of the Area 2 police Assistant Commissioner Elan Powell has called for greater support from the St Ann Parish Council as he seeks to restore public order in the parish's major towns. ACP Powell has bemoaned the lack ...more
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Cultural school coming for St Mary
Monday, May 14, 2012
ORACABESSA, St Mary — Non-profit group Grow Youth Universal is planning to build a cultural school in the parish. According to spokeswoman Deborah Chin, the school, to be called GYU Academy of Cultural Arts, will help young people showcase the ...more
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New skills training centre opened in Discovery Bay
Monday, May 14, 2012
DISCOVERY BAY, St Ann — A multimillion dollar skills training centre has been opened at Brown's Town Community College Technical Campus in Discovery Bay, St Ann and already has 28 residents of Discovery Bay and neighbouring communiti ...more
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2:00 AM
$8 million to relocate Port Maria Police Station
Monday, May 14, 2012
PORT MARIA, St Mary — Minister of National Security Peter Bunting has described as unacceptable the Port Maria Police Station in St Mary and has assured that the facility will soon be relocated. Bunting, who was on a tour of police stations ac ...more
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NCU pushes entrepreneurship
Monday, May 14, 2012
NORTHERN Caribbean University, through the Morris Entrepreneurship Centre and the Training and Consultancy Services and Career Services departments, is offering training in entrepreneurship and other specialised areas as a means of increasing skill s ...more
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45 attend math teachers' workshop
Monday, May 14, 2012
OCHO RIOS, St Ann — In an ongoing drive to improve Mathematics instruction at the primary level, local biscuit company Butterkist hosted a worksop for 45 teachers from primary and all-age schools in the parish. The Math Teachers' Workshop, hel ...more
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Sky's the limit for kite-maker Alphanso Edwards
Monday, May 14, 2012
KITE-MAKING is more than a hobby for Alphanso Edwards who spends thousands of dollars to outdo each masterpiece created by him the year before for entry in the annual St Ann Kite Festival. And although he has not yet been able to take home the covet ...more
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6:06 PM
INDECOM probing police disobedience of Magistrate's order
Monday, May 14, 2012
THE Independent Commission of Investigations has launched a probe into two separate but related allegations against the police that were reported today. The allegations are as follows: Unduly long detentions of three men who were being held at the ...more
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6:01 PM
Foreign Affairs ministry trying to find 10 missing Jamaicans
Monday, May 14, 2012
THE Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade says it is continuing efforts to ascertain the whereabouts of the approximately 10 Jamaican men, who according to reports, set off by boat from Freeport, Bahamas on Friday. Seven of the men have been ...more
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5:03 PM
Three suspected members of Bobo Gang arrested after gun seizure
Monday, May 14, 2012
POLICE in Westmoreland arrested three members of a notorious gang based in the parish after the seizure of a 45 Haskel pistol on the Gooden's River main road in Savanna-la-Mar on Saturday. The Savanna-la-Mar Police report that about 10:10 pm, they w ...more
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4:57 PM
Suspect in murder of 11-year-old nabbed
Monday, May 14, 2012
THE main suspect in last week’s murder of 11-year-old Ricardo Dove of York district, Bethel Town, Westmoreland has been nabbed, police report. He was picked up by detectives last Thursday and underwent a question and answer session. He is to b ...more
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4:51 PM
Teen missing since last week has returned home
Monday, May 14, 2012
FIFTEEN-YEAR-OLD Monique Williams of Seaview Gardens, Kingston who was reported missing since Wednesday, May 2, has returned home. She is said to be in good health. more
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4:11 PM
Repair work disrupts water supply in St Andrew
Monday, May 14, 2012
NATIONAL Water Commission (NWC) customers in sections of St Andrew who are served by the Forest Hill Deepwell are being advised that the disruption they are currently experiencing in their water supply is due to extensive mechanical works that are be ...more
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