Weekly Round-up: Mt Salem declared first ZOSO… Harvey spikes gas prices… Dexter Pottinger dead
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Prime Minister Andrew Holness on Friday declared Mount Salem in St James as the first Zone of Special Operation.
According to Justice Minister Delroy Chuck there will be a gun amnesty in each zone, allowing residents to hand over illegal guns and other contraband within 24 to 48 hours of the start of the operation.
Hurricane Harvey wreaked havoc in the United States making landfall last Friday, causing at least 38 deaths and tens of billions of dollars in damage. Petrojam on Wednesday attributed the significant impact of the storm on the US Gulf Coast region to the jump in local gasoline prices by $1.86.
On the crime scene, fashion designer, Dexter ‘3D’ Pottinger was found murdered in his St Andrew home late Thursday. Investigators say the body had started to decompose.
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Mount Salem in St James declared first ZOSO
Residents in ZOSO to get gun amnesty — Chuck
Jamaica gets additional area code — 658
Digicel, FLOW assure compatibility with new ‘658’ area code
PNP Region Six recommends sacking of FLA CEO
Hunt for 3,000 guns FLA doing house-to-house checks after amnesty
Jamaica now has a budget surplus — Shaw
FTC gets nod to challenge Digicel, Claro merger
PNP hails Privy Council ruling in FTC vs Digicel/Claro case
More Cuban teachers arrive in Jamaica
82% of prison inmates earn passes in CSEC exam
Jamaican Embassy in Washington monitoring flood disaster in Texas
Gas prices up $1.86, diesel up $1.44
Toddler son of former PNP MP found dead in pool
Muslim Cleric al-Faisal remanded; returns to court for bail hearing Sept 11
Shock after Dexter ‘3D’ Pottinger’s body found at home
UPDATE: Dexter Pottinger’s car found in Stony Hill
Two children shot dead as murder toll climbs in Clarendon
Man murdered at home, two wounded at bar in latest Clarendon shootings
Ocho Rios escapee killed, firearm recovered
Police kill wanted man in Hanover
Two burglars shot dead in St Elizabeth, third on the run
Three St Mary farmers shot dead
Gov’t to declare first ZOSO in coming days
Cocaine worth $101m found at Kingston Container Terminal
UCASE concerned over stoning of JUTC buses
J’can electrician reported missing in Trinidad
Blake wins 100m in Zagreb, Powell 3rd
West Indies stun England to win 2nd Test
