Weekly Round-up: JDF helicopter crashes… Reggae gets UNESCO protected status… Deadly fight over river fees
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The news week began with a Jamaica Defence Force trainee pilot, who was flying a helicopter, making an emergency landing in Portmore, St Catherine. He survived the ordeal but was admitted to hospital.
By Thursday, Jamaica and reggae fans worldwide were celebrating UNESCO’s decision to add the music genre to its list of global cultural treasures.
Meanwhile, it was doom and gloom for a family in Salisbury Plain, St Andrew, where a St Hugh’s High School student and her mother died Wednesday and Thursday afternoon, respectively, after they suffered severe burns in an arson attack at their home.
News of their death followed Wednesday morning’s murder and arson off Olympic Way in Kingston, which left one man dead and 20 people homeless.
And, six men have been killed in Caymanas Bay, St Catherine, in what the police believe is a fight over money charged to swim in the popular Caymanas River.
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Miracle Monday JDF pilot survives helicopter emergency landing
UNESCO adds reggae to global cultural heritage list
Alternative proposals to Road Traffic Act amendments to be reviewed
Petrojam HR Manager Yolande Ramharrack resigns
Scotiabank defends decision to exit some markets
SOEs should not be removed prematurely – police commissioner
Police counter public defender’s claim
Fight over river entrance money triggers six murders
Eight children among Olympic Gardens fire victims
15-y-o girl dies after arsonists set fire to her home
Mother of St Hugh’s student becomes 2nd fatality of arson attack
Prosecution: Miller was trying to flee island when arrested
Exhumed body believed to be that of missing US woman
Dottin jumps to number two in all-rounder rankings
Cornwall clip JC 1-0 to become first rural school to lift Champions Cup
Charlemont are Ben Francis KO champs, stroll home 3-1 over Petersfield
