A man who for 15 years eluded United States federal officials was captured in Jamaica. Keemeit Melaun Hand was captured during a joint US-Jamaica investigation after intelligence suggested that he might have fled to Jamaica. According to reports, investigators analysed suspicious records of a relative of Hand, which led their ...
Read More »Alkaline Released From Police Custody
The police last evening relaeased Alkaline from custody. The dancehall deejay was freed from following a judge’s order earlier today that the police either charge the entertainer or release him by 6:00 pm. He was not charged. Alkaline’s attorney, Peter Champagnie, earlier today filed a habeas corpus for his release. ...
Read More »Labourer, Taxi Driver, Charged With Murder Of Shineka Gray
Twenty-three-year-old Mario Morrison of Bamboo District, Hanover, and 31-year-old Gregory Roberts, taxi driver of Maroon Town, St James, have been charged with the shocking murder of Shineka Gray, 15, a former grade 10 student of Green Pond High in Hanover. According to the police, two men, were charged on Thursday, ...
Read More »No, No, No, Nothing Like That – I Wasn’t Pushed Out
The past couple of month seemed liked the People’s National Party was on a roller coaster ride. With some calling for renewal and the exit of former party President Portia Simpson Miller. No having made her exit and despite having reportedly advised members of the People’s National Party’s National Executive ...
Read More »Alkaline Wanted For Questioning In Murder Investigation
Detectives from the Criminal Investigations Branch Headquarters are seeking dancehall entertainer Earlan Bartley otherwise called, ‘Alkaline’ for questioning in relation to the murder of Rohan Morris. Bartley is being asked to report to the Area 4 Headquarters, Harman Barracks in Vineyard Town, Kingston 2 by 5 p.m., on Wednesday, February ...
Read More »UPDATE: Body Found In Barrel Is That Of Burger King Employee
The police have confirmed that the body of a woman found stuffed in a barrel in Ramble, St Thomas is that of the female Burger King employee who was reported missing last week. She’s 23-year-old Nile Brown of a Denham Town, Kingston address. The police believe she was strangled elsewhere, ...
Read More »BREAKING NEWS: Woman’s’ Body Found In Barrel In Ramble,St Thomas
The St Thomas police are investigating the killing of a woman in the community of Ramble. The woman’s body was found by passers by in a gully about noon today. It was stuffed in a barrel. It is believed she may have been killed elsewhere and the body dumped there. ...
Read More »The PNP Is Not Corrupt
Aspiring Presidential candidate of the People’s National Party (PNP) is seeking to remove the perception that the party condones corruption. Phillips in an interview with the Gleaner stated that “the bedrock of integrity and the reputation of the PNP have been the exemplar of integrity in political action. The integrity ...
Read More »Green Pond High Mourns As 15-Year-Old Student Is Murdered
Classes have been suspended at the Green Pond High School in St James as overwhelmed teachers and students mourn the murder of a 15-year-old Shineka Gray.. Gray’s decomposing body was found on Riverside Drive in Granville, St James on Wednesday evening three days after she went missing . There were ...
Read More »Jamaica, UK To Launch Nurse Exchange Programme
With the recent shortfall in critical care nurses, the government of Jamaica is seeking to partner with the United Kingdom to create a nurse exchange programme. Dr Tufton says he pitched the proposal to policymakers, technocrats of the Nursing and Midwifery Council, training institutions, and lobbyists in the UK health ...
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