With numerous individuals meeting their demise violently since the start of the year, National Security Minter, Robert Montague is once again under fire. This time from his predecessor Peter Bunting. The Opposition Spokesman on National Security has accused the Andrew Holness administration of a lack of focus on crime, evidenced, ...
Read More »Mona High Student Dies In Halfway Tree
Students and staff at the Mona High School as well as family members are in mourning today. This after second form student Darnell Foster, who collapsed in Half-Way Tree died after being rushed to the hospital. The Education Ministry said that its Trauma Response team has been dispatched to the ...
Read More »Two More Moravian Pastors Charged With Carnal Abuse
Dr Paul Gardner and Jermaine Gibson were today charged following investigations by detectives from the Centre for the Investigation of Sexual Offences and Child Abuse (CISOCA). The men have been arrested and charged with carnal abuse and indecent assault. Both men are senior members of the Moravian Church, the same church as Rupert Clarke ...
Read More »“Crime Should Never Be Politicized” G2K Chides PNP Patriots
Generation 2000 (G2K), the young professional affiliate of the Jamaica Labour Party is labeling the PNP Patriots as irresponsible. This is in response to a recent press release made by the PNP youth affiliate. National Security Minister Robert Montague is an “existential threat to national security” and they are demanding ...
Read More »Patrick Powells’ Case Postponed
The trial of businessman Patrick Powell for failing to turn over his licensed firearm to the police has again been pushed back. The latest postponement came this morning when the case was mentioned in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court. The new mention date of February 16 was scheduled ...
Read More »“We Have To Get A Handle On Crime” Says Holness
Prime Minister Andrew Holness the country’s crime rate is hindering the success we can have. According to Holness for a country that is on the brink of success the level of crime is too high and something must be done as it is too much of an obstacle. The government ...
Read More »UPDATE: Driver Drowns After Flat Bridge Accident
The driver of the car that plunged into the Rio Cobre after it ran off the flat bridge this morning is dead. His body was fished from the Rio Cobre in the Bog Walk Gorge in St Catherine. The driver who was the sole occupant, was still inside the Toyota Camry ...
Read More »BREAKING NEWS: Motor Car Runs Off Flat Bridge
Search and rescue operations are now on the way following an accident at the flat bridge this morning. Report are that motor car reportedly ran off Flat Bridge and plunged into the Rio Cobre in St Catherine this morning at approximately 7:00 am. The police’s Corporate Communications Unit (CCU) could ...
Read More »New JDF Chief Promises Immediate Crime Fighting Measures
With the changing of the guard at the Jamaica Defence Force comes new promises and expectations. The new Chief of Defence Staff Major General Rocky Meade replaces Major General Antony Anderson, who served as Chief of Defence Staff since 2010. Meade has vowed increased support for the police as the ...
Read More »Drug Resistant Strains Of Gonorrhoea And Other STIs In Jamaica?
Almost every country in the world battles with the existence of sexually transmitted infections and Jamaica is not immune to same. Researchers at the University of the West Indies (UWI) are becoming concerned about the rate at which Jamaica is seeing some sexually transmitted infections (STIs), which are becoming resistant ...
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