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Published:Monday | May 6, 2024 | 9:15 PM

The St James police seized 60 assorted rounds of ammunition and a magazine during an operation on Pele Drive in Flankers on Monday. The police report that about 2 p.m., lawmen carried out a search at an unoccupied premises where a .45 extended...

Published:Monday | May 6, 2024 | 9:09 PM

Executive Director, Jamaica 4-H Clubs, Peter Thompson, is calling for greater investment in drone technology by players in the agricultural sector. He noted that drones have the potential to boost production by ensuring greater efficiency in...

Published:Monday | May 6, 2024 | 8:57 PM

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The Trinidad and Tobago government Monday said it had secured international compensation for the ongoing oil spill cleanup in Tobago, with early estimates putting the damage as much as US$20 million. “The...

Published:Monday | May 6, 2024 | 8:09 PM

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Qantas Airways agreed to pay 120 million Australian dollars  in compensation and a fine for selling tickets on thousands of cancelled flights, the airline and Australia's consumer watchdog said on...

Published:Monday | May 6, 2024 | 7:41 PM

People's National Party Councillor for the Gayle Division in St Mary Jouvaughnie Byfield says the transportation needs of cops at the Port Maria Police Station should be addressed immediately. According to Byfield, the station has been without...

Published:Monday | May 6, 2024 | 7:28 PM

The Reggae Boyz are set to navigate Group B of League A in the 2024/25 CONCACAF Nations League alongside Honduras, Trinidad and Tobago, Cuba, Nicaragua, and French Guiana. Jamaica are the seeded team in Group B after their historic third-place...

Published:Monday | May 6, 2024 | 6:48 PM

The Kingston Eastern police have arrested and charged a man for the shooting death of a relative at his stall last Monday. Charged with murder and conspiracy to murder is 43-year-old Donovan Griffiths, otherwise called 'Andrew', of Bayshore...

Published:Monday | May 6, 2024 | 6:27 PM

A man who tried to shoot a pastor during a service at a Pennsylvania church because “God told him to do it” was thwarted when his gun didn't fire and he was tackled by a congregant, authorities said. The chaos at the Jesus'...

Published:Monday | May 6, 2024 | 6:13 PM

The Electoral Office of Jamaica is currently reviewing the position of Sharn Mangol as a returning officer with the agency.  Mangol, the former principal of Steer Town Academy in St Ann, who was removed from his post following a probe into a...

Published:Monday | May 6, 2024 | 3:31 PM

St Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves says former Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) president Gene Leon was "the victim of a stitch-up job" by a bank that was "scraping at the bottom of the barrel" with its investigation.

Published:Monday | May 6, 2024 | 4:17 PM

The Ministry of National Security says arrangements are being finalised for the departure of the 253 foreign passengers, including crewmembers, who arrived in Jamaica on a chartered flight. The Ministry says the passengers remain accounted for and...

Published:Monday | May 6, 2024 | 3:40 PM

The St Catherine North Police Division has been plunged into mourning arising from today's death of a policewoman who was ailing for some time. Constable Latoya Powell, who worked at the Spanish Town Police Station, was said to be well loved by...

Published:Monday | May 6, 2024 | 3:31 PM

The Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association (JHTA) Negril Chapter wants proposed plans for the development of a US$186 million or J$29.1 billion water project in Negril, Westmoreland to begin before the upcoming winter tourist season as...

Published:Monday | May 6, 2024 | 2:57 PM

NEW YORK (AP) — The judge presiding over Donald Trump's hush money trial fined him $1,000 on Monday and warned of jail time for future gag order violations while jurors heard detailed testimony for the first time about the...

Published:Monday | May 6, 2024 | 2:27 PM

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – A 52-year-old Chinese national died on Monday after a septic tank he was building at Eccles Industrial Site, East Bank Demerara in Guyana collapsed and crushed him. In a statement, police said that Zheng Shun Liu, an...

Published:Monday | May 6, 2024 | 2:04 PM

India's High Commissioner to Jamaica Masakui Rungsung says the high commission is working with Jamaican authorities to secure the repatriation of more than 200 Indians who arrived in the island on Thursday. The group arrived on a chartered...

Published:Monday | May 6, 2024 | 1:40 PM

JERUSALEM (AP) — Hamas announced Monday it has accepted an Egyptian-Qatari cease-fire proposal, but there was no immediate word from Israel, leaving it uncertain whether a deal had been sealed to bring a halt to the seven-month-long war in...

Published:Monday | May 6, 2024 | 1:13 PM

The Opposition People's National Party is demanding clarity from the Government regarding the chartered flight that recently landed in Jamaica, allegedly in breach of applicable immigration and customs protocols.  The group of 220 Indians...

Published:Monday | May 6, 2024 | 12:43 PM

Chairman of Cari-Med Group, Glen Christian, has paid tribute to late banker and businessman Ryland Campbell, remembering him as a "true Jamaican success story". Campbell died on Friday night at age 81. Campbell was best known as...

Published:Monday | May 6, 2024 | 12:25 PM

The start of the Keith Clarke murder trial this morning suffered yet another delay as a result of a  shortage of jurors. The Court of Appeal this morning rejected an application by the defence to place the trial on hold. The defence was...

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