Businessman guilty of transporting over $130 million worth of cocaine
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WESTERN JAMAICA-based businessman, Rohan Cummings, has been found guilty of breaching the Dangerous Drugs Act, in relation to reports that he was held with US$850,000 (J$130,008,520) worth of cocaine inside a bus he was driving in March 2022, and will be sentenced on October 4.
Head of man wanted for rape found in shopping bag in Manchester
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The head of a man who was listed by the Manchester Police as wanted for rape, burglary, assault at common law, and unlawful wounding was found in a shopping bag at Whitney Turn near the Manchester/ Clarendon border on Thursday morning.
DPP call for more investigative resources in lottery scamming cases
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High Alert activated for missing mother, three kids
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ST ANN, Jamaica — A high alert has been activated for a mother and her three children of Keith District in St Ann, who have been missing since Thursday, June 29.
CARICOM marks 50th anniversary, leaders hail integration movement
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Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders have said that despite the challenges, their union remains strong.
Holness reveals plans for increased urban development
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PRIME Minister Andrew Holness on Tuesday revealed plans for a handout of $252 million to Members of Parliament (MPs) seeking financial support for community renewal interventions.
13 years after shooting, Keith Clarke matter set for 2024
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AS Keith Clarke's widow Dr Claudette Clarke walked out of a courtroom inside the Supreme Court building on Tuesday she admitted that the wait for justice in his shooting death more than a decade ago has been very lengthy, but she had no choice but to allow the law to take its course.
$6b confiscated from persons involved in financial crimes in 2022
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The Financial Investigations Divisions ( FID) and the Narcotics Division of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) teams collectively seized over $6 billion in 2022 from individuals involved in various financial crimes.
Britain marks 75th anniversary of arrival of Empire Windrush
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Seventy-five years ago, a ship landed at Tilbury Dock near London, carrying more than 800 passengers from the Caribbean to new lives in Britain.
Woman charged with murder of police husband to undergo psych eval
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MANCHESTER housewife Kacey-Ann Roxanne Blair, who has been charged with the murder of her husband, Constable Damien Blair, is to undergo a forensic psychiatric evaluation.
States of Public Emergency (SOE) are now in effect for the parishes of St James and Westmoreland.
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UWI student who allegedly tortured girlfriend has case to answer
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THE CASE involving Matthew Hyde, the university student who reportedly held his girlfriend captive in his dorm room and tortured her with a hot clothes iron, has been transferred to the Home Circuit Court for mention on September 14 after a parish judge found that he has a case to answer.
The Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) is set to receive a boost to its fleet with the addition of 50 new buses, 45 diesel and five electric, by the end of this month.
Dancehall artiste Jahshii was grilled by detectives at the Constant Spring Police Station and released on Wednesday afternoon.
Eight prisoners escape from Black River police lock-up
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A police manhunt is on to capture eight prisoners who escaped from the Black River police lock-up early this morning.