Over 1,000 pounds of cocaine with a street value of US$25 million or J$3.7 billion was seized in St Mary on Friday, law enforcement sources have revealed.
The sentencing of Cocoa Piece killer Rushane Barnett has been set for October 20 in the Home Circuit Court.
Director of Public Prosecutions Paula Llewellyn has pulled the death penalty as a sentencing option for Rushane Barnett, the Trelawny man charged for the June 21 murder of his cousin and her four children in Cocoa Piece, Chapelton, Clarendon.
Rushane Barnett, the man charged with the murders of a mother and her four children in Cocoa Piece, Clarendon in June, is to be sentenced today.
Rushane Barnett, the man who pleaded guilty to the murder of a mother and her four children in Clarendon, has been charged following an alleged confrontation with cops at the Half-Way Tree lock-up.
The Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) announced on Tuesday that Lieutenant General Rocky Ricardo Meade has been appointed as cabinet secretary and head of the public service.
By Deon Green
London, England
Having travelled home recently and expecting a smooth ride from Norman Manley International Airport, based on the improvements that I had heard about from Bull Bay into my neck of the woods in St Thomas, I was surprised by a road development nightmare.
Former National Security Minister, Robert Montague, earlier this week called for the resumption of hanging in an impassioned plea, as the House of Representatives debated and passed the Firearms (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 2022.
Louisea McDonald, who was Jamaica's oldest resident, has died at age 111 – three months shy of her 112th birthday.
King Charles III says he feels “profound sorrow” at the death of his mother Queen Elizabeth II, and has vowed to carry on her “lifelong service” to the nation.