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KINGSTON, Jamaica – The trial involving 27 individuals accused of being the pulse of the St Catherine-based Klansman gang is set to resume Monday morning with Chief Justice Bryan Sykes beginning his summation of the evidence disclosed in the matter.

REGGAE BOYZ coach Heimir Hallgrimsson believes he knows what it takes to get good results for developing football countries like Jamaica and that the teams will be ready for his first competitive assignment, a Nation League game against regional powerhouse Mexico on March 26.

EVERTON Bennett, the mastermind behind an abduction, rape, and robbery spree in February 2021, who was last week sentenced to 21 years behind bars, has apologised to the four women who gave evidence against him.

MANCHESTER, Jamaica — A resident of the United Kingdom was shot and killed while visiting relatives in Mike Town on the outskirts of Mandeville in Manchester early Thursday morning.

The legal team for retired sprint king Usain Bolt has given Stocks and Securities Limited (SSL), a company holding investments for the eight-time Olympic champion, 10 days to return his missing funds or face criminal and civil action.

BUOYED by a rebound in tourist arrivals, transport and logistics company Knutsford Express has seen a return to profitability in the second quarter (Q2) of financial year (FY) 2022/23, according to an unaudited financial statement shared on the Jamaica Stock Exchange website.

The Andrew Holness-led Government has indicated that it is going full speed ahead to transition Jamaica from a constitutional monarchy to a republic despite suggested encumbrance from the Mark Golding-led Opposition.

Thirty-five-year-old Khadene Thomas, a wealth advisor from a bank branch in St Ann, was slapped with several charges on Friday, January 15 on allegations that she fraudulently withdrew funds from a client of the bank between 2020 and 2022.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Jamaica’s Reggae Girlz are currently ranked third in Concacaf, according to the latest edition of the Concacaf Rankings Index.

Prime Minister Andrew Holness says the new Firearms Act is already affecting the psyche of offenders and has resulted in the arrest and charge of more than 80 people for various firearm offences since the law came into effect in November last year.