Leaders of two major business lobbies have expressed optimism about the sharp decline in murders and other serious crimes in 2023 and hope maintenance of that trajectory will boost the economy.
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Tuesday, 24 January 2023 15:28
87-year-old woman dead after gunmen shot up her house and set it ablaze
An 87-year-old woman died from injuries she received after her house was set ablaze by gunmen on Monday.
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Saturday, 21 January 2023 13:26
Jamaican pleads guilty to killing girlfriend in US
BURLINGTON, Vermont (AP) — A Jamaican-born man charged with killing his live-in girlfriend in 2018 then fleeing to the island where he evaded authorities for nearly two years pleaded guilty Friday to second-degree murder and was sentenced to 20 years to life in prison.
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Saturday, 21 January 2023 12:59
Life sentence/28 years for St. Mary man who killed two US missionaries
Dwight Henry, the St Mary man who pleaded guilty earlier this month to killing two United States missionaries in the parish six years ago, has been sentenced to life imprisonment for the crimes.
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Thursday, 19 January 2023 12:57
UK resident shot and killed in Manchester
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.
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Monday, 16 January 2023 10:57
45 years to life: Gov't proposes harsher penalties for murder
The Jamaican Government is moving to change the penalty for murder.
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Friday, 06 January 2023 10:04
Former cop charged with murder nine years after fatal shooting
A former policeman has been charged with murder following an investigation into a case in which a man was shot dead during a joint police/military operation nine years ago.
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