NWC: Scheduled Water Disruption for St. Andrew
As the National Water Commission continues the Jamaica Water Supply Improvement Project (JWSIP) works in sections of St. Andrew, customers served by the Constant Spring Treatment Plant will experience...
View ArticleFOUR Curfews Imposed in St. Andrew Communities
FOUR curfews imposed in St Andrew communities last night will remain in effect until 6:00 p.m. today. The boundaries of the curfews are as follows: UPPER IVY ROAD, ELGIN ROAD AND LYNDHURST ROAD NORTH:...
View ArticleFive Dead in West Kingston Shooting Incident
Five persons have been shot and killed in the West Kingston Area. It’s reported that a 13yr old Female Student is among the dead. Reports are that this incident is not related to today’s local...
View ArticleCurfews Imposed on Several Parishes
The police have imposed several curfews in East Kingston, St Andrew Central, St Catherine North, Westmoreland and St James, as they try to control crime in these divisions. The curfews began last...
View Article4.8 Magnitude Earthquake Felt in Jamaica
A 4.8 Magnitude earthquake occurred at 03:34: AM this morning, 102 km NNE of Port Maria, Saint Mary, and 140 km (87 miles) NNE (17°) from KINGSTON, Jamaica. The quake was reportedly felt in sections of...
View ArticleWoman Killed in Cassava Piece Shooting
Residents of Cassava Piece in St. Andrew are now protesting the killing of a woman, allegedly by the police, this morning. The woman has been identified as Dianne Gordon, 45, who was shot in her yard...
View ArticleVideo: ‘Grizzly Big Boar’ Found in Tivoli
The Jamaica Constabulary Force found three high powered weapons during an operation in the West Kingston community of Tivoli Gardens on Saturday June 9 2012. Amongst the find were 600 rounds of...
View ArticleBMW X6 Driver Case Postponed
The murder case involving St. Andrew business man Patrick Powell has been put off until September 17. A trial date is expected to be set when the case is called up on that day. Powell is charged with...
View ArticleDonald ‘Zeeks’ Phipps Loses Appeal at Privy Council
INCARCERATED Matthews Lane don, Donald ‘Zeeks’ Phipps lost his appeal against a double murder conviction in the Privy Council yesterday. Phipps was sentenced to life for the April 2005 murders of...
View ArticleVybz Kartel Remains Remanded
ENTERTAINER Vybz Kartel and four of his five fellow murder accused were yesterday remanded into police custody when they appeared in the Home Circuit Court. The men were all remanded until July 20 when...
View ArticleX6 Murder Case Pushed to February 2013
Patrick Powell the businessman charged with murder for the shooting death of Kingston College student Khajeel Mais is to be tried in the Home Circuit Court next year February. The trial, which is set...
View ArticleGospel Banned on JUTC Buses
The JAMAICA Urban Transit Company Limited has applied the brake on the practice of lay preachers using the public transportation system as their platform to spread the Gospel. Robert Lawson, a blind...
View ArticleWidespread Water Lock-offs For The Corporate Area
There will be widespread water lock-offs in the Corporate Area this week due to work being done at three of the National Water Commission’s largest supply systems – Mona, Constant Spring and the Hope...
View Article[Video] Busy Signal Tells Tales of US Jail
Dancehall artiste Glendale ‘Busy Signal’ Gordon on Wednesday November 21 recounted his experience in a US jail on charges of absconding bail. The artiste was speaking a press conference at Devon House...
View ArticleWater Supply Disruption in Corporate Area
The National Water Commission (NWC) says customers served by the Constant Spring Treatment Plant will experience a disruption in their water supply between 9 o’clock tonight and 4 a.m tomorrow and then...
View ArticleBusy Signal Faces Court on Passport Charges
Dancehall entertainer Busy Signal who was deported to the island last year is due in the Corporate Area Criminal Court Tuesday. The artiste, who spent time in a US prison, was recently charged by the...
View ArticleBMW X6 Driver Murder Trial Begins Today
The murder trial of businessman Patrick Powell is set to get underway in the Home Circuit Court today. Powell is accused of the 2011 killing of schoolboy Khajeel Mais. Mais was fatally shot on July 1,...
View ArticleX6 Murder Trial Pushed Back To July 1
The murder trial of businessman Patrick Powell has been pushed back to July 1. The trial should have started in the Home Circuit Court this morning. Powell is accused of the 2011 killing of schoolboy...
View ArticleWater Disruptions to Affect Corporate Area
The National Water Commission (NWC) says over the next three days several sections of the Corporate Area will be without water, as it carries out work on the Ferry Hill Tanks in St. Andrew. The NWC...
View ArticleChristopher “Dawg Paw” Linton Gets 15 Years
Reputed leader of the Dawg Paw gang Christopher Linton has been sentenced to 15 years in prison following his conviction on gun related charges last month before the Gun Court. One of his cronies,...
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