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After a two-year hiatus, reggae artiste Queen Kamarla has decided to bring back her Stop The Crime and Violence concert to Jamaica. The event, which was created by the artiste to promote peace and unity in volatile areas, was first staged in...
KINGSTON, Jamaica - The Government says it has set aside $1 billion to complete activities under the Integrated Community Development Project (ICDP) II during the 2024/25 fiscal year. According to a release on Thursday, the project, being implemented by the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), seeks to enhance access to basic urban infrastructure and services, and contribute towards increased community safety in selected economically vulnerable and socially volatile communities in...
There is heavy enforcement of security protocols at three of the polling stations in the often volatile August Town where supporters in the St Andrew East constituency have been slowly filing in from morning. At August Town Primary School, police...
Tough-talking Venesha Phillips, the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) candidate for the Papine division in East St Andrew, was whipped yesterday by 259 votes in the 2021 local government elections, signalling a massive blow to her ego and the JLP’s...
ST ANDREW, Jamaica— The police have refuted accusations made by residents in August Town, St Andrew into the events surrounding Wednesday’s shooting and injuring of a man in the community. The residents on Thursday mounted road blocks in protest of the shooting. They claimed that the police who reportedly shot and injured the man were not wearing uniform and entered the community in an unmarked vehicle. The residents added that...