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The Lionel Town police have charged 61-year-old Michael Foster with the murder of 61-year-old Boneta Stewart, otherwise called ‘Mikey Mouse’, a farmer of Cockpit district, Lionel Town, in the parish. Stewart was stabbed to death in his community...
KINGSTON, Jamaica - During the upcoming legislative year, the Government will revise various pieces of health-related legislation for improved care, says Governor-General Sir Patrick Allen. The governor-general, who was delivering the 2024/2025 Throne Speech in the House of Representatives Thursday, said this is key in the strengthening of the health sector. Among the laws that will be revised are the Tobacco Control Bill, which will enable Jamaica to be in...
Holness promises goodies for Trelawny
KINGSTON, Jamaica - Prime Minister Andrew Holness on Tuesday opened the four-lane highway from Harbour View to Yallahs Bridge in St Thomas, which he has dubbed “a corridor of development”. The 17-kilometre (km) roadway represents Part B (ii) of the Southern Coastal Highway Improvement Project (SCHIP), a flagship programme of the Government. Delivering the keynote address at the opening ceremony in Bull Bay, Holness pointed out that this is the...
There was a spate of shootings and murders over the weekend, capping a busy 72-hour period for the island's security forces. According to the latest crime statistics published by the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), 65 persons have been murdered up to January 27 since the start of 2024, a 20 per cent decline when compared to the corresponding period last year. However, shootings, shooting-related injuries and robbery reports have increased,...