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Bull Bay a ghost town as coronavirus fears spread

The entire communities of Seven Miles and Eight Miles in Bull Bay on the St Andrew/St Thomas border have been placed under quarantine, initially for two weeks, as Jamaica ramps up efforts to contain the spread of the deadly novel coronavirus (COVID-19). The island’s authorities are also adopting precautionary quarantine procedures in response to a […]

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Jamaican man chops up wife in Trinidad

A 49-year-old Jamaican man who allegedly chopped his wife to death in Trinidad and Tobago was remanded in police custody when he appeared in court there on Monday. The accused, Adrian Byfield, a security guard of Quarry Village, Siparia in the twin-island republic, was charged last Saturday with the murder of his wife, 46-year-old Rachel […]

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American tourist killed in Mobay

As the country’s murder rate continues to spiral out of control, embattled St James police are probing the death of an American man at a small hotel on the Godfrey Dyer Boulevard. The American was scheduled to leave the island yesterday. The police were reportedly summoned after his body was discovered by a member of […]

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Twin sisters from Clarendon missing

An Ananda Alert has been activated for 16-year-old twin sisters Jhanelle and Jhinelle Bryan, of Mitchell Town district in Clarendon, who have been reported missing since Thursday, February 20. Both girls are of dark complexion, slim built and about 5 feet 6 inches tall. Reports from the May Pen police are that the sisters were […]

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TransJamaican Highway Ltd. IPO aims at $11.2 billion windfall

National Road Operating and Constructing Company Limited (“NROCC”), has put up for sale 8 billion shares or a 64 per cent ownership Transjamaican Highway Limited aimed at raising $11.2 billion. The offer, which was uploaded on the Jamaica Stock Exchange earlier today, doubles that of Wigton Windfarm, in which the Government of Jamaica raised $5.5 […]

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Parent arrested for assaulting teacher

Police have arrested a parent who reportedly assaulted a teacher at Dumfries Primary School in St James on Thursday. It is understood that the parent reportedly attacked the teacher because the class teacher did not mark his child’s book. The injured teacher was hospitalised for two days, as she received injuries to the face. The […]

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Ruddy Spencer resigns, setting up interesting by-election

Member of Parliament (MP) for South East Clarendon and State Minister for National Security, the Jamaica Labour Party’s (JLP) Rudyard ‘Ruddy’ Spencer, has resigned from representational politics with immediate effect. The resignation was announced by Speaker of the House of Representatives, Pearnel Charles Snr, on Tuesday. The announcement was followed by glowing tributes to Spencer […]

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