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PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Trinidad and Tobago on Sunday reiterated its reason for standing apart from its CARICOM neighbours in declining to back a regional position on key security and regional stability issues, including the growing...
The Earthquake Unit at the University of the West Indies, Mona, has confirmed that a minor earthquake with a magnitude of 4.2 was felt across several parishes of Jamaica on Sunday. The epicentre was located eight kilometres south of Buff Bay,...
Acting Inspector of Poor at the Kingston and St Andrew Municipal Corporation, Donna-Gaye Brady, says the Poor Relief Department has been receiving numerous calls from individuals and organisations seeking to streamline their homeless feeding...
The police are advising the public that the Junction main road in the vicinity of Brandon Hill, St Andrew, has become hazardous as trees and other debris are blocking the roadway. In addition, rocks are falling from the hills, posing a risk to...
LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — After nine painful years, and at the 11th time of asking, Manchester United ended its Anfield hoodoo with a 2-1 win against Premier League defending champion Liverpool on Sunday. Harry Maguire's header in the 84th...
Mayor of Savanna-la-Mar, Councillor Danree Delancy, has pledged the full support of the Westmoreland Municipal Corporation to help strengthen Negril’s entertainment sector. Speaking during the recent Entertainment Venues of Negril Press...
LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — Emi Buendia's curling shot sealed a 2-1 comeback win for Aston Villa against Tottenham in the Premier League on Sunday. The victory continued Villa's resurgence after a desperate start to the season and denied Spurs the...
GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands, CMC – The government of the Cayman Islands has released a bill with its planned immigration law amendments, to which the public has until mid-November to respond. A statement by government accompanying the...
PARIS (AP) — In a minutes-long strike Sunday inside the world's most-visited museum, thieves rode a basket lift to the Louvre, forced a window into the Galerie d'Apollon — while tourists pressed shoulder-to-shoulder in the corridors — smashed...
A 48-hour curfew has been imposed in sections of Greenvale, Manchester. The curfew began at 6 p.m. on Saturday and will remain in effect until 6 p.m. on Monday. The boundaries of the curfew are as follows: North: From an area of vegetation at...
A teenage girl is among three people who were arrested in connection with two separate gun and ammunition seizures in St Catherine on Friday. Eighteen-year-old Paiten Israel, otherwise called 'Baby', of Old Harbour, St Catherine, was charged...
Amid US military strikes against vessels in Caribbean waters, CARICOM Heads of Government have reiterated their continued commitment to fighting narcotrafficking and the illegal trade in small arms in the region, but say efforts to overcome these...
A St Ann higgler has been charged with murder following the stabbing death of a man in his community on October 7. He is 37-year-old Junior Campbell, otherwise called ‘Alka’, or ‘Blacka’, of Clampstead in Lime Hall, St Ann. He's accused of...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The two survivors of an American military strike on a suspected drug-carrying vessel in the Caribbean will be sent to Ecuador and Colombia, their home countries, President Donald Trump said Saturday. The military rescued the...
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS) has tightened security across the country to protect citizens and government officials following a US Embassy alert urging Americans to steer clear of US facilities...
One of two suspects who allegedly fired at the St Catherine police after they were intercepted in a stolen vehicle is now in custody while the other is being sought. The police say about 9:40 a.m. Friday, police personnel attached to the Guy...
The St Andrew South police have charged 20-year-old construction worker Romando Simpson, otherwise called ‘Prince’, with murder, possession of prohibited weapon and ammunition and using a firearm to commit a felony following an incident in Cockburn...
Nottingham Forest fired manager Ange Postecoglou around 20 minutes after a 3-0 loss to Chelsea on Saturday and just 39 days after the Australian took over. Postecoglou didn't win any of his eight matches in charge after replacing Nuno Espirito...
The Opposition People's National Party is expressing "grave concern" regarding the application by Senator Tom Tavares-Finson for a fiat to prosecute Mayor of Spanish Town Norman Scott. In a media release Saturday morning, the PNP said it would...
A 25-year-old woman has been charged in connection with the murder of 14-year-old Pembroke Hall High School Terona Thomas, otherwise called ‘Tee-Tee', in Olympic Gardens, St Andrew in April. Daniela Morrison, a contractor of Waltham Park Road in...
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A stampede at a football stadium Friday during the state funeral service for Kenya’s former Prime Minister Raila Odinga killed two people and injured more than 100 others. Kenyans had turned out in large numbers to mourn...
The US Treasury Department slapped sanctions on the former head of Haitian presidential security when the leader of the Caribbean nation was assassinated, and the leader of a Haitian gang Friday. The agency said the two men supported a coalition...
Alleged St James gang leader Shamarah Forrester, otherwise called ‘Toots’, who the police believe is the head of a robbery syndicate, has been remanded for return to the Western Regional Gun Court on November 13. Forrester, who is charged with...
The police are advising the public that the main road in Cave Valley, St Ann, which leads to Spaldings, Clarendon, is currently impassable. This is due to the heavy downpour of rain and rising water levels in the area. Therefore, the commuting...
As police departments around the United States report a surge in 3D-printed firearms turning up at crime scenes, gun safety advocates and law enforcement officials are warning that a new generation of untraceable weapons could soon eclipse the “...
The Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) is reporting that the ongoing problem of a lack of electricity being experienced in Rocky Point, Clarendon is due to outages caused by widespread electricity theft from streetlights. In a media release on...
The police are advising the public that the Bog Walk Gorge in St Catherine is impassable amid the inclement weather. The police are reporting that fallen boulders and rising water levels are blocking the roadway. Motorists are being advised to...
Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Desmond McKenzie, has pledged to address concerns at the Clarendon Drop-in Centre to ensure that the facility adequately meets the needs of the parish’s homeless population. He gave this...
As Jamaicans prepare to celebrate the upcoming Heroes’ Day holiday, the Urban Development Corporation (UDC) is appealing to the public to put safety first as they travel and enjoy the island’s attractions over the long weekend. “We want this...
Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness says data from Jamaica’s 2022 Population and Housing Census will help the Government determine the true scope of the country’s social housing needs and the resources needed to tackle the issue. The preliminary...
