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EFFORTS to find 15-year-old Sanique Leachman, who is suspected to have died after a major landslide in Shooter's Hill, Bull Bay, St Andrew, flattened the home she shared with her father, Romeo Leachman, continued up to press time last night.
Many people have been killed since clashes began on Monday. Scores too had been killed in the run up to the vote as protestors marched against Conde's bid for a third term.
Jamaica has recorded 14 more imported COVID cases pushing the overall total to 652.
Six are non-residents – with five of them staying in St James and one in Westmoreland.
Two are from St Ann, two from Kingston and St Andrew, and one each from Manchester, Clarendon, St Catherine and St Mary.
There are now 184 active cases – one of them critical and one moderate.
Fifteen-year-old Saneeka Leechman, a student of The Queen’s School in Kingston, was making plans to surprise her father, 42-year-old Romeo Leechman, on his upcoming birthday, but this will never come to pass as a land slippage caused by heavy rains...
The State’s Attorney race in Cook County is a hotly contested one. The Cook County State’s Attorney’s office serves as legal counsel for the county’s government agencies and public officials. Prosecuting crimes committed in Cook County, the State’s Attorney’s office is the 2nd largest prosecutor’s office in the nation and is divided into seven bureaus: … Continued
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Daryl Vaz, the minister with responsibility for the environment, has admitted that he knew the “sensitivity” of his position in government when he offered to lease lands bordering the protected Holywell National Forest Park in St Andrew to build a private cabin.
Vaz has been forced to come public following a Jamaica Observer report today in which the caretakers of the park raised concerns that the National Land Agency (NLA) was leasing lands within the buffer zone of the Blue and John Crow Mountains National Park, a world heritage site.
In Photo: A section of the Holywell National Forest Park in St Andrew
Vaz said his initial 2019 application for the 7.7-acre property was approved by the Forestry Department but a divestment committee later decided that the land should be advertised.
The Jamaica Conservation and Development Trust, which manages Holywell, wrote to the NLA on June 11 objecting to the lease offer, noting that the proposed land is one of the few remaining sites in the area \"under good forest cover and will require the clearing of trees\".
It also noted that the land was within the area submitted by the National Environment and Planning Agency for expansion of the Holywell recreational area.
Comedy Central announced that Trevor Noah would take over as host of The Daily Show after Jon Stewart leaves the show in late 2015 or early 2016.
Noah, 31, is a South African comedian, actor and writer who had become a recurring guest on Stewart’s show since appearing for the first time in December 2014. Though he’s a bonafide star in South Africa, Noah is little-known in the United States and was a something of a surprising choice to host what has become an iconic and important American TV program.
Within 48 hours of the network’s announcement, Noah was already in trouble for tweets he had posted over the years that some claimed were offensive to women, Jews and minorities. Noah’s mother is half Jewish, a black South African, and his father is white and of Swiss-German descent.
To reduce my views to a handful of jokes that didn’t land is not a true reflection of my character, nor my evolution as a comedian, he tweeted in response to the criticism.
A South African citizen of Noah’s talent will have little trouble landing a work visa from U.S. immigration officials — perhaps a P visa that’s often used for performers, entertainers or professional athletes.
Most major league baseball players, for example, come to the United States to on an O-1 or P-1 visa. The O visa is for immigrants who demonstrate “extraordinary ability” in some field, for example, science, the arts or professional sports.
The O visa generally is for all-star caliber athletes.
Once he gets set up at Comedy Central, it should be a relatively easy matter for Noah to get a green card and attain legal permanent residency. U.S. immigration officials are ready to give status to foreign nationals with extraordinary talents that will contribute to the U.S. economy, as well as culture and the arts.
Prominent South Africans who have come here and ultimately earned their U.S. citizenship include recording star Dave Matthews, Academy Award-winning actress Charlize Theron and inventor/entrepreneur Elon Musk. Other well-known South Africans who live much
Western Bureau: Hanover, which was the last parish to record a case of the coronavirus in Jamaica, took a direct hit yesterday as the family court in the parish had to be closed because of positive COVID-19 cases at the facility. A press release...
The district superintendent called it “incomprehensible.\"
Prime Minister Andrew Holness has announced a Zone of Special Operation (ZOSO) in Greenwich Town, St Andrew.
In making the announcement a short while ago, Holness said the move is to improve safety and security in the area, which he noted is facing increasing gang-related violence.
Holness said despite a reduction in other crimes, the area is still plagued by murders and shootings.
Meanwhile, Police Commissioner Major General Antony Anderson disclosed that for the first six months of the year, there were seven murders in Greenwich Town including two double murders.
He said in Denham Town, for example, there have been a 30 per cent reduction in murders and a 60 per cent reduction in shootings.
Thirty-four party goers who were charged for breaching the Disaster Risk Management Act on Heroes' Day last Monday in St Catherine, are to appear in court on November 24. \tThe police allege that the patrons ...
Eight-six-year-old Lucius Nathaniel Binns was a picture of happiness after receiving a mattress, courtesy of the St Catherine North police.
Binns, who lives in a dilapidated, board-and-zinc structure, was thankful, but still needs more help.
I was born in St Andrew; can’t remember anything else, but dis is where mi is now,” said Binns.
He does get some help from residents like Rochelle Bryan, who has known Binns since 1990.
“I try to help him by carrying water and food, but he needs help, so we are thankful for the police assistance so far,” Bryan said.
A Royal African Company ship that carried more African slaves to the Americas than any other institution in the history of the Atlantic... View Article
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While new concerns looming about the nation’s capacity to contain a fresh outbreak of COVID-19 with the gradual reopening of the island’s borders, Errol Greene, the regional director of the Western Regional Health Authority (WRHA), believes his administration is in a state of readiness to give of its best.
In an interview with The Gleaner on Tuesday, Greene said that although the opening of Jamaica’s ports to visitors and returning nationals is outside his administration’s control, the WRHA is doing all it can to put itself in a position to respond to whatever situation may arise.
The WRHA boss stated that among the measures being utilised to curtail the spread of the coronavirus is the geofencing technology, which is being used to monitor persons entering Jamaica’s borders to ensure that they adhere to quarantine guidelines.
We also have a team of persons who give literature to everyone coming in through the region’s ports, whether through Montego Bay or Falmouth, to tell them how to protect themselves,” explained Greene.
While noting the possibility of travellers entering the island with the virus, Greene said the health authorities must continue to be thorough in the fight against COVID-19.
Opposition People's National Party President Dr Peter Phillips will address councillors and caretakers today, as speculation arises that an election is near.
Dr Phillips will deliver the main address at the Mico University College after the councillors and caretakers meet in a closed-door session, which PNP officials said would be brief.
There has been heightened speculation that Prime Minister Andrew Holness will announce the date of a general election within weeks.
The constitutional due date for the next general election is end of February 2021, and there has also been suggestions for Jamaica to hold the general election and the municipal election (formerly parish council election) at the same time, which would be a historic move.
It is expected that Dr Phillips will put all councillors and caretakers on alert, and urge them to complete projects still left hanging in their respective municipalities, before an election of any form is called.
The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) says countries in the Americas, including the Caribbean, must maintain vaccination and epidemiological surveillance against poliomyelitis during the COVID-19 pandemic in order to prevent...
Minister of Local Government and Rural Development Desmond McKenzie has ordered the closure of 420 Hookah Lounge Jamaica, located at Manor Park Plaza in Kingston, for breaching the Disaster Risk Management Act.\tTwo employees from the...
Splash!A motorist makes quite a splash yesterday as the vehicle goes through water that had settled alongside the Jamaica Information Service headquarters on Half-Way-Tree Road in St Andrew.(Photos: Naphtali Junior & Karl Mclarty)Gushing water is seen at a section of Shooter's Hill in St Andrew, yesterday.A section of a road in Shooters Hill, St Andrew, is blocked by a landslide yesterday, after hours of persistent rainfall.
Twenty-six-year-old Kemar Whyte, otherwise called ‘Brief Man’, a scrap metal worker of Riverton Meadows, St Andrew has been charged with robbery with aggravation and illegal possession of firearm.
The police report that about 9:30 a.m., on Friday, October 4, 2019, Whyte and another man allegedly held up the complainant and robbed him of his properties, including $250,000.
Whyte was subsequently arrested and charged on Tuesday.
(Jamaica Gleaner) ALTHOUGH IT has been 14 years since his five-year-old daughter was mowed down by a gunshot as she stood waiting on her dad, the pain is still fresh for Sheckton Hudson.
Hudson even drives around with the clothes Shayna was wearing on that fateful day.
Sighing deeply as he stared blankly in the open on Monday, Hudson said that his daughter died on April 25, 2006, in Kingston shortly after he had promised to bring her a ribbon after losing hers.
Can’t believe a my daughter where me and her just talk,” Hudson told The Gleaner.
People might see it most time and say why him always have on that, but them don’t know,” said Hudson.
THE Zimbabwe national cricket team is seeking inspiration from past failure as it embarks on a tour of Pakistan where it will play three important one-day internationals (ODIs) against the hosts as well as the same number of T-20 Internationals. BY KEVIN MAPASURE Zimbabwe missed out on the 2019 International Cricket Council World Cup in England following a heartbreak that saw the team unexpectedly losing to minnows United Arab Emirates in a match the country needed to win to clinch one of two play-off tickets to the global party. The then Heath Streak-coached side found itself having to go through the rigours of the play-offs after failing to make it among the top seven sides in the ODI rankings. Having learnt from past experience, this time the team is aiming to make it among the automatic qualifiers on Pakistani soil. Ahead of the series, Zimbabwe Cricket’s mantra has centred on earning an automatic World Cup spot and captain Chamu Chibhabha has stressed the point at every opportunity. “Its very crucial for us to play really well. Super League games are very important when you consider the fact that we have to qualify for the World Cup,” Chibhabha said after the team’s training session on Wednesday. “We would rather qualify directly as opposed to having to play in the qualifiers because that’s a lot of pressure.” For him, the qualifiers are a dangerous route to try and qualify from where they have to face lesser sides that will be playing with freedom, while a full-member side will be carrying the weight of expectation, which can be destructive as Zimbabwe discovered at Harare Sports Club in 2018. Zimbabwean cricketers acknowledge that they launch their campaign in the tough conditions of the Asian flat wickets, but they retain the confidence that they can upset the odds and pull off some important wins. “We would love to get a couple of wins under our belts which makes life easier for us to qualify for the World Cup,” Chibhabha said. Chibhabha is one of six players that toured Pakistan in 2015 and he was the highest run scorer for Zimbabwe in the ODIs despite him experiencing the heartbreak of falling for 99 in one of the matches. “From our experience in 2015, we know we are going to play on a flat wicket — some might have spin on them, slow and turning, but we are expecting a lot of runs on the board in the series,” he said. “Obviously, it’s going to be hot, but it’s not as bad as we expected. We will be playing day-night matches, so dew is going to be a huge factor.” The first ODI will be played on October 30 and the last two will be contested on November 1 and 3. Zimbabwe has got a lot of experience among its ranks, with Brendan Taylor coming in as one of the players that were not part of the 2015 tour. In 2015, Taylor had just started on a Kolpak contract in England, while Test skipper Sean Williams was part of the previous trip. It seems former skipper Elton Chigumbura is in a last chance saloon, having struggled with injuries in the last couple of years. He was one of the stand-out performers in the last ser
The Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) says it continues to make significant strides in its streetlight repair programme following intense weeks of remedial works. \tThe company says it repaired over 1,700 lamps islandwide up the end of...
With the measures implemented to curtail the spread of the novel coronavirus putting the breaks on many activities, including graduations, Dunrobin Primary School in St Andrew got creative to be able to still give their graduands a ceremony yesterday.Instead of the customary gathering, the school hosted a drive-through graduation on its compound, which saw grade six students collecting their packages and moving on.
Hundreds attended a rally by Seif Sharif Hamad of the opposition Alliance for Change and Transparency, ahead of Tanzania's general election on Wednesday.
Hamad is vying for the presidency of Zanzibar, a semi-autonmous archipelago ruled by Dar-es-salaam.
But Zanzibar, just as mainland Tanzania has been hostile ground for the opposition. Just before Hamad's rally, the party's chief campaigner on the island went missing before re-emerging on Sunday afternoon.
Nassor Ahmed Mazrui was allegedly abducted by unknown people who held him captive for five hours.
The opposition is hoping to unseat president John Magufuli, who since coming to power in 2015, has stifled political and civil liberties according to activists.
\"Life is tough and the union is really crushing us, they don’t give any right to Zanzibarians, they only break us Zanzibarians. It prevents Zanzibar from having a good life and [from] growing,\" said Sherif Moussa Faki, bus driver and opposition supporter.
The opposition, headed by Tundu Lissu- the Chadema presidential candidate, hopes to turn the anger of supporters like Faki into votes.
President Magufuli's Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) party has dominated Tanzanian politics since independence.
Twenty seven (27) million people are eligible to vote on Wednesday.
Magufuli has promised to create jobs for Tanzania's youth by stepping up investment in infrastructure projects.
Lissu on the other hand has promised to tackle corruption, draft a new constitution and to deregulate business and foreign investment.
Both the opposition and ruling party camps have been holding big rallies without concerns for the pandemic. President Magufuli has said there's no virus in the East African country.
Last week, the National Youth Parliament Surrey County successfully donated over 1,350 books to schools across Portland and St Thomas. Organised by county coordinator, David Salmon, and his deputy, Nahjae Nunes, this project represented a...
SOME of the country's major private sector groups yesterday jointly urged the Government to remove 'all duties and taxes' on digital devices for at least two years.
KwaZulu-Natal police have arrested seven suspects following shootings at two schools in the province. Another suspect was shot dead when police attempted to apprehend him.
