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Determined US couple tied the knot on first visit to Jamaica
The American couple, on their first trip to Jamaica, tied the knot yesterday at Sandals Montego Bay, one of the first resorts to reopen after the country closed its borders in March as part of measures to contain the spread of the dreaded coronavirus disease 2019
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Taxi operator captured after second hit-and-run | News | Jamaica Gleaner
The taxi operator who was named as a person of interest in January and a suspect in the hit-and-run incident of an on-duty policeman at the intersection of Trafalgar Road and Worthington Avenue in Kingtson has been captured after six months on the...
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Wrongfully Convicted Inmate That WNBA Star Maya Moore Put Career On Hold For Has Been Released After Serving 22 Years
Wrongfully Convicted Inmate That WNBA Star Maya Moore Put Career On Hold For Has Been Released After Serving 22 Years
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Durkan, Best Announce Initial Actions To Transform SPD and Reimagine Community Safety - The Seattle Medium
Durkan and Best are proposing an initial set of SPD civilian functions that will be transferred out of the department. These transfers result in a $55.7 million reduction to the SPD budget in
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Trinidad's police commissioner says foreign assassins paid to kill him
TRINIDAD (CMC):  Police Commissioner Gary Griffith says he is aware of plans to assassinate him using foreign killers but said he is not perturbed and would continue his job to deal with the criminal elements in Trinidad and Tobago. Addressing...
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Immigration Corner | Applying for an extended family visa
Dear Mr Bassie, I am thinking of spending some quality time in the United Kingdom (UK), possibly six or seven months, with a family member. Will I need a special visa to be there for this period? Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. – M.F...
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Immigration Corner | When and how to apply for immigration bail
Dear Mr Bassie, My relative is in the United Kingdom and has an immigration issue. She claims that she has a good chance of getting bail. I would like to know if it is possible to apply for bail in this type of matter. – L.U. Dear L.U., Persons...
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Perilous prisons - Correctional facilities most dangerous for sick, mentally ill inmates
More than 400 inmates have been injured in violent altercations inside Jamaica’s prisons since 2018, and more than half of them have had to be taken outside the facilities for emergency medical attention. Many did not survive. At the same time,...
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Jamaican track pioneer Isis Clarke-Reid dies at 100
(Jamaica Gleaner) Jamaica’s first track and field star, Isis Clarke-Reid, died at her Port St Lucie, Florida, home on Monday, June 8, after a brief
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Political activism cricketers’ own decision – Holding - Stabroek News
(Jamaica Gleaner) Former Windies fast bowler, now pundit, Michael Holding, has commented on whether cricketers should use their platform to speak up on racial injustice. The article Political activism cricketers’ own decision – Holding appeared first on Stabroek News.
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Corporate Hands | JEP fêtes Old Harbour residents at health fair
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Jamaican Dancehall artiste Rygin King shot, girlfriend killed
(Jamaica Gleaner) Popular Montego Bay dancehall entertainer Rygin King was shot and seriously injured during a gun attack in Struie district, Westmoreland, on Sunday while a woman, identified as his girlfriend, was
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The fascinating rites of Sambia people where boys drink semen of older men to become warriors
A war- like tribe, the society has sharply delineated roles of men and women and the very fact of men being born of women is cause to undergo the blood initiation supervised by the men’s secret society to even be considered a potential suitor by the
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Mutare jailbird gets another year for prison break
An inmate at Mutare Farm Prison was yesterday sentenced to 12 months for escaping from lawful custody. BY KENNETH NYANGANI Forgive Zimunya appeared before Mutare magistrate Notebulgah Muchineripi charged with escaping from lawful custody. Prosecutor Chris Munyuku told the court that Zimunya was
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NA man gets $300,000 bail over fatal beer fight - Stabroek News
A New Amsterdam man accused of fatally stabbing, Nickosie Vankenie over a Guinness beer on July 3rd, was yesterday placed on $300,000 bail at the New Amsterdam Magistrate’s Court after he was charged with
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Big rush on
BLACK RIVER, St Elizabeth Executive director of Legal Aid Council (LAC) Hugh Faulkner says the council will be moving swiftly to file for the release of more mentally ill detainees who have been incarcerated for decades without trial.
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SA faced with double storm of Covid-19 and hunger, warns Zulu | News24
"We need to respond as quickly as we possibly can, we need to be agile. The storm is here and there isn’t time," she said.
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Prayers Up: Naya Rivera Is Identified As Body Found In California Lake
The actress was found after going missing for five days in Lake Piru.
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Jamaican teen hailed as hero after rescuing elderly man from fire - Stabroek News
(Jamaica Gleaner) A teen from the Kilmarnock district in St Elizabeth is being hailed as a hero after running inside a burning building to rescue an elderly man with a physical disability. The article Jamaican teen hailed as hero after rescuing elderly man from fire appeared first on Stabroek News.
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Jamaica: Alleged cop killer gunned down
(Jamaica Gleaner) THE MAN said to be responsible for the brutal gun attack that left two policemen dead and two others in critical condition in hospital is now
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Jonathan Irons Walks Out of Prison a Free Man, Thanks to Support from WNBA Star Maya Moore Who Put Career on Hold to Help
WNBA star Maya Moore scored a lot of victories in her professional basketball career, but none may be as significant as the victory she helped secure for
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Prison infection rates climbing as calls for release of mothers grow
There have been eight deaths from within the prison system, and calls for mothers with children behind bars to be released are growing.
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Jamaica Governor General suspends use of insignia depicting black man as 'Satan'
(Jamaica Gleaner) Governor General Sir Patrick Allen has suspended personal use of the controversial insignia of the Order of St Michael and St
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Jamaica: Dad longs for lost child 14 years later
(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
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California shuts bars, indoor dining and most gyms, churches | The Atlanta Voice
Bars and inside restaurant dining are banned throughout California, while indoor religious services, gyms and hair and nail salons are again off-limits in most of the state, Gov. Gavin Newsom said Monday in issuing a sweeping set of closures to head off surging coronavirus cases and
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Jamaican employee accuses Japanese Embassy of unfair treatment - Stabroek News
(Jamaica Gleaner) A Jamaican who was formerly employed to the Embassy of Japan in Kingston is seeking redress for the “unfair treatment” meted out to them by the embassy. The article Jamaican employee accuses Japanese Embassy of unfair treatment appeared first on Stabroek News.
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Outrage over police shooting of unarmed Jamaican in New Jersey - Stabroek News
(Jamaica Gleaner) Jamaican community leaders in the Northeast Diaspora area are demanding answers from the New Jersey District Attorney General’s Office and the New Jersey State Police about the circumstances surrounding the killing of Maurice Gordon by a New Jersey state
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Guilty until proven innocent - Incarcerated mentally ill persons given a raw deal, says psychiatrist
Psychiatrist Dr Geoffrey Walcott says the problem of mentally ill persons being held in prisons for decades without sentence is rooted in a system that forces such persons to prove not only their innocence, but that they will not commit further...
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Downtown Atlanta Jail To Be Repurposed Into Justice And Equity Center - Blavity
Designers are working to transform an Atlanta jail into a social equity and justice center.
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Holness administration declined UK prison offer, Phillips asserts
Leader of the Opposition, Dr Peter Phillip, says he strongly rejects claims from Prime Minister Andrew Holness that the United Kingdom prison offer to Jamaica was implicitly refused by the People’s National Party (PNP) administration....
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