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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.
The low pressure system responsible for the unstable weather conditions across the island over the last few days could develop into a tropical storm or depression by Sunday. This is according to the Meteorological Service, Jamaica, which yesterday...
Veteran educator and Franciscan Sister Angella Harris was yesterday hailed as a woman steeped in grace and humility as family, friends, and colleagues and several persons whose lives she touched joined in a memorial service to salute her.
The former principal of Immaculate Conception High in St Andrew and Mount Alvernia High in Montego Bay, St James, was remembered as a sports-loving enthusiast who exemplified simplicity.
Known as a strict disciplinarian who had compassion for those she led, Harris spent more than 25 years in the education system.
A graduate of St Hugh’s High, The University of the West Indies, Sam Sharpe Teachers’ College, and Central Connecticut State University, Harris taught at Hillel Academy for a year before her first stint at Immaculate Conception High as a teacher for five years.
She then moved to Mount Alvernia High, where she taught for 16 years, including her last 10 years as principal, before returning to Immaculate in September 2005 as principal.
Three staff members of SANParks found with fresh rhino horns following a vehicle chase outside Kruger Gate.
The swift action of detectives assigned to the St Andrew Central Division led to the arrest and charge of 42-year-old Kevin Robinson of Stanton Terrace, St Andrew on Friday.\tThe police report that about 2:30 a.m., Robinson allegedly broke into a...
WESTERN BUREAU: A reputed high-ranking member of the feared King Valley Gang who was atop the Westmoreland’s most wanted list was apprehended in a police dragnet at a house in Grange Hill in the parish on Tuesday morning. He has been identified as...
Contender for the presidency of the People’s National Party (PNP), Lisa Hanna, has asserted that healing and rebuilding the political organisation’s internal structures must be done outside of the public’s eyes. “For too long, the PNP, in many...
By DAVID CRARY AP National Writer Among transgender-rights activists, there's a powerful mix of hope and fear heading toward the Nov. 3 election. They're yearning for President Donald Trump's defeat but dreading the possibility that his administration might win four more years and continue targeting them with hostile policies. 'The stakes are extremely high,' said Shannon Minter, a transgender attorney with the National Center for Lesbian Rights. 'It seems clear that President Trump intends to use the full power of the presidency and the executive branch to inflict maximum damage on the transgender community.' Among the administration's moves that have […]
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One of the bullets suspected to have come from the M16 rifle used by 39-year-old Damion Hamilton to murder two cops at an upstairs house in Horizon Park on Friday could have killed Kamika Blake* had she been watching television that morning.
During the exchange of gunfire, approximately 5 a.m., the bullet entered Blake’s home through a living room window, damaging it, as well as a curtain, whatnot, and smart TV.
It is unclear whether Hamilton had an accomplice, but he apparently kicked out windows at the back of the house and leapt out.
After repeated requests from the police to come downstairs, Hamilton refused, The Gleaner understands.
Residents of Horizon Park with whom The Gleaner spoke on Saturday said that Hamilton had rented the Queens Avenue house, along with another man, for some time now.
THE Portland leg of the Southern Coast Highway Improvement Project is continuing at a fast pace despite a $6.6-billion cut in the amount the Government allocated to spend on the massive road programme this fiscal year.
The big ticket items reduced were the amount allocated for the acquisition of land, which has been cut by $2.2 billion, while $4.1 billion has been slashed from the amount allocated for fixed assets for the work, which covers the rehabilitation of approximately 110 kilometres of road between Harbour View in St Andrew and Port Antonio in Portland, and the 26-kilometre thoroughfare from Morant Bay to Cedar Valley in St Thomas.
So far, work has started on the corridor from Audley Crossing in St Thomas to Long Road in Portland, and the road from Manchioneal to Fair Prospect, where preparation — including the clearing of land to widen the roadway, cutting down of overhanging trees, and the gathering of stones to construct retaining walls — is in progress.
“The section from Audley Crossing to Long Road will see a complete rehabilitation for that section of the roadway, construction of adequate drainage, and the installation of new water pipes,” Daryl Vaz, minister without portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, told the Jamaica Observer.
“The corridor from Hectors River to Port Antonio will be fully rehabilitated and fitted with new drainage, new retaining wall, where necessary, construction of new bridges, and installation of new pipelines,” added Vaz.
THE Government is reviewing its decision to reopen Jamaica's rivers and beaches for public use, after finding “flagrant and repeated” breaches of the COVID-19 protocols to minimise the risk of spreading the novel coronavirus.
McKenzie, in a statement to the House of Representatives, said that his ministry has receive detailed reports, and has witnessed “flagrant and repeated” breaches of the critical protocols by large numbers of beach and river-goers.
The Government allowed a phased reopening of beaches and rivers effective Sunday, June 7, allowing people to visit public beaches licensed under the Beach Control Act during the operating hours of 6:00 am to 6:00 pm, and rivers from 6:00 am to 8:00 pm.
McKenzie said then that the relaxation of the restrictions on the beaches and rivers would remain in place for 14 days, after which there would be a review.
He told the House that the Social Development Commission (SDC), which falls under his ministry, had been observing activities at 58 beaches and 65 rivers over the last two weeks.
2020 has been dedicated to the commemoration of 100 years since the termination of the system of indentureship in the Caribbean.
The article Ameena Gafoor Institute to pilot research and scholarship around indentureship appeared first on Stabroek News.
YESTERDAY, nine state ministers were sworn in at King's House in St Andrew to complete the installation of the new Andrew Holness-led Government, ahead of today's opening of Parliament at Jamaica Conference Centre.Jamaica Observer photographers Naphtali Junior and Karl Mclarty captured some of the scenes.
June Jordan was one of the most widely-published and highly-acclaimed African American writers of her generation, poet, playwright and essayist. Jordan was also known for her commitment to human rights and progressive political agenda. Jordan was the only child of Jamaican immigrant parents, Granville Ivanhoe and Mildred Maud Jordan, in Harlem, New York. Her father […]
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...
Hello mi neighbour! Let brotherly love continue. And what is this ‘brotherly love’? My short answer will follow a quick review of eight other types of love. For those who are familiar with them, please bear with me while I establish a foundation to...
The autopsy for 23-year-old Javane Duhaney, who was allegedly shot and killed by a Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) soldier on Bray Street in Kingston on May 9, has been delayed as forensic pathologist Dr Althea Neblett reportedly objected to independent observer retained by the family, Dr Jephthah Ford.
As the family gathered at the Tranquility Funeral Home in Kingston yesterday, eagerly anticipating that the procedure would be conducted so that they could move forward with funeral plans, Neblett reportedly declined to work with Ford.
I will write exactly what I see,” Ford said yesterday.
I don’t take sides, and nobody can bribe me, and I say exactly what I see,” he added, also revealing that he had been contacted by East Kingston and Port Royal Member of Parliament Phillip Paulwell, who asked if he could assist the family.
Ford said that a new date for the post-mortem had not been scheduled.
Those arrested and charged are:
* Kenardo Hunter otherwise called, 30-year-old driver of Tamarind Tree in 9 miles, Bull Bay, St Andrew.
* Ricardo Reid otherwise called Ricky, a 22-year-old driver of Iron Shore Lane in 7 miles, Bull Bay, St Andrew.
* Andrea Needham otherwise called Bella and Scrubs, a 23-year-old truck driver of Gold Coast in 7 miles, Bull Bay, St Andrew.
* Nardia Williams otherwise called Junie, 23-year-old unemployed of Iron Shore Lane in 7 miles, Bull Bay, St Andrew.
* Raulin Williams otherwise called Gangs, a 35-year-old truck driver of Jack Vale, 10 miles in Bull Bay, St Andrew.
Four more people have died from COVID-19 and another death is under investigation, the Ministry of Health and Wellness has reported. \tThis means Jamaica has now recorded 186 deaths from the disease since it's first case on March 10. ...
(Jamaica Gleaner) 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 destroyed their frail house yesterday in Shooters Hill St Andrew, crushing and killing her father.
The article Double tragedy in Jamaica - Father killed, daughter missing after landslide covers house appeared first on Stabroek News.
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.
\tNineteen-year-old Adoniyah Moncrieffe, otherwise called ‘Oneil’, of Upper Fifth Street in St Andrew has been charged with shooting with intent.\tIt is reported that about 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday, June 23, two women were...
While Mark Golding and his campaign director, Dr Angela Brown Burke, were busy ramping up delegate support for the upcoming People’s National Party (PNP) presidential election last week, their constituents – some old and destitute – were occupied...
Two bodies found with their heads severed have been found in St Andrew.\tSuperintendent Aaron Fletcher who heads the St Andrew North Police Division confirmed that the bodies were found on Plum Lane, off Whitehall Avenue about six o...
The police are advising the public that a section of Trafalgar Road in St Andrew has been cordoned due to a motor vehicle collision which resulted in a fire to a utility post.\tThe area cordoned is at the Trafalgar Road, Hope Road and Holborn...
(Jamaica Gleaner) Two bullet-riddled bodies with heads severed, which were found at Plum Lane off Whitehall Avenue in St Andrew, have triggered an intense probe by senior investigators of the Major Investigation Division who are working diligently to piece together whatever evidence or clues they can find to nab the perpetrators of the heinous murders which left the community in shock.
The article Jamaica: Residents horrified as headless, bullet-riddled bodies found appeared first on Stabroek News.
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.
Jamaica has recorded 24 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, pushing the national tally to 1,106.\tThe Ministry of Health and Wellness says 16 of the newly confirmed cases are men and eight are females, with ages ranging from 10 to 71 years....
A 48 year-old farmer has been charged with the rape of a 15 year-old girl in Portland. \tHe was arrested and charged on Friday. \tThe police allege that on July 31 at about 9:00 p.m., the teen was one her way home when she was...
