Jamaican man is now in jail in Antigua after the body of a 54-year-old government employee, Althea Henry, was discovered at her house with machete wounds. The man, according to media reports, turned himself in to the police. He had previously been charged with the attempted murder of the same woman in 2017, according to […]
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NINE COVID-19 DEATHS IN JAMAICA ON TUESDAY
Jamaica on Tuesday recorded nine COVID-19 deaths, pushing the tally to 631. The deceased are: A 47-year-old male from Kingston and St Andrew A 62-year-old male from St Mary A 56-year-old male from St James A 55-year-old male from Westmoreland A 73-year-old male from St James A 98-year-old female from Clarendon An 87-year-old male from […]
Read MoreWounded robber turns up at hospital, arrested
Detectives from the Manchester Police Division have arrested and charged a man with robbery with aggravation, illegal possession of a firearm, illegal possession of ammunition and shooting with intent following a robbery in the parish on Saturday, March 27. A co-accused of the suspect, 22-year-old Jordane Brown of Mount Pleasant district, Balaclava, St Elizabeth, was […]
Read MoreANOTHER ONE: Bloody Good Friday in St. Thomas
CLAUDE MILLS/EDITOR A St. Thomas man chopped a woman to death and then hanged himself in an incident that shocked residents that a murder-suicide could have occurred on the most holiest of days – Good Friday. “A man chopped up a woman at about 9:55 a.m. today and then the man hanged himself,” a representative […]
Read More68 Y-0 tour operator killed during curfew
The body of a tour operator was found with chop and stab wounds on Middle Street in Exchange near Ocho Rios, St Ann during the island-wide lockdown on the weekend. The deceased has been identified as 68-year-old Wentworth Pearson, alias ‘Wenty’, of Middle Street in Exchange. Reports are that on Saturday, March 27 at about […]
Read MoreJamaican national first to test positive for UK COVID-19 variant in Grenada
A Jamaican national who went to Grenada earlier this month has been confirmed as the island’s first case of the United Kingdom strain of COVID-19. Acting Chief Medical Office, Dr Shawn Charles, said on Tuesday that the Jamaican man in his 20s, who arrived on March 8, tested positive after five days in the country.
Read MoreEarthquake rattles Jamaica
An earthquake was felt in parts of Jamaica this morning. The Earthquake Unit at the University of the West Indies says the quake measured 3.4 and was located at approximately five kilometres south of Port Antonio, Portland. The unit said that it occurred at 6:10 a.m and had a focal depth of four kilometres. The […]
Read MoreSIX DEATHS TODAY FROM COVID-19
Jamaica yesterday recorded 147 new cases of COVID-19 and nine new patient deaths — six classified as COVID-related and three under investigation. This brings the total number of confirmed cases to 21,826, of which 8,163 are active and the confirmed COVID death toll to 405. According to the Ministry of Health and Wellness, the latest […]
Read MoreDouble murder in May Pen, Clarendon
There was a double murder in the community of Race Track on the outskirts of May Pen in Clarendon early this morning. Dead are 55-year-old Careen Walters, otherwise called ‘Paula’, a security guard; and a man known only as ‘Jermaine’, both of Sunset Gardens in Race Track. The May Pen Police told our news team […]
Read MoreAre party promoters endangering Jamaica with maskless parties in Florida?
One876entertainment.com understands that Jamaican promoters are hosting parties in Florida which exploit a loophole which allows Jamaican residents to return to the island without having to show a negative COVID-19 test. Jamaican professional event planners who refuse to let COVID-19 kill their hustle on music shows are using South Florida’s world-famous party culture to make […]
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