Pele is in hospital after collapsing due to exhaustion, preventing him from travelling to London for an engagement this weekend, the English Football Writers Association (FWA) revealed on Friday. The 77-year-old, a three-time World Cup winner, collapsed on Thursday according to the FWA and is being monitored in hospital in...
As the Government continues its fight against crime, a curfew has been imposed in sections of Spanish Town, St Catherine. The curfew which began at 6:00 Thursday evening, will remain in force until 6:00 pm Saturday. View below for the boundaries of the curfew: - North along the Twickenham main road from the...
A man was arrested following the seizure of a firearm and several rounds of ammunition in Duhaney Park, Kingston 20 on Wednesday. According to the Hunts Bay police station, a search was conducted at a premises about 5:00 pm and one Springfield 9mm pistol and seven 9mm rounds of ammunition...
A 50-year-old contractor died on Wednesday as a result of injuries he received in a motor vehicle crash on the Bull Point main road in Ocho Rios, St Ann. The deceased has been identified as Fitzroy Fletcher of a Steer Town address in the parish. According reports, Fletcher was driving a...
A high-powered rifle and several rounds of ammunition was found in the Flankers, St James on Thursday afternoon. The seizure comes just moments after Prime Minister Andrew Holness declared a state of public emergency for the parish. According to reports, members of the military and police force went into unoccupied building in the area and found the...
A second of four victims who were shot and injured during a home invasion on Foga Road in May Pen, Clarendon has died in hospital. The deceased has been identified as Omar Grant. Grant is the second of four victims to die in hospital after 45-year-old Patrina Edwards died two days...
Prime Minister Andrew Holness has declared that his Government is now prepared to take firm and decisive measures to address Jamaica's alarming crime problem. The Prime Minister made the declaration during Fontana Pharmacy's 50 anniversary in Madeville recently. “We have reached the point where we are prepared to take these firm...
The St Thomas woman who was arrested and charged last year following the emergence of a viral video showing her beating her 12-year-old daughter with a machete looks set to know her fate next month. The 40-year-old mother, Doreen Dyer, was arrested and charged after a video depicting her beating...