Prime Minister Andrew Holness says Jamaica is now officially not under threat from a Tsunami. Holness made the statement on social media shortly after a warning was issued for the island along with Honduras,The Cayman Islands, Puerto Rico, Mexico, Honduras, Cuba and Belize following a magnitude 7.6 earthquake that struck in the Caribbean Sea on Tuesday night. Following a...
A Tsunami warning has been issued for Honduras,The Cayman Islands, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Mexico, Honduras, Cuba and Belize following a magnitude 7.6 earthquake that struck in the Caribbean Sea on Tuesday night. The quake was recorded between the coast of Honduras and the Cayman Islands. There were no early reports of damage on land. Tsunami warning centers...
A New Jersey woman is now counting her lucky stars after a store clerk's mistake and her own kind-hearted decision not to point it out made her a millionaire. Oksana Zarahov, a 46-year-old mother of two from Edgewater in Bergen County, won the lottery after deciding to buy a $1...
It’s so cold in Florida that iguanas are falling from their perches in suburban trees. Temperatures dipped below 40 degrees Fahrenheit (5 degrees Celsius) early Thursday in parts of South Florida, according to the National Weather Service in Miami. That’s chilly enough to immobilize green iguanas common in Miami’s suburbs. Palm Beach...
Four persons were shot and injured while playing bingo in Hanover on Wednesday night. According to reports, shortly after 8:00pm a group of men were at a shop the Copse community when a lone gunman dressed in a black hooded shirt pounced upon them and opened fire. The attacker then made his...
Hanover has recorded its first murder for the new year following the stabbing death of a chef on Wednesday night. According to reports, 49-year-old Robert Crooks of Haddington in the parish was was fatally stabbed by unknown assailants at his home. Crooks was discovered by his brother, lying face down in a pool...
Westmoreland has recorded its first murder for 2018. According to reports, a 47-year-old man was shot and killed in Frome in the parish on Monday. The deceased has been identified as Paul Malcolm, otherwise called “Bull Dog” of Water Lane in Frome. Police reports are that about 3:20am, residents stumbled upon the body of...
A woman was allegedly stabbed to death by her 40-year-old neighbour in Sandy Bay, Clarendon on New Year’s Eve. The deceased has been identified as Julia Carty, 59, a domestic helper in the parish. According to reports, around 7:00 p.m., Carty was in her yard, when her neighbour approached her with a knife. The man then stabbed her multiple times. Carty...