Church, homes shot up by gunmen
Gunmen armed with high-powered weapons shot up a church and five homes in Blenheim district, Manchester, yesterday. Nobody was injured during the attack.
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Car wash operator murdered by 16-y-o boy
A 16-year-old boy is facing a murder charge following the stabbing death of a man in the quiet community of Cemetery Lane in Port Antonio, Portland, yesterday.
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Suspect linked to second murder wanted by cops
Investigators at the Major Investigation Task force (MIT) have intensified their search for a suspect who is wanted for last month's killing of a man...
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CNN poll says ... Jamaicans third coolest people
Jamaicans are considered the world's third coolest people according to a recently compiled and released list by CNN freelance writer Barry Neild....
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Labourer held with drugs gets bail extension
WESTERN BUREAU: A St James man who was reportedly held with cocaine and ganja outside a popular Montego Bay hotel in April, had his bail extended to September 2 when he appeared in the Montego Bay...
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Psychiatric patient remanded for treatment
A psychiatric patient who told a presiding magistrate that he doesn't believe that he needs to take his medication was remanded until August 15, when he appeared in the Corporate Area ...
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Unruly gays worry store owners
A number of businesses along the top section of Knutsford Boulevard in New Kingston have been bemoaning the behaviour of some men who are said to be homosexuals who use the corridor for the hanging of clothing...
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Small-business owners benefit from SDC workshops
On July 31, more than 50 persons converged at the Social Development Commission's (SDC) offices in Spanish Town for one in a series of workshops aimed at developing small businesses....
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Ministry hosts parenting information fairs
The Ministry of Education is inviting parents of GSAT awardees to participate in a series of parenting information fairs which will be held at separate locations between August 11 and 27.
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$50,000 fine for stealing ingredients for daughter's birthday cake
A man who told the court that he stole various food items from his former employers, to bake a birthday cake for his daughter, was fined $50,000 or six months in prison for the offence....
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Thugs kidnap, rob fishermen at Hermitage Dam
Three men who went on a late evening fishing expedition on Sunday in the Hermitage Dam in St Andrew, had no idea that they would have to endure being held against their will and robbed.
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Home-made firearm seized in Lacovia
A home-made firearm and two rounds of ammunition were seized in bushes in the vicinity of a pump house in Burnt Savannah, Lacovia, St Elizabeth, on Wednesday. No one was arrested in connection with the find.. ..
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Jamaican jailed for sending sexually explicit text to stepdaughter
A Jamaican man was sentenced to one year 's imprisonment on Monday in Massachusetts for sending sexually explicit text messages to his stepdaughter and offering to pay her for sex....
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Get familiar with smoking regulations - Ferguson
Minister of Health, Dr Fenton Ferguson has called on citizens to get familiar with the new regulations barring tobacco smoking in public places, to ensure that their right to a smoke-free...
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Manchester domestic helper missing
Thirty-year-old Georgia Townsend, a domestic helper of Wildman Street in Christiana, Manchester, has been missing since Sunday, July 28.
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MP Hilton lauds Utech summer programme
Member of parliament for Eastern St Andrew, André Hilton, has hailed the positive impact the University of Technology's (UTech) 2013 summer programme, 'Teach the Youth', has had on its young participants....
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