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Kartel takes government to court - Entertainer says placement in solitary confinement breaches constitutional rights
Vybz Kartel has taken the government to court over the Department of Correctional Services' (DCS) decision to place him in solitary confinement. The entertainer, whose given name is Adijah Palmer, has been in 23-hour-a-day lockdown since last...
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Police probe case of ‘child bride’ at MoBay facility
Head of the Area One Police, Assistant Commissioner Clifford Chambers, says they are yet to lay any charges against the 'husband' of the 16-year-old girl who was allegedly forced into marriage at the Bayith Yahweh Church in St James. But he said...
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MP wants CCTV cameras for Linstead
Hugh Graham, the member of parliament (MP) for St Catherine North Western, has called for the installation of CCTV cameras in Linstead to help fight crime in the burgeoning township. Graham, a first-term MP, said violent crimes, particularly...
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Troy Levy wants to take ital food to new heights
Furthering his mission of elevating Rastafarian food, local chef Troy Levy is bringing his brand of plant-based cooking to the Ital Food Fest. Levy, who was also featured on the hit Food Network show Cooks vs Cons, told THE WEEKEND STAR that he...
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Shotgun found in motor car
A team of officers assigned to the St Elizabeth Police Division seized a firearm and one round of ammunition during an operation along Providence district, Maggotty, on Thursday. Reports from the Maggotty police are that about 3 p.m., the police...
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Lifestyles illnesses robbing people of years
Health Minister Dr Christopher Tufton says that life expectancy is on the decline in Jamaica, due to people getting sicker than they used to a decade ago. "While life expectancy is at 75 years, a lot of Jamaicans are dying long before they get to...
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Bridgeport High to end shift system
The shift system will be removed from Bridgeport High School in Portmore, St Catherine, by the 2024/25 academic year, according to Minister of Education and Youth, Fayval Williams. This move will impact 1,626 students, of whom 900 who are in...
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St James ready for hurricane season – parish coordinator
The St James Municipal Corporation has declared its preparedness for the 2023 Atlantic hurricane season, which runs from June 1 to November 30. Parish Coordinator for Disaster Preparedness, Tamoy Sinclair, told JIS News that the corporation's...
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Two charged with St Mary vendor’s murder
Two Kingston men have been charged with murder and other offences regarding an incident on Main Street, Highgate in St Mary on May 13. Thirty-year-old Dushane Gentles, vendor of Q Lane, Kingston 13, and 37-year-old Rohan Gordon, otherwise called...
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Restorative justice programme has high success rate
Minister of Justice, Delroy Chuck, is encouraging more persons to use restorative justice as one of the options for resolving conflicts. Restorative justice seeks to settle disputes by having all parties involved come together to reach an...