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Forty-two-year-old Ricardo Evans, otherwise called ‘Dicky T’, a sound system operator and driver of Harbour Heights in Harbour View, St Andrew, has been missing since Sunday, November 6. He is of dark complexion, slim build, and is about 178 centimeters (five feet 10 inches) tall. Evans was last seen leaving home at about 5:20 pm…
Over 20 guns have been turned in under the gun amnesty that has been in force since November 5. The disclosure was made on Tuesday by the Minister of National Security, Dr Horace Chang as he responded to questions at a Jamaica House press briefing where Prime Minister Andrew Holness declared a state of emergency…
Taxis and passenger buses began rolling out in full Wednesday morning following two days of strike that left commuters stranded across sections of the island and massive loss of production. The directive to return to work came on the heels of a meeting with Minister of Transportation Audley Shaw and the Transport Authority Tuesday afternoon….
You can now listen to talkupditingsdem News articles! View on Vocaroo >> Several Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) passengers were injured in separate pepper-spraying and stone-throwing incidents on Monday, which also resulted in two buses being damaged. According to Corporate Communications Manager for the State-owned bus company, Cecil Thoms, the incidents took place on the…
Transport Minister Audley Shaw is to meet with representatives of the transport sector at one this afternoon, to discuss, among a number of issues, the requested traffic ticket amnesty. As such, the president of one of the country’s most powerful groups of transport operators, the Transport Operators Development Sustainable Service (TODSS), Egerton Newman, is calling…
Faced with a major uptick in robberies since the start of the year, law enforcers in St Ann have arrested several perpetrators of such crimes. A number of motorcyclists and persons allegedly using the guise of operating taxis to commit robberies are among those charged and have their cases in court, according to the head…
Commissioner of Police, Major General Antony Anderson, has pointed to the increase in murders as the main reason that necessitated the imposition of states of emergency (SOEs) in seven parishes including the southern arc of Kingston and St Andrew, St Catherine and Clarendon and the tri-parish area of Westmoreland, Hanover and St James. Prime Minister…
A man said to be a fugitive wanted by officials in the United States for the past 10 years was apprehended in a high-profile operation in St James on Tuesday. Reports are that the man, who is 71 years old, was apprehended in Norwood in the parish. The raid was carried out by officials from…
You can now listen to talkupditingsdem News articles! View on Vocaroo >> A man was shot and killed by a gunman at a popular plaza in Half-Way-Tree, St Andrew on Tuesday. Reports are that minutes after the shooting, the armed thug was trying to make his escape when he was confronted by a police officer….
Jamaica’s private sector bodies say the strike among public passenger vehicle (PPV) operators resulted in approximately 50 percent loss of production on Monday. The bodies, which include the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica, The Jamaica Chamber of Commerce, The MSME Alliance, and The Jamaica Manufacturers and Exporters Association, have therefore called for an urgent and…