Police detectives are probing the shooting death of a man and the wounding of two others, including a five-year-old child, in Central Village, St Catherine on Friday evening. The deceased is 32-year-old Dean Sharpe of Seaview Gardens, St Andrew. Police reports are that at about 6:30 pm on Friday, Sharpe was among persons at a…

A police constable has died from injuries he sustained in a motor vehicle crash in St Thomas on Saturday night. Reports are that at about 9:45 pm, the traffic crash occurred along Morant Road in the parish, resulting in the death of a police constable. Indications are that the constable and three others were traveling…

Detective Sergeant Sheldon Dobson, who is charged with manslaughter after his 18-month-old daughter was left locked in his car and subsequently died, is set to return to the St Elizabeth Parish Court on November 17. The policeman was given the return date when he appeared in the court’s outstation in Balaclava last week. The court…

The Association of Christian Communicators and Media (ACCM) has cautioned the Ministry of Education and Youth against the imposition of protocols for devotional sessions in public schools.  The caution comes after the Ministry on Wednesday said it had launched an investigation to help determine the protocols for school devotional exercises. This followed the incident at Oberlin…

You can now listen to talkupditingsdem News articles! View on youtube >> The vigil for police corporal, Oliver Mullings, who was shot and killed by gunmen in Trench Town is now underway.  Dozens of residents, colleagues, and other well-wishers have gathered to pay their respects to the slain crimefighter. The nine-night is being held at…

You can now listen to talkupditingsdem News articles! View on youtube >> The three men killed in a drive-by shooting outside a small cook shop in an area known as New Lincoln, close to Cross Roads in St Andrew, on Friday evening have been identified. They are 55-year-old Randolph McBean, and 41-year-old Donville Charlton both…

You can now listen to talkupditingsdem News articles! View on youtube >> A policeman was arrested and charged with illegal possession of a firearm and ammunition, he was apprehended after he was seen acting in a manner that aroused suspicions at an examination depot in Kingson. Local law enforcers said over 80 rounds of ammunition…

You can now listen to Loop News articles! View on youtube >> Eleven people, including three American visitors, perished in motor vehicle crashes across Jamaica during the week of October 22-28. This has pushed 373, people killed in motor vehicle collisions since the start of the year. The Americans, all women, died from injuries they…