The Ministry of Health and Wellness has confirmed a fourth case of monkeypox in the country. The patient is currently isolated at home and health authorities have commenced contract tracing. “This new case has been classified as locally transmissioned. That is, the patient has had no recent travel history and was not in contact…

  The coronavirus pandemic has had a profound impact on the country’s justice system with breaches of the Disaster Risk Management (Amendment) (DRMA) Act, 2021, and related charges heading the list of the three most frequent criminal charges filed in the parish courts during the year. The other two were assault occasioning bodily harm and…

  Three men were arrested and charged with robbery with aggravation and illegal possession of firearm following an incident at a supermarket in Orange Lane, Montego Bay, St James on July 31. Charged are: Doni Malcolm, 25, otherwise called ‘CJ’, of Paradise Row; Nathan Campbell, 29, otherwise called ‘Bubinile’, a chef also of Paradise Row;…

  The man who was fatally shot during a reported shootout with police in Central Village has been identified. The deceased is Devon ‘Blender’ Brown. Police said Brown was a person who was featured on the police’s most wanted list recently. His name was also posted on Jamaica Constabulary Force’s  Wanted Wednesday platform on social…

  Two members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) were on Friday denied bail on murder charges stemming from the killing of a tiler whose death allegedly resulted from his refusal to pay a bribe. Corporal Miguel Ebanks and Constable Purcell Carter appeared in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court.  The men are also…

  A manhunt is underway for four prisoners who escaped from the Ocho Rios police lock-up in St Ann on Friday, August 5. Reports are that at about 1:00 am, police officers on duty performed routine cell checks. Shortly after, sounds were heard coming from the direction of the cell and the police went to…

  August 04, 2022 – The curfew that was in effect in Gregory Park, St Catherine where criminal gangs have been involved in an ongoing gang feud, has been extended. The curfew will remain in effect until 6:00 p.m. on Saturday, August 06. The boundaries of the curfew are as follows: North: Along the Dyke…

  Twenty-eight-year-old Donavon Stewart, a taxi operator of James Street in Rose Town, Kingston 13 has been charged with illegal possession of firearms and ammunition and robbery with aggravation. Stewart’s charges stem from an incident that occurred along Spanish Town Road, Kingston 11 on Thursday, July 28. According to reports from the police, a man…

 One man was shot and injured and a firearm was recovered on Thursday as St Catherine South Police carried out another operation this time in Central Village. Police sources report that the man, who was shot during a reported shootout, is being transported to the hospital.  The state of his condition is not known. The…