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ALLENTOWN, PA. (AP) — Junior Clase’s cluttered kitchen table paints a picture of his life in the United States. Scattered across it are bottles of deodorant and conditioner that he sends back to the Dominican Republic, a Spanish-language Bible...
The St Elizabeth Disaster Preparedness, Hazard Mitigation and Safety Committee will be meeting shortly to review the draft outline of the Parish Disaster Risk Management Plan. The document, developed by the Office of Disaster Preparedness and...
The People’s National Party (PNP) says it is deeply saddened by the death of councillor for the Petersfield Division in Westmoreland, Patrick Forrester, who was killed in a crash in the parish on Thursday afternoon. In a statement, the PNP...
TOKYO (AP) — Former world sprint champion Fred Kerley has become the first track athlete and first American to join the no-drug-testing Enhanced Games. Kerley is currently serving a ban for missed doping tests and is not at the world...
The People’s National Party (PNP) says it will not support the reappointment of either Marisa Dalrymple-Philibert or Juliet Holness to the position of Speaker of the House, citing issues with their past leadership. Members of Parliament are to be...
NEW YORK (AP) — ABC has suspended Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show indefinitely following comments he made about Charlie Kirk’s killing. The network’s decision Wednesday came after Nexstar announced its ABC affiliates would pre-empt “Jimmy Kimmel...
The police in Old Harbour, St Catherine are investigating the death of a man on a bicycle who was hit by a car along the Gutters main road on Tuesday. Dead is 24-year-old labourer Shellyidon Carta of McCook Pen in Old Harbour. Reports are that...
Leader of the Opposition and President of the People’s National Party Mark Golding has appointed a mix of new and returning faces to the Senate. Among those joining the opposition bench are Chief Executive Officer of Barita Investments Limited...
People's National Party councillor for the Petersfield Division in Westmoreland, Patrick Forrester, was killed this afternoon in a crash after the vehicle he was travelling in ran off the road and plunged over a precipice. The three other...
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC - Three police officers in Trinidad and Tobago were granted bail in the sum of TT$60,000 each when they appeared before a Master of the High Court charged with corruption. The police said that Woman Sergeant Andrea...
Dr Andrew Wheatley and Robert Montague have been recalled for duty in Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness' Cabinet, while the Ministry of Legal and Constitutional Affairs, which was led by Marlene Malahoo Forte, is to be joined with the Justice...
NEW YORK (AP) — A man who has filed several lawsuits that were deemed frivolous has been indicted on charges he threatened to kill two judges who had presided over some of his cases. A federal grand jury issued the indictment against Anthony...
The Kingston Central police have charged a woman with wounding with intent after she allegedly stabbed a man while they were at home on Duke Street, Kingston, on September 8. She is 28-year-old Andrea Douglas. The police say an argument...
The St Catherine South police are probing a shooting incident in which a shopkeeper reportedly disarmed one of his attackers and later handed over the gun to the authorities. The incident occurred in the Gordon Wood community near Old Harbour in...
NEW YORK (AP) — Cardi B is pregnant with her fourth child. It will be her first with boyfriend Stefon Diggs, the New England Patriots' wide receiver. The Grammy Award-winning rapper revealed the news Wednesday in an interview with Gayle King on...
LONDON (AP) — US President Donald Trump received a royal reception at Windsor Castle on Wednesday, but beyond the castle walls many others did not welcome his unprecedented second state visit. Several thousand people marched through central...
The Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) has launched a probe into the fatal shooting of a man by the police following an alleged armed confrontation in St Catherine on Tuesday. He has been identified as 27-year-old Levi Foster,...
MIAMI (AP) — Tropical Storm Gabrielle formed Wednesday in the Atlantic Ocean but was far from land, forecasters said. Gabrielle was centred over 1,000 miles (1,600 kilometres) east of the Northern Leeward Islands, with maximum sustained winds of...
The opposition People's National Party (PNP) is forgoing the public session of its annual conference following its defeat at the September 3 polls. However, it has scheduled its private session for November 30. The date was communicated to...
Shericka Jackson and Ashanti Moore eased through the qualifying heats of the Women’s 200m but there was no room for youngster Gabrielle Matthews to join them. World champion Jackson, the second fastest woman ever over the half-lap distance, put in...
Tajay Gayle earned Jamaica’s sixth medal at the Tokyo World Athletics Championships as he claimed the silver medal in a season’s best 8.34 metres. Gayle enjoyed a strong series with four of his six attempts exceeding the eight-metre barrier....
Jamaica will be without a competitor in the finals of the men’s 400-metre hurdles as Roshawn Clarke and Malik James-King both failed to advance from the semifinals at the Tokyo World Athletics Championships. James-King’s time of 48.01 seconds,...
Bryan Levell was the highlight of the men’s 200-metre heats as the speedster was dominant in his heat as all three Jamaicans advanced to the semifinals at the Tokyo World Athletics Championships. Levell was by far the fastest qualifier in the...
Shiann Salmon will be Jamaica’s only competitor in the women’s 400-metre hurdles final at the World Athletics Championships as she successfully navigated the semifinal round. Salmon advanced from heat three as an automatic qualifier when she...
It was an easy day in the office for Jamaica’s Jordan Scott at the Tokyo World Athletics Championships as he needed just two attempts to advance as an automatic qualifier to the men’s triple jump final. With the qualifying mark for the event set...
