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Updated 7 hours ago

Jamaican man who fled custody twice and wanted for murder in St Lucia jailed in US

Orville Andrew Pernell, the Jamaican man who fled custody in St Lucia, where he was wanted for murder, and who also escaped custody while in Jamaica, has been sentenced to federal prison in the United States for possession of a firearm by an alien illegally or unlawfully present in the US.

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Updated 11 hours ago

Island Traffic Authority expands learner driver education programme
The Island Traffic Authority (ITA) has expanded its Learner Driver Education Programme to include tertiary institutions, as part of efforts to promote safer road use among young people.
Updated 10 hours ago by Andre Williams

Gov’t intensifying investment in early childhood education, says Crawford
State Minister in the Ministry of Education Rhoda Moy Crawford says the Government is pursuing a multi-pronged strategy backed by significant investment to strengthen the quality of early childhood…
Updated 9 hours ago

Guyana defends increase in fuel prices
The Guyana government has blamed rising global oil prices for the increase in fuel prices, even as the Irfaan Ali administration says it has been absorbing billions of dollars in a bid to cushion the…
Updated 9 hours ago

Man accused of fatal St Andrew gun attack captured in St Ann, charged

A man accused of carrying out a fatal gun attack in St Andrew earlier this year has been apprehended in St Ann and charged by the police. Charged with murder, possession of a prohibited weapon,…
Updated 8 hours ago

Trump orders US banks to take a closer look at clients’ citizenship in new immigration enforcement move
President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order that requires banks to take a closer look at the citizenship of their customers, a new measure in his administration’s push to clamp down on…
Updated 8 hours ago

St Kitts receives Caribbean nationals, including from Jamaica, deported from US
The St Kitts and Nevis government is reporting that three individuals, including from Jamaica, have arrived in the country as part of an agreement with the United States to allow the transfer of…
Updated 8 hours ago by Rasbert Turner

One of two Westmoreland men held in alleged Mandela Highway drug bust gets $700,000 bail
One of two men who were arrested and charged following the alleged seizure of cocaine and ganja during a traffic stop along the Mandela Highway in St Catherine has been granted $700,000 bail with…
Updated 7 hours ago

Jamaica secures US$200-million hurricane bond, bigger than expected
Updated 7 hours ago by Gareth Davis Sr

Man killed in St Mary hit-and-run
The St Mary police are investigating the death of a man who was killed in a hit-and-run along the Heywood Hall main road on Tuesday night.