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One man is dead and another has been hospitalised following a motor vehicle crash along the Bluefield main road in Westmoreland this evening. The deceased has been identified as 25-year-old Michael Blackwood.

The US' Food and Drug Administration (FDA) says kid-sized doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccines appear to be safe and effective for kids under 5, a key step toward a long-awaited decision to begin vaccinating the youngest American children.

CMC - The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Canadian Government have announced multi-million-dollar aid for Latin America and the Caribbean. USAID Administrator Samantha Power announced about US$331 million in humanitarian and long-term development assistance to address food security and resilience in the region.

A group of armed robbers aborted their mission at the People's Cooperative Credit Union branch in Maroon Town, St James on Friday after a man brandished a hose that was apparently mistaken for a gun. 

Two persons were shot and injured in Waterford, Portmore in St Catherine this morning. The Corporate Communications Unit (CCU) of the Jamaica Constabulary Force confirmed the incident. 

The head of the World Trade Organization (WTO) predicted a “bumpy and rocky” road as the trade body opened its highest-level meeting in 4-1/2 years Sunday, with issues like pandemic preparedness, food insecurity against the backdrop of Russia’s war in Ukraine and overfishing of the world’s seas on the agenda.

Three men were shot and injured on Jones Avenue in Spanish Town, St Catherine this evening. The incident happened around 8:27 p.m., police sources say. 

Vandals have allegedly chopped Flow Jamaica’s fibre optic cables in St. Ann disrupting the communication company's services to over 5,000 customers in sections of Ocho Rios, St. Ann’s Bay, Runaway Bay, Discovery Bay and its environs. The incidents occurred between 3 a.m. and 4 a.m, today. 

A man who absconded bail on a gun-related charge was captured by the St. Catherine South Police during an operation in Watson Grove, Gregory Park in Portmore, St. Catherine on Friday. Twenty-four-year-old Javion Lawrence otherwise called 'Pawnie' of Aries Close in the parish is back in custody.