A joint police/military team has continued to maintain a presence in August Town, St. Andrew following a flare up in gang warfare since the start of the week.
The St. Ann Police are seeking the public’s assistance in locating two men whom they believe can help them to solve two murders committed in the parish last month.
The St. Ann Parish Council said it would be clamping down on taxi and bus operators who refuse to use the transportation centres in the towns of St. Ann’s Bay, Brown’s Town and Ocho Rios.
The Ministry of Health said there has been a 58 percent increase in the number of patients seeking medical attention at the accident and emergency departments at hospitals islandwide since April 1.
Classes are to resume at the Happy Grove High School in Portland this morning following roadblocks, which were mounted by residents in Manchioneal in the parish and in St. Thomas yesterday.
The Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) said it has begun an investigation into the circumstances that led to the death of a nine year old girl in Clarendon yesterday.
Classes were affected at the Happy Grove High School in Portland this morning following roadblocks, which were mounted by residents in Manchioneal in the parish and in St. Thomas.
A 47 year-old man who is wanted in the United States for a bank robbery 11 years ago, is to appear in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrates Court today for an extradition hearing.
