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The case involving Keith Clarke the man who was shot and killed in his home by soldiers in 2010 during the search for Christopher Dudus Coke, is finally in court and the soldiers will stand trial as the Good Faith Certificates that were issued in 2016 were null and void. …

Jamaican Swimming Team Inspired by Alia, the Jamaican Olympic Swimmer, Dive into Action at UANA. Jamaica’s young female swimmers got prepared physically and mentally before they went diving into action at the second UANA swimming Cup in Lima Peru from February 20 to 23.  Brooke Hopkins, 14, and Zaneta Alvaranga, …

Jamaican News, Seven persons are reported injured and 12 vehicles burnt at Heaven’s FESCO petrol station in Mandeville on Friday February 21, reports state that the incident took place after 5pm, there was a gas spill before the fire broke out. Watch below

Shellysha McCarthy the cycling sensation who became popular on social media last October because of the way she would ride her bicycle to and from work which is an unusual mode of transportation for females. She was inadvertently or intentionally knocked from her bicycle on Monday, as she rode along …

Shelly Ann Fraser-Pryce the Jamaican sprint queen who is now training for the Tokyo Olympics, said after the defense of her Women’s 100m sprint gold title at the 2021 World Championships Eugene Oregon, she could be saying her farewell from track and field. Last year in Doha, Quatar at the …

A Forty-five-year-old man from Germany, Christian Kampfer was reported missing on Monday, February 17. After he decided to go on a trip to Portland.  Kampfer is about 5 feet 7 inches tall, of light complexion, and medium built. The Police reported that Kampfer left Montego Bay to visit Fishermen’s Park in …

Shelly-Ann Fraser Pryce recently won the 60m sprint at the Glasgow Indoor Athletic Meet, it was a part of the 2020 World Athletics Indoor Tour. The 2012 Olympic 100m champion is showing the world that motherhood doesn’t stop women, they can still be successful. This was her first indoor competition …

57-year-old Septimus Neverson has filed an appeal already, because of the decision that was made by Superior Court Justice Guy Cournoyer that found him guilty on all of the 53 counts on January 10, the Trinidadian was extradited from Trinidad and Tobago at the end of September 2016. In the …

The Jamaica Defence Force, JDF’s military base was on virtual shutdown, because two M-16 high-powered weapons disappeared. The chief of Defence Staff at the JDF, Lt Gen Rocky Meade reported that entry and exit to the base were confined and the search for the weapons was intense. The exits were …

Dr. Jacqueline Bissasor-McKenzie who’s a Chief Medical Officer revealed that next week, Jamaica should be testing for the novel coronavirus.

 She says the training will start today for the health professionals in Jamaica; and in the interim, the tests are being done at the Caribbean Public Health Agency, CARPHA and the …