The fresh outbreak of violence in west Kingston resulted in a low turnout of students at the start of the new school year yesterday. According to the commanding officer for the Kingston Western Police Division, Howard Chambers, the schools affected were Denham Town Primary, Denham Town...
KINGSTON, Jamaica, Monday September 5, 2016 — A Canadian woman is expected to appear in court this week after detectives charged her with allegedly ordering the contract killing of her estranged Jamaican husband. The accused, 56-year-old Monique Cooke-Reid, a retired psychologist from Ontario, was charged last...
At least four people were shot, two fatally, as gunshots erupted at the bustling J’Ouvert celebration in Brooklyn despite NYPD doubling its patrols. The annual West Indian heritage celebration was marred by deadly violence for a second consecutive year. Cops rushed to eastern Prospect Park before...
MONTEGO BAY, St James — The St James police have been working since yesterday morning to determine the circumstances leading to the death of three unidentified males whose charred remains were discovered in burnt-out car. According to Senior Superintendent Marlon Nesbeth, head of the St James...
Kingston Western Member of Parliament Desmond McKenzie yesterday decried the upsurge in violence in the community after the shooting of a five-year-old girl on Tulip Lane in Denham Town. “This is madness, madness that has gone beyond any sense of reasoning. For the last couple of...