Repeat offender gets 18 months for robbery

August 09, 2016 in Regional

A repeat offender, who pleaded guilty to robbery, was sentenced to 18 months in prison when he appeared in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court yesterday. Twenty-six-year-old Jaion Wilson pleaded guilty to a charge of robbery with aggravation. The court heard that on July 21,...

Antigua rattled by earthquake

August 08, 2016 in Regional

ST JOHN’S, Antigua (CMC) — An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.8 rocked Antigua on Monday but there were no immediate reports of damage or injuries. The Trinidad-based Seismic Research Centre (SRC) at the University of the West Indies (UWI) said that the quake occurred at...

9-y-o Canadian among dead in St Elizabeth crash

August 08, 2016 in Regional

ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica – The police are reporting the death of two individuals and injury of six others following a motor vehicle collision along the Content main road in St Elizabeth, yesterday. The deceased have been identified as nine-year-old Impressi Hughes of an Ontario, Canada address...

Don’t blame my daughter

August 08, 2016 in Regional

The grief stricken mother of 25-year-old Oniqua Nikki Phillip, who was run over by a truck on Carnival Tuesday, is hitting back at the public for blaming her daughter for her own death. Since the tragic incident over a week ago, there has been widespread speculation...