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West Kingston tense after shooting deaths

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Sections of south St Andrew and west kingston were tense late last night, following two shooting incidents, which left at least four people dead and three others nursing gunshot wounds.Up to press time last night, there was no official report…

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December 19 D-Day - Stern to learn fate of election petition appeal

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Jamaica Labour Party Member of Parliament (MP) Michael Stern will know on December 19 if the election petition filed against him by the People’s National Party’s candidate, Richard Azan, will be struck out. Stern has brought an appeal contending that he was not served…

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Cop freed of rape charge

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A policeman who was accused of sexually assaulting a 12-year-old girl was yesterday freed by a seven-member jury.Constable Newton Bentley, 48, who is attached to Mobile Reserve, Harman Barracks, was charged with carnal abuse and indecent assault….

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‘We support abortion’ - United Church parts ways with conservative view of pregnancy termination

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IN A departure from the Church’s conservative position, at least one religious organisation has endorsed the broad provisions in the Termination of Pregnancy Act, otherwise called abortion law. The United Church of Jamaica and The Cayman Islands says it supports…

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‘It is Obama’s time now’ - Colin Powell says US presidency was not right for him

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COLIN POWELL, former United States secretary of state, says that, while he opted not to seek election as that nation’s first black president 13 years ago, Democratic candidate Barack Obama now has a good shot at the most powerful job in the world…

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More rain, flooding for Jamaica in days ahead

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More rains are expected to pelt the island today, as the country continues to experience unstable weather conditions caused by a frontal system to the east of the island. The Meteorological Service yesterday said isolated showers and thunderstorms would continue over several…

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Rape cases on the rise - report

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Although it has been five years since she was abducted and raped by two men in a robot taxi, Patriciais still horrified and gets emotional each time another woman is raped.”It is so bad that, up to Wednesday, I was coming from school, I saw this white Toyota Nissan car…

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Davis lambasts Christie over ‘breaching’ accusation

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FORMER CHAIRMAN of the Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ), Dr Carlton Davis, says the board of the institution had never lost sight of its fiduciary responsibilities and matters relating to conflict of interest. Davis went on the offensive following a claim…

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