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15 Apr, 2026
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Couple allegedly caught with illegal gun
Police have arrested a couple reportedly found in possession of an illegal firearm in Lyssons, St Thomas. The man and woman were nabbed along a beach around 2:45 p.m. on Wednesday. Sleuths said…
15 Apr, 2026
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UHWI says funding shortfalls led to non-payment of statutory obligations
The University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) has blamed "structural underfunding" for its ballooning tax debt. Acting chief executive officer of the UHWI, Eric Hosin, told members of…
15 Apr, 2026
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Senior citizen injured in Westmoreland crash
Traffic along the Sheffield main road in Westmoreland was reduced to single lane on Wednesday night following a vehicular crash. Residents along the main road say they were startled when a Honda…
14 Apr, 2026
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13-Y-O CRITICAL
An eighth-grade student has been hospitalised with life-threatening injuries to his kidney and intestine after he was reportedly shot by a policeman during an incident his family claim was unprovoked.…
14 Apr, 2026
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Probe deepens after Carnival night erupts in gunfire
Investigators probing Sunday night’s shooting at the Big Wall Carnival after-party say it is still “very early days as it relates to charges”, even as eyewitness accounts, reported security gaps, and…
14 Apr, 2026
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Trailer truck overturns on Flat Bridge
Motorists are being urged to avoid the Bog Walk Gorge in St Catherine following a crash early Tuesday morning on Flat Bridge that has left the roadway impassable. According to the police, a trailer…
14 Apr, 2026
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Over 150 rounds of ammunition seized by police in Portmore
Detectives assigned to the St Catherine South Police Division have seized more than 100 rounds of ammunition during an operation at a business establishment along Dyke Road in Portmore. Reports from…
14 Apr, 2026
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UHWI CEO Mitchell and former chairman Chai Chong among three to be summoned before PAC
University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) CEO Fitzgerald Mitchell, former CEO Kevin Allen, and ex-board chairman Wayne Chai Chong are to be summoned to a meeting of Parliament’s Public Accounts…
14 Apr, 2026
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Westmoreland man charged with murder over fatal stabbing
A Westmoreland man has been charged with murder following a stabbing incident that claimed the life of a fellow resident earlier this month. Charged is 31-year-old cabinet maker Shaun Paul Palmer,…