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Vendor shot dead at Oxford Street home, taxi operator charged
Kingston Mayor Andrew Swaby (left) with Trafalgar Park flood victim Nadine Thompson (centre) during a visit on October 7, 2025.
KSAMC steps after blocked drain floods woman's home twice in a week
Tamara Noble (centre), who lost the ability to walk following a car accident in 2017, poses in her new wheelchair which she received on Thursday, August 11 during the Global Hands Foundation's Mental Health Seminar and Health Fair at the Bounty Hall New Testament Church of God in Bounty Hall, Trelawny. Also pictured are (left) her mother, Stacy-Ann Reeves-Noble and Carleen Coates-Russell, the founder of the Global Hands Foundation
Trelawny schoolgirl defies the odds after crash left her unable to walk
The Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) bus that was crashed by a driver in St Catherine on October 8.
Crash in St Catherine, JUTC driver dead
Cops arrest ‘Breadback’ found in hospital under fake name
The child, who is reported to be autistic, was seen on video playing and running repeatedly across the roadway when he was struck.
Student hit while playing on Negril road in intensive care
Gun drawn in road rage clash on Constant Spring Road
Handcuffs of steel
‘Pun Duss’ turns himself in after allegedly beating relative with gun
Man who escaped police custody after being shot turns himself in
A police cordon at the scene of a mass shooting in Commodore in Linstead, St Catherine on October 5.
Relatives of jailed ‘Bull’ Amos among Linstead massacre victims
Fake doctor who pleaded to visa scam gets 6 years in prison
FILE - Sean "Diddy" Combs arrives at the LA Premiere of "The Four: Battle For Stardom" at the CBS Radford Studio Center, May 30, 2018, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP, File)
Diddy's lawyers want him to serve time at Fort Dix
Teen cop charged with rape of 14-y-o girl in Guyana
File Photo
Burnt body of 13-y-o found in bushes
Principal of Rosemount Primary and Infant School in St Catherine  Malaika Sinclair Bailey (right) and School Board Chairman Bishop Courtney Golding.
Rosemount Primary mourn slain classmate Shannon Gordon
Woman says photographer tried to rape her inside photo studio
Ganja allegedly found in luggage at airport, Canadian man charged
A police cordon at the scene of a mass shooting in Commodore in Linstead, St Catherine on October 5.
4-y-o among five killed in Commodore in Linstead
FILE -Sean 'Diddy' Combs participates in "The Four" panel during the FOX Television Critics Association Winter Press Tour in Pasadena, Calif., Jan. 4, 2018. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)
Diddy sentenced to four years in prison for 'freak-offs' scandal
Murder suspect killed in St Catherine raid
Divisional Commander of the St Andrew North Police Division, Deputy Superintendent Randy Sweeney.
Updated| St Andrew North police conduct raids, at least three arrested
The Junction Traffic Department is conducting a probe into the matter. - File photo.
Driver’s eye knocked out in crash on Spanish Town Bypass
A large quantity of ganja seized by the police in Morant Bay, St Thomas on October 1.
Truck with 30 bags of suspected ganja seized in St Thomas
Man without licence or insurance fined $280k after crash in Spanish Town
Handcuffs of steel
Five men arrested as St Mary cops take guns off the streets
Education Minister Dr Dana Morris-Dixon addresses the final day of the Jamaica Teachers' Association's 61st annual conference at the Princess Grand Hotel in Green Island, Hanover on Wednesday, August 20, 2025.
Gov't to tackle bullying in schools
File photo.
Man killed after sitting on roadway in St James
Elderly man struck dead on North Coast Highway
Accountant freed of fraud charge but name still stained
File photo.
NWC customers in St Ann, St Mary and Portland urged to conserve, store water amid ongoing drought

Jephtah Thomas

Jamaican man saves 10-year-old girl and her dad from van sinking in canal
March 14, 2016
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