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US Secret Service kills man trying to access Trump Florida estate - Jamaica Observer
1+ hour, 31+ min ago (473+ words) MIAMI, United States (AFP)-US Secret Service agents and a sheriff's deputy fatally shot a man armed with a shotgun who breached the security perimeter of President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida in the early hours of Sunday morning....
Trinidad police seize $6.3 million worth of ganja - Jamaica Observer
2+ hour, 7+ min ago (225+ words) PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC)The Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS) on Sunday said it seized more than TT$6.3 million worth of marijuana that was recently imported into the country from South America. In a statement, the TTPS said that…...
Former Arnett Gardens star killed in alleged confrontation with police - Jamaica Observer
3+ hour, 15+ min ago (182+ words) KINGSTON, Jamaica " Former Arnett Gardens footballer Lucien Anderson is dead. According to reports, the 55-year-old was fatally shot during a confrontation with police about 10am Sunday. It is understood that the incident occurred in the Love Street area in Kingston. Observer…...
Burn Foundation of Jamaica seeks US$55,000 to save woman set ablaze at gas station - Jamaica Observer
3+ hour, 29+ min ago (486+ words) KINGSTON, Jamaica'Dacia Forrester should be preparing to celebrate her 41st birthday on Wednesday, but instead, she is currently confined to a hospital bed in critical condition after she was doused with petrol and set ablaze at a gas station in Westmoreland…...
US issues $1 million reward for capture of Haitian gang leader - Jamaica Observer
7+ hour, 26+ min ago (393+ words) WASHINGTON, United States (CMC) " The United States authorities have issued a US$1 million reward for Haitian gang leader Johnson "Izo" Andr, even as the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) has removed another Haitian gang leader, Vitel" Homme Innocent, from its "Ten…...
McKenzie condemns Denham Town shooting which claims life of 3-y-o - Jamaica Observer
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (306+ words) KINGSTON, Jamaica " Kingston West Member of Parliament Desmond McKenzie is condemning the brutal gun attack in Denham Town in his constituency on Saturday morning which resulted in three people being shot, one fatally. The deceased has been identified as three-year-old…...
Police name persons of interest in killing of 3-y-o in Denham Town - Jamaica Observer
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (244+ words) KINGSTON, Jamaica'The police have listed two persons of interest in connection to the killing of three-year-old Zaylon Pinnock, who along with his father and another child were attacked by gunmen at their home on Nelson Street Denham Town early Saturday…...
WATCH: Mom grieves 3-y-o son killed in Denham Town - Jamaica Observer
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (172+ words) KINGSTON, Jamaica "The mother of three-year-old Zaylon Pinnock who was shot and killed in a gun attack at his home on Nelson Street in Denham Town, Kingston early Saturday is pledging to work with the police to get justice for…...
Reputed Top Maverley gangster killed by police - Jamaica Observer
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (225+ words) KINGSTON, Jamaica'A reputed gangster was fatally shot during a police operation along Michael Manley Boulevard, in the vicinity of the Doncaster housing scheme in Kingston, on Friday evening. He has been identified as 25-year-old Niegiere Dennis, otherwise called "Box Head,…...
At least 38 killed in armed attack in north-west Nigeria - Jamaica Observer
1+ day, 8+ hour ago (403+ words) NIGERIA (AFP)-Armed men killed at least 38 people in the village of Dutse Dan Ajiya in Nigeria's northwestern Zamfara State, local police and authorities told AFP Saturday. Zamfara State, like many northern states, is plagued by insecurity from many sources,…...