A Male was killed, and a 5-y-o among two others injured in Central Village gun attack

Police detectives are probing the shooting death of a man and the wounding of two others, including a five-year-old child, in Central Village, St Catherine on Friday evening. The deceased is 32-year-old Dean Sharpe of Seaview Gardens, St Andrew. Police reports are that at about 6:30 pm on Friday, Sharpe was among persons at a…

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A young woman has gone missing in Portmore

Twenty-four-year-old Janiell Ritchie, otherwise called ‘Jan Jan’, of Daytona, Greater Portmore, St Catherine, has been missing since Friday, October 28. She is of dark complexion, slim build, about 160 centimeters (five feet, three inches) tall, and has a small lump on the wrist of her right hand. Reports are that Janell was last seen at…

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UPDATE: Officer who died from a crash in St Thomas has been identified

The Police High Command and the Jamaica Police Federation have both expressed condolences to the family, friends, and colleagues of Constable Kemar Nelson, who was assigned to the Specialised Operations Branch of the force and died from injuries he sustained in a motor vehicle crash in Morant Bay, St Thomas on Saturday, October 29. In…

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Bail was extended for an officer whose newborn daughter died in his car

Detective Sergeant Sheldon Dobson, who is charged with manslaughter after his 18-month-old daughter was left locked in his car and subsequently died, is set to return to the St Elizabeth Parish Court on November 17. The policeman was given the return date when he appeared in the court’s outstation in Balaclava last week. The court…

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Christian bunch warning against protocols for academy devotions

The Association of Christian Communicators and Media (ACCM) has cautioned the Ministry of Education and Youth against the imposition of protocols for devotional sessions in public schools.  The caution comes after the Ministry on Wednesday said it had launched an investigation to help determine the protocols for school devotional exercises. This followed the incident at Oberlin…

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Vigil underway for officer killed in Trench Town

You can now listen to talkupditingsdem News articles! View on youtube >> The vigil for police corporal, Oliver Mullings, who was shot and killed by gunmen in Trench Town is now underway.  Dozens of residents, colleagues, and other well-wishers have gathered to pay their respects to the slain crimefighter. The nine-night is being held at…

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