MANCHESTER, Jamaica — Furthering its mission of transforming Jamaica’s digital landscape, the Universal Service Fund (USF) has donated approximately $4.2 million worth of computer devices to the Manchester Municipal Corporation. According to USF, this forms part of a continued effort to strengthen digital transformation and improve operational efficiency within local government institutions. The handover ceremony, which took place on Thursday, May 28, saw the municipal corporation receiving 12 desktop computers...

MANCHESTER, Jamaica — Police have identified the father and son who were killed execution style in New Forest, Manchester on Friday morning. Police named them as 60-year-old Hubert Ferguson otherwise called “Bestie” and 33-year-old car dealer and entertainer Floyd Ferguson otherwise called “Fido”. A police source said the men were shot dead after their hands were bound about midnight in an attack at their home in the south Manchester community...

MANCHESTER, Jamaica — A 60-year-old man succumbed to injuries he sustained after he was struck by several lengths of steel being delivered by a truck in Balvenie Heights, Mandeville on Thursday. Police identified him as Robert Dawes, a resident of George Reid district in Mandeville. Dawes was reportedly sitting under a tree about 10:30 am on Thursday when the building material fell from the delivery truck and struck him. Dawes...

GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — The World Health Organization (WHO) and the African Union's public health agency launched a US$518-million joint plan on Friday to tackle the Ebola outbreak causing alarm in the Democratic Republic of Congo and its neighbours. The World Health Organization and the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention said the plan would last from June to November. The outbreak was declared on May 15 in northeastern DRC, but...

GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — Some 1.47 million people are displaced in gang-ravaged Haiti, the United Nations' (UN) migration agency said Friday, warning that its ability to help could dry up within months. Haiti, the poorest country in the Americas with a population of 12 million, has for years been plagued by instability as powerful gangs carry out rampant killings, rapes, looting and kidnappings. The UN's International Organization for Migration (IOM) said...

KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) has expressed sadness at the passing of distinguished jurist and retired Court of Appeal president Justice Ian Forte. Justice Forte died at his home early Friday. He was 89. READ: Retired Justice Ian Forte passes away In a statement shortly after his passing, the party described Justice Forte as a legal luminary whose contributions positively advancing his country and the wider Commonwealth...

Fresh off a 17.02-metre comeback jump at the Rome Diamond League, Jaydon Hibbert says Turkey helped rebuild him mentally and emotionally after a devastating injury, while accusing Jamaican sporting officials of failing to support him during one of the darkest periods of his career. The Jamaican-born triple jumper made the remarks during an interview with The Inside Lane following his season-opening performance, which marked a significant step in his return...

WASHINGTON, United States (CMC) — Three Jamaicans are among 19 individuals charged in a major United States (US) drug trafficking investigation targeting two alleged multi-state criminal organisations accused of distributing cocaine, fentanyl and methamphetamine. They have been identified by the US Department of Justice as Rohan Lamante Broadie, also known as "Glama G", 53; Marvin A Taaff, 39; and Traci-Ann Simone Ward, 41. According to US authorities, the defendants are...

KINGSTON, Jamaica — Retired Justice Ian Xavier Forte, the husband of Marlene Malahoo Forte and a distinguished former president of the Court of Appeal, has died. Justice Forte died at his home early Friday. He was 89. Justice Forte had a long and distinguished career in the Jamaican judiciary, spanning decades of service at the highest levels of the legal system. In January 1988, he was elevated to the bench...

MANCHESTER, Jamaica — Detectives up to early Friday morning were processing a double murder scene where a father and son were killed in New Forest, Manchester. A police source said the men were gunned down after their hands were bound about midnight in an attack near their home in the south Manchester community. One of the murder victims has been identified only by his artiste name Fido. Police have yet...

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