Mandeville, Manchester: Four days after the sudden passing of veteran Manchester cop Sergeant Garfield Morgan, colleagues, friends and relatives are still reeling from the shock of their loss. Morgan, who spent more than 30 years in the Jamaica...
Mandeville, Manchester: With six confirmed cases of the deadly coronavirus in the central Jamaica parish of Manchester, Mandeville Mayor Donovan Mitchell believes areas that areas that attract a high volume of people daily should be closed to help...
MANDEVILLE, Manchester: Manchester Central Member of Parliament Peter Bunting has launched a Good Neighbour initiative to recruit an army of helpers for the elderly and other groups vulnerable to displacement from COVID-19, the viral disease that...
MANDEVILLE, Manchester: THE HEAVEN’S FESCO service station in Mandeville, which reopened for business on Sunday, following a major explosion on February 21 that claimed one life, injured several others and caused damage estimated at $100 million to...
MANDEVILLE, Manchester: The fearful family of the 79-year-old man who was confirmed as Jamaica’s first COVID-19 death has been ordered to self-isolate to safeguard against contagion as the country grapples with imported cases and local...
MANDEVILLE, Manchester: With low accessibility to consistent running water for weeks at a time, residents of Mandeville are fearful that efforts to maintain proper sanitisation will be compromised amid the spread of COVID-19. At least 10 persons...
Mandeville, Manchester: Through a $2.3-million grant from the New Zealand Embassy Fund and donations from over 30 entities and individuals, the Candle in the Dark Empowerment Centre, which caters specifically to the needs of the homeless and...
ROYAL FLAT, Manchester: The wails of Cyrena Russell ricocheted off the walls of the Royal Flat Seventh-day Adventist Church as she watched the undertakers wheel her daughter’s body into the building on Sunday. Her face, distorted by pain, only...
Mandeville, Manchester: “Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness,” Isaiah 41:10 The passage of scripture...
CRAIG HEAD, Manchester: The fatal stabbing of a Manchester farmer, allegedly by his cousin, has jolted Black Lane district in Craig Head, and a close relative of the deceased said the Valentine’s Day party row erupted over a “silly argument”....
Mandeville, Manchester Chief Executive Officer of the Firearm Licensing Authority (FLA) Shane Dalling has expressed concern about persons with licensed firearms who are unable to restrain themselves, noting that a significant number of the murders...
MANDEVILLE, Manchester: The killing of two women in Knowles Crescent community of Mandeville early Wednesday morning has been theorised to be linked to a domestic dispute. Shanika Dixon, a 29-year-old hairdresser, and her friend, 35-year-old...
PORUS, Manchester: One of the eight accused in the Manchester Municipal Corporation (MMC) fraud trial was freed when he appeared in court Thursday morning. Edwardo Elliott, who was charged for facilitating the retention of stolen property, was...
PORUS, Manchester: The foreboding sight of tractors, backhoes, and other heavy equipment could toll the bell of doom for commerce in Porus. Those are the fears harboured by small business owners and residents alike of the Manchester town whose...
Porus, Manchester Details of a total of $1.5 million spent over a six-day period by an accused in the Manchester Municipal Corporation multimillon-dollar fraud trial were among the startling revelations made by the prosecution yesterday as it...
PORUS, Manchester: As more messages from WhatsApp conversations emerged in the Manchester Municipal Corporation multimillion-dollar fraud trial yesterday, the prosecution is maintaining that the requests for money were arbitrary in nature....
PORUS, Manchester: As the Crown closed its case in the Manchester Municipal Corporation multi-million-dollar fraud trial yesterday, the defence sought to punch holes in the credibility of the evidence laid, weaving a narrative of calculated...
MANDEVILLE, Manchester: In the wake of the shooting death of a Manchester woman on New Year’s Eve, allegedly by her lover, counselling and psychology therapists have urged partners to temper their rage and avoid anchoring relationships on money....
Tempers rose in the Porus Court yesterday as prosecutors and the defence in the Manchester Municipal Corporation multimillon-dollar fraud trial sparred over a bid to adjust the indictment following applications made two weeks ago. Defence...
Mandeville, Manchester: Imagine being sick for months with no doctor being able to diagnose your condition or tell you if you if you will ever return to normalcy. This, coupled with the betrayal of the closest people to him, sent Kevar Brown, a...
The prosecutors in the Manchester Municipal Corporation fraud case made an application yesterday to have some counts on the indictment list amended and add another based on evidence given since the start of the trial. With just over 30 counts on...
A financial forensic examiner yesterday told the court that cash payments made by accused Sanja Elliott raised red flags, as under normal circumstances, such transactions are usually made by cheques. Continuing to give evidence under cross-...
Cash expenditures of Sanja Elliot, the accused former deputy superintendent of roads and works at the Manchester Municipal Corporation, were indicative of money laundering, according to Desmond Robinson, financial forensic examiner at the Financial...
A financial forensic examiner of the Financial Investigations Division (FID) has testified of a web of conspiracy between a former municipal officer and several bank personnel to make massive deposits without documentary evidence of...
A financial forensic examiner from the Financial Investigations Division (FID) revealed yesterday that in his capacity as a lead investigator in the multimillion-dollar Manchester Municipal Corporation fraud trial, he calculated the net worth of...
