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Stories by Damion Mitchell

Published:Tuesday | August 14, 2018 | 12:00 AMDamion Mitchell

THE EDITOR, Sir: My 35 years on this planet have placed me in business with some entities offering the worst customer service, but a certain Caribbean international bank is first on the list. I will not delve into the history of run-ins, including...

Published:Friday | July 14, 2017 | 12:00 AMDamion Mitchell

The Police High Command has launched a top-level investigation to determine why the police personnel who intercepted the suspected killers of Corporate Area businessman Richard Ramdial released them minutes after they had been held.Head of the...

Published:Monday | January 9, 2017 | 12:00 AMDamion Mitchell

The sex scandal in the Moravian Church is deepening.A former Moravian minister has now produced a trail of emails contradicting claims by the church leadership that it had no previous knowledge of allegations of misconduct against the 64-year-old...

Published:Monday | December 5, 2016 | 12:00 AMDamion Mitchell

The Inspectorate of Constabulary has launched a probe into Sunday night's escape of a rape suspect from the Waterford Police Station.The inspectorate will also be probing reports that the police transported the suspect from the crime scene to the...

Published:Wednesday | November 30, 2016 | 12:00 AMDamion Mitchell

WEEKS AFTER the tragic death of her 19-year-old son in the Greenwich Town, St Andrew, plane crash, Dawn Singh-Gilmore walks around her Discovery Bay, St Ann house...

Published:Friday | October 28, 2016 | 12:00 AMDamion Mitchell

Just over a year ago, St Catherine Justice of the Peace Audrey Maragh abandoned her Christian familiarities to join the Ahmadiyya Muslim faith. At an international convention of the community in the United Kingdom last month, she delved into the...

Published:Friday | October 28, 2016 | 12:00 AMDamion Mitchell

The rhetoric on the United States (US) political platform has not escaped the world head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim community Mirza Masroor Ahmad, and he's having his say: The Republican nominee...

Published:Thursday | May 26, 2016 | 12:00 AMDamion Mitchell

Wisynco chairman William Mahfood has described yesterday as a "very sad day" for his company, following a massive fire at its Lakes Pen warehouse in St Catherine.However, Mahfood said his entity would overcome the disaster."We will rise and have...

Published:Tuesday | December 29, 2015 | 12:00 AMDamion Mitchell, Editor - Radio & Online

Police statistics released today are showing that for the first time in five years, more murders have been recorded in Jamaica than shootings. This means that while the gun is most prevalent in committing murders, offenders are using other means to...

Published:Tuesday | December 8, 2015 | 12:00 AMDamion Mitchell, Editor - Radio & Online

Assistant Commissioner of Police George Quallo has been promoted to the rank of Deputy Commissioner. Quallo was the Assistant Commissioner of Police in charge of Area Four which comprises the Corporate Area. Our sources say Quallo’s new...

Published:Thursday | November 26, 2015 | 12:00 AMDamion Mitchell, Editor - Radio & Online

The Director of Prosecution (DPP) Paula Llewellyn has sought to explain her blunder when she ruled in April this year that former Lucea Mayor Shernet Haughton should not be charged in the Hanover Parish Council contracts scandal. This morning, it...

Published:Wednesday | November 4, 2015 | 12:00 AMDamion Mitchell, Editor - Radio & Online

The resigned chief of medical staff at the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) Professor Trevor McCartney is disputing claims by the Health Ministry that 12 babies died at the facility as a result of bacterial infections. According to...

Published:Wednesday | November 4, 2015 | 12:00 AMDamion Mitchell, Editor - Radio & Online

The resigned chief of medical staff at the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) Professor Trevor McCartney has broken his silence on the dead babies scandal rejecting claims by Chief Medical Officer Dr Marion Bullock DuCasse about when the...

Published:Tuesday | October 20, 2015 | 12:00 AMDamion Mitchell, Editor - Radio & Online

As the daring morning sun yawned over the lawns of King’s House Monday, orator Erica Allen retold a story that froze the moment for many: how one doctor persisted even after being involved in a car crash, to save the life of his ...

Published:Monday | October 12, 2015 | 12:00 AMDamion Mitchell, Editor - Radio & Online

It appears the head of the Manchester Police Division got it wrong last week when she said she could not prosecute licensed firearm holders who leave their weapons at home while they are overseas. Superintendent Vendolyn Cameron-Powell made the...

Published:Thursday | October 8, 2015 | 12:00 AMDamion Mitchell, Editor - Radio & Online

The National Security Minister, Peter Bunting, says the government could, in the long-term, consider a prisoner transfer agreement with Britain for female Jamaican inmates in the United Kingdom. The government is now mulling a proposal for the...

Published:Monday | October 5, 2015 | 12:00 AMDamion Mitchell, Editor - Radio & Online

FLOW’s managing director, Garry Sinclair, has made it clear that there will be no rebate for cable customers who have lost premium channels. In June of this year, Flow stripped 13 channels from its line-up in compliance with a directive from...

Published:Sunday | October 4, 2015 | 12:00 AMDamion Mitchell, Editor - Radio & Online

Less than an hour before the results of the People's National Party run-off for the East Rural St Andrew constituency were announced, incumbent MP Damion Crawford took to social media saying he was awaiting the outcome of what he called "a...

Published:Saturday | August 22, 2015 | 12:00 AMDamion Mitchell, Editor - Radio & Online

The Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association (JAAA) has responded to criticisms over its blunder which has cost Nesta Carter a chance to compete in the 100m at the World Championships now underway in China. An opportunity emerged for...

Published:Saturday | August 15, 2015 | 12:00 AMDamion Mitchell, Editor - Radio & Online

Media veterans, young journalists ‎and public relations specialists were among the scores of mourners who poured into the Church of the Transfiguration in Meadowbrook, St Andrew this morning for the funeral of Gleaner photographer, Harold...

Published:Monday | August 10, 2015 | 12:00 AMDamion Mitchell, Editor - Radio & Online

The councillor for the Bensonton Division in South East St Ann says it appears MP Lisa Hanna was being mischievous when she wrote to the party hierarchy complaining about a planned meeting. In the letter purportedly written by Hanna, the MP said a...

Published:Thursday | July 30, 2015 | 12:00 AMDamion Mitchell, Editor - Radio & Online

There was chaos aboard a Kingston-bound Caribbean Airlines flight late this evening after it had to make an unscheduled landing in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Tanya Ellis, a passenger aboard Caribbean Airlines flight 475, told The Gleaner via What...

Published:Monday | June 8, 2015 | 12:00 AMDamion Mitchell, Editor - Radio & Online

The Youth and Culture Minister Lisa Hanna is at home recuperating following a car crash along Highway 2000 near the Spanish Town exit last night. The Minister told The Gleaner/Power 106 News a short while ago that although she sustained no...

Published:Monday | June 8, 2015 | 12:00 AMDamion Mitchell, Editor - Radio & Online

Youth and Culture Minister Lisa Hanna is now at hospital undergoing tests after she was involved in a car crash along Highway 2000 near the Spanish Town exit on Sunday evening. Hanna was a passenger in a white motor car heading towards Kingston...

Published:Friday | June 5, 2015 | 12:00 AMDamion Mitchell, Editor - Radio & Online

Almost two years after returning to Jamaica from England to join the Office of the Public Defender, Matondo Mukulu, has resigned and is going back a dissatisfied man. "I like to change things and sometimes if I don't feel that there is...

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