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Stories by Ruddy Mathison - Gleaner Writer

Published:Friday | February 17, 2023 | 12:47 AMRuddy Mathison - Gleaner Writer

Thirty-six inmates at the St Catherine Adult Correctional Centre were the first prison recipients of birth certificates under the Operation Birthright initiative at a handover ceremony at the facility on Wednesday. The initiative is a government...

Published:Sunday | July 10, 2022 | 12:13 AMRuddy Mathison - Gleaner Writer

EIGHTEEN-YEAR-OLD JEDINE Carr was in great spirits as she left her mother to participate in her final training session for Sunday’s scheduled football match. She was bristling with confidence as she prepared her famous number-13 jersey, a number...

Published:Saturday | May 21, 2022 | 10:39 AMRuddy Mathison - Gleaner Writer

A woman is dead after she and two other persons were shot by gunmen at a wake in Central Village, St Catherine last night. The dead woman has been identified as Marcia Dillion a 59 year-old health aide worker of Central Village, and also of a...

Published:Thursday | April 1, 2021 | 12:22 AMRuddy Mathison - Gleaner Writer

Thirty-five-year-old cop Jermaine Bennett left out on Tuesday morning to visit a young lady nearby to enquire about a five-week-old baby girl over whom he had reservations about whether he was the father. He would not return home as about 9:45 p.m...

Published:Sunday | March 14, 2021 | 1:58 PMRuddy Mathison - Gleaner Writer

The St Catherine North Police are investigating the murder of a 37 year-old woman, whose body was discovered by friends in her Spanish Town, St Catherine apartment this morning.  The dead woman has been identified as Tamika Richards,...

Published:Saturday | December 26, 2020 | 10:06 AMRuddy Mathison - Gleaner Writer

Two firearms, including a high-powered rifle, were seized, and a dozen people arrested in operations by the police in St Catherine and Kingston during Christmas.  On Christmas Eve, the St Catherine North Police...

Published:Saturday | March 7, 2020 | 12:00 AMRuddy Mathison - Gleaner Writer

With murders showing a downward trend in the Spanish Town North Police Division over the past four years, the annual 10,000 Men and Families March, will take centre stage tomorrow starting at 4:00 pm in the St Catherine capital.  The...

Published:Sunday | July 14, 2019 | 12:36 AMRuddy Mathison - Gleaner Writer

The completion of the $249 million project to upgrade and expand Port Henderson Drive from Naggo Head to Bayside in the municipality of Portmore to four lanes is on target for the announced August 31 deadline; however, concerns are being raised...

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