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No. 133 Friday, August 27, 2010 Shakeel Lincoln, Krystal Lincoln and stepson Lorenzo Stephens were left motherless and fatherless respectively on Wednesday morning of this week after gunmen snuffed out the life of Radcliff Lincoln, Jr., otherwise called ‘Sonna Puckhoo’, 41 year-old Cornwall College past student and son of deceased popular businessman Radcliff ‘Sonna Puckhoo’ Lincoln Snr.  &

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No. 133 Friday, August 27, 2010 The reputation of the St. James Traffic Department received yet another body blow within the past four days after another two police officers were taken into custody by members of the Anti-Corruption Branch on reasonable suspicion.    The latest incident occurred on Thursday about 12 noon in the vicinity of the Police and Transport Authority Pound

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No. 133 Friday, August 27, 2010 By Volney Barrett A 38 year-old St. Elizabeth man who was accused of sexually abusing his more than 80 year- old mother, was shot dead by the police on Wednesday night in as Top Hill in that parish. The police had gone there to execute an arrest warrant.    Conrad Josephs, at the time of his death, was wanted by the St. Elizabeth Police for cases of

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No. 133 Friday, August 27, 2010 Fourteen-year-old Shyann Leemock of Cambridge, St. James has been reported missing from home since Tuesday, August 4.    She is of brown complexion, stout build and about 155 centimeters (5 feet 1 inch) tall.     According to reports received from the Cambridge Police, Shyann was at home when she was discovered missing about 3:20 a.m.

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No. 133 Friday, August 27, 2010 By Okoye Henry Strategies toward effectively fighting crime have long been a longstanding problem for Jamaica, and especially St. James, which for sometime was labelled the crime capital of Jamaica, with its overbearing crime issues.    This, however, has not deterred the actions of the police who have reported a drop in figures for the number of

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No. 133 Friday, August 27, 2010 The police in Sandy Bay, Hanover and Montego Bay, St. James have since embarked on a massive manhunt to apprehend the two armed robbers who are said to be behind a $100,000 heist which occurred in Hanover on Wednesday morning.    As the saga unfolds, the police in Hanover reported that about 9a.m. on Wednesday, a 67 year- old housewife of Woodland

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No. 133 Friday, August 27, 2010 Two of four robbers who broke into a house at Bogue Hill were caught red-handed by the police, when they responded to an emergency alarm triggered by the would-be thieves.    They have been identified only as O’Neil, 38 year-old, labourer of Walespond and Junior, 27 year-old, unemployed of Bogue. The police said they will pursue the other two

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No. 133 Friday, August 27, 2010 By Paul Clarke The advent of a new school year always results in untold stress on the pocket books and wallets of parents, who have to find a tremendous amount of money to purchase books, shoes, uniforms and bags for September morning.    This year is even worse, given the already contracted economic environment and the costs associated with school

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No. 13 Friday, August 27, 2010 By Western Mirror The arrests of three policemen in Montego Bay for allegedly taking bribes in the execution of their duties are further evidence that a remolding of the Jamaica Constabulary Force is needed.    The cops were held in two separate incidents in just under two weeks, leaving members of the public utterly disgusted. Their ill-advised greed

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No. 133 Friday, August 27, 2010 By Robert Dailey The Bruce Golding led administration has finally established the Independent Commission of Police Investigations which was long overdue frankly speaking. Former Assistant Director of Public Prosecutions in Jamaica and Attorney- at-law Mr. Terrence F. Williams was officially sworn in as Commissioner of the newly formed Independent Commission of

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No. 133 Friday, August 27, 2010 By Martin Watson I am a frequent reader of your newspaper, and I must say thanks for highlighting some of the ills that beset us as a people. However, I want to use this space Sir, to ask those with the obvious power to quickly do something to remedy the situation with the dualisation of the Bogue Road.    That project has, I have learnt, gone way

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No. 133 Friday, August 27, 2010 By Shauna Grey Every year, people from all over congregate In Montego Bay to attend the ‘Greatest Reggae Show on Earth’, Reggae Sumfest. Some of these people spend their last dime to come and see their favourite artistes in action.    These tickets are no chicken feed prices, and the crowds are massive each and every night. There is no doubt that

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No. 133 Friday, August 27, 2010 By Savannah Joe It is usually us as parents that at times send our children unknowingly to whoredom, but as the Lord called the prophet Hosea and told him to take a prostitute for his wife, then, all is not lost.    When the Religious Education teacher who dabbles in photography and design arts at the institution in the hills, was boasting recently

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No. 133 Friday, August 27, 2010 The updated hurricane outlooks still forecast a very active Atlantic storm season -- about twice the “normal” level of activity.    To mid-August, there have been only three named storms in the Atlantic, and this is about average. However, the other major hurricane “basins” in the Northern Hemisphere — the Eastern and Western Pacific — have also been

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No. 133 Friday, August 27, 2010 By Shamir Brown Custos of Trelawny, Paul Muschett, will soon be engaging persons from the comfort of his new office space, albeit temporarily, after he was allowed the use of the Falmouth Information Centre at 1 Trelawny Street.    He was welcomed to the office on Tuesday by Carl Hendricks, Director of the Falmouth Jamaica Land Company, even though

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No. 133 Friday, August 27, 2010 By Shamir Brown The craft vendors, who for many years called Bamboo Village their place of trade, have been offered a site at a new area on Market Street by the Trelawny Parish Council, Cohn Gager, Mayor of Falmouth, explained at a meeting Wednesday.    He said the council had identified an area at Lower Market Street, which earmarked by the council

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No. 133 Friday, August 27, 2010 By Volney Barrett The resort city of Montego Bay could host the prestigious Miss Universe Pageant next year, if the promoters decide to take it to Jamaica.    Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett made the announcement this week on the heels of Jamaica’s Yendi Phillips’ being placed second in the 2010 Miss Universe Pageant, which was won by Jimena

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No. 133 Friday, August 27, 2010 By Chris Bodden In keeping with its image as a good corporate citizen and friend to the Lucea community, the Grand Palladium Hotel once again has come to the assistance of Rusea’s High School.    This time around in association with Sherwin Williams Paints, the staff of Grand Palladium offered their painting skills to giving Hanover landmark school a

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No. 133 Friday, August 27, 2010 By Serena Grant Editor’s Note — Physical abuse against women has been a topical issue in Jamaica for numerous years and while some women are brave enough to eject themselves from their poisonous relationships, there are those who, regardless of how severe the beatings, ‘stand by their man’. In the article below a young woman speaks of her experiences.   

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No. 133 Friday, August 27, 2010 Lesbian or maama man? Winner of six Actor Boy Awards, A Box Office Success in Kingston and overseas, Basil Dawkins provocative comedy moves into Montego Bay this Sunday August 29, starting 6:30 p.m. for one performance only, at the Half Moon Conference Centre.    Directed by Douglas Prout, with a very experience cast featuring, Ruth Hoshing,  

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No. 133 Friday, August 27, 2010 Comedian Chu-Chu declares that he is going to unleash “pure madness” at the Pier One Complex (Howard Cooke Boulevard, Montego Bay) this Sunday (August 29, 2010) when he headlines a strong cast of stand-up ‘laugh-makers’. The event is dubbed ‘Montego Bay Comedy Explosion’. Showtime is 7 p.m.    “When me done wuk Sunday, Pier One nuh good agaih!” said

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No. 133 Friday, August 27, 2010 Generation 2000 (G2K), the young professional affiliate of the Jamaica Labour Party calls on the Peoples National Party to immediately address serious and long outstanding questions held by the country, concerning the cloudy arrangements of the Trafigura affair.    G2K says it is concerned about a recent report coming from the Office of the

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No. 132 Wednesday, August 25, 2010 Since the start of the summer season, St. James has recorded an increase in sexual offenses, according to the police at Montego Freeport.    According to the police, a vast number of these reported sexually related offenses which have been pouring in at the CISOCA - Centre for the Investigation of Sexual Offences and Child Abuse Unit - located at

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No. 132 Wednesday, August 25, 2010 A popular police officer attached to the Traffic Department at the Montego F1eeport Station has found himself in a pot of hot water after he was allegedly caught accepting a bribe from a motor vehicle owner on the station’s compound on Monday afternoon.    So far the name of Traffic Cop is being withheld pending. further investigations. This

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No. 132 Wednesday, August 25, 2010 The police in Granville and Mt. Salem have determined the identity of a man who was discovered burned to death and his head severed at a bushy section of the Retirement Dump in St. James last Friday morning.    The victim who is said to be about 6ft 2ins tall, medium built and of dark complexion, was identified over the weekend as Clayton Stanley,

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