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Development woes

Despite a raft of development projects in Falmouth in recent months, Delroy Christie, President of the Trelawny Chamber of Commerce and Industry, is calling on the authorities to move quickly to address what he says are serious deficiencies in the growing town.

Guns found buried in cemetery

The cache included one Intratec sub-machine gun, one Taurus Pistol, one mini Taurus Pistol, one Smith and Wesson Pistol, as well as Seventy-six 9mm rounds of ammunition.

Cop shot up

A police constable is now in serious but stable condition in hospital, following a brazen gun attack on him on Sunday at Hendon, Norwood in Montego Bay, St. James, while one of the alleged attackers is now in police custody as crime fighters struggle to piece together the circumstances which could have led to the attack on the lawman. 

2 ROAD DEATHS

Reports from the Barrett Town Police are that about 3:45 a.m., James was driving a Toyota Sprinter motor car with a passenger aboard along the Rose Hall main road heading towards Montego Bay. On reaching a section of the roadway, he allegedly lost control of the vehicle, which veered off the road crashed into a tree and overturned.

Blood stain

Reports to the Western Mirror are that at about 5:30 Monday afternoon, Marston was walking along the Aston King Highway in Hanover, from the fishing beach towards Hopewell with a strong of fish in his hand. On reaching the intersection at the Pond Piece main road, he was approached by an unknown man who was armed with a gun.

27 graduate from Behaviour Change Programme

The closing out ceremony saw 27 at-risk young people from the communities of Granville and Tucker in St. James completing the programme, which was crafted to divert them from crime and violence that could potentially impact the community.

Hanover on fire: Put out the blaze

Since the start of the year, the parish of Hanover has been under siege by criminal elements that have used the gun to kill and maim each other, sending the once quiet parish’s murder figures through the roof. Murders are taking place right across the parish and no community is exempt. However it is the Sandy Bay Division that has been seeing an upsurge in these heinous crimes. In a parish once known for its peacefulness, crime and violence have instilled fear in the general citizenry. How did the parish come to this?

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