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Church accused of squatting WESTERN BUREAU: Lucea Mayor Sheridan Samuels is accusing a church in the Hanover capital of squatting, saying the building it is occupying is owned by the Hanover Municipal Corporation (HMC), which needs it to establish a tourism training centre. “Right now, the building is captured by a church, and we need that building because we have plans for the youth within the parish. We are to put in place there a training centre in collaboration with the Grand Palladium Hotel and HEART/NSTA Trust,” Samuels said at Thursday’s HMC monthly meeting.
Mideast war threatens food security in Caribbean, CARICOM official warns Warning of the threat the ongoing Middle East conflict poses to the Caribbean’s food and economic security, Wendell Samuel, assistant secretary-general (ASG) of CARICOM, is calling for stronger regional coordination to enhance resilience, bargaining power, and capacity to absorb external shocks.
Month end autopsy set for CRH newborn An autopsy has been scheduled for April 28 to determine the cause of death of a newborn at Cornwall Regional Hospital as grieving mother Shandale Ballentine has launched a crowdfunding campaign to assist with funeral expenses for her son, Ramontay Rakai Ranger. Ballentine said the decision to seek public support came after family and friends, aware that both she and her partner are currently on unpaid leave, encouraged her to create a platform for donations. A distraught Ballentine told The Gleaner that she does not want to burn her son’s body.
Vendors cry foul after early-morning crackdown at Charles Gordon Market WESTERN BUREAU: Vendors at the Charles Gordon Market in Montego Bay are once again crying foul against the St James Municipal Corporation (StJMC) over the market’s conditions and accusations of unfair treatment by the municipal authorities, following the confiscation of several vendors’ carts and other items on Friday morning.
Man suspected of killing ‘Jaggy D’ shot dead WESTERN BUREAU: A man believed to have been the mastermind behind Tuesday’s murder of deejay Roger ‘Jaggy D’ Walker, a police source told The Gleaner, was shot and killed in a gunfight with the Hanover police early Friday morning. The deceased man, who was of Bamboo address on the outskirts of Hopewell, where Walker was killed, was identified by relatives as 30-year-old Romaine ‘CJ’ Humphrey.