The President of the PNP’s Youth Organisation (PNPYO), Krystal Tomlinson, has resigned from the post with immediate effect. In a statement today, Ms. Tomlinson said her resignation was prompted because she believes the foundations of the PNPYO have been compromised. Also earlier today, four top-tier members of the opposition People’s National Party resigned from their...
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4 Men Taken Into Custody And Gun Seized In Denham Town
Four men were taken into police custody following a gun seizure in the Denham Town, Kingston During the heavy rains on July 4, 2021.
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4 Shot in Rae Town, Fishing Business on Pause
In recent months the community of Rae Town in Kingston has recorded several murders linked to gang warfare and reprisals. It has not only caused a decline in especially residents relying on fishing but also left many anxious The drive-by shooting Wednesday resulting in the injury of four people is the latest happening prompting residents to call for government intervention.
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Interventions Targeting At-Risk Youth
Despite the financial investment of $387 billion in a plethora of social interventions for at-risk youth over the last decade in Jamaica, the extent to which those interventions are effective is questionable as there has been neither a widespread change in the most obvious violence indicators (shootings and murders) nor have the interventions produced evidence...
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PM Salutes Health Workers and Citizens in Vax Blitz
Prime Minister Andrew Holness Salutes Health Workers and Citizens in Vaccination Programme. The island is set to receive two separate shipments of COVID-19 vaccines this month. That’s according to Prime Minister Andrew Holness. One of them the United States made the Moderna vaccine and another batch of AstraZeneca vaccine under the Covax facility. The country’s also set to receive the...
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Drewsland Residents Breach Lock Down And Curfew Order
Drewsland residents breached lockdown and curfew orders over the weekend. While thousands of Jamaicans lined up at vaccination sites across the country to stand a fighting chance against the coronavirus, scores of residents in one St Andrew community queued to flout the law. This after several videos circulated Sunday depicting scenes of what appeared to...
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Jamaican Man Electrocuted Picking Mangoes
Residents of Hampton Green, Spanish Town in St Catherine are mourning the loss of a teenager who was electrocuted while picking mangoes on Monday, April 12. The death sent chills and rehashed memories of a similar tragedy the family faced nearly a decade ago
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Western Jamaica Complies to Easter Lockdown
Western Jamaica has been in compliance with the easter lockdown. That’s according to police in the generally festive region during the Easter period. Police say they have had little trouble with the public in enforcing the law. Western Jamaica was a silent zone during the Easter lockdown, the complete opposite of a place that is not only a popular...
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Jamaicans Split on Lockdown Effectiveness
With two of the three consecutive weekend lockdowns now behind the country, citizens are split whether the measure is working. CVM LIVE spoke to vendors and shoppers in two major towns about the curfew. The Ministry of Health and Wellness says the country will know in another three to four weeks whether the weekend lockdowns were effective...
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‘Shukkle Bus’ Resurrects Entertainment Industry In Easter Lockdown
A whopping 18 thousand people partied online Easter Sunday resurrecting the pulse of the entertainment industry. CVM Live’s Jamaila Maitland visited Tivoli Gardens, the heartbeat of the virtual party to talk to the deejay who has made his way into thousands of homes across the island. All over the world, people have been finding creative ways to...