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DOUBLE THE SWEETNESS

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The combined Herbert Morrison Technical High School Basketball team pose with their trophies after retaining both the Under-16 and Under-19 titles in the final at the Montego Bay Boys’ and Girls’ Club last Friday. Noelita Lawrence photo

Noelita Lawrence

  • Herbert win four straight

For the fourth straight year, the irresistible and seemingly unstoppable Hebert Morrison Technical High (HMTHS) are double champions of the ISSA Western Conference Schoolboys Basketball Competition.

The Bogue-based school, under the tutoring of coach Dave Black, racked back-to-back-to-back-to-back holds on the western titles with wins in the championship games on Friday at the Montego Bay Cricket Club, clinching the best-of-three finals 2-0.

In an at times temperamental affair, Herbert started the day in fine style, successfully retaining the Under-16 crown with an efficient 47-33 victory over former champions William Knibb.

The contest which provided good all round basketball by both teams, almost descended into a farce, and was held up for just over three minutes due to a call by the officials which incensed the William Knibb coach, Ronald Beckford.

Beckford was eventually ejected from the court because of his protest, with the assistant taking over as they completed the clash.

Two of William Knibb’s top players were ejected from the contest as time expired.

Anthony Thorpe led the way for the Herbert team, scoring with a big doube-double, 18 points and 21 rebounds, while Taj Hewitt added 10 and bagged 15 rebounds.

Darren King, a monster on the defensive end, ended the finale with 15 rebounds while contributing six points.

Rhondane Ashman, who was named Most Valuable Player of the Under-16 division, had 14 points, 10 rebounds and 5 steals for Knibb.

BIGGER, BETTER

Meanwhile, the Under-19 giants then made sure that the Herbert team celebrated long into the night when they strolled to a smooth 70-55 triumph over Spot Valley in their Game Two to also take the series 2-0.

Spot Valley were testing early on and asked questions of the champion defenders, raining in four three pointers in the first half of the match, before somewhat petering out as Herbert took charge and showed their class.

Herbert held a solid 57-45 lead heading into the last quarter, and added just a further 13, marching to the win to the delight and great satisfaction of coach Black.

The electric Brandon Dawkins led the way with 21 points, while Most Valuable Player Alek Gilchrist, dominant on the boards, added 15 points and hauled down 18 rebounds.

He also had 6 assists and effected six steals as he ran the courts tirelessly playing the entire game.

David Gordon supported with 19 points and grabbed 6 rebounds.

Roger Hines was Spot Valley’s top scorer with 18 points.

Cornwall and Muschett finished third in their respective divisions.

The finalists now turn their attention to the All-Island Playoffs set for later this month.

TAKEN

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Barrington Flemming
Staff Reporter

  • ‘They took away my six children’
  • Not so! says CDA

“I have been robbed, it’s like my heart has been ripped out, I don’t have any reason to live anymore…” were the pain-tinged words of a tearful 37-year-old mother, Tashana Barrett, who says her six children were taken away from her following allegations of child abuse and neglect.

She related that her six children were taken from her by the Child Development Agency (now- Child Protection and Family Services Agency) and placed with other people.

Miss Barrett, a resident of 24 King Street in Montego Bay, is mother to four girls, ages 16, 13, 11 and 2 years, and boys ages 8 and 5 years.

An emotional Miss Barrett told the Western Mirror her ordeal began to unfold in August of last year, when she scolded the elder of her two sons for smashing the television set.

“I sent him to his father to discuss it with him and to ask him to get his friend who fixes electronic devices to fix it. However, he held the boy and later took him to the family court, saying that I had physically abused him,” Barrett said.

Miss Barrett said she was called to a meeting at the Family Court and was interviewed about the matter by a Miss Wilton of the CDA, whom she said indicated that it was obvious that she loved her children and it could have been a misunderstanding.

She said, however, that the court recommended that the boy be placed at his father’s house pending investigations into the matter.

AFRAID OF HER

Things were about to get worst for Barrett as on September 11, she received a called from Miss Wilton, who advised her then that she had four of the children at the CDA office, who said they had been abused by her and were afraid of her.

“I asked her how could she say that, it is not true.  Then I asked her what I should do and she said I should come to court the following day which I did. When I got there, my sister, who lives in Norwood, was there and a lady from Spanish Town, whose son I had a previous relationship with.

The court ruled that my eldest child, my daughter, should stay with my sister; third daughter was placed with the lady from Spanish Town and the boys were placed with their father,” Barrett explained.

The second child and the last child were at home, but according to Barrett, after she left court and got home, she was told that the other two children were taken by the CDA, which claimed that the children were left alone at home.

The second daughter was placed with Barrett’s sister from Norwood, while the 2-year-old was left in Barrett’s custody.

However, the 2-year-oldwas child was last Monday placed with the father. “How can they place her with the father, there is no woman in the house to take care of her, what is the CDA doing?” Barrett asked.

SEVERAL COMPLAINTS

When contacted, Marcia Wilton, Chief Investigating Officer at CDA in Montego Bay, told the Western Mirror that several reports have been received from neighbours and other persons, charging that Miss Barrett was physically and verbally abusing her children, citing that she has evidence to prove it.

She showed a photograph of Barrett’s elder son with a cut to the lower arm, busted finger and bruised and swollen eye, purportedly from the scolding which he got for damaging the television set.

“The children have pointed to instances of abuse saying they were in fact very afraid of her. What has happened is that under the Child Care and Protection Act, we have placed the children with maternal relatives, as they were considered to be in need of care and protection as their physical or mental health or emotional state was being seriously impaired, or there is a substantial risk that they will be seriously impaired,” she explained.

Miss Wilton said the other children were taken as they were members of the same household where the offence was committed as provided for under the Act.

Eunice Scott Shaw, Regional Director of the CDA, told the Western Mirror that the Agency does not award custody and therefore, the children who were taken from Miss Barrett would be under supervision for a limited time.

“She is required to do 20 hours of parenting sessions for which she would be awarded a certificate, which should be taken to the Family Court judge who would act further from that point. I must point out, however, that at no time does the Child Protection and Family Services Agency award the custody of children. The children are being remanded, which means they are placed with relatives or caregivers, generally for a period of 90 days, after which if the conditions have been changed, they will be restored to their families.

“The CPSFA seeks to assist parents to improve their families, not destroy so we are trying to help her to improve her parenting skills,” he said.

 

State of Emergency to target crime facilitators

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Prime Minister Andrew Holness

Clinton Pickering
Freelance Writer

The State of Public Emergency (SOPE) in St James will be moving into another phase of targeting those who facilitate criminality in the parish. “If we’re going to really bring this crime problem to heel, then we must deal with the hierarchy of criminality,” said Prime Minister Andrew Holness.

Delivering the keynote address at last Saturday’s, January 27, 2018 annual awards banquet of the Lay Magistrates’ Association – St James Chapter, at the Hilton Hotel, he would not say how long the action would last, but assured that “we have plans to use all the powers we have for as long as it is necessary to bring this problem to heel.”

He said the first phase was concentrating on dealing with street level crimes that people face on a daily basis. But, he noted, the street level criminal was just the symptom of a deeper problem.  

Prime Minister Holness declared, “There is literally an echo system of criminality that is growing in St James; it’s driven by lottery scamming and other such economic crimes. It is facilitated by formal systems: our formal banking system, our formal telecommunications system, our formal transportation system, our medical system.” Consequently, he said the second phase of the SOPE would see “a trending to deal with the people who facilitate the street level crime.”

Referring to an AK-47 which was found on Saturday, wrapped in plastic and buried, Mr Holness stressed that it was not made in Jamaica and “it is highly likely that it came in through our ports, which means that either an officer of the government was neglectful in detecting or turned a blind eye or actively facilitated its way through our ports.”

He referred to an illegal gasoline operation going on for years in close proximity to law enforcement at the Freeport Police Station “that everybody know about but did nothing about it,” noting, “and there are many other activities like that that we are ambivalent about, that we accept.” The prime minister said his message therefore, “is that we cannot only seek to focus on the street level criminal, that isn’t going to solve the problem; if we’re going to deal with criminality, we must deal with it at all levels.”

FEELING SAFER

He was satisfied that the SOPE was achieving success so far and that Jamaicans operating under the system imposed two weeks ago on the parish of St James, have been expressing thanks to him for putting it into reality as they now feel safer.

With that assurance, Prime Minister Holness from has urged St James Lay Magistrates and their guests “to pass this message along to the members of the Diaspora; your family members who are calling in a panic, to say that the Jamaican government, for the first time, has taken a deliberate, instrumental, well-thought-out action to arrest this crime problem that we have been experiencing for decades. To really place the safety of the public above all else.”

Prior to attending the banquet, the prime minister toured some communities where, he said, “the people said, thank you, I feel safer.”

He also said reports on how the police and soldiers were treating the people were that they were very pleasant, very cordial and very respectful. “Many Jamaicans are taken aback, they’re not expecting that level of courtesy, that level of respect, that dignified response coming from our security forces,” he said.  

 

 

CORNERED

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Some of the recovered items from the slain gunman in St. Elizabeth

Barrington Flemming
Staff Reporter

  • State of Emergency extended 

In just two weeks since the government’s imposition of a State of Emergency, here are the results: 10 guns so far recovered, over 265 rounds of ammunition seized, a sense of calm restored in the bloodstained St. James, and unconfirmed reports reaching this newsroom that an unidentified male, who was killed in a confrontation with the police, is believed to be a member of the infamous Ratty Gang. He was killed in St. Elizabeth, where members of the gang reportedly fled, as a result of the pressure being applied by the security forces through the State of Emergency, which has now been extended to May 2.

The unidentified male was reportedly a part of a larger contingent of fleeing gunmen, who sought refuge in the rural areas of the country’s Bread Basket. Reports are that they were tracked by a joint police/military team which had been on active duty in the parish of St. James, whose members acted on information provided by residents from the community of Kilmornok in St. Elizabeth, leading to a confrontation with the gunmen.

Upon closer inspection of the slain gunman, an Uzi Sub Machine gun was recovered, as well as two magazines containing thirty-one (31) 9mm rounds. A 9mm Browning pistol was also found.

ST. JAMES

Meanwhile in St. James, the State of Emergency has yielded some impressive finds. Ten firearms, more than 265 rounds of ammunition, and the apprehension of one wanted man, have been listed among the successes of the now 14-day State of Emergency.

In the latest weapon seizure on Saturday, one AK-47 and several rounds of ammunition were seized during joint police/military operation along the Salt Spring main road at an open lot at about 1:40p.m. Thirty-six rounds of ammunition were also seized.

on Friday, January 26,a modified M16 rifle with three magazines, one of which is a double barrel variant, and an AK-47 rifle and 149 rounds, were seized during a joint police/military operation in Granville.No one was arrested in connection with those seizures.

The police, in the meantime, have included a teenage boy among a list of nine persons who have been charged for various offences.

They are: Owen Waite, otherwise called ‘Oraine’, 19, of Green Dot, Flanker in St. James. He was charged with three counts of wounding with intent.

Twenty-two-year-old Kasheem Lewis, otherwise called ‘Borderline’. He was charged for two counts of murder.

Donald Reid, a 46-year-old taxi-operator, who has been on the run from the police for some time, was caught and charged for rape and buggery.

Kirk Russell, a 43-year-old labourer and Dwain Panton, were charged jointly for robbery with aggravation after they were positively identified in an identification parade.

The other is Billy Myrie, a 41-year-old fisherman, who was charged for murder. He was also pointed out in an identification parade.

Forty-nine-year-old Staiton Clarke and Norman Daley, 59, were both charged for breaches of the Petroleum Act.

The teenager, whose name is being withheld as he is a minor, is charged for murder.

Meanwhile, 24 persons who were arrested in operations carried out between Friday, January 26, and Sunday, January 28, remain in police custody on suspicion of being involved in various crimes committed in Area One.

According to detectives, some of the individuals are suspects in cases of shooting with intent and breaches of the Law Reform (Fraudulent Transactions) (Special Provision) Act. In addition, arrangements are being made for others to face an identification parade.They are suspects in cases of murder, shooting with intent and robbery with aggravation.

Ninety-two persons were detained in the operations, which began on Friday and ended on Sunday. The other 68 persons have since been processed and released.

 

 

Heights trample Rovers

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NO WAY PAST: Morrison Gordon of Heights charges down an attempted cross by of Lilliputt Rovers during Friday’s St. James FA Sandals/ATL Senior League match played at UDC. Heights recovered from a 1-0 first half defecit to beat Rovers 4-1. Noelita Lawrence

Noelita Lawrence

Wounded Seba FC and Revelation will go in search of a first win when the two lock horns in one of two matches on tomorrow in the St. James FA Sandals/ATL Senior Football League at the UDC field.

The red and green-clad Seba will be hoping to mark a victory having suffered defeat in their opening match of the campaign, a first such feat in two seasons.
Two of the League more attractive-playing teams, Irwin and Club Stars, are scheduled to battle in the other game to be contested at Irwin.
Both matches are slated to kick off at 3 p.m.

HEIGHTS IMPRESSIVE

Meanwhile at the start of the weekend, Heights pumped in four unanswered goals inside 25 minutes to score a come-from-behind 4-1 thumping of the muchhyped Lilliput Rovers at the UDC field.

In the late-starting affair, Heights created several scoring chances in the early stages and dominated the attacking plays, seeming likely to score with every attack, but slipped behind through a rocket from the Rovers attacker who rifled home from the right of the goal after being put through on a build up down the wing.
Anthony Gooden leveled things for Heights in the second half when he nodded past the flat-footed goalkeeper.
Following the goal, Heights’ attacking play and movements off the ball increased in tempo as they continued to cut through their opponents’ disorganized backline at will.

An own-goal, another from veteran Garth Johnson, who should have ended with at least five on the day, closed out the sensational comeback with a well-taken strike.

Heights, last season’s beaten finalists, with the three points marked their first win of the season, which has this year’s format as a League
The competitive showdown which was full of goal-mouth activities, saw several missed chances by the weakened Heights team, which has seen many of their top stars migrate to other clubs.

Inadequate research publications in Jamaica

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https://writingcenterunderground.wordpress.com/2013/01/23/research-papers-argument-or-analysis/

The Editor,
Dear Sir,

Research informs practice; but how can our systems improve if we don’t have the literature on which to base our hypotheses?

Every year, scores of final year tertiary students are obliged to conduct research both at the undergraduate and graduate levels, in keeping with the general requirements for completion of their respective programmes. However, the already preconceived thought that research is difficult, seems to have some level of credibility when students start to search for literature to guide their study, but find it extremely challenging to locate even five ‘academic sources’, bearing in mind that a lot of source documents are often newspaper articles or blogs which are often deemed ‘inappropriate’.

This case is true especially for the teaching and maritime industries. Students are pressured to come up with ‘interesting’ topics, but there is a lack of locally published research on most of the topics that interest them. Yet, it is baffling that there have been numerous alumni who would have conducted studies in same or similar domains, but there is no access to the work that they had produced.

Interestingly, also, it is somewhat unfathomable that even for the very lecturers who teach these students, there is little or no trace of their own work. While it is understandable that not everybody’s work will be published, I find it unacceptable that, collectively as an institution, there is no publication forthcoming from some of our institutions. Let’s use the Teachers’ Colleges as an example. Most of these Colleges have been in operation for more than a century. But how much data can be found in areas such as: Teacher Education and Teacher Leadership; Assessing and Supervising pre-service and in-service teachers; or topics relating to Didactics and Pedagogy specific to the Jamaican context? As regards the maritime world, the Caribbean Maritime University (CMU) is the sole institution of its type in the English-speaking Caribbean; thus, students are heavily dependent on previous studies done in shipping and logistics and cruise management and tourism in other to have some sort of direction.

WHO REALLY BENEFITS

It would be remised of me, however, to not applaud the various institutions which organise annual or biennial research conferences geared at broadening the scope of both staff and students; however, to what extent are these conferences effective? Who really benefits at the end of the day?

Indubitably, more attention needs to be given to the manner in which research is treated in our education system. Students should not only see the notion of research as just doing another course, but as a means by which they can contribute to further knowledge in a particular field and the overall development of a sector. They should also be given the relevant guidance as their research could be a gradual progression from the bachelor’s up to the doctoral level; of course for those who might continue along that path.

As for those lecturers who teach research, they should always seek to improve their practice and find innovative ways to dissect the seemingly complex notions covered in research classes, while dismantling students’ fear. Additionally, they should collaborate with other colleagues, whether internally or externally, and conduct continuous studies. There is still a plethora of unchartered territories that are yet to be explored in certain areas.

Institutionally, the academic studies department should select a committee to review those research papers that are of high standard and quality and get them published. I strongly believe that students’ work and efforts should be valued. While this would be a form of personal achievement for them, it would also be of benefit to both the institution and Jamaica as well as regional and international countries.

I strongly believe that Jamaica has the capacity to produce its own theories and be a world leader in the field of research.

 

Oneil Madden

Teacher-trainer

Université Clermont-Auvergne, France

PhD student, Didactics & Linguistics

Oneil.MADDEN@uca.fr

 

 

DEPLORABLE!!!

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Deplorable road conditions at Fairfield Avenue

Barrington Flemming
Staff Reporter

  • Poor road condition sparks heavy losses

Damaged motor vehicles, high repair bills, disgruntled customers and loss of business are some of the factors which continue to stoke the anger and frustration of business operators over the deplorable condition of Fairfield Avenue, in the Bogue Industrial Estate, Montego Bay.

The road, which is riddled with huge potholes, and broken in parts, has been like this for the past three years, earning the ire of business operators and customers alike.

Douglas Gore, Managing Director of Montego Freight Services, says he has been at the bitter end of it as he continues to lose customers, some of whom have become fed up with the situation after ending up with damaged vehicles and have taken their business elsewhere.

“Deplorable is not good enough to describe this road. The holes are very deep and whenever it rains, they fill up like pools, which make them even more dangerous to unsuspecting motorists who end up with motor vehicles with damaged frontends and other parts.  The politicians know about it; MP Marlene Malahoo Forte and Councillor Dwight ‘Deebo’ Williams, and nothing has been done about it,” he explained.

Gore said in a bid to retain his customers, he has been patching the road and was forced at one point to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars to fix the road, to ensure that his business would continue to flourish.

“I spent over $300 thousand to have the road fixed to ensure that customers were satisfied, but it did not last for too long, as in five months, we had the problem again,” he said. “I have a 2018 Audi and I can’t drive it to work because of the terrible state of the road. It cannot continue to be like this. They must address it and soon”.

But he is not the only one who continues to encounter problems, Robert Miller, who operates and manages Bio GT Engineering, says he is confronted daily by a large pothole in front of his building.

RIDING SIDEWALKS

“It is very bad. It has been ongoing for too long, years now, and no one seems to be interested in getting the road fixed.  Cars have to be ‘riding’ the sidewalk to avoid the large potholes.

Mr. Miller also contends that the matter is further compounded by the dust from the concrete company.

“The road condition is extremely awful and then the dust gives us more work to do to clean up because it settles on our vehicles and it is hard to wash off.”

Daniel Lee, Head of Department of Island Concrete Company at the Bogue Industrial Estate, is another disgruntled business operator who says the trucks that the company operates are damaged daily when they travel on the road, causing the company to incur losses due to repairs to the vehicles.

“The constant jerking, thrusting to-and-fro with weight damages the trucks so it is not good. Some vehicles can travel on the sidewalk but the trucks cannot. We have pointed this out to the authorities but they are dragging their feet as it relates to having the road fixed.”

Mr. Lee says in addition to the dreadful road conditions, the area needs to be bushed as the grass and other plants grow over onto the road as well.

Meanwhile, several attempts to contact the Member of Parliament for West Central St. James, Marlene Mahaloo Forte, for a comment on the matter proved futile as her phones rang incessantly.

Melbourne blank Seba

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DANCING THROUGH: The fleet-footed Nicardo Malcolm of Seba FC takes on and dismisses the Melbounre Mind Games pair of Harice Bernard (R ) and Rapheal Palmer during the opening game of the Sandals/ATL Senior League match played at the UDC field on Monday, January 22. Melbourne made a winning start to the campaign, blanking their opponents 2-0. – Noelita Lawrence photo

Noelita Lawrence

Goals in each half by Jovel Walters and Markland Llewelyn proved decisive as Melbourne made a winning start to the 2018 Sandals/ATL Senior Football League with a comfortable 2-0 win over longtime rivals Seba at the UDC field.

Walters broke the deadlock in the 39th minute before Llewelyn sealed the points in the 64th.

With the three points, Melbourne take the early lead atop the standings, which will this year be a played in a straight League format.

Both teams were quick from the start and created chances to open the scoring, but each were thwarted through faulty shooting and bad decisions in and around the penalty area.

Seba should have gone ahead in the 12th minute when a ball across the face of goal bubbled past the head of an onrushing forward.

Within seconds, Melbourne got their chance, but a well-weighted ball across the face of goal was not met at the back post by the late-arriving attacker.

The red-and-black-clad Melbourne then took charge of the midfield and began to string the passes together, moving effortlessly around their opponents.

Melbourne struck the post and had the Seba back line in a mix as they pressed for the go-ahead goal.

With the first half reaching the halfway stage, Melbourne breached the Seba backline through a sweeping move down the right-hand side of the pitch, forcing the Seba backline to retreat.

Walters, on the end of the move, dipped past three defenders before uncorking a torrid shot which went in off the underside of the post from just outside the 18-yard area.

Melbourne took charge of the encounter from there on, carving out chance after chance but failed to capitalize.

They made the points side just after the hour mark when Llewelyn stuffed home to make the score 2-0 and the three points safe for the many-times semi-finalists and finalists.

It was the first time in three seasons that Melbourne were making a winning start to the season and also ended the three-game winning streak of the Seba team dating back to last season.

The action continues on Friday, January 26, with two matches.

Club Stars against Marl Road at Spot Valley, and the usually unpredictable Lilliput Rovers hosting last year’s beaten Heights, who have been severely weakened by the exodus of some key players to clubs in higher divisions.

Seba, Revelation, Mountain Villa, Marl Road, Melbourne, MoBay City, Lilliput Rovers, Club Stars and the promoted pair of Irwin and Somerton are the teams listed for this year’s competition.

In the meantime, President of the St. James FA, Gregory Daley, says he is pleased with how the kick-off went, noting that “it was a smooth start”.

“It went off well, with just minor hick-ups. We were forced to start the first game a bit later than was scheduled, but that was through no fault of ours, but all in all, it was a good opening round,” he told the Western Mirror.

“We, (FA) are hoping and expecting a really good season with some good brand of football as some of the teams have strengthened their rosters with the inclusion of some good players and with that, we are expecting a bit more competition in the matches,” he noted, “but we just have to wait and see,” he further added.

WE NEED WATER!!

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Barrington Flemming
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  • NWC buckling under the pressure

Thousands of residents in several communities in Western Jamaica are clamouring for water as the National Water Commission continues to struggle to bring operational challenges at two of its major treatment plants in the region under control.

Residents in St. James, Hanover, Trelawny and even St. Ann, have been without the precious resource for just over two weeks and are at their wits’ end as there seems to be no immediate end in sight to their plight.

The parish of St. James has been the hardest hit with more than 20 communities impacted.

The Glendevon Primary and Junior High School in Montego Bay was forced to suspend classes on Monday because of a lack of water.

Tesha Pinnock, Community Relations Manager of the National Water Commission, Western Region, says the company has been experiencing operational challenges at the Great River Treatment plant in St. James and the Martha Brae Treatment plant in Trelawny, which are two of the primary water sources for Western Jamaica, hence so many communities in the four parishes have been severely impacted.

“We are therefore reporting that as a result, some customers in St. James, Hanover, Trelawny and St. Ann continue to experience either low water pressure or periods without water.”

The areas impacted in St. James are:

Queen’s Drive, Leaders Avenue, Mango Walk, Glendevon, Salt Spring, Brandon Hill, Rosemount, Cornwall Courts, Rose Heights, Farm Heights, Rose Mount Gardens, Rectory Drive, Catherine Mount, Albion, Anchovy, Childermas, Lethe, Spring Gardens, sections of Comfort Hall, Wiltshire, Guava Walk, Belmont, Greenwood, Rose Hall, Coral Gardens, Ironshore, Rhyne Park, Spot Valley, Cornwall, Mt. Zion, Palmyra, Saigon, Barrett Town, Providence and Norwood.

In Hanover:

Cue, Elgin Town, Clifton, Middlesex, Bachelors Hall, Johnson Town, Lucea, Brisette, Hoist, Malcolm Heights, Cacoon, Dias, First Hill, Montpelier, Bamboo, McQuarrie, Woodland, Greenland and Blenheim.

In Trelawny:

Falmouth, Green Park, Schawfield, Silver Sands, Duncan’s Bay, Carey Park, Stewart Castle, Salt Marsh, Davis Pen, Stonebrook Vista, Florence Hall Village, Coral Spring, Village, Wiltshire, Hague, Hague Housing scheme, Hammersmith and Retreat Heights.

The explanation by the NWC’s community Relations Office has not gone down well with its customers.

“I don’t want to hear anything about Great River again, every year is the same thing. Dem must can do better than that.  Is two weeks now we don’t have no water. No water in the pipe, the drums empty, every container me have empty, what am I supposed to do”? asked a disgruntled woman from the Glendevon community, one of several areas in Montego Bay impacted by lack of water.

Another disgruntled NWC customer, Shane Brown from Norwood in Montego Bay, said he and his family cannot bear it any longer as they have no water, and his two children may not attend school for the rest of the week as they have no clean uniform to wear.

“They cannot go to school because we have no water to wash their uniform. I have to go Bogue Village to ask friend to catch some water.  We heard that water come last night but none was in our pipes, we did not get any. It cannot continue like this.”

The NWC, however, failed to give a timeline for when water supply will be restored to the affected communities.

 

 

 

Two more guns seized

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The two guns seized on Rifle Lane in Flanker, St. James on Monday

Two firearms and several rounds of ammunition were seized in the volatile community of Flanker in St. James on Monday, as the joint police/military ‘Operation, Take Back St. James’ continues its crackdown across the parish.

The seizure brings to four the number of weapons seized since the State of Public Emergency was declared last Thursday.

Reports indicate that a joint military team went to Rifle Lane in Flanker where a search was conducted in a culvert, when an assault rife with two magazines containing 17, 7.6 mm rounds, and one automatic pistol with one magazine with 7 9mm rounds, were found and seized. No one was arrested in connection with this find.

Monday’s gun seizure follows that of Thursday, January 18, when five suspects were nabbed in a special, targeted operation conducted by a joint police/military team about 12 noon in Flanker, and an AK 47 rifle with live rounds seized.

The five, including three teenage boys 14, 15 and 16 years, are believed to be responsible for major crimes including shooting and murders committed in Montego Bay.

Another gun was seized at the scene of a fatal shooting at a funeral service in Quarry, Montego Bay on Saturday.

The weapon seized on Thursday is reported to have featured in a brazen murder along Sunset Boulevard near the Sangster international Airport on Tuesday January 16.

In the meantime, the weapon is to undergo forensic and ballistic tests to determine its history.

 

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