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The home where the three persons were murdered in Waterford, Portmore, St Catherine, on Sunday night.  Right: The Portmore residents killed during the home invasion on Sunday night.
The home where the three persons were murdered in Waterford, Portmore, St Catherine, on Sunday night. Right: The Portmore residents killed during the home invasion on Sunday night.

Jamaica: Waterford residents in shock after family is shot dead in home invasion

(Jamaica Gleaner) Shock and grief gripped a section of Waterford in Portmore, St Catherine, yesterday after three members of a family were shot dead in their living room shortly after 9 p.m.

The four Haitian fishermen, who were rescued off the the coast of St Margaret's Bay in Portland yesterday, are seen here after being rehydrated. (Photo: Everard Owen)

French-speaking Jamaican jeweller saves the day

(Jamaica Observer) When four Haitian men — supposedly stranded at sea for just over two weeks — were yesterday rescued by Jamaican fishermen in Portland, it took the French-speaking skills of one civilian, who happened to be on the spot, for the police to be able to decipher what the men were saying.

Joeith Lynch

Jamaica: Beheaded girl wanted to study medicine

(Jamaica Observer) Eighteen-year-old Joeith Lynch was dead by the time the letter from the Students’ Loan Bureau informing her that she had been successful in securing funds to begin her studies as a medical student at The University of the West Indies, Mona made its way into her family’s hands.

Raymond “DJ Venom” Peart

Shock after Jamaican DJ killed in crash

(Jamaica Observer) Fame FM disc jockey Collin Hines said the tragic death of his colleague, Raymond “DJ Venom” Peart, has cast a pall of gloom over the radio station as well as its employees.

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