WESTERN BUREAU: Deputy Superintendent of Police Roderick Reid, the acting operations officer for the St James Police Division, is urging the councillors at the St James Municipal Corporation (StJMC) to play their part in engaging the residents of their divisions in a bid to reduce the parish’s crime rate, particularly murders. Reid made the appeal while addressing Thursday’s monthly meeting of the StJMC, where he reported that St James has recorded nine murders since the start of 2026. He also noted that eight illegal firearms had been seized in the division to date.

WESTERN BUREAU: The St James Municipal Corporation (StJMC) on Thursday passed a resolution during its monthly meeting to erect a statue of the late reggae icon James ‘Jimmy Cliff’ Chambers at the entrance to Jimmy Cliff Boulevard in downtown Montego Bay. The resolution, which will be sent to the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport for review, was presented and unanimously approved by the councillors in attendance.

Western Bureau: It has been more than three months since Hurricane Melissa devastated western Jamaica, but the impact is still being felt in the region with some families in Hanover, whose homes were destroyed, still being housed in shelters. Speaking at Thursday’s monthly meeting of the Hanover Municipal Corporation (HMC), Lucea Deputy Mayor Andria Dehaney-Grant said approximately 20 persons were still occupying shelters across the parish as they have no homes to return to because of the impact of the hurricane.

Jamaica Prefects’ Association (JPA) President Nashá Patterson is calling for urgent, coordinated action to locate and re-engage students who have stopped attending school following the passage of Hurricane Melissa. Patterson warned that absenteeism is deepening learning loss and contributing to growing demotivation among teachers. Reports coming out from Regions 4 (Hanover, Westmoreland and St James) and 5 (St Elizabeth and Manchester) have raised red flags for the student leadership body, with classrooms now operating at less than half their usual capacity.

The continuing oversight of the Global Jamaica Diaspora Council (GJDC) by the Government has sparked fierce pushback from some members of the Jamaican diaspora in the United States, with a former Diaspora Advisory Board member calling for change. At the same time, an outgoing GJDC council member for the Southern region is publicly questioning why the Government retains control over the body. Former Diaspora Advisory Board member Patrick Beckford is calling for the Jamaican Government to divest itself from serving as chair of the diaspora governance structure.

Democrats refused to fund the department without new restrictions on federal immigrations agents.

The lower house of the Polish parliament has adopted legislation granting amnesty to Polish citizens who have fought as mercenaries for Kiev Read Full Article at RT.com

The 18-year-old suspect responsible for one of Canada’s deadliest school shootings created a video game on the popular platform Roblox Read Full Article at RT.com

Taxi driver Octavian Codreanu and his passenger Moyra Whelan died after being hit by Liberty Mitchell, who was travelling at 96mph in a 60mph zone in December 2022.

Under seige from the Jeffrey Epstein scandal and facing separate accusations of rape and other criminal offences, the Norwegian royal family faces new alarming challenges ahead.

The latest big screen version of Emily Bronte's 1847 classic novel opened in cinemas yesterday, starring Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi as lovers Cathy and Heathcliff.

The 21-year-old, who has earned the nickname the 'Quad God' for his impressive talent for quadruple jumps, had been the standout favorite to top the Olympic podium.

US figure skater Maxim Naumov may not have won a medal but he made his late parents proud on Friday night as he competed on the Winter Olympic stage over a year on from their deaths.

Sydney's account of her rags-to-riches story has omitted some of the most extraordinary details of her rise from rock bottom - in particular the toll which America's drug crisis has taken on her wider family.

No US servicemen were harmed

The attacks caused no damage to residential buildings and civilian infrastructure sites

Ilham Aliyev emphasized that more than six months the situation on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border is calm

Matthew Whitaker also added that «it's an incredibly dangerous world right now»

US Special Presidential Envoy Steve Witkoff and businessman Jared Kushner will hold bilateral talks with Iranian delegates in the morning, and will attend a trilateral meeting with Russian and Ukrainian delegations in the afternoon

A 22-year-old Bangladeshi man will be charged in court on Saturday (Feb 14) for allegedly staging his own kidnapping in a case of attempted cheating.In a news release on Friday (Feb 13) night, the police said they received a report at about 11.40am on Thursday, claiming that the man did not turn up for work.Later the same day, the police received further information that the man had allegedly been kidnapped. The man's uncle also received text messages seeking a ransom of $3,000 for his release.Police said the messages contained photographs of the suspect being tied up.Officers from Clementi Police Division conducted extensive searches and investigations and located him in the vicinity of Marina Bay, within three hours of being informed of the alleged kidnapping.Preliminary investigations revealed that the man had allegedly staged his own kidnapping for personal reasons.The police added that no ransom was paid to him or anyone else.His mobile devices were seized in connection to the case.If convicted of attempted cheating, he could be jailed for up to 10 years, fined, or both.[[nid:727610]]

Two batches of Nestle Milo snack bar products from Australia have being recalled after the Singapore Food Agency (SFA) was informed of the potential presence of rubber in them.Nestle Singapore, the importer of the affected products - Nestle's Milo snack bar (Original); and Nestle's Milo snack bar (Dipped) - has been directed to recall the implicated product, the agency said in a news release on Friday (Feb 13) night.  One batch of each of the said products is being recalled.

A 23-year-old man was arrested on Friday (Feb 13) for his alleged involvement in a case of loanshark harassment in Pasir Ris.The incident happened at about 9.06am on Friday at a residential unit along Pasir Ris Street 12.Police said the man scribbled the wall of the residential block's lift lobby with loanshark-related graffiti.He was identified and arrested within 14 hours of the report being made through follow-up investigations by officers from Ang Mo Kio Police Division, Bedok Police, Division, and Police Operations Command Centre, and with the aid of images from police cameras.Preliminary investigations revealed that he was allegedly involved in other similar acts of loanshark harassment islandwide. The police did not say when and where these other cases happened.He will be charged in court on Saturday (Feb 14) under the Moneylenders Act 2008. If found guilty of the said offence, he could be jailed for up to five years, fined up to $50,000, and receive up to six strokes of the cane.Members of the public are advised to stay away from loansharks and not work with or assist them in any way.

Looks like there’s a new main villain supercharging Brussel’s tax-and-spend narrative Read Full Article at RT.com

The US military actively used Anthropic’s Claude AI model during the deadly raid in Venezuela last month, according the WSJ and Axios Read Full Article at RT.com

Alexander Rahr pointed out that at the Munich Security Conference French President Emmanuel Macron made emphases that differed from those of German Chancellor Friedrich Merz