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Twenty-nine years old Marco Miller and Alex Philpot, died during a police confrontation which occurred about 9:00 am.

Two illegal firearms – a .38 Smith and Wesson containing two live rounds and four spent casing and a shotgun – were recovered in the process.

Both men, the police say, are members of the Bed Bug gang, an offshoot of the notorious Clansman gang, and are known repeat offenders.

The main function of the Task Force, which was established last year, is to conduct AI research and provide an evidence-based foundation for the development of a National AI Policy.

Senator Morris Dixon indicated that she received a copy of the report last week, adding that “I have gone through [it] and we will be taking it to Cabinet”.

“It is going to be a 20-year journey for us to get all our roads into the conditions where we can drive in comfort on all of them. Going forward, the Government is making the commitment, with the budgetary allocations from our [positive] economic performance, to build new roads, improve those roads and maintain them. For the first time, we are in a position that we can project to be able to do this,” he disclosed.

The Prime Minister was addressing a Diaspora town hall at the Lehman Center for the Performing Arts in New York on Saturday (September 21).

Potential Tropical Cyclone Nine has been producing heavy showers and thunderstorms across the western Caribbean including Jamaica since Sunday morning forcing many schools to close early.

There have been reports of flooding in several flood-prone areas across the country with conditions likely to get worse.

From once being a passive user of technology and software to establishing her own company VAULT Technologies and developing an integrative educational system that has benefited users in developing nations as far away as Africa, Tate has generously been able to empower young people in one of the fastest growing fields internationally.

As one of 18 persons from the Bureau of Gender Affairs (BGA), who have been trained and certified to investigate reports of harassment, she will play a key role in ensuring compliance with the Sexual Harassment (Protection and Prevention) Act, 2021.

In its latest Wanted Wednesday publication shared on social media, Marshall has been named among several individuals being sought by the police for serious crimes they’ve allegedly committed.

He is said to frequent the communities of Bannister and Old Harbour Bay.

Vulnerable road users are defined as non-motorised road users, such as pedestrians, cyclists, motorcyclists and persons with disabilities or reduced mobility and orientation.

Of the fatalities, there were 48 pedestrians, 12 pedal cyclists and 98 travelling on a motorcycle. Eighty-nine drivers and nine pillion passengers also died in road accidents.

On September 24, 11-year-old Marla Richards, a Vere Technical High student, died after being hit by bus. Another student of the Clarendon-based institution was injured in a separate incident and taken to hospital for treatment.

At a most opportune and relevant moment, Mr Shaw used the historic event to remind justices of the peace of their important role in society. 

During a ceremony in which he gave the charge to 23 newly certified lay magistrates, the noted attorney-at-law, said the October 11, 1865 event that led to the uprising, spearheaded by National Hero Paul Bogle, is a stark reminder that the dispensing of justice must be fair at all times.

So far all attempts to locate and bring her home, are to no avail. Her father and the rest of the family have been combing Spanish Town and its surrounding communities for days but so far their efforts have not unearthed any leads.