What We Learned This Week In Jamaica

November 26 - December 3 1) A man being sentenced for robbing the Princess Casino in Georgetown, Guyana 2 years ago caused the courtroom to erupt in laughter when he told the Magistrate sentencing him that she was "talking too long" and to "just sentence me and done". When told by the bailiffs to be …

What We Learned This Week In Jamaica

November 19-26 1) It started in Kingston, spreading to St Thomas, then St Mary, and soon it was island-wide. Taximen pulled their services from most routes this week in protest of the latest changes in the Road Code, specifically the "owners to be held liable for drivers' actions" rule. Several thoroughfares were blocked, even that …

What We Learned This Week In Jamaica

November 12-19 1) Top Shotta "Cruz" Anderson was killed by soldiers in a shootout in Cambridge on Monday morning. He had been in the JDF's bullseye since ambushing a military unit in Retrieve in September, shooting 2 soldiers in the process. In a heated gun battle lasting several minutes, Cruz & his boss "Prekeh" Wilmot, …

What We Learned This Week In Jamaica

November 5-12 1) Jamaica's Road Safety Unit's campaign to keep road fatalities under 300 has failed thanks to a bloody October on the nation's roads. Kanute Hare, the unit's director, has now adjusted it upwards to 322, a conservative figure considering November & December's renown as party months, as the 9 dead since the beginning …

What We Learned This Week In Jamaica

October 29 - November 5 1) The on/off relationship the police have with Clansman leader Tesha Miller was on again as he was arrested in Barbican this week, along with his girlfriend and another male. After a writ of Habeas Corpus was filed on his behalf, the police have since charged him as an accessory …

What We Learned This Week In Jamaica

October 22-29 1) A man accused of child molestation was set upon and murdered by a mob in Old Fort Bay, St Anns, after denying the allegation & trying to leave the town. He was chased, cornered & stabbed to death after being accused by the child's mother of the dastardly act. Whether the right, …

What We Learned This Week In Jamaica

October 15-22 1) "I'm being portrayed as something I'm not", said the "North Dakota Lotto Kingpin" Lavrick Willocks as he was sentenced to 6 years in prison by a Federal judge in Bismarck this week. Willocks' mother got time served (1 ½ years), making her & her son the beneficiaries of the lightest sentences of …

What We Learned This Week In Jamaica

October 8-15 1) Norman Manley International Airport (NMIA) has been divested to Mexican entity, Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacifico (GAP) in a 25 year concession deal that will see GAP modernizing the airport to the tune of USD $110 mil. The Government will receive an undisclosed guaranteed percentage of the profits, and GAP has an additional …

What We Learned This Week In Jamaica

October 1-8 1) The Jamaica National Heritage Trust has designated the beautiful Blue Lagoon in Portland a national monument, making it a protected and preserved space for all Jamaicans. The Lagoon, immortalized by the film of the same name, and a renowned haunt of the jet-set since the days of Errol Flynn & Ian Fleming, …

What We Learned This Week In Jamaica

September 25 - October 1 1) It was a very successful week for the JCF as finding guns go, with over 25 firearms recovered in St James, Kingston, St Catherine & Westmoreland during several operations to complement the enhanced security measures in those areas. WWLTW wishes them every success in this endeavour, and wishes the …