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Twenty-two-year-old bartender Shaquille Borris Sproul.
Updated 5 hours ago Sashana Small/Staff Reporter

PARTY TRAGEDY - Bartender’s death at Halloween festival leaves family, friends seeking answers

The family of 22-year-old bartender Shaquille Borris Sproul said it is considering taking legal action against the organisers of the SCREAM Halloween Festival following his death while working at the event on Saturday night. Police sources believe Sproul may have been electrocuted. Reports are that Sproul was seen falling to the ground during the event, which was being held at Mas Camp in St Andrew. He subsequently became unresponsive.

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Senior Superintendent of Police Carlos Russell.
02 Nov, 2026 0

Police: Ocho Rios crash cars reportedly had dealer plates

The St Ann police have received reports that the two Mercedes-Benz motor cars that were “racing” in Ocho Rios, St Ann, before a weekend crash that resulted in the deaths of four teenagers were fitted…
Senator Keith Duncan.
02 Nov, 2026 0

Duncan: Productivity key to breaking Ja’s low-growth cycle

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Kamina Johnson Smith, minister of foreign affairs.
02 Nov, 2026 0

Gov’t says no parliamentary instructions defied in Cuba vote abstention

Foreign Affairs Minister Kamina Johnson Smith has rejected an assertion by former Prime Minister P.J. Patterson that the Government flouted the authority of Parliament when Jamaica abstained from…
Valda Gayle, mother of Glenmuir High School head boy Melteno Lopez, sells handmade jewellery on the streets of May Pen in Clarendon to send her son to school.
02 Nov, 2026 0

Beyond the badge - Criticism can’t dampen Lopez’s pride in Glenmuir head boy appointment after years of hardship

At 18, Melteno Lopez has already learnt that leadership comes with scrutiny. His appointment as head boy of Glenmuir High School drew criticism from some members of the student body, who believed…
A section of Black River, St Elizabeth, after the passage of Hurricane Melissa last year. The St John Anglican Church is seen in ruin.
02 Nov, 2026 0

Gov’t looking at new economic model for Black River coastline

WESTERN BUREAU: Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness says the Government has no intention of abandoning the hurricane-ravaged coastal communities of Black River, St Elizabeth, but will instead pursue a…
Chief Justice Bryan Sykes
02 Nov, 2026 0

Sykes: Judges can cut gun sentences

Chief Justice Bryan Sykes has pushed back against claims that Jamaica's tough firearms legislation ties judges' hands, pointing to provisions that allow the Court of Appeal to slash…
A section of the audience at last Tuesday’s launch of the BECOME campaign. At centre (seated) is Senior Assistant Registrar Dr Marsha Morgan-Allen.
02 Nov, 2026 0

UWI Mona launches BECOME campaign to boost student enrolment

The University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, has launched a new recruitment campaign aimed at increasing undergraduate and postgraduate enrolment by at least five per cent, as it seeks to strengthen…
Lawrence Chisolm, president of the Raft Captains Association at Rio Grande Rafting in Portland.
02 Nov, 2026 0

Flood of woes for Portland raft captains - River guides face fight for survival as floods, financial hardship drive them away

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From left: Mother Joy Surtida, director of the Good Shepherd Foundation in Montego Bay, St James; Andrew Foreman, president of the Friends of Good Shepherd International (FOGS); Denise Isaacs, secretary of FOGS; Jeanne Robinson-Foster, chairperson of the G
02 Nov, 2026 0

Friends give financial boost to Good Shepherd Foundation, other charities

WESTERN BUREAU: The Florida-based Friends of Good Shepherd International (FOGS) has donated US$21,000 to the Good Shepherd Foundation in Montego Bay, which is to be distributed among local charities…