THE GLEANER MINUTE: Hanna leaves rep politics | High murder rate | Teen charged for brother’s death | Serena Williams to retire
Aug 9th, 2022 | Category: The Gleaner Minute | 1:56#JamaicaGleaner #LisaHanna #Politics #PNP #Clarendon #SerenaWilliams #Tennis #GrandSlam AUGUST 9, 2022: PNP MP Lisa Hanna announced Tuesday that she is leaving representational politics "to pave new roads for the generation coming behind us"… The man arrested on suspicion of being a major gun supplier to the underworld was issued two firearm permits by Jamaican Authorities despite a drug-related conviction in the United States… The number of murders recorded in Jamaica for this year stood at 909 up to August 8, a 3.3 per cent increase compared to the similar period last year… A 16-year-old Clarendon girl has been charged with the August 5 murder of her brother, 23-year-old Lenardo Cole at their home on hazard drive in May Pen… IN SPORTS:
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