THE GLEANER MINUTE: 12-y-o drowns in Kingston Harbour | Riot at ‘Hundred Man’ police station
Jan 24th, 2024 | Category: The Gleaner Minute | 1:47#JamaicaGleaner JANUARY 24, 2024: Twelve-year-old Karif Mitchenere, a student of the Tivoli Gardens High in Kingston reportedly drowned after going for a swim in the Kingston Harbour after school ended on Tuesday… The Police have charged a fifth person, Bjorn Black, in last year’s kidnapping and murder of 27-year-old Toshyna Patterson and her 10-month-old daughter Sarayah Paulwell… There was a riot at the Greater Portmore Police Station in St Catherine, widely known as 'Hundred Man', early Wednesday as several prisoners reportedly broke free from their cells and tried to escape… Jamaican 15 year-olds performed below average in a 2022 international assessment in Reading, Mathematics and Science… IN SPORTS: West Indies captain, Hayley Matthews, has been voted The International Cricket Council’s Women’s
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