THE GLEANER MINUTE: 118 active ventilators | Cop’s gun stolen | Reggae Girl Jody Brown signs with Benfica
Jun 20th, 2024 | Category: The Gleaner Minute | 2:00#JamaicaGleaner JUNE 20, 2024: Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton says there are 210 registered ventilators in Jamaica's public health system, 118 of which are actively in use… The service pistol of a policewoman was stolen from her car on Wednesday when she went to conduct business along Ward Avenue in Mandeville, Manchester… A man whose appeal was delayed for almost 15 years because the sentencing section of the transcript cannot be found has lost his challenge against his convictions for a triple murder in Watson Grove, St Catherine in February 2004… IN SPORTS: Reggae Girl Jody Brown has signed her first professional contract with reigning Portuguese champions Benfica in the Liga BPI.
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