THE GLEANER MINUTE: 80-y-o woman dead, son in custody | Coast Guard intercepts vessel with cocaine
Nov 20th, 2025 | Category: The Gleaner Minute | 2:06#JamaicaGleaner NOVEMBER 20, 2025: A 53-year-old man has been arrested by the police in St Catherine in connection with the murder of his 80-year-old mother, Jasmine Grant, otherwise called Sister Grant, whose decomposing body with stab wounds was found inside her home on Wednesday… The Coast Guard of the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) on Wednesday seized a little over 990 pounds of cocaine, which has an estimated street value of $3.7 billion, after intercepting a vessel offshore Jamaica… The Southern Regional Health Authority is urging members of the public to desist from attacking vector control workers carrying out their duties, following a stoning incident in Siloah, St Elizabeth… IN SPORTS: Technical Committee Chairman of the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) Rudolph Speid
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