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40 deportees deportees set to arrive

Some 40 deportees are among 220 Jamaicans scheduled to arrive in the island from the United States next week. Prime Minister Andrew Holness made the announcement on Tuesday at a digital press conference held at the Office of the Prime Minister.

The deportees will be quarantined for two weeks in a secure Government facility, and screened twice daily by medical officers to see if they have the COVID-19 disease. At the end of the quarantine period, deportees who are cleared by health officials will be released to family members.

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Two slapped with firearms-related charges

Two men were charged for breaches of the Firearms Act following two separate shooting incidents at the intersection of Penn Street and Brynes Street in Kingston and Rocky Point in Clarendon.

Dorraine Taylor, 31, otherwise called 'Itchy Pang', of Tangerine Road in Kingston was charged with shooting with intent and illegal possession of firearm and ammunition.

Reports from the Denham Town Police are that on Tuesday, May 12, about 6:45 p.m., Taylor opened gunfire at a man who was walking along the roadway. The man made a report to the police and he was subsequently arrested and charged.

In the second incident, 27-year-old Dazel Bailey otherwise called 'Clappa', fisherman of Rocky Point in Clarendon was also charged with shooting with intent and illegal possession of firearm and ammunition after he allegedly injured with a man in his community on May 20.

More than 400 Jamaican crew members aboard the Disney Cruise Line vessel are tentatively scheduled to arrive in the island on Friday.

"Two more cruise ships from the Norwegian Cruise Line with 174 crew members and the Carnival Cruise Line with 240 Jamaicans are currently docked in Falmouth," Prime Minister Andrew Holness said. He further indicated that 180 Colombian nationals who will be transported by a secure corridor to the Donald Sangster International Airport to await their flight home, are in the island aboard the Carnival Cruise Line vessel.

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'Dengue remains a clear and present danger'

Mayor of St. Ann's Bay, Councillor Michael Belnavis, is appealing for residents to continue to exercise vigilance against dengue even as the country grapples with the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

Mayor Belnavis said that dengue remains "a clear and present danger", which is why the St. Ann Municipal Corporation had encouraged residents to use Labour Day to rid their surroundings of mosquito breeding sites.

"Yes, we are facing the coronavirus pandemic, but that doesn't mean that dengue has suddenly disappeared," he said.

He is urging residents not to relax their guard as it relates to the mosquito-borne disease.

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Clarendon men charged for stealing

Four men were charged for breaches of the Larceny Act in separate incidents at Brentford Mall in Kingston and Paisley Avenue in Clarendon.

In the first incident 39-year-old Jadean Ellis, taxi operator of Pen Street, 18-year-old Koby Smith of Mark Lane and 23-year-old Kemo Jahdean of Regent Street all in Kingston were charged with Shop Breaking with Intent.

Reports are that on May 9, about 7:05 p.m., a team of officers on patrol saw the men at a shop at the Brenford Mall in Kingston acting in a manner which aroused their suspicion. Checks were made and it was discovered that the padlocks on the shop were cut and a steel cutter found in a motor car driven by Ellis.

The men were subsequently arrested.

In the second incident 61-year-old Morris Swaby otherwise called 'Rasta', of Chatteau in Clarendon was charged with shop breaking and larceny. Reports are that about 3:00 a.m., a business woman was alerted by a security company that her store was broken into and summoned the police. On arrival of the lawmen, security footage from the store was viewed and Swaby was identified removing items from the store.

He was later arrested and charged.