The Major Organized Crime and Anti-Corruption Agency (MOCA) arrested three suspects last week in connection with a massive multi-million dollar fraud investigation affecting several financial institutions across the island.
The suspects, a 44-year-old man and two women, ages 37 and 40, were nabbed following a series of coordinated operations across several parishes between January 13 and 16.
A suspected serial rapist has been charged in connection with a string of sexual offences committed across multiple parishes over the last three years.
Detectives assigned to the Counter Terrorism and Organized Crime Investigation Branch (CTOC) have charged 25-year-old Ackiel Davis of Cornwall Barracks, Moore Town, Portland.
Minister of Agriculture Floyd Green said the reductions range from 14 to 77 percent.
The glut resulted from a drop in demand for produce, mainly by hotels, which are ongoing restoration.
He was speaking last evening at the Jamaica Stock Exchange Regional Investments and Capital Markets Conference.
He noted the need for the regulatory regime to evolve.
A husband and wife are dead in what police believe is a case of murder-suicide.
They have been identified as 53-year-old paralegal Morvine Thompson Palmer and 49-year-old Mason Peat Palmer, both of Dorado Drive, Harbour View in Kingston.