Police have identified the three men who were killed in a motor vehicle crash along the Rio Nuevo Main Road in St. Mary yesterday morning.
The deceased have been named as 31-year-old Kenroy Fung, 29-year-old Romario Grey and 23-year-old Brandon Nelson, all of Stewart Town district, St. Mary.
Human Rights Lobby Group Stand Up For Jamaica (SUFJ) is urging the government to treat the rise in school violence as a national emergency.
This call comes against the background of more than 50 violent incidents recorded in schools over the past year.
Old cotton bank notes will be demonetized on July 1.
These are the 5000, 1000, 500, 100 and 50 dollar denominations.
The Bank of Jamaica gave notice of the move to demonetize the notes on April 1.
Members of the public are being urged to avoid consuming chicken meat that came from a container which washed ashore at Hellshire beach in St. Catherine on Thursday.
Opposition spokesman on Health Dr. Alfred Dawes has called on the government to seize a container that washed ashore at Hellshire beach in St. Catherine on Thursday, loaded with raw chicken meat.