On Thursday, October 5, 2023, officials from the Ministry of Health, acting on instructions from the Kingston and St. Andrew Public Health Department, shut down stalls operated by crab vendors at Heroes Circle in Kingston.

The directives came after a viral video showing what appears to be an unsanitary act by a woman at the popular food spot called ‘Crab Circle.’

The video has sparked widespread outrage and significant condemnation on social media. 

Several people vowed not to buy from the vendors again. 

A second video of a vendor criticizing the person who made the first video would emerge later, sparking more outrage.

According to reporting, the closure of ‘Crab Circle’ affects over a dozen vendors from the Fletcher’s Land community and surrounding areas of downtown Kingston.  

‘Crab Circle’ which is famous for cooked crabs, roasted and boiled corn, roasted yam, roasted saltfish, and soup, was renovated by J. Wray and Nephew in collaboration with the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development and the Kingston and St. Andrew Municipal Corporation, state news agency the Jamaica Information Service reported. 

The location has been a source of income for many families, enabling vendors to invest in their children’s education.

Police killed a suspect and recovered a gun in St. Catherine.

ST CATHERINE, Jamaica – On Thursday morning, October 5, 2023, law enforcement officers shot and killed a suspect and seized one firearm in Grateful Hill in Glengoffe, St Catherine.

According to preliminary reports, the Police are yet to identify the deceased. 

At about 7:50 a.m., a team of Police officers assigned to the St. Catherine North Division conducted a targeted operation in the community.

The law enforcement officers went to the targeted premises, and two men ran towards the back of the yard. 

The Police pursued the suspects, and one of the men holding a firearm in his hand opened fire at the Police.

 The Police took evasive action and returned the fire, hitting the suspect. The suspect fell to the ground, holding a .38 revolver with five live rounds.

The second suspect eluded the Police. The Gum Shoes rushed the injured man to the hospital, where the authorities pronounced him dead.

The Independent Commission of Investigation is probing the incident.

St. James bus with passengers aboard ran off the road into gully.

On Thursday afternoon, October 5, 2023, a St. James bus that plies the Cambridge to Montego Bay route plunged into a gully with passengers aboard, including school children, along the Long Hill Main Road in St. James.

Heavy afternoon rains hampered the rescue efforts.

Meanwhile, traffic congestion rendered Reading to Anchovy Main Road impassable.