Jamaica Star

Fri, 17 May 2024 13:31:24 -0500
St Elizabeth teens in custody over house break-in
Six male students, between ages 13 and 16, from a prominent high school in St Elizabeth are now in police custody after they were arrested on allegations of breaking into a house.

Fri, 17 May 2024 14:20:51 -0500
Jamaicans living in Cayman killed in five-vehicle collision
Three Jamaicans were killed in a five-vehicle collision in the Cayman Islands on Monday.

Fri, 17 May 2024 16:42:15 -0500
JTA joins appeal to locate missing teacher Danielle Anglin
The Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA) is joining a public appeal to locate missing teacher Danielle Anglin, who works at St Peter Claver Primary and Infant School in St Andrew.

Fri, 17 May 2024 11:38:44 -0500
Significant work completed on 14 police stations under Project ‘ROC’
Work has, to date, been completed on 14 new and fully rehabilitated police stations since the commencement of Project ‘Rebuild, Overhaul and Construct’ (ROC).

Fri, 17 May 2024 11:50:39 -0500
St Elizabeth farmer charged with burglary
Fifty-nine-year-old Burnette Foster, a farmer of Keynsham district, St Elizabeth, has been charged with burglary after he was found in the house of a woman early one morning.

Fri, 17 May 2024 11:43:13 -0500
A man convicted in Malawi over TikTok video showing caricature of president dancing
BLANTYRE, Malawi (AP) — A man in Malawi was convicted of insulting President Lazarus Chakwera after posting a TikTok video that shows an animated figure with Chakwera’s face superimposed on it doing some wacky dance moves.

Fri, 17 May 2024 05:02:46 -0500
Warrant issued for suspect on work programme
Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court Judge Sanchia Burrell on Thursday issued a warrant for the arrest of a Corporate Area woman, who failed to show for court and is said to be overseas on a work programme. The woman, identified in court documents....

Fri, 17 May 2024 05:02:47 -0500
Family worried about missing teacher
On Monday evening, senior citizen Denise Anglin waited anxiously for her daughter Danielle Anglin, a primary school teacher, to return home from work, but she never did and has not been seen since. The elderly mother, who shares a 'two peas in a.....

Fri, 17 May 2024 05:02:40 -0500
Three women shot in MoBay attack
Three women were shot and injured in Montego Bay on Wednesday night, just hours after the Jamaica Constabulary Force's rolled out the city's Beat Officer Patrol Division (BOPD), which is designed to create order in the St James parish capital....

Fri, 17 May 2024 05:02:45 -0500
JTA president urges overwhelmed teachers to speak out
Following a viral video of a teacher suffering what persons believe was a nervous breakdown, president of the Jamaica Teachers' Association (JTA), Leighton Johnson, is encouraging educators "not to suffer in silence" but to take advantage of the......

Fri, 17 May 2024 05:02:49 -0500
Mother caught with ganja in lock-up freed
A Corporate Area woman, who was held with ganja concealed in items of clothing that she was taking to her incarcerated son, was freed in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court on Thursday on compassionate grounds. Tameca Smikle-Livingston, who......

Fri, 17 May 2024 05:02:38 -0500
University student implicated in laptop theft
A second-year university student is at the centre of a probe that involves a missing laptop from his friend's home. Jordain Butler pleaded not guilty to simple larceny in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court on Wednesday. It is alleged that on....

Fri, 17 May 2024 05:02:37 -0500
USF installs more than 300 Wi-Fi hotspots
The Universal Service Fund (USF) has, so far, installed some 315 free community Wi-Fi hotspots across the island, aimed at tackling connectivity disparities. This disclosure was made by Telecommunications Minister Daryl Vaz, during the opening...

Fri, 17 May 2024 05:02:36 -0500
Authorities seek to curb illegal activities in Bogue Village
Montego Bay's Mayor, Councillor Richard Vernon, says the St James Municipal Corporation will be taking steps to address the issue of persons operating illegal garages and workshops in Bogue Village, among other breaches in the parish. Vernon,...

Fri, 17 May 2024 05:02:35 -0500
Government enhancing border security
The Government has made substantial investments over the years in enhancing border security, according to Minister of National Security Dr Horace Chang. "The investments include a coastal radar system, the acquisition of offshore patrol vessels,.....

Fri, 17 May 2024 05:02:30 -0500
VSB confident of protecting nation’s children
Dionne-Dawn Binns, director of the Victim Services Branch (VSB) in the Social Justice Division of the Ministry of Justice, is expressing confidence that the entity is well positioned to respond to cases of sexual abuse involving minors. According....

Thu, 16 May 2024 15:54:55 -0500
19-year-old St Andrew man charged for house breaking
A 19-year-old man has been charged with house breaking and larceny following an incident which occurred in his St Andrew community last Friday.

Thu, 16 May 2024 12:05:41 -0500
Police constable charged over fatal Accompong shooting in 2022
Charges have been laid against the police constable who was involved in the 2022 shooting at a Maroon event in Accompong, St Elizabeth.

Thu, 16 May 2024 11:49:45 -0500
Teen died from eating spicy chip as part of social media challenge, autopsy report concludes
BOSTON (AP) — A Massachusetts teen who participated in a spicy tortilla chip challenge on social media died from ingesting a high amount of a chili pepper extract, according to an autopsy report obtained by The Associated Press.

Thu, 16 May 2024 11:08:56 -0500
Sentencing of 'Beachy Stout' and co-convict delayed
The sentencing of murder convicts Portland businessman Everton 'Beachy Stout' McDonald and Oscar Barnes was this morning postponed to September 19 in the Home Circuit Court.

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