Jamaica Star
Sat, 20 Mar 2021 13:04:58 -0500Man charged in connection with illegal gun found in ceiling
Twenty-five-year-old Tourenio Douglas of Penwood Road in Kingston 11 has been and arrested and charged with illegal possession of firearm and ammunition, following a seizure on White Lane in the parish on Thursday, March 11. Reports from the Hunts.....
Sat, 20 Mar 2021 12:58:36 -0500Clarendon man arrested for chopping woman during argument
A fisherman of Portland Cottage district in Clarendon has been arrested and charged for chopping a woman with a machete during an altercation on Tuesday. Charged with wounding with intent is 35-year-old Randy McKenzie, otherwise called 'Freddy...
Sat, 20 Mar 2021 12:31:30 -0500Half of UK adults have gotten one dose of COVID-19 vaccine
LONDON (AP) -- The U.K. says half of the country's adults have received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine, a milestone in the government's drive to reach everyone over age 18 by the end of July. Health Secretary Matt Hancock...
Sat, 20 Mar 2021 11:53:41 -0500Overseas spectators banned from Tokyo Olympics due to COVID risks
TOKYO (AP) --Spectators from abroad will be barred from the postponed Tokyo Olympics when they open in four months. The decision was announced Saturday after an online meeting of the International Olympic Committee, the Japanese government,...
Sat, 20 Mar 2021 11:38:00 -0500Cops find ammo in unfinished building on Old Hope Road
The Half Way Tree police seized forty-eight 5.6mm cartridges on Old Hope Road, Kingston 6 on Friday. Reports are that about 10 a.m., cops were on an operation in the area, during which a search warrant was executed at the premises where an...
Sat, 20 Mar 2021 11:04:52 -0500Two soldiers charged for allegedly raping trainee
Two Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) members, 22-year-old Michael Grant and 19-year-old Anuk Moncrieffe have been arrested and charged, after they allegedly raped a trainee at the JDF Headquarters at Up Park Camp in Kingston on Thursday. Police reports.....
Sat, 20 Mar 2021 10:32:51 -0500Jamaica records 695 new COVID cases, five more deaths
Confirmed COVID-19 cases in Jamaica have surged passed 34,000, as the country recorded 695 positive results from the 1,864 samples tested in the last 24 hours, pushing total cases to 34,665 with 17,958 active. Of the new cases, 280 are males...
Sat, 20 Mar 2021 10:53:30 -0500Cops shut down illegal parties in West Kingston, several party-goers arrested
Several party-goers were arrested in West Kingston on Friday night for breaches under the Disaster Risk Management Act, as the police shut down two illegal parties. In a series of videos shared by the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) on...
Fri, 19 Mar 2021 05:03:07 -0500‘COVID was at my doorstep’ - Shaw happy to get vaccine
Having lost his eldest sister, 80-year-old Pauline Hutchison, to the dread coronavirus two months ago, Jamaica's Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Audley Shaw, was determined to take the COVID-19 vaccine as soon as it was available.......
Fri, 19 Mar 2021 05:03:18 -0500‘Stronger measures coming’ - Holness says current COVID-19 wave more dangerous
Prime Minister Andrew Holness said he would be announcing tighter COVID-19 measures which he said are "designed to protect our healthcare system and save lives". The prime minister, speaking during the Budget Debate in Parliament, said Jamaica is....
Fri, 19 Mar 2021 05:03:21 -0500Second Portland councillor dies in six months
Councillor Derron Wood became the second member of the Portland Municipal Corporation to die in office in the last six months. Wood, a four-time councillor of the Fairy Hill Division in East Portland, died at the University Hospital of the West......
Fri, 19 Mar 2021 05:03:06 -0500JUTC employee dies after being run over by bus
"Each time me look at him picture, tears full me eyes because me heart a grieve," said Collin Brown. This harrowing pain has been with him since last Thursday after receiving news that his father was hit from his pedal cycle by a Jamaican Urban.....
Fri, 19 Mar 2021 05:03:20 -0500Two recording artistes arrested
Two men, who the police say are recording artistes, were arrested and charged with lottery scamming offences on Thursday when members of the Anti-Lottery Scamming Task Force carried out a special operation in Ducketts Road, Cambridge, St James....
Fri, 19 Mar 2021 05:03:24 -0500Miss Kitty to document ‘journey to the Bar’
For Khadine 'Miss Kitty' Hylton, December 15, 2020 will forever be etched in her memory, as that is the pivotal day that her childhood dream was actualised. In her latest initiative, being celebrated on her birthday today, she will premier her......
Fri, 19 Mar 2021 05:03:11 -0500Family still puzzled as man is missing since 2019
Desperate to find closure, a St Andrew family is now prepared to offer money to anyone with credible information that leads to the discovery of Shaquille Melville, who has been missing since February 2019. Melville, 25, migrated to the United...
Fri, 19 Mar 2021 05:03:04 -0500Blue Hole survivor dies after asthma attack
Sherona Peterkin was among countless social media users who initially found it amusing that a man would wade into a river, knowing he could not swim. The man, Maurice Matthews, a phone technician from 14 Miles in St Thomas, had travelled with...
Fri, 19 Mar 2021 05:03:01 -0500I had a crazy fling
Mi say, a few years back, mi and my friends went on a beach trip in Montego Bay, and while mi in the water mi see a nice empress and approach her. She was very polite, and something about her smile captivated me. She did a drink Henny and Red......
Fri, 19 Mar 2021 18:16:43 -0500Dante Brooks sentenced to life in prison
Dante Brooks, the 18-year-old son of dancehall artiste Mavado has been sentenced to life in prison for the 2018 murder of Lorenzo Thomas.He must serve 22 years before he may become eligible for parole. Brooks was also sentenced to 15 years for...
Fri, 19 Mar 2021 17:28:55 -0500Antigua PM asks US President for AstraZeneca vaccines for CARICOM
St John's, Antigua (CMC) - Prime Minister of Antigua Gaston Browne, has written to United States President Joe Biden requesting that Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries be given some of the AstraZeneca vaccines his government is...
Fri, 19 Mar 2021 16:33:49 -0500Two Royal Caribbean lines to resume Caribbean cruises in June
MIAMI (AP) -- Two Royal Caribbean cruises will resume in June, ending a yearlong hiatus, but passengers 18 and older must test negative for COVID-19 before getting on a ship. The company's Celebrity Cruises subsidiary said Friday that...