Jamaica Star
Sun, 04 Apr 2021 17:22:39 -0500Koffee to headline October 10 Best of the Best Concert
Grammy Award-winning reggae sensation Koffee is among the headline acts billed for this year's Best of the Best Concert in Miami. The event was cancelled last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Organisers were eyeing a May return date, but...
Sun, 04 Apr 2021 16:12:37 -0500Digicel delivers praise-filled online concert
Telecommunications giants Digicel promised to execute a praise-filled online concert on Good Friday, and by all counts, it delivered just that. A restriction on large physical gatherings and a lockdown for the second consecutive weekend meant...
Sun, 04 Apr 2021 14:15:47 -0500Europe ramps up vaccinations as virus haunts Easter holidays
PARIS (AP) -- The French city of Lyon's main stadium opened as a mass vaccination centre during Easter weekend, and thousands spent the holiday lining up for injections at hippodromes, velodromes, or other sites as France tried to speed...
Sun, 04 Apr 2021 13:05:36 -0500Four Haitians arrested in St Catherine
Police officers have arrested four Haitian Nationals in Naggo Head, St Catherine on Sunday, April 4,as part of an ongoing investigation. In a statement today, the Jamaica Constabulary Force said the Passport, Immigration and Citizenship Agency and.....
Sun, 04 Apr 2021 11:04:46 -0500214 additional COVID-19 cases, two new deaths
Jamaica on Saturday recorded two more COVID-19 fatalities, pushing the tally to 615. The deceased are: an 84-year-old male from Westmoreland and an 80-year-old female from St James. One other death has been listed as coincidental and three other...
Sun, 04 Apr 2021 10:48:25 -0500Two men shot, one fatally in Red Hills yesterday
Two men were shot, one fatally, in Red Hills, St Andrew yesterday. It is reported that around midday the men were in the vicinity of a post office when they were approached by a gunman who opened fire. The shooter escaped on foot. Cops at a nearby.....
Sat, 03 Apr 2021 18:09:32 -0500Missing Clarendon teacher's car recovered during police investigation
The car belonging to missing Clarendon teacher Natalie Dawkins was today recovered by the police during an operation in Bellas Gate, St Catherine. The police say one man was killed and a firearm seized during the operation. Another man escaped...
Sat, 03 Apr 2021 17:34:39 -0500Man threatening ex-girlfriend in viral voicenote now in police custody
Man heard threatening ex-girlfriend in voicenote apprehended by police The police are reporting that a man heard threatening his ex-girlfriend's life in a voicenote has been apprehended. In the voicenote, the man, who is identified as Peter,...
Sat, 03 Apr 2021 14:49:21 -0500Illegal gun seized in St James
The police in St James seized an illegal gun during an operation in the community of Arcadia. The police report that about 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, an abandoned premises in the area was searched and a firearm was seen in a plastic bag hidden under a.....
Sat, 03 Apr 2021 13:18:43 -0500I-Octane to release new album
Entertainer I-Octane says that his new album, titled Moods, is all about women. "It's female-oriented. It's all about the women and all different types a moods me wah put dem inna. It's going to show off more of the dancehall side...
Sat, 03 Apr 2021 11:44:15 -0500Rapper DMX in hospital following drug overdose
Rapper DMX is reportedly in hospital after suffering a drug overdose. According to TMZ, the 50-year-old hip hop icon overdosed on Friday night and is currently in the critical care unit of a hospital in White Plains, New York. The overdose is said.....
Sat, 03 Apr 2021 11:23:16 -0500UK: Benefits outweigh risks for AstraZeneca despite 7 deaths
LONDON (AP) -- Britain's medicines regulator is urging people to continue taking the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine, despite revealing that seven people in the U.K. have died from rare blood clots after getting the jab. The Medicines...
Sat, 03 Apr 2021 11:02:35 -0500Six more COVID-19 deaths, 482 new cases
Jamaica on Friday recorded six more COVID-19 deaths, pushing the tally to 613. Those who have died are: 1. A 30-year-old male from Westmoreland 2. A 59-year-old male from Kingston and St Andrew 3. A 75-year-old female from Kingston and St...
Sat, 03 Apr 2021 09:50:06 -0500Artistes respond to PM: 'We are pointing fingers right back at you'
Gully Gad Mavado said he is pointing fingers right back at Prime Minister Andrew Holness, aka Bro Gad. During his session in Parliament on Tuesday, the prime minister addressed the vexing topic of the perceived link between dancehall music and the.....
Fri, 02 Apr 2021 16:06:43 -0500Man rams car into 2 Capitol police; 1 officer, driver killed
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A Capitol Police officer was killed Friday after a man rammed a car into two officers at a barricade outside the U.S. Capitol and then emerged wielding a knife. It was the second line-of-duty death this year for a department...
Fri, 02 Apr 2021 13:59:23 -0500Suspected murder-suicide in St Thomas
The St Thomas police are probing what is suspected to be a murder-suicide in the parish on Good Friday. Dead is 47-year-old Lorraine Hutchinson of Citron Valley, Middleton in the area. Also deceased is Hutchinson's ex-boyfriend who is...
Fri, 02 Apr 2021 13:24:09 -0500Vincentians told to remain ready for explosion despite reduced activity at La Soufriere
KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, CMC - Director of the National Emergency Management Organisation (NEMO), Michelle Forbes is again urging Vincentians to prepare for the possibility of an explosive eruption of La Soufriere. The volcano has been...
Fri, 02 Apr 2021 12:14:06 -0500Three arrested after illegal firearm seized in St Ann
Three men were arrested by the police in St Ann following the seizure of a homemade firearm and a 12 gauge cartridge. Their identities are being withheld pending further investigations The recovery was made during an operation in Steer Town on...
Fri, 02 Apr 2021 10:59:27 -0500424 new COVID-19 cases, eight additional deaths
Jamaica on Thursday recorded eight new COVID-19 deaths, pushing the tally to 607. The deceased are: * A 65-year-old male from St. Elizabeth. * An 80-year-old male from St Elizabeth * A 69-year-old male from St Elizabeth * A 73-year-old male...
Fri, 02 Apr 2021 10:39:09 -0500Iraqi baby is first boy ever to be born with three penises, doctors claim
A boy in Iraq who was born with three penises is the first child ever proven to have the strange deformity, doctors have claimed. "To the best of our knowledge, this is the first reported case with three penises or triphallia," wrote Dr...