The theatre and entertainment fraternity has been left in shock following the sudden passing of renowned actor, Volier 'Maffie' Johnson. Johnson's daughter confirmed his passing this evening.

A Jamaican businessman based in Florida has been charged with second degree murder following a shooting during an incident of road rage in the southern United States state.

Tamara Bailey/STAR Writer

Trelawny crab farmer Jermaine Morris believes that the theft of most of his crustaceans last month has been a blessing in disguise. Morris, 42, stated that bouncing back has been costly but worthwhile. "Now I have to pay people to go and hunt...

Tian Williams always had a passion for farming and after months of dreaming about it, the 15-year-old is now on his way to becoming a successful chicken farmer. The grade-nine student at Cumberland High School in Portmore, St Catherine,...

Months after ending a relationship with a murder-convict who is serving time in one of the country's maximum security prisons, a Corporate Area woman is sounding the warning to other women who would contemplate similar escapades. Keisha*, who is.....

A man who is accused of kicking a car out of anger, resulting in $130,000 in damage to the vehicle, found himself in hot water yesterday after it was revealed that he breached a court order to stay away from the complainant. The man, Joel East,......

Gavieal Gordon has had a lifelong dream of becoming a medical doctor. The 21-year-old, from Freetown Woodford in St Andrew East Rural, has been working hard throughout her academic life, and gained admittance to The University of the West Indies....

Final-year university students Javelle Stewart and Romario Blackwood say that had it not been for the J. Wray and Nephew (JWN) Foundation scholarships, they would have encountered difficulties pursuing their educational dreams. Stewart, who is.....

A taxi driver who tried to export 89 pendants that he claimed he found in his cab is now in trouble with the law after it was found that the trinkets contained white powdery substance resembling cocaine. Kenrick Edwards, 44, has been charged...

Videos and photographs of people at entertainment events have been making the rounds on social and traditional media and tongues have been wagging; not so much about the reopening of the entertainment sector but rather due to the fact that people.....

Minister of National Security, Dr Horace Chang, said that everything will be done to dissuade criminal elements from entering Jamaica from Haiti, which has been rocked by political instability in the aftermath of Wednesday's assassination of...

With her Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examinations just days away, Keresa Stephens, 19, is finding it hard to concentrate, as her mother Kereen Jackson, 41, has been missing since Sunday, July 4. "I haven't slept much and on Wednesday I didn't....

Local obeah man Reuben Williams is advising his clients to be careful what they wish for, especially as it relates to 'tying' their other half. This after one of his clients desperately wants him to untie her husband who she argued has been...

An infuriated judge ordered that a woman be remanded after hearing that she was threatening the complainant in her case. Samantha Hall appeared before the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court on Monday for unlawful wounding and was expected to...

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) -- Two men believed to be Haitian Americans -- one of them purportedly a former bodyguard at the Canadian Embassy in Port au Prince -- have been arrested in connection with the assassination of Haiti'...

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) -- An already struggling and chaotic Haiti stumbled into an uncertain future Thursday after the assassination of President Jovenel Moise, followed by a gunfight in which authorities said police killed four...

Seven more COVID-19 fatalities have been recorded in Jamaica, increasing the tally to 1,108. Those who have died are: * A 74-year-old man from St James * A 68-year-old male from St Catherine * A 57-year-old man from St Catherine * A...

TOKYO (AP) -- Fans were banned from the pandemic-postponed Tokyo Olympics which will open in two weeks, following a state of emergency on Thursday, Olympic Minister Tamayo Marukawa told the Japanese news agency Kyodo. The ban was announced by...

A few weeks ago, Whitney Ferguson was busy making plans for her son's second birthday party. She has, however, been forced to shelve those arrangements after her firstborn was shot and injured in western Kingston. "I won't be keeping his birthday....