Jamaica Star
Tue, 19 Oct 2021 05:02:14 -0500 - Woman says she was nearly sacrificed
A female member of the Pathway International Kingdom Church in Paradise, St James, says she was just minutes away from being offered as a human sacrifice before the ritual was disrupted by frightened members. The woman, whose identity will not......
Tue, 19 Oct 2021 05:02:08 -0500Cat helps searchers find missing girl
A purring cat was instrumental yesterday in leading a search party to 13-year-old Winshae Barrett who was abducted from her home in St Thomas on Saturday afternoon. Giovanne Scott, who caught the first glimpse of the missing teenager in the...
Tue, 19 Oct 2021 05:02:11 -0500Woman risks own health to help find abducted teen
Sherene Hamilton was so dedicated to search for then abducted teenager Winshae Barrett, that she fainted twice because her blood sugar level got too low. In her haste to assist, Hamilton forgot to eat breakfast before she left her home in Airy...
Tue, 19 Oct 2021 05:02:13 -0500Bedridden woman chopped to death
The gruesome killing of a 76-year-old farmer, Violet Walcott, of Allsides community, Trelawny, who was discovered chopped to death on Sunday night, has caused major unrest among residents. On Monday, a group of angry residents were seen gathered....
Tue, 19 Oct 2021 05:01:56 -0500Robbers posing as deliverymen
Bikers posing as E-commerce National Delivery System (ENDS) deliverymen are reportedly robbing residents in the Westchester division of Portmore, St Catherine. Tensor Benjamin, councillor for the division, who brought the issue to light, said...
Tue, 19 Oct 2021 05:02:15 -0500Two guns recovered in Clarendon
The Clarendon police, along with members of the Jamaica Defence Force, recovered two guns in the Howell's Content community of York Town on Monday. Deputy Superintendent of Police Anton-Gur Cardoza, operations officer in the Clarendon Police...
Tue, 19 Oct 2021 05:02:05 -0500St Thomas school’s water woes eased
Principal of Lloyds Basic School Elesha Cuthbert is breathing a sigh of relief as the institution now has the funds to rehabilitate the concrete structure on which to place its water tank. This following a cash donation from the Jamaican-owned...
Tue, 19 Oct 2021 05:02:03 -0500Bad road irks St Catherine residents
Residents of a section of Victoria district, near Linstead in St Catherine, are crying out for repairs to be made to their road. "What we have here is a rugged terrain and not a road," Shauna-Kay Nelson, a shopkeeper, said. "What you are looking.....
Tue, 19 Oct 2021 05:01:55 -0500No mask results in $20,000 fine
A man who said he removed his mask because he had asthma was fined when he appeared in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court last Thursday. Rosean Young, who pleaded guilty to not wearing a mask, a breach of the Disaster Risk Management Act.....
Tue, 19 Oct 2021 05:01:53 -0500Man blames cooking gas for no-movement day breach
Two persons were found guilty of breaching the Disaster Risk Management Act when they appeared in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court on Thursday. The court heard that David Tucker and Kadeen Simms were seen on the roadway at 2:55 p.m. on...
Tue, 19 Oct 2021 05:01:52 -0500‘COVID survivor’ caught hosting illegal party
A Kingston man pleaded guilty to breaching the Disaster Risk Management Act and the Noise Abatement Act when he appeared in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court last week. The court heard that on September 1, Damion Petgrave was seen outside.....
Tue, 19 Oct 2021 17:01:22 -0500Portland teenagers arrested for shop breaking and larceny
Two teenagers have been arrested and charged in connection with a break-in at a shop on Francis Avenue, Buff Bay, Portland on Sunday, October 17. Charged with shop breaking and larceny are, 18-year-old Gabari Hunter of Thompson...
Tue, 19 Oct 2021 16:51:31 -0500$200,000 reward offered to help find alleged abductor
A reward of JMD 200,000 is being offered through Crime Stop Jamaica, to anyone who can offer information that will lead to the arrest of Davian Bryan, the man suspected of abducting two girls in St. Thomas last week. Persons with...
Tue, 19 Oct 2021 15:16:33 -0500Security ministry temporarily relocates offices due to water leakages
Water leakages which resulted in flooding at the Ministry of National Security almost a week ago, has led to the relocation of staff until the damage on the affected floors has been repaired. In a media release,...
Tue, 19 Oct 2021 11:05:54 -050081 new cases, six more deaths
Jamaica on Monday recorded 81 new COVID-19 cases from 746 samples tested, increasing total confirmed cases to 87,667 with 29,120 being active. The country's positivity rate is currently 20.3%. Of the new cases, 38...
Tue, 19 Oct 2021 11:30:49 -0500MoBay businesses pledge jobs to students in security ministry's truck driving programme
The first cohort of students enrolled in the Ministry of National Security's Articulated Truck Driving (ATD) Programme at the Caribbean Military Academy (CMA), already have multiple prospects lined up from business leaders...
Tue, 19 Oct 2021 10:49:17 -0500Report: Haiti gang seeks $17M for kidnapped US missionaries
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) -- A gang that kidnapped 17 members of a U,S.-based missionary group has demanded a $17 million ransom for them, according to Haiti's justice minister, as quoted by the Wall Street Journal. Justice Minister...
Tue, 19 Oct 2021 10:44:05 -0500US expected to authorise mix-and-match COVID booster shots
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Federal regulators are expected to authorise the mixing and matching of COVID-19 booster shots this week in an effort to provide flexibility for those seeking to maintain protection against the coronavirus....
Mon, 18 Oct 2021 11:34:11 -0500Three killed in MoBay cult
Mon, 18 Oct 2021 11:21:13 -0500Abducted Bath teen found 'alive and conscious'
Winshae Barrett, the 13-year-old who was snatched from her home in Bath, St Thomas on Saturday, has been found alive.
The teen was found this morning in a wooded section of Spring Bank, a community some three miles from Bath.