The man mistaken for the alleged child abductor in St Thomas has been identified. He is Levi Chambers, who is of a Southaven address in Yallahs, St Thomas Thomas was attacked and killed by residents in Llandewey, St Thomas this morning. The police....

Meakof Jarrett, the elder brother of Tanicka Gordon, 39, whose throat was slashed during a supposed ritual at the MoBay-based Pathways International Kingdom Restoration Ministries on Sunday night, said he warned his sister several times about the.....

Minutes before 8:00 a.m. in Llandewey, St Thomas a man was attacked and killed by residents. The police report that the man, who residents say is unknown to the area, was spotted in the community. Residents raised an alarm and he was chased. The......

Early Monday morning, Adele Morrison said she got a disturbing dream and woke up with heart palpitations. A devout Catholic, she said she prayed earnestly, but nothing could prepare her for the news that she received shortly after. Standing...

At 110 years old, Louisea McDonald is Jamaica's oldest resident. Affectionately called 'Mama Lou', McDonald is described as a talkative and jovial individual - qualities that were evident when THE STAR visited her home in the farming community of....

"If God says to go forward, we forsake all and go forward, trusting in Him all the way." This is what 22-year-old Deneel Grey says to anyone questioning why she abandoned a prospective legal career for the Church. In last Thursday's STAR,...

Hear The Children's Cry founder Betty Ann Blaine is once again calling for the Sexual Offenders Registry to be made available to the public. This comes after the events of the weekend where two young girls from Bath in St Thomas were kidnapped.....

A number of front-line workers at the St Ann's Bay Regional Hospital have expressed dissatisfaction with what they consider a lack of respect relating to a Government stipulated COVID-19 incentive payment. The workers are entitled to a $3,000...

When 41-year-old Mickesha Reynolds succumbed to kidney failure on January 20, her daughter Gabrielle Powell stepped up to the plate to play hero for her three younger siblings. Despite trying circumstances, the 23-year-old has embraced the...

Principal of the Simon Primary and Infant School in St Catherine, Nova-Dean Samuels-Lee, was overjoyed as the institution received a $50,000 donation for its breakfast programme. The investment in education was made by philanthropist Pauline...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- U.S. regulators on Wednesday signed off on extending COVID-19 boosters to Americans who got the Moderna or Johnson & Johnson vaccine and said anyone eligible for an extra dose can get a brand different from the one they...

The Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN) is reporting that the unemployment rate for Jamaica in July was 8.5 per cent.  This is 4.1 percentage points lower than the 12.6 per cent out-turn for the corresponding period last year,...

The police are urging residents of St Thomas to desist from carrying out mob killing as it is a criminal offence for which they can be arrested and charged. The warning comes following the stabbing death of an...

The grandson of the elderly woman who was found dead at her home in Allside district, Warsop in Trelawny on Monday, October 18 has been charged with murder following an alleged confession during a question and answer session with the police....

Bridgetown, Barbados (CMC) - Governor General Dame Sandra Mason has been elected as Barbados' first President. Mason secured the support of all members of the House of Assembly and all but one Senator during a joint sitting of the...

The Peoples National Party (PNP) Shadow Minister of Education and Training, Dr. Angela Brown-Burke, is insisting that all public schools be reopened. In a statement to the media, Brown-Burke suggested a variety of methods for...

Prime Minister Andrew Holness, is encouraging businesses to dialogue with workers to obtain vaccine uptake and buy-in before deciding to embark on a mandatory exercise. "What we recommend to employers who would seek to do this is...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Children ages five to eleven will soon be able to get a COVID-19 shot at their pediatrician's office, local pharmacy and potentially even their school, the White House said Wednesday as it detailed plans for...

Jamaica on Tuesday recorded 56 new COVID-19 cases from 701 samples tested, increasing total confirmed cases to 87,723 with 29,050 being active. The country's positivity rate is currently 11.7%. Of the new cases, 32...

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......