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Tue, 26 Oct 2021 05:02:22 -0500
‘God run things’ - Relatives of MoBay church victims say justice is served after pastor dies in crash
Several relatives of the two persons who were killed in what has been described as a cult-like sacrificial ritual say justice has been served on the accused pastor who died in a motor vehicle accident along a section of the Linstead Bypass, in St.....

Tue, 26 Oct 2021 05:02:18 -0500
Cult pastor predicted his death - Freeport Police Station felt like inside a morgue – cop
WESTERN BUREAU: It would appear that, amid his ramblings and outlandish religious claims during an interview with the police in St James on Saturday, controversial pastor Kevin O. Smith, who died in a car accident in St Catherine yesterday, may...

Tue, 26 Oct 2021 05:02:10 -0500
‘I thought it was judgement day’ - Impact of the crash caused place to tremble - eyewitness
The second coming of Jesus Christ was what one woman thought was happening when she heard the impact of the crash that claimed the lives of cult pastor Dr Kevin O Smith and Constable Oshane Irons yesterday. Two other police officers have been...

Tue, 26 Oct 2021 05:02:20 -0500
Glengoffe residents not sympathetic to pastor’s demise
'Retribution and karma came speedily' is what some residents of Glengoffe in St Catherine are expressing after receiving news that pastor Kevin O Smith, head of a church that has been described as a cult, was killed in a motor vehicle accident...

Tue, 26 Oct 2021 05:02:19 -0500
Port Royal residents hope for cruise ship tourists
The residents of Port Royal are longing for the rebirth that would allow their historic town to be recognised and appreciated by tourists. Since the last cruise ship docked in the fishing village 17 months ago, the Port Authority of Jamaica (PAJ....

Tue, 26 Oct 2021 05:02:24 -0500
Witness says he is testifying to get rid of killers
The former gangster turned state witness in the One Don Gang Trial yesterday declared that he made the decision to testify against the gang to help his country. The witness made the assertion during cross-examination while dismissing suggestions....

Tue, 26 Oct 2021 17:03:19 -0500
Jamaicans awaiting second dose of Pfizer vaccine to get jabs next week
Priority will be given to more than 80,000 Jamaicans awaiting their second dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine come next, as the counrty is set to receive approximately 145,000 doses of the vaccine this week.  Of the total...

Tue, 26 Oct 2021 16:25:58 -0500
Cult pastor was convicted for sexual assault of man in Canada
Kevin O. Smith, the deceased pastor of the Pathways International Kingston Restoration Ministries was convicted in Canada in 2007 for the sexual assault of a 21-year-old man, the police have confirmed. However, Deputy Commissioner of...

Tue, 26 Oct 2021 14:58:13 -0500
Justin Trudeau overhauls Canadian cabinet, gives women top roles
TORONTO (AP) -- Prime Minister Justin Trudeau overhauled his cabinet on Tuesday and named women to the foreign affairs and defense posts in his gender balanced cabinet. He also said he intends to lead his party into the next election. ...

Tue, 26 Oct 2021 13:28:58 -0500
Flooding, outages expected as big storm lashes US Northeast
BOSTON (AP) -- A powerful nor'easter began barreling up the U.S. Northeast coast Tuesday, with officials warning it could bring intense flooding, hurricane-force wind gusts and widespread power outages. New York and New Jersey issued...

Tue, 26 Oct 2021 11:41:06 -0500
Jamaica records one COVID death in last 24 hours, 49 new cases
Jamaica on Monday recorded 49 new COVID-19 cases from 615 samples tested, increasing total confirmed cases to 88,480 with 28,751 being active. The country's positivity rate is currently 8.3%. Of the new cases, 15 ...

Tue, 26 Oct 2021 10:41:10 -0500
BioNTech to start building mRNA vaccine manufacturing plant in Africa in mid-2022
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) -- Senegal and Rwanda have signed an agreement with German company BioNTech for the construction of its first start-to-finish factories to make messenger RNA vaccines in Africa. BioNTech, which developed the Pfizer-...

Tue, 26 Oct 2021 10:35:24 -0500
Moderna to supply Africa with up to 110 million COVID vaccine doses
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- Moderna on Tuesday said it will make up to 110 million doses of its COVID-19 vaccine available to African countries, which local officials called a breakthrough on the world's least vaccinated continent. The...

Mon, 25 Oct 2021 11:13:58 -0500
Pastor Kevin O Smith injured in crash
Kevin O Smith, the controversial leader of the Pathways International Kingdom Restoration Ministries, was critically injured in a motor vehicle accident this morning.

Mon, 25 Oct 2021 05:02:45 -0500
Youngster honours sponsors with eight CSEC passes
STAR readers may recall the story of Dean Farquharson which appeared in this newspaper five years ago. The youngster, who was photographed with numerous trophies that were presented to him at Trinityville Primary School, where he shone brightly......

Mon, 25 Oct 2021 05:02:32 -0500
Member of blind Westmoreland family dies in fire
Shanielle Baker, one of four members of a Westmoreland family that has been afflicted by blindness, lost her life in a fire on Friday. Baker, 32, perished in the blaze that destroyed her unfinished two-bedroom board dwelling in Crowder district......

Mon, 25 Oct 2021 05:02:46 -0500
Health workers go house to house with COVID vaccine
With the country facing the possibility of dumping nearly 200,000 doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines come next Monday, the health departments across the island have begun a house-to-house vaccination drive. "This house-to-house vaccination......

Mon, 25 Oct 2021 05:02:39 -0500
Head of missing man found - Senior cop says he was a violence producer
Detectives in the St Andrew South Division are probing the circumstances behind the mysterious discovery of a man's head, confirmed to be that of 41-year-old Sherrod 'Yannie' Holness, who cops said is a major violence producer in the gritty...

Mon, 25 Oct 2021 05:02:44 -0500
Ashanti cooking up a storm in St Catherine hills
Ashanti James, 19, had big dreams of going to university after she finished high school in 2020, but she has deferred those plans due to financial issue. Although attending university remains in the forefront of her mind, James' focus is now on.....

Mon, 25 Oct 2021 05:02:41 -0500
Shab Don arrested during special ops
Music producer Linval Thompson Jr, more popularly known as Shab Don, was arrested by the a police special operations unit yesterday. Head of the St Andrew Central Police Division, Senior Superintendent Marlon Nesbeth, told THE STAR that Thompson.....



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