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Wed, 27 Oct 2021 05:02:19 -0500
Teen barred from class over alleged affair with coach
A 17-year-old high school student was blocked from attending classes online amid allegations that she is having an intimate relationship with the coach of one of the school's extracurricular teams. The teen's mother, while speaking to THE STAR......

Wed, 27 Oct 2021 05:02:21 -0500
Man charged for January 2020 murder
The Constant Spring police have made a breakthrough in a cold case investigation of the January 31, 2020 murder of 35-year-old Oshane Jones, a music selector of Park Lane, Kingston 19. A suspect, 21-year-old Ryan Nelson, otherwise called 'Weddy......

Wed, 27 Oct 2021 05:02:20 -0500
Witness laughs at defence attorney
The self-confessed member of the One Don Gang yesterday burst into a fit of laughter after he was questioned about the employment status of a defendant who it appeared had told his lawyer that he had been working at the Railway Corporation of...

Wed, 27 Oct 2021 05:02:18 -0500
Some primary schools to reopen November 8
More than 45,000 primary school students will be allowed to resume face-to-face classes starting on November 8. Prime Minister Andrew Holness said that 376 of the country's 759 primary schools will be reopened to face-to-face classes. He said...

Wed, 27 Oct 2021 05:02:17 -0500
Man pleads guilty to fraud charges
A St Andrew man who was scheduled to be sentenced for fraud-related charges was further remanded when he appeared in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court yesterday. Nichalus Bryce, 29, was hauled before the courts in July for 16 counts of...

Wed, 27 Oct 2021 05:02:17 -0500
Woman in hot water after sharing bank information
A St Ann woman was brought before the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court yesterday to answer to fraud-related charges. Jessie-Ann Henry was initially charged by the police for obtaining money by false pretence, to which she pleaded not guilty......

Wed, 27 Oct 2021 05:02:11 -0500
Yardstyle Entertainment lands on Dexta Daps’ album
Since its inception in 2015, Yardstyle Entertainment has produced songs for Vybz Kartel, Konshens, Beenie Man, Capleton, and many other top-tier artistes. The entity's most recent work is the Kev Wats produced 5 Reasons record on Dexta Daps' VENT....

Wed, 27 Oct 2021 05:02:09 -0500
Man killed on way to work
Wayne Cillen loved his mother, Natalee Grey, so much that he decided to tattoo her name on his right arm. For Grey, it was a proud moment to see her name in ink. Sadly, the mother-son bond was shattered yesterday as Cillen, 24, was shot and...

Wed, 27 Oct 2021 05:02:06 -0500
Brown Burke accuses Gov’t of being fixated on vaccines
Dr Angela Brown Burke, the opposition spokesperson on education, has charged that the Government has been obsessed with getting people vaccinated while ignoring methods used in other countries to ensure that face-to-face classes can resume. Face-....

Wed, 27 Oct 2021 05:02:05 -0500
Only fully vaccinated persons can enter USA
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the United States on Monday announced that effective November 8, all non-immigrant, non-citizen air travellers to the USA will be required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, and to provide...

Wed, 27 Oct 2021 05:02:04 -0500
Pfizer jabs to resume on Monday
Distribution of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines is set to begin next Monday for the 85,000 persons who are due to get their second dose of the jab. The Ministry of Health...

Wed, 27 Oct 2021 05:00:33 -0500
‘Checkmate’ EP means new beginning for Ricky Carty
Since the debut of his Checkmate EP, dancehall artiste Ricky Carty said that he has seen a significant growth in his career on the international scale. The EP has songs such as Sauce, Dweet and Done and Press Pon Dem which managed to secure a...

Wed, 27 Oct 2021 16:01:25 -0500
FDA sets stronger safety warnings for breast implants
WASHINGTON (AP) -- U.S. health regulators on Wednesday finalised stronger warnings for breast implants, including a new requirement that people receive detailed information about their potential risks and complications before getting them. The...

Wed, 27 Oct 2021 15:32:13 -0500
39 Pathways church members fined for COVID breaches
Thirty-nine persons who were arrested during a police raid at the Pathways International Kingdom Restoration Ministries in Montego Bay, St James were today fined for breaches of the Disaster Risk Management Act. The congregrants were...

Wed, 27 Oct 2021 15:48:28 -0500
Pathways member charged with murder asks court for legal aid, remanded until November 3
Andre Ruddock, a member of the Pathways International Kingdom Restoration Ministries in Montego Bay, St James charged with the murder of another has been remanded until November 3. Ruddock made his first appearance in...

Wed, 27 Oct 2021 13:18:50 -0500
Women boycott UK nightclubs over 'spiking' concerns
LONDON (AP) -- Young women across the U.K. are boycotting nightclubs and pubs Wednesday as university towns and cities join in a national "girls night in" protest after increasing reports of drink spiking and students being drugged...

Wed, 27 Oct 2021 11:32:05 -0500
U.S. issues first passport with gender ‘X’ designation
DENVER (AP) -- The United States has issued its first passport with an 'X' gender designation, a milestone in the recognition of the rights of people who don't identify as male or female, and expects to be able to...

Wed, 27 Oct 2021 11:19:55 -0500
Relatives urged to claim body of man killed three months ago
The Half Way Tree police are appealing to the relatives of a man who was killed in Cross Roads, Kingston 5 on Thursday July 8, to come forward to confirm his identity and claim his body. Police say an identification card found on...

Wed, 27 Oct 2021 11:07:34 -0500
Approved private doctors to begin administering COVID vaccines
Starting today, Wednesday, October 27, approximately 100 private doctors will begin administering COVID-19 vaccines in their practice free of charge. Making the announcement at Tuesday's virtual COVID-19 Conversations press...

Wed, 27 Oct 2021 10:59:24 -0500
50 new COVID cases, eight more deaths
Jamaica on Tuesday recorded 50 new COVID-19 cases from 748 samples tested, increasing total confirmed cases to 88,530 with 28,553 being active. The country's positivity rate is currently 7.5%. Of the new cases, 26...



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