A female administrator is now in the hospital after being shot at the Excelsior Community College in St Andrew this afternoon. The police say some time after 3 o'clock, the administrator was called from her office by a man who came...

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr Christopher Tufton, says that the Government has invested $700 million to purchase diagnostic and other medical equipment for three hospitals across the island. These are Spanish Town in St. Catherine; St....

The Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB) will be capitalising on the country's legacy with the James Bond films to build out an experience for destination Jamaica. Director of Tourism, JTB, Donovan White, made the disclosure during a media breakfast...

A Jamaica lawmaker has declared his intention to push for a law that will require the mandatory testing of babies at birth to ensure that women do not given men 'jackets'. Paternity fraud, as the act of 'jacket giving' is called, is said to be...

Consuming pan jerk chicken is more than just about the succulent, chopped pieces of meat, it's part of the Jamaican culture. The jerk pan vendors' spots are fixtures that can be observed on the major thoroughfares islandwide, and there is...

Two children -- a brother and a sister -- have been reported missing since Monday when they left their home in Old Harbour, St Catherine, and went into the town centre to purchase a birthday cake. The siblings, Rohana 'Princess' Bryan, and her nin...

Opposition lawmaker Lisa Hanna has called for a rethinking of the import duty regime on chicken and chicken parts. Hanna, the member of parliament for St Ann South East, in making her contribution to the State of the Constituency Debate in the...

A senior parish judge on Tuesday stressed the need for stop orders to become a standard practice for defendants, when it was revealed that a woman with a matter before the courts had left the island. Senior Parish Judge Lori-Ann Cole-Montague was....

A murder suspect who St Lucian authorities are seeking to have extradited was remanded in custody when he appeared in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court yesterday. Orville Purnell is being sought by the St Lucian police for the August 24...

A university student found himself before the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court yesterday, answering to fraud-related offences. Fitzroy Hunter is charged with 19 counts of unauthorised modification of computer programme or data. He has not yet.....

A social enquiry report was ordered for a man who pleaded guilty to assault charges in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court yesterday. Sheldon Galbrake, 27, was charged with malicious destruction of property and assaulting a female. The...

The air is fresh and crisp in Bowden Hill, Stony Hill, St Andrew, and the scenery is breathtaking. With extremely high rainfall, the foliage is thick, lush and beautiful, with a wide variety of bamboo, ferns and other beautiful shrubs and trees.......

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr Christopher Tufton, says COVID-19 test kits that were imported into the island but not approved by the World Health Organization (WHO) are currently being assessed for efficacy. "Reports of the...

The Red Rose Fish Market in downtown Kingston is scheduled for reopening next week following refurbishing works at the facility. Mayor of Kingston, Senator Councillor Delroy Williams, made the disclosure during today's (November 9)...

All hell broke loose at the Shekinah Temple Church of Jesus Christ in Long Bay, St James, on Sunday, after an alleged Kingston-based pastor disrupted the afternoon service . Shekinah Temple's pastor, Jeremy Thompson, told THE STAR that the '...

The body of a 14-year-old girl was fished from the Rio Cobre in Tredegar Park, St Catherine, yesterday. The deceased has been identified as Damoya Grant of Tryall Heights in Spanish Town. The police said that Grant was among a group of friends...

A 60-year-old woman yesterday told the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court that she was selling drugs to care for her grandchildren and buy her medication. Rosemarie Williams pleaded guilty to being in possession of uncustomed goods, and...

A few weeks ago, Orlene Dennie, vice-principal of Bowden Hill Primary and Infant School in Stony Hill, St Andrew, narrowly escaped serious injuries after she fell while travelling on the rocky road that leads to the institution. "My knee was...

After completing her secondary education at Herbert Morrison Technical High School, Monique Clayton enrolled at the Faculty of Law at The University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, in 2016. She had only $200,000 to her name, but this amount was...

A woman who stood as surety for three persons may have to pay the court up to $90,000 in penalty after the persons absconded bail. Brought before the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court yesterday due to the failure of the persons she bailed to...