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Tue, 21 Dec 2021 12:42:00 -0500
Farmer missing in St James
Harold Lee, a 57-year-old farmer/taxi driver has been missing since Friday, December 10. Lee is of a Bottom Cambridge, Ducketts Road address in St James. He is of medium build, black complexion and about 183 centimetres (6 feet...

Tue, 21 Dec 2021 12:36:10 -0500
Curfew extended in Gregory Park, St Catherine
The curfew that has been in effect in sections of Gregory Park in St. Catherine since Saturday, December 18, has been extended until 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday, December 22. The boundaries of the curfew remain as follows: North: Along the Dyke...

Tue, 21 Dec 2021 12:29:46 -0500
St Andrew businessman and wife charged with fraud
Investigators from the Fraud Squad at the Counter-Terrorism and Organised Investigations Branch (CTOC) have arrested and charged a St. Andrew businessman and his spouse with several fraud related charges. They have been identified as 59-year-old......

Tue, 21 Dec 2021 05:01:23 -0500
Man says wife used obeah to steal his money
Convinced that his estranged wife has 'tied' him and bled his finances, a St Catherine man is now searching for ways to recoup millions of dollars he said that she spent. The man told THE STAR that he was in 'spiritual bondage' for the 24 years......

Tue, 21 Dec 2021 05:01:35 -0500
Swiss Christmas can’t compare to ‘yaad’ for Jamaican
The Jamaican Christmas, known for its richness in family, food, and frolic, is a distant memory in the mind of Patrick Planter this year as he will be spending yet another Yuletide season 8,225 kilometres away in Zurich, Switzerland. Planter, a....

Tue, 21 Dec 2021 05:01:32 -0500
Residents fear bloody Christmas after tailor killed
The gruesome murder of 50-year-old Winston Ellis yesterday afternoon has completely banished hopes of a merry Christmas in Central Kingston, according to several residents. Ellis, a well-known tailor, was shot multiple times in the upper body...

Tue, 21 Dec 2021 05:01:31 -0500
Collapsed bridge posing danger for residents
"Come over man, nutten nah do yuh," a young man shouted to this reporter as I, with much hesitation, made the first step down a slippery slope towards the river in Troy that borders northwestern Manchester and south Trelawny. My knees wobbled as....

Tue, 21 Dec 2021 05:01:28 -0500
Authorities to clamp down on illegal devices in prisons
Minister without portfolio in the Ministry of National Security, Senator Matthew Samuda, says the latest amendments to the Corrections Act will help to address the rapid technological advancements, particularly in the area of communications, which....

Tue, 21 Dec 2021 05:01:24 -0500
Holly Jolly Christmas Citrus Cocktail Pitcher
Prep time: 10 mins Total time: 10 mins * 1 cup vodka * 1/2 cup St Germain (elderflower liquor) * 1 1/2 cups fresh squeezed clementine or blood orange juice * 2 1/2 oz ginger beer * 4 fresh thyme sprigs or mint leaves * 1 arils from 1 pomegr...

Tue, 21 Dec 2021 05:01:22 -0500
Christmas Brownies
Prep: 35 min Total: 2 hr 45 min Servings: 24 Ingredients * 1 box (18.3 oz) Betty Crocker(tm) fudge brownie mix * Water, vegetable oil and eggs called for on brownie mix box * 1 container (16 oz) Betty Crocker(tm) Rich...

Tue, 21 Dec 2021 05:01:20 -0500
‘A whisper in the Wind’
Jodeon Davis-Lawrence has penned the following poem to express how she thinks her son, Nickardo King, feels. The 16-year-old was diagnosed with a severe case of cerebral palsy when he was seven months old. "I know this piece will inspire other...

Tue, 21 Dec 2021 05:01:19 -0500
‘Best Christmas present ever’ - Prayers answered after Manchester mom wished upon The STAR
Jodeon Davis-Lawrence picks up her 16-year-old son Nickardo King from his bed and carries him from his bedroom to the veranda, where she carefully places him in his wheelchair. She gently adjusts his head and places a cushion behind his neck for.....

Tue, 21 Dec 2021 05:01:17 -0500
Nessa B to release EP
Reggae-dancehall artiste Nessa B has joined forces with indie label Frenz for Real to produce a seven-song EP which will be released in the first quarter of 2022. "I am looking forward to working with Frenz For Real because they are a...

Tue, 21 Dec 2021 05:00:32 -0500
Deejay rewards hometown heroes
Portland native Iyara recently rewarded 12 men from his hometown of Bellevue district, in the Rio Grande Valley, for helping to retrieve the body of a fellow resident who went missing in September. "Mr [Renold] Franklin, everyone calls him Bangy.....

Mon, 20 Dec 2021 12:42:51 -0500
Curfew imposed in sections of Gregory Park, St Catherine
A curfew has been imposed in sections of Gregory Park in St. Catherine. The curfew began at 6:00 p.m. on Saturday, December 18 and will remain in effect until 6:00 p.m. on Monday, December 20. The boundaries of the curfew are as follows: North:...

Mon, 20 Dec 2021 05:01:27 -0500
UPDATED: ‘She was just the perfect child’ - Fighter J’Quani loses battle with cancer
Amy Cassanova and her daughter, J’Quani Chung, had their eyes set on experiencing a ‘white Christmas’ this year for the very first time in their lives. They had planned that when they left India this month, where Chung underwent a bone marrow...

Mon, 20 Dec 2021 05:01:18 -0500
Man on bail accused of stabbing complainant
A warrant was ordered for a defendant, who is currently facing charges of malicious destruction, after the court heard that he stabbed the complainant causing her to be hospitalised. The complainant in the case against John Moulton told the...

Mon, 20 Dec 2021 05:01:32 -0500
Man beheaded in Gregory Park
The headless body of a man identified as Javahnie Ellis was found in a section of Gregory Park, St Catherine, called Mexico community on Saturday night. Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Christopher Phillips, head of the St Catherine South...

Mon, 20 Dec 2021 05:01:22 -0500
Pure joy as struggling family gets Christmas cheers
The shouts of jubilation from Shawna Brown echoed in the community of Riverton City, St Andrew, last Friday when THE STAR team visited her family. It had been months since her family received good news, so being told her youngest child, Zodia...

Mon, 20 Dec 2021 05:01:31 -0500
Father loses third son to gun violence
Lloyd Myers cut a dejected figure yesterday as he struggled to come to grips with the loss of a third son to gun violence in eight years. Early yesterday, his offspring, Mario Myers, a 30-year-old construction worker, was shot dead in Southside,.....



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