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Tue, 08 Mar 2022 18:04:47 -0500
Police search for suspects connected to gun finds
The Counter-Terrorism and Organised Crime Branch (C-TOC) have listed a man and a woman as Persons of Interest in the ongoing investigation of the seizure of several firearms at two warehouses in St James. They are Clayon Clarke otherwise...

Tue, 08 Mar 2022 17:43:29 -0500
Clansman members charged with assault after court fight
Tyreek James and Fabian Johnson, two accused members of the One Don/ Blackman Gang are set to appear in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court later this month to answer assault charges. James and Johnson are both charged with assault...

Tue, 08 Mar 2022 05:02:50 -0500
Alleged gun smugglers collared
Two men described as key players in the importation of illegal guns are now in the custody of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF). The men, who are yet to be charged, have been arrested in connection with the seizure of 21 firearms at a...

Tue, 08 Mar 2022 05:02:43 -0500
Love conquers all - Wheelchair user blessed with beautiful wife
As a teenager growing up in Central Village, St Catherine, Sobrina Anderson had a crush on Davian Tennant, so much so that she could barely keep her eyes off him. She was 17 years old and Davian was 23. Davian became a wheelchair user in 2006...

Tue, 08 Mar 2022 05:02:44 -0500
Morant Bay High student seriously hurt in car crash - Family appeals for blood, cash as boy fights for his life
Instead of brandishing his new khaki uniform and heading out to school like his peers, Michael Jackson, a third-form student of Morant Bay High School in St Thomas, is now in a coma fighting for his life. The 15-year-old was involved in a car...

Tue, 08 Mar 2022 05:02:53 -0500
Woman stays positive ... despite battling kidney failure for nearly 20 years
After 19 years of battling renal failure, Angela Nichols says she is still keeping a smile on her face. Nichols says when she was first diagnosed with kidney failure in 2003 she had no clue what it was. "So for me it did not mean anything...

Tue, 08 Mar 2022 05:02:43 -0500
Are you the one for Fred? - After 26 years without a partner, lonely man seeks Mrs Right
Fred* had his first girlfriend when he was 15, and the relationship lasted for five years. However, when he relocated from his community of his youth, located on the outskirts of Kingston, it was the beginning of the end for the relationship. In.....

Tue, 08 Mar 2022 05:02:39 -0500
Gov’t urged to do more to stop goat thieves
With the many recent attacks on goat farmers, the president of the Goat Farmers Association, Trevor Bernard, has called on the relevant authorities to do more to check and trace the origin of goat meat being sold on the island. "What we need is.....

Tue, 08 Mar 2022 05:02:52 -0500
Alleged female gangster tried to bribe cop to release her boss
The alleged female Clansman-One Don Gang member, who is said to be a pastor, had reportedly tried to bribe the police to release reputed leader Andre 'Blackman' Bryan. A prosecutor told the Home Circuit Court yesterday that a police inspector who....

Tue, 08 Mar 2022 05:02:47 -0500
Greenwich Farm fisherfolk hope for better days
Fisherfolk at the Greenwich Farm Fishing Village are hoping that the rehabilitation plans the Government intends to begin later this year will not only improve the infrastructure of the fishing centre but will see the implementation of fishing...

Tue, 08 Mar 2022 05:02:40 -0500
David Sanko is Gimme-Me-Bit’s ‘Mr Helpful’
Ask any random person in Gimmi-Me-Bit in Clarendon for David Sanko, and it is highly likely that they will know him. For about 40 years, Sanko has been going the extra mile to assist persons who are in need of help, in whatever way, and says...

Tue, 08 Mar 2022 05:02:33 -0500
WEIRD STUFF: Woman in love with toy plane
Woman in love with toy plane A woman in Hungary is in a relationship with a toy plane. The female from Budapest, who has only been named as Sandra, claims that she shares a bed with the toy jet and kisses it every morning and night. She...

Mon, 07 Mar 2022 13:04:16 -0500
Finance minister opens budget debate march 8
The 2022/23 Budget Debate begins on Tuesday, March 8 in the House of Representatives, with Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr Nigel Clarke, making his presentation. Dr Clarke will inform the nation how the $912-billion Budget for the...

Mon, 07 Mar 2022 10:50:47 -0500
Minibus strike leaves students stranded on first day of school
Dozens of students from varied schools were left stranded in Buff Bay, Portland this morning, after taxi men and minibus operators protested for a designated route from Buff Bay to Port Antonio. The disgruntled operators exclaimed that no...

Mon, 07 Mar 2022 05:02:57 -0500
MP upset at ugly turn in Delano’s story
"I don't know how the Delano story became about someone else. I don't know, but this too shall pass," chorused Kerensia Morrison. The St Catherine North East member of parliament, speaking with THE STAR yesterday, expressed her anger and dismay......

Mon, 07 Mar 2022 05:02:48 -0500
Tears and laughter as 8-year-old remembered
It was a mixture of tears and laughter on Saturday as family members of Xavier Phillips, more popularly called AJ, gathered at his graveside in Red Hills, Clarendon, to celebrate what would have been his ninth birthday. Xavier was shot and killed....

Mon, 07 Mar 2022 05:02:43 -0500
PROTECT it! - Jones Town residents urged to protect newly installed Wi-Fi access point
Having seen how barefaced criminals have become, a senior lawman last week declared that he will not be taking any chances with the WiFi access point that has been installed at the Jones Town Primary School in South St Andrew. Senior...

Mon, 07 Mar 2022 05:02:58 -0500
Children, children! - Full face-to-face classes resume today
Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr Christopher Tufton, said his ministry is adequately prepared to respond to any further eventuality that could arise from the full resumption of face-to-face classes. The COVID-19 pandemic had forced many...

Mon, 07 Mar 2022 05:02:57 -0500

PAID MOURNER hit by duppy Professional funeral mourner Dalkeith Wright has blamed a ghost for him spraining one of his legs, leaving it swollen. Wright, better known as Kingston 11, earns his keep by attending funerals and crying for the...

Mon, 07 Mar 2022 05:02:50 -0500
New mural brightens up Rae Town
Charmaine Forbes smiled brightly as passers-by, some in motor vehicles, slowed to admire her handy work that adorns a wall at the entrance to the Rae Town Fishing Village on Friday afternoon. Forbes, who is one of the streets artists painting......



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