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Thu, 10 Mar 2022 15:13:35 -0500
Barber charged with farmer’s murder
Jerome Foster, a 32-year-old barber of Flamstead Gardens, St James was arrested and charged, following investigations into the murder of a farmer in German Town, St James. The cops say 30-year-old Richard Plummer was found with gunshot wounds after....

Thu, 10 Mar 2022 14:55:20 -0500
JDF sergeant remanded, charged
The Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) sergeant, in whose car an unidentified female was found with gunshot wounds, was remanded in custody today when he made his first appearance at the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court. Theophilus Tracey,...

Thu, 10 Mar 2022 14:36:37 -0500
Manchester man caught on camera breaking into shop
Twenty-five-year-old Jevaun Solan of Little Portmore, Manchester was arrested and charged after closed-circuit television (CCTV) footage showed him breaking into a shop in the community. The incident occurred on Saturday. Reports from the...

Thu, 10 Mar 2022 05:02:52 -0500
Triple tragedy - 19-y-o twin boys and sister, 11, murdered in St James
Two 19-year-old twin brothers and their 11-year-old sister were shot and killed at their home in Irwin Heights, St James, last night. STAR sources say they have been identified as Jevaughn and Jevaughnie Stewart and Petagaye Cooke. Reports by......

Thu, 10 Mar 2022 05:02:46 -0500
Soldier attacks, assaults his superior
A soldier is now facing expulsion from the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) after he allegedly used an M-16 rifle to assault one of his superiors last week. THE STAR understands that the soldier attacked his superior with the weapon moments after he.....

Thu, 10 Mar 2022 05:02:41 -0500
TEARS OF DESPERATION - Young St Thomas mother begs for a chance to turn her life around
The telltale signs of regret flooded the face of 21-year-old Shanice Francis as she reflected on the limitations of her current lifestyle, which she believes are as a result of the way in which she played the hand she was dealt in life. The...

Thu, 10 Mar 2022 05:02:50 -0500
Alleged gangster had relationships with ‘Blackman’ and ‘Livity’
The alleged female Clansman 'gangster pastor' had reportedly boasted that "her ting up like dat" when asked how she had managed to snag two of the country's most notorious men, Andre 'Blackman' Bryan and Leighton 'Livity' Coke. A former police...

Thu, 10 Mar 2022 05:02:40 -0500
JCF not preaching to the choir with social media campaign
Dennis Brooks, senior communication strategist in the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), says that there has been a significant increase in the number of tips the police have received from posts made on its social media accounts. "We are...

Thu, 10 Mar 2022 05:02:48 -0500
Kingston man finds his calling as an upholsterer
In his teenage years, Damion Madden admits that he was a truant, and said that life in his gritty community of Spanglers in central Kingston, as he describes it, was not easy in the single-parent household headed by his mother, Evette Gordon. ".....

Thu, 10 Mar 2022 05:02:44 -0500
16-y-o among alleged gangsters killed in shootout with cops
THE STAR has learnt that three of the men who were killed in a reported shootout with the police early yesterday morning in Zambia in Central Village, St Catherine, had to come to the area recently to avenge a crony's murder. "Come dem come fi......

Thu, 10 Mar 2022 05:02:42 -0500
WEIRD STUFF: Man dies two months after getting pig’s heart
Man dies two months after getting pig's heart The first person to receive a heart transplant from a pig has died, two months after the groundbreaking experiment, the Maryland hospital that performed the surgery announced yesterday. David...

Thu, 10 Mar 2022 05:02:39 -0500
Sick man on fraud rap begs for bail
A 44-year-old man who spent time behind bars for fraud begged a senior parish judge to grant him bail on health reasons on Tuesday as he is accused of swindling four persons of $10 million. Andre Dookie, who has been in custody since February 18....

Wed, 09 Mar 2022 15:31:12 -0500
Judge questions no bail for firearm holder
Chief Parish Judge Chester Crooks on Wednesday expressed concern why a licensed firearm holder, who was arrested and charged on March 6 for being in possession of extra rounds of ammunition, was not offered bail at that the station. "Is there...

Wed, 09 Mar 2022 13:54:28 -0500
St Elizabeth police seize 109 rounds of ammunition, $3.3 million of Ganja
The police in St Elizabeth are rejoicing after special operations across the parish resulted in the seizure of 109 rounds of ammunition, 828 pounds of ganja, and one firearm in three separate operations over the last 48-hours. The first operation......

Wed, 09 Mar 2022 13:14:58 -0500
“Higher fuel costs mean higher electricity costs,” – JPS
The Jamaica Public Service (JPS) has expressed concerns over rising fuel prices as a result of the conflicts between Russia and Ukraine, noting higher electricity bills could follow soon. "The war in Ukraine means fuel is much more expensive...

Wed, 09 Mar 2022 12:13:35 -0500
Police operation leaves four dead in Central Village
A police operation in a community known as Zambia in Central Village, St Catherine, has left four men were dead, and three firearms recovered.

Wed, 09 Mar 2022 11:46:48 -0500
War-era bomb found in Manchester
Manchester Police Superintendent Lloyd Darby commended the men who found the buried WWII bomb yesterday, for the swift and precautionary measures taken to raise awareness of the weapon. “These things seem to have a long-term life and so it...

Wed, 09 Mar 2022 05:02:50 -0500
Clarke excites Combo Boss - Promoter of freaky party thinks finance minister’s ‘Keisha’ reference is about her
Whether by design or coincidence, Jamaica's Minister of Finance Dr Nigel Clarke yesterday appeared to have given the infamous Combo Boss the kind of endorsement she needed for the next staging of her freaky parties. "Mi feel good fi know seh dem.....

Wed, 09 Mar 2022 05:02:59 -0500
Bog Walk heroine saves drowning man
Spurred on by her own near-death experience at age eight, hero diver Zina Slew says she is happy to continue saving lives without payment. News broke Monday morning that the Bog Walk, St Catherine, resident, who saved five persons from a watery......

Wed, 09 Mar 2022 05:02:57 -0500
‘Fake cop’ dancing at party broke not impersonating an officer – CCU head
Head of the police’s Corporate Communications Unit, Senior Superintendent Stephanie Lindsay, says that the actions of a man in the viral video wearing a police costume did not amount to the impersonation of an officer.  She, however, stated th...



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