Jamaica Star
Wed, 23 Mar 2022 19:22:24 -0500Student stabbed at Excelsior High School
A student from The Excelsior High School on Mountain View Avenue in Kingston, is the most recent victim of stabbing incidents ravishing high schools this week. According to eye witness reports, the student, who is said to be in grade 11...
Wed, 23 Mar 2022 19:03:15 -0500Gardener accused of housebreaking made court appearance today
Errol Michaels, the gardener accused of housebreaking, larceny, and malicious destruction of property earlier this month, was remanded in custody when he made his first appearance in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court. Reports by...
Wed, 23 Mar 2022 15:16:24 -0500Spanish Town Hospital welcomes royalty
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince William, and Kate, toured the facilities at the Spanish Town Hospital in St Catherine earlier today. Like Queen Elizabeth II, the hospital is celebrating its 70th year in operation. The royal couple heard......
Wed, 23 Mar 2022 14:48:58 -0500House approves minimum wage orders
Two Orders that will increase the national minimum wage, and the minimum wage for industrial security guards were approved by the House of Representatives on Tuesday (March 22). Piloted by Labour and Social Security Minister, Karl Samuda, they are.....
Wed, 23 Mar 2022 13:35:20 -0500Papine student killed in St Andrew
A corporate area student has succumbed to gunshot injuries he received this morning in Liguanea Avenue, St Andrew. The police are probing a case of robbery and murder. The student was pounced on by unknown assailants traveling in a motor car....
Wed, 23 Mar 2022 05:01:35 -0500‘Love and love alone’ - Rastafarian high priest explains embrace of royal couple
While protests mounted all across the Corporate Area, Trench Town locals say they are happy to have welcomed the heir to the British throne. Yesterday evening, while making their way to the Trench Town Culture Yard Museum for a tour of the...
Wed, 23 Mar 2022 05:01:31 -0500The king who welcomed two princes - After meeting Charles and Harry, Carlos Morgan hoped for a chance to connect with William
Carlos Morgan, a fruit vendor from Falmouth, Trelawny, is a man with history wrapped all over him. Not only has he met senior members of the royal family but he has tantalised their taste buds with sweet sugarcane. "I am the first and only man to....
Wed, 23 Mar 2022 05:01:35 -0500Digging Riverton’s gold - ‘Pickers’ say dump key to their survival
The old adage that one man's trash is another man's gold holds true in Riverton City, St Andrew. While many persons have been fixated on the visit of the royal couple, Prince William and Kate, the focus on 'pickers' in this impoverished area of......
Wed, 23 Mar 2022 05:01:33 -0500Jamaica serious about reparations from Britain, says Grange
The sounds of Bob Marley and the Wailers' Crazy Baldhead blared from the speakers yesterday as Jamaicans prepared to welcome two influential members of the royal family, William and Kate, to Culture Yard in Trench Town, Kingston. Crazy Baldhead.....
Wed, 23 Mar 2022 05:01:32 -0500‘Kate come right out’ - Admiration for William and Catherine in Jamaican ghetto
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, William and Kate, received only love when they set feet in Trench Town, a tough inner-city community in Kingston yesterday. Scores of adoring admirers came out to get a glimpse of the royal couple who visited the....
Wed, 23 Mar 2022 05:01:26 -0500WEIRD STUFF: Dentures lost at restaurant
Dentures lost at restaurant A customer left a full set of teeth at a British restaurant. The Barclay Pizza and Prosecco in Royton, Oldham, claim a set of dentures were found by staff during the nightly clean. A post on their Facebook from the.....
Wed, 23 Mar 2022 05:01:22 -0500J’can advised to install high-quality surveillance cameras
Security expert Jason McKay is advising Jamaicans invest in the installation of higher-quality surveillance cameras and to be more strategic in their placements. McKay, CEO of McKay Security, said that surveillance cameras are extremely useful......
Tue, 22 Mar 2022 15:07:09 -0500The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have arrived in Jamaica
Prince William and Duchess of Cambridge Catherine took their first step on local soil earlier today. They were greeted by Minister of Foreign Affairs Kamina Smith and Antonette Weymss Gorman, JDF Chief of Defence Staff. The royal couple is on an......
Tue, 22 Mar 2022 10:17:01 -0500Jah Cure gets six years in prison
Reggae artiste Jah Cure has been sentenced to six years in prison for attempted manslaughter. The artiste, whose real name is Siccature Alcock, was sentenced in a Dutch court a short while ago after the Court of Amsterdam rejected his claim of self...
Tue, 22 Mar 2022 05:01:34 -0500Gay link-up turns nightmare for tourist
Plans by an American tourist to have a wild night of gay sex turned into a nightmare after he was beaten up and robbed by the men, one of whom he was giving oral pleasure. The incident happened about 7:30 p.m., on February 24 at a hotel in the...
Tue, 22 Mar 2022 05:01:43 -0500Stolen guard ring linked to schoolboy’s murder
A dispute over a guard ring is believed to be at the centre of yesterday's fatal stabbing by a schoolboy by his colleague in the Trelawny-based William Knibb High School. The shocking incident happened just minutes into the start of the lunch...
Tue, 22 Mar 2022 05:01:42 -0500Man steals bulbs to pay for child’s surgery
A father who stole an undisclosed quantity of LED bulbs from his workplace, with the intent of reselling the items to assist with his daughter's surgery, was given a suspended sentence in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court yesterday. The man....
Tue, 22 Mar 2022 05:01:40 -0500Beyond grateful - Marva Dias looks forward to peaceful nights during rainy season
Gordon Pen resident Marva Dias was last Friday presented with a gift of a home, courtesy of the Government of Jamaica. Dias, who previously lived in a dilapidated house with her son and granddaughter, was the recipient of a two-bedroom house,...
Tue, 22 Mar 2022 05:01:35 -0500Guard threatens to bomb Canadian High Commission
A security guard threatened to bomb the Canadian High Commission in Kingston if the fees he demanded from his employer weren't paid within 48 hours, the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court heard yesterday. The guard, Shamari Hibbert, has since.....
Tue, 22 Mar 2022 05:01:32 -0500Rastas spit fire at royal visit
Rastafarians in Bobo Hill, St Andrew, yesterday said that they are not pleased with the red carpet-style welcome that is in place for British royals Prince William and his wife, Kate Middleton, who arrive in the island today for a three-day tour......