Jamaica Star
Wed, 20 Apr 2022 13:37:20 -0500Manchester car dealer fatally shot at bar
The Manchester Police are probing the murder of Devon Henry, a thirty-eight-year-old car dealer, at a bar in Hatfield on Tuesday night. Henry, otherwise known as 'Shortman', of George Reid district in the parish, was among...
Wed, 20 Apr 2022 12:49:02 -0500Farmers lauded for their resilience
Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Pearnel Charles Jr., has lauded the nation’s farmers for the resilience they have demonstrated despite the unprecedented obstacles brought on by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
Wed, 20 Apr 2022 12:02:36 -0500Three-vehicle crash in Lilliput leaves several injured
A crash along the North Coast Highway in Lilliput, St James, has left several people injured and hospitalised this morning. The three-vehicle crash has caused significant traffic delays for motorists. Emergency personnel have been deployed to...
Wed, 20 Apr 2022 05:01:58 -050012-year-old drowns in MoBay flood
The body of 12-year-old Jennel Walters, who was washed away along with her grandmother as torrential rainfall lashed Montego Bay yesterday afternoon, was recovered near the cruise ship pier in the tourism capital. Her grandmother, 68-year-old...
Wed, 20 Apr 2022 05:01:57 -0500‘Mi affi get justice fi me friend’ - West Kingston man ready to testify in soldier shooting case
A west Kingston resident who says Horaine Glenn was killed after intervening when he was being mistreated by Jamaica Defence Force soldiers has vowed to get justice for his friend. Glenn was shot and killed last Saturday on Charles Street in a...
Wed, 20 Apr 2022 05:01:53 -0500Inner-city teen wants greater access to education for peers - Believes this will help stabilise communities
As he watched the unrest in his Midtown community of Tivoli Gardens following the controversial shooting of resident Horaine Glenn during a confrontation with soldiers, Marvellous Morgan, 17, has made an impassioned plea for the Government to...
Wed, 20 Apr 2022 05:01:44 -0500Highway jitters for Bull Bay
Having waited for years to see improvements to their road, some residents of 12 Miles in St Thomas are now jittery about the possibility of being left in no man's land when works on the Southern Coastal Highway Improvement Project are completed.......
Wed, 20 Apr 2022 05:01:56 -0500Man steps on babymother’s head
An evidently peeved Senior Parish Judge Lori-Anne Cole-Montaque revoked the bail of a 22-year-old who confessed to punching his child's mother in the eye three times and stepping in her head. The judge was further perturbed after being told by.....
Wed, 20 Apr 2022 05:01:54 -0500Cashier allegedly uses customer’s debit card to buy food
A cashier at a fast-food establishment has been accused of stealing a customer's debit card and purchasing a meal. The cashier pleaded not guilty to breaches under the Cybercrimes Act and Larceny Act when she appeared in the Kingston and St...
Wed, 20 Apr 2022 05:01:45 -0500Sekon Sta, Ding Dong bring ‘happiness’ to I Love Soca
From start to finish, the I Love Soca Cooler Festival inspired positive energy and unity, which was visible off and on the stage. Once the gates were opened, groups carrying their own coolers of ice, along with a selection of alcohol and chasers....
Tue, 19 Apr 2022 19:08:06 -0500Police say another female athlete killed in Kenya
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- Another female runner has been killed in the high-altitude Kenyan training town of Iten and a search is on for the athlete's boyfriend, police said Tuesday. Damaris Muthee Mutua, a Kenyan-born distance runner who...
Tue, 19 Apr 2022 18:49:35 -0500Netflix shares drop 25% after service loses 200K subscribers
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Netflix suffered its first subscriber loss in more than a decade, causing its shares to plunge 25% in extended trading amid concerns that the pioneering streaming service may have already seen its best days. The company...
Tue, 19 Apr 2022 18:40:59 -0500Students re-engaged at mile gully high
Ninety-eight per cent of the 701 students at Mile Gully High School in Manchester are re-engaged, following the two-year disruption of the education sector, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Principal of the school, Christopher Tyme, said that they...
Tue, 19 Apr 2022 18:22:40 -0500St James woman, grandchild swept away by floodwaters
A St James woman and her grandchild were swept away by floodwaters in Westgate, St James a short while ago. Her husband, 71-year-old Beres Walters, and their 25-year-old daughter were rescued. The family was travelling in a car that...
Tue, 19 Apr 2022 13:25:11 -0500St James police find gun, ammunition hidden in socks
The St James police seized a Glock 9mm pistol and a magazine containing four 9mm cartridges during an operation in Bouge heights in the parish yesterday.
Tue, 19 Apr 2022 05:01:54 -0500Denham Town wants justice after resident’s death - Man killed in confrontation with JDF
Janet Haye says that her son, 32-year-old Horaine Glenn, was a boss in the kitchen and had dreams of working overseas as a chef. Those dreams will not be realised as Glenn was killed during a confrontation with members of the Jamaica Defence...
Tue, 19 Apr 2022 05:01:47 -0500Three times the surprise - Couple welcomes triplets after expecting one child
Three months into her second pregnancy, Nyoaka Lindo believed that she was having only one baby, but got the shock of her life when a sonogram proved that she was actually having triplets. The 26-year-old, who is also mother to a three-year-old......
Tue, 19 Apr 2022 05:01:57 -0500Soldier mowed down by motor car
The driver involved in the death of a Jamaica Defence Force soldier on South Camp Road in St Andrew has been warned for prosecution. Reports from the Cross Roads police are that about 9:30 a.m. on Sunday, the driver of a Nissan Latio motor car...
Tue, 19 Apr 2022 05:01:43 -0500Anonymous donor gives $650,000 towards med student’s tuition - ... but Perisa still needs $200,000 to sit exams
An anonymous donor has given $650,000 to a first-year medical student who is facing the possibility of being barred from sitting exams at The University of the West Indies (UWI) this year if her fees are not paid. Perisa Miller, 21, who achieved.....
Tue, 19 Apr 2022 05:01:55 -0500Prized goats highlight return of St Mary Agricultural Show
It was pure merriment on the grounds of the Gray's Inn Sports Complex, Annotto Bay, St Mary, yesterday as patrons and farmers flocked to celebrate the return of the St Mary Agricultural Show following its two-year hiatus. Livestock farmer Susan.....