Jamaica Star
Thu, 21 Apr 2022 18:50:15 -0500Stolen car crashed in Manchester
The Manchester police hunting for a man who crashed a stolen motor car today along the Melrose Bypass. According to the police, the wrecked car was found abandoned along the roadway around midday. The police said they could not...
Thu, 21 Apr 2022 14:34:14 -0500Licensing requirements for public passenger vehicles to be revised
The Transport Authority (TA) will be revising the requirements for the licensing of public passenger vehicles, according to Minister of Transport and Mining, Audley Shaw. Mr Shaw said the change is to ensure "better screening" and...
Thu, 21 Apr 2022 14:28:35 -0500Justice Ministry urges people to report rogue JPs
The Justice Ministry is encouraging people to report any Justice of the Peace (JP) who is collecting money for services provided. The Sunday Gleaner reported this week that corrupt justices in several parishes have been charging people to...
Thu, 21 Apr 2022 12:30:57 -0500MOH confirms Omicron BA.2 in Jamaica
The Ministry of Health & Wellness has confirmed that the Omicron BA.2 variant has been detected in Jamaica. The Ministry says 89 samples collected between January 1 to March 4 were submitted for gene sequencing with the result showing 98.9%...
Thu, 21 Apr 2022 11:47:53 -0500Sir P swings back at dancehall producer Shab Don, lawyer
YouTube vlogger Sir P of Politricks Watch has hit back at dancehall producer Linval 'Shab Don' Thompson Jr and his lawyer. "Do wah unuh seh unuh a do," said Sir P, hours after the lawyer released a video demanding that he...
Thu, 21 Apr 2022 05:02:00 -0500‘Likkle bit a money’ angers judge
A man who brought $50 and $100 notes to court as part of compensation angered Senior Parish Judge Lori-Anne Cole-Montaque in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court yesterday. The defendant, Garfield Bailey, was expected to bring at least $40,......
Thu, 21 Apr 2022 05:02:01 -0500Schizophrenic man seeks help
Ian Thomas, 61, occupies a space that has neither a window nor a door at Love Lane in May Pen, Clarendon, but is still grateful for the friend who offered it to him so he can have shelter. Thomas shared that in his younger days, he used to be a...
Thu, 21 Apr 2022 05:01:59 -0500Ganja found in boxes of food
A 21-year-old St Elizabeth resident who tried to ship ganja overseas in carton boxes containing assorted food items through the local post office and overseas couriers was remanded in custody yesterday when she made her first appearance in the...
Thu, 21 Apr 2022 05:01:36 -0500Fully black chicken - Orayne’s feathery friends grab attention at agro fest
Despite the sweltering heat from the afternoon's sun, patrons at the St Mary Agricultural Show on Monday stood in cue in order to get a gaze into Orayne Graham's makeshift bird sanctuary. It was not the first time that they were seeing birds,...
Thu, 21 Apr 2022 05:01:45 -0500Elderly mom searches for her ‘big baby’
It has been more than three years since Clovis White laid eyes on her son, Barrington Byfield, who disappeared without a trace in June 2019. "Him was here with mi the morning and him asked mi for a soda, and before I could get one from the...
Thu, 21 Apr 2022 05:01:51 -0500Sister worried about her missing twin
Chevelle Blake said she and her twin sister Chantal Blake-McCalla were like peas in a pod growing up. As teenagers, they enjoyed playing netball and bonded at every chance they got. Their relationship remained tight-knit as adults and they would.....
Thu, 21 Apr 2022 05:02:02 -0500Hotel staff admit to stealing co-worker’s savings
Though they pleaded guilty to simple larceny, two employees of a hotel on the outskirts of the Corporate Area disputed the amount mentioned by the prosecution. The court heard that on February 20, Everette Barnette, a security guard, and...
Thu, 21 Apr 2022 05:01:42 -0500Man on murder charge accused of stealing luxury cars
Ricardo Sudlow, a telecomms installer who was arrested and charged with murder and firearm offences earlier this month following separate incidents in St Mary and St Ann, has found himself before the courts again after being accused of stealing...
Thu, 21 Apr 2022 05:00:25 -0500Subpoena ordered for FedEx officer
Chief Parish Judge Chester Crooks ordered a subpoena for the manager of a local branch of FedEx, after prosecutors said they have been waiting for a year to get a statement to assist with investigations in a drug case. The defendant in the case.....
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...