The leadership of the security forces is aware of the increase in contract killings on the island and will be developing various tactical approaches to remedy the worrying trend, says Minister of National Security Dr Horace Chang. "It is a...

Elon Musk has reached an agreement to buy Twitter for roughly $44 billion on Monday, promising a more lenient touch to policing content on the platform. The outspoken Tesla CEO, who is also the world's wealthiest person, has said he wanted to...

Earlier today, residents and taxi operators protested deplorable road conditions in York Town, Clarendon. They claimed that heavy-duty vehicles transporting material to Foga Road where a bridge is being constructed are responsible for the...

Melorine Gizzard, the mother of slain teenage footballer Omar Laing, says that it was always his dream to make life better for her and the family. "Mi can't even bawl because him don't like when mi cry. Mi cyah sleep, mi cyah eat. Him always say.....

Last December, Denham Town resident Lorna Green received an enterprise development grant from the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), which she said greatly improved her life financially. The 61-year-old not only operates a small clothes...

The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), through its National Safe Schools Unit, will seek to rename its annual Peace Day concert in honour of slain teenager Kenute Williams Jr, who was killed last month while he was on his way to school. National.....

Question: Can a squatter get the legal title to your property? There are certain things that have to be taken into consideration. Adverse possession Adverse possession can be defined as a doctrine under which a person in possession of...

Standing inside her dwelling in Trench Town, Kingston, Paula Darlington says her house literally feels empty. That's because the 36-year-old mother of four had to discard most of her furniture after they became infested by bedbugs, or what...

Almost one month after physically challenged Mocho resident Devon Reid's story was published in THE STAR, he was all smiles on Saturday as he sat in his brand new wheelchair courtesy of Robert Nesta Morgan, member of parliament for North East...

DOMINICA Former opposition senator arrested at airport A former senator with the opposition United Workers Party, Dr Thomson Fontaine, was arrested when he arrived at the Melville Hall Airport in the country on Sunday morning. Fontaine, a...

Designated public beaches will be upgraded this fiscal year, to improve the overall experience of Jamaicans, says Prime Minister Andrew Holness. Speaking at the official ceremony to break ground for the 700-room RIU Aquarelle in Coopers Pen,...

A Corporate Area man's decision to furnish the US Embassy in Kingston with fake birth certificate may have cost him an opportunity to migrate and join his wife overseas. Stephen McCarthy reportedly told the police that he used the fake document.....

Clinical sexologist and family therapist Dr Sidney McGill believes that many Jamaican men, regardless of sexual orientation, are affected by what is known as 'penis envy'. "Somehow they think that the next person has a larger penis than theirs......

Senator Matthew Samuda, minister without portfolio in the ministry of economic growth and job creation, will today lead a group of social media influencers on a hike to the Blue Mountain Forest Reserve. The hike, which will culminate in a tree-......

Family members of former Haitian senator Joseph Joel John were denied asylum in Jamaica. However, their attorney, Donahue Martin, informed Senior Parish Judge Lori-Ann Cole-Montaque that he would be appealing the decision. Martin believes the......

A 23-year-old man who stole his co-worker's iPhone said that he committed the crime because he needed money. The youngster, Tarik Fenton, was employed at a call centre for three weeks at the time of the incident. He was seen on closed circuit...

Tears flowed heavily yesterday as family, friends and loved ones paid their final respects to Kenute Williams Jr, the St Andrew teen who was killed last month over his cell phone and a $1,000 while he was travelling to school. Pastor Adrian...

Two men who failed to carry compensation money to court, as was ordered by the judge, were ordered locked up when they appeared before the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court empty-handed on Thursday. In one of the matters, Vasanie Kerr, a 21-...

Following a one-sided argument on social media yesterday, fans of Queenie Lady Gangsta are urging her to calm down and work things out with her husband Dewy. A month after celebrating their first wedding anniversary, she said Dewy walked out......

Local advocate Derrick 'Black X' Robinson is currently hospitalised at the University Hospital of the West Indies, after suffering from excruciating pain and breathing issues last weekend stemming from a swelling in his neck. "I had to come in......