Jamaica Star
Fri, 03 Jun 2022 05:02:41 -0500‘Molly’ dealer warns against using popular drug
Jill was 19 years old when she was introduced to ‘Molly’. She had visited a popular exotic club on a Wednesday, which is deemed ‘Molly night’ and was apprehensive of taking the party drug that produces a ‘high’. However, she said her bo...
Fri, 03 Jun 2022 05:02:53 -0500One chicken leg for dinner - Hard times push poor to make eye-popping buys
LEON JACKSON What would you do if you found yourself with only $200 for dinner? For many persons this is a challenge. However, Pat*, a former sugar worker, makes fixing dinner on this measly budget look easy. She buys one chicken leg for $80...
Fri, 03 Jun 2022 05:02:40 -0500Lone survivor from Lexi crash wants to be happy again
Celia Vernon is finding it difficult to move on after surviving the motor vehicle crash that claimed the life of three persons, including her best friend and popular YouTube vlogger Lexian 'Lexi D Bess' Williams. Vernon, 22, was travelling in a.....
Fri, 03 Jun 2022 05:03:02 -0500More Hand, Foot and Mouth cases surface
While not describing it as an outbreak, the Ministry of Health and Wellness has confirmed that several schools have reported cases of Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease (HFMD). On Monday, face-to-face classes were suspended at the Chandler's Pen Infant....
Fri, 03 Jun 2022 05:02:45 -0500SAINT finds next generation of new faces
Sixteen-year-old Krystal Plunkett was among the multitude of young men and women who converged on The Jamaica Pegasus hotel for SAINT International's Community Model Search last Saturday. Accompanied by her mother and aunt, Plunkett counted...
Fri, 03 Jun 2022 05:03:03 -0500Bank fraud accused denied bail
Phillip Lindsay, the Corporate Area man who was allegedly found in possession of 29 debit and credit cards, as well as other banking paraphernalia, was denied bail yesterday in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court. Lindsay is charged with 17.....
Fri, 03 Jun 2022 05:02:57 -0500Fake lifeguard caught trying to get visa
A teenager who presented a fake lifeguard certificate at the United States Embassy as part of his application for the annual Summer Work and Travel Programme was fined $150,000 when he appeared in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court yesterday.....
Fri, 03 Jun 2022 05:02:48 -0500Man resides in tiny hut after landslide claims house
For three decades, Everald Gayle lived comfortably in his one-bedroom dwelling in Shooters Hill, St Andrew. However, this changed in October 2020 as he was forced out of it by floodwaters and a landslide, both triggered by heavy rains. Today, he....
Fri, 03 Jun 2022 05:02:38 -0500Clarendon centenarian is a role model for family
Blandford Ferguson Sr celebrated his 100th birthday in March and he was fortunate that he had his wife Pearlina beside him. His son, Blandford Jr, relived memories of growing up with his parents and hsared these with the news team that visited......
Thu, 02 Jun 2022 22:43:56 -0500‘Bus Head’ member killed in police shootout
Two men were shot and killed a short while ago during a police operation along the North-South Highway near the Linstead exit in St Catherine. Dead is Odane Christopher, an alleged high-ranking member of the 'Bus Head Gang' which...
Thu, 02 Jun 2022 15:29:55 -0500US lifts restrictions on Cuba flights
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The United States Transportation Department on Wednesday made it easier for Americans to travel to Cuba, lifting flight restrictions that were established during the Trump administration. The restrictions had prevented US...
Thu, 02 Jun 2022 15:26:49 -0500St Mary fruit vendor killed at stall
A fruit vendor was fatally shot during an attack by a lone gunman in Annotto Bay, St Mary last night. The deceased is 32-year-old Victor Brown of Bottom Bay in the parish. Reports from the Annotto Bay police are that Brown was at his stall when...
Thu, 02 Jun 2022 14:46:09 -050024 police stations to be equipped with electronic diaries
Twenty-four additional police stations will be outfitted with electronic devices over the coming weeks as the Government builds out the programme to facilitate electronic recording of reports, complaints, and administrative entries by the police.......
Thu, 02 Jun 2022 13:18:19 -0500Clarendon businesswoman killed in home
The police are currently investigating the murder of 42-year-old businesswoman Melissa Clarke-Wright who was fatally shot in the Battersea district in Clarendon last night. According to the police, about 7:30 p.m., Wright was at home with family...
Thu, 02 Jun 2022 12:47:40 -0500Choppaz, gun-runners fueling US$1 billion dirty money inflow
Minister of National Security Dr Horace Chang says that proceeds from lotto scamming, money laundering, cybercrimes, and drugs and firearms trafficking have reportedly resulted in the annual flow of at least US$1 billion into Jamaica. ...
Thu, 02 Jun 2022 05:02:57 -0500Man hits child in face for scratching his car
A Corporate Area man who hit a six-year-old child in his face for using sandpaper to scratch his vehicle was yesterday ordered to make compensation for the child's injuries. It was revealed in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court that Dwayne....
Thu, 02 Jun 2022 05:02:47 -0500Family gets new home in time for hurricane season
After seeing sections of his dwelling collapse twice during tropical storms, Courtney Williams can rest easy knowing that his new concrete house can weather any storm. Williams and his family are the latest recipients of new homes under the...
Thu, 02 Jun 2022 22:26:21 -0500Entertainer wants lighter sentence for woman killer
Controversial artiste and businessman Milton Wray said he believes that the sentence given to Andre Bromfield for killing his girlfriend over a kiss was too harsh. Bromfield was sentenced to 18 years and five months by Justice Lorna Shelly...
Thu, 02 Jun 2022 05:02:50 -0500Gambling addict begs to be rehabilitated
A 62-year-old man who admitted to having a gambling problem yesterday pleaded with Senior Parish Judge Lori-Anne Cole-Montaque to be rehabilitated. Donald Miller shared with the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court that his addiction started...
Thu, 02 Jun 2022 05:02:40 -0500Relationship falls apart after heavy rain wrecks couple’s home
Samaro 'Dwight' Reid is convinced that the heavy rains that drenched eastern Jamaica in October 2020 is to be blamed for the destruction of his decades-long relationship. Reid and his then common-law wife, Denique Groves, were forced to flee...