Approximately six persons were rushed to the Mandeville Regional Hospital after sustaining injuries in an accident along the Gutters main road in the parish today. According to an eyewitness, at around 3:00 pm, a public passenger Toyota Voxy...

Popular music producer Linval Thompson, otherwise called 'Shab Don', has been charged with three counts of murder that occurred on Marl Road, Rose Heights in St James on Wednesday, May 25. Thompson has been charged with the murders of:...

The Ministry of Tourism is looking to tap into the local labour force to identify, recruit and deploy at least 10,000 of 90,000 workers required in the global cruise industry. Portfolio Minister, Edmund Bartlett, says the demand stems from a...

Telecommunications Company Flow says it spent $1.5 million dollars repairing and restoring lost service connectivity to its customers over the weekend. Over 5000 customers, including hotels and financial institutions in sections of St Ann and St...

Health Minister Christopher Tufton said there will be additional customer service training for the staff at the St Ann's Bay Regional Hospital, in St Ann. Speaking Friday after a tour of the hospital, Tufton said customer service at hospitals...

A teenage girl and two men were arrested over the weekend, following an investigation surrounding the theft of more than 100 feet of cable, belonging to one of the country's major telecommunications companies. According to the St Ann's...

Less than two weeks after been ordered closed, Jamaica Zoo has turned to the public to assist with funds to, among other things, feed and care for its animals. The Lacovia, St Elizabeth-based zoo was ordered closed by the National Environment and....

Janet Haye has vowed to do everything she can to get justice for her son, Horaine Glenn, who was shot dead in April by a soldier during a confrontation in his yard in Denham Town, Kingston. The grieving mother appeared pale as she paid final...

The old adage 'grow what you eat, eat what you grow' rings true for 74-year-old Millicent Atkins, whose backyard garden has been the main source of meals for her family. "I plant calaloo, pak choi, lettuce and corn and such," said Atkins when THE....

Carisa Peart, the recently crowned Miss Jamaica Supranational 2022, is hoping that her performance at the grand coronation of the pageant in Poland next month will bring great jubilation to Jamaica's 60th independence celebration. "When I think.....

Making a career in football was admittedly the only thing Chester Laidley saw for himself. But his dreams were thwarted in 2016, after being diagnosed with end-stage renal failure. Then 14 years old, Laidley explained that he struggled to come to....

In my column, which was published on Monday, March 21, 2022, I focused on the inconsistencies of the bail process. In light of the statements made last week by Marlene Malahoo Forte, the minister of legal and constitutional affairs, as well as...

Farmers to pay for their animal's belches New Zealand is planning to tax the burps of cattle and sheep. The proposal would make the country the first in the world to charge farmers for the gases emitted from their livestock, and aims to...

Food lovers and those looking for creativity and high drama in the kitchen are in for an amazing treat, with week after week of delicious, fun, mouth-watering cook-off on the new series, Family Food Battle. The series airs on TVJ beginning on...

An elderly woman said that she lost all of her life savings, $358,000 on Wednesday when a man led her to believe that she was helping him to collect money from his mother overseas scammed her. Ms Brown*, 73, cut a dejected figure as she and one......

While some may hold steadfast to the belief that breadfruit makes you a coward, 39-year-old Karlene Johnson is debunking that myth by leaving her comfortable teaching job to make breadfruit-based pastries. Johnson told THE WEEKEND STAR that it......

Eyebrows were raised inside the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court yesterday after it was revealed that a Corporate Area man, Simon Smith, used another man's driver's licence for two years, racking up numerous traffic offences in the process....

When Emmanuel McLennon left his home three weeks ago to perform at the anniversary event for Boom Box, he was expecting a huge 'forward'. But the Rastafararian artiste, who claims that he always "shell dung the place" whenever he performs, was in.....

A repeat felon who has 51 convictions may be headed to the Home Circuit Court to be sentenced after a senior parish judge suggested that sentence indications within the parish courts may be too limited for him. Renford Soares, 44, was before...