A 26-year-old university graduate said that leaving his "trashy" call centre job to do pornography was one of the best decisions he has ever made. "I have been in the industry since 2019, right before COVID hit. Before that, I was working at a...

Head of the St Andrew Central Police Division, Senior Superintendent Marlon Nesbeth, has refuted claims that murder accused Rushane Barnett was assaulted while in custody at the Half-Way Tree Police Station. Barnett, 23, made the claim on...

A 62-year-old woman battling cancer was reportedly scammed out of $600,000 of her life savings by two men in Port Maria, St Mary, on Tuesday. It is understood that the money was earmarked to cover her medical expenses. The incident was confirmed....

A Corporate Area man confessed that he obtained a fake passport in his deceased brother's name, as he was approached by members in his community who wanted to purchase the dead man's identity. Romane Stewart, who is before the Kingston and St......

A now decommissioned corrections officer who confessed to introducing ganja into a penal institution was fined $200,000 or 12-months' imprisonment when he appeared in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court yesterday. Chief Parish Judge Chester......

Noted attorney-at-law Valerie Neita-Robertson is warning persons that failure to report a crime they have witnessed or have knowledge of could land them behind prison bars. Neita-Robertson told THE WEEKEND STAR that the offence, which is called......

Vendors at the newly upgraded Clark's Town Market in Trelawny, while thankful for the improvements made to the space, are calling on the authorities to deal with a drainage problem with which they are now faced. "I appreciate the effort to...

A 17-year-old boy was shot and killed by gunmen within the zone of special operations (ZOSO) in Savanna-la-Mar, Westmoreland, on Thursday morning. He has been identified as Jayre Francis, otherwise called 'Jay' of Ricketts Street, also in...

Twenty-two-year-old yam farmer, Kayson McKoy, is now many steps closer to pursuing his dream of becoming a household name in agriculture. He's the first winner of $1 million in the Digicel Golden SIM promotion. "I was completely shocked," McKoy.....

More than 1.6 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered in the Americas, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has said. Dr Carissa Etienne, PAHO director, said just over 69 per cent of the region's population has...

When Avadean Willis graduated from Spanish Town High School with only three Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) passes in 2008, she felt as if she had let herself down. Although she admits to wasting a lot of time in school, she knew.....

One hundred and fifty guidance counsellors from various primary and secondary schools in Kingston and St Andrew are being trained in underage gambling prevention. The training is being conducted using a lesson plan created by RISE Life Management....

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Jun 29, CMC - Travellers to Trinidad and Tobago will not require a negative COVID-19 test to enter the twin-island republic from Friday. Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh announced at Wednesday's COVID-19...

SAN ANTONIO (AP) -- The tractor-trailer at the centre of a disastrous human-smuggling attempt that left 53 people dead had passed through an inland U.S. Border Patrol checkpoint with migrants inside the sweltering rig ...

The Westmoreland Police are probing the death of 17-year-old Jayre Francis, who was gunned down in the parish earlier today.

The Clarendon Police are investigating the shooting deaths of two men in separate incidents in the parish yesterday. In the first incident, a forty-one-year-old fisherman identified as Demeon Elliott, otherwise called 'Fro Fro...

Eighteen-year-old Derick Bernard is fully focused on becoming a breast prosthesis surgeon. After researching the subject, he learned of the trauma breast cancer survivors experience and has raised over $100,000 of much needed support for them. The....

One man is dead and two others hospitalised after gunmen invaded a shop in Sandy Bay, Clarendon last night. Dead is 26-year-old Dwayne Miller also known as 'Whisker.'

The uncle and grandmother of a one-year-old boy who was picked up by a passing police vehicle along the Old Harbour main road in St Catherine on Monday have defended their care of the infant. An amateur video of the incident shows the infant...

An employee of the Transport Authority is accused of fleecing $1.1 million from the state-run agency. The accused, Carlene Brown, is charged with 41 counts of larceny as a servant. She made her first appearance in the Kingston and St Parish Court....