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Tue, 19 Jul 2022 21:26:00 -0500
Merciless found dead at hotel
Dancehall entertainer Merciless was found dead at a hotel near Lyndhurst Road in St Andrew earlier today. Merciless, whose given name is Leonard Bartley, is said to have died a natural death. More details soon. We want to hear from you! Email us......

Tue, 19 Jul 2022 17:15:49 -0500
Four dismembered bodies found in Tivoli
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Tue, 19 Jul 2022 14:46:17 -0500
Anxious wait in west Kingston as cops dig for bodies of missing men
The remains of two adults have reportedly been found in the search for four men allegedly abducted in Denham Town, western Kingston on Saturday night. 

Tue, 19 Jul 2022 14:41:42 -0500
Residents should not ignore pleas to evacuate – McKenzie
Residents have been cautioned against ignoring pleas by the local authorities to evacuate their homes when threatened by a natural disaster. Speaking at a Disaster Preparedness Town Hall Meeting in Whitehouse, Westmoreland, on July 14, Minister of.....

Tue, 19 Jul 2022 14:36:42 -0500
Manchester man dies in car crash
Thirty-four-year-old Manchester resident Jermaine Jackson died after his motor vehicle crashed into a utility pole along the Melrose Bypass on Monday. According to the police, about 1:30 on Monday morning, Jackson was travelling along the roadway......

Tue, 19 Jul 2022 14:17:05 -0500
Police investigate drowning of 6-y-o at Grand Palladium
The Hanover police are investigating the death of a six-year-old boy who drowned in a pool at the Grand Palladium Hotel in the parish. The child, Oneil Hume Syers, was reportedly with his mother Mervelyn Bent, who is from a Savanna-la-Mar...

Tue, 19 Jul 2022 10:41:02 -0500
DEVELOPING STORY: Police searching for missing men in West Kingston
Crime scene detectives are currently in a section of West Kingston where they are said to be involved in a search for at least three men who have been reported missing since Sunday night.

Tue, 19 Jul 2022 05:02:28 -0500
Dead or alive - Mom of missing social media influencer fearing the worst
As she struggled to catch her breath, Sophia Lugg, mother of missing social media influencer Donna-Lee Donaldson, said she is hoping to find her daughter whether "dead or alive". The ailing woman, who spoke to THE STAR minutes after the Jamaica.....

Tue, 19 Jul 2022 05:02:32 -0500
Triple murder alarms St Ann community
The usually peaceful community of Free Hill, St Ann, was rocked yesterday by a triple murder. The bodies of Antria Rattray, 46, a cook employed at the St Ann Municipal Corporation drop-in centre in Ocho Rios, her 13-year-old son, Mykah Bonitto,......

Tue, 19 Jul 2022 05:02:27 -0500
Jamaica Zoo desperate for donations
Jamaica Zoo's situation is getting increasingly dire as the attraction's proprietor, Paul Fearon, is desperate to secure funding to provide for the animals and keep the business afloat. "It would be easier for me not to eat so I could feed them.....

Tue, 19 Jul 2022 05:02:21 -0500
‘Mi feel really really sad’ - Hansle Parchment’s dad rues World Champs bad luck
On Sunday night as the 110m hurdles final was underway at the World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon, USA, no pot covers were being knocked together in Port Morant, St Thomas. A huge feeling of disappointment hung over the households,......

Tue, 19 Jul 2022 05:02:23 -0500
Spanish Town woman in desperate bid to save her vision
Thirty-one-year-old Alicia Robinson is in a desperate bid to save her eyesight as she has a medical condition which is causing her to lose her vision and needs to get surgery in New York for corrective measures. Robinson is suffering from...

Tue, 19 Jul 2022 05:02:30 -0500
Gun found in jeans
A Westmoreland man was arrested for gun charges yesterday following a raid at his home. He has been identified as 21-year-old Deno Kongal of Ricketts River in Frome. Reports from the Savanna-la-Mar police are that about 9:30 a.m., a team of...

Tue, 19 Jul 2022 05:02:17 -0500
Cestan Springs magical stream is a beauty to behold
In Cornwall Barracks, Portland, at the intersection of green pastures and beaten down roadways, lies a relatively undisturbed piece of paradise called Cestan Springs Waterfall. When THE STAR Life...

Mon, 18 Jul 2022 17:03:45 -0500
Strike notice issued at NSWMA
Sanitation workers at the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) have issued a 72-hour notice advising of an intention to withdraw labour services.  Their union, the National Workers Union (NWU), claims that it has been trying...

Mon, 18 Jul 2022 17:11:44 -0500
St Lucians participating in Carnival activities after two year-hiatus
CASTRIES, St. Lucia, Jul 18, CMC - Revellers took to the streets here on Monday following a two-year hiatus, as St. Lucians participated in Carnival activities since the onset of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic that has killed 385 people...

Mon, 18 Jul 2022 16:37:16 -0500
Three found dead St Ann with knife wounds
Senior Superintendent of Police, Dwight Powell, has confirmed that a man, woman, and a teen boy were found dead in Free Hill, Bamboo in St Ann earlier today. The bodies were found suffering from knife and machete wounds, he said The discovery was.....

Mon, 18 Jul 2022 16:25:16 -0500
Over us$270m for Mobay bypass road project
Prime Minister, Andrew Holness, officially broke ground for the US$274.5 million Montego Bay Perimeter Road at Ironshore in St. James on Saturday (July 16). The 14.9-kilometre national development project is a collaboration between the Ministry of.....

Mon, 18 Jul 2022 15:44:49 -0500
Police kill man of unsound mind in Half-Way-Tree
A man of unsound mind was shot dead by a police officer following a confrontation in Half-Way-Tree, St Andrew this afternoon. An identity for the deceased has not been established.  Reports are that the mentally ill man earlier attacked...

Mon, 18 Jul 2022 13:52:53 -0500
Westmoreland teacher killed in car crash
A 42-year-old Westmoreland teacher died over the weekend from injuries she sustained after being hit by a car along the Whitehouse main road in the parish.



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