Jamaica Star
Tue, 16 Aug 2022 17:06:01 -0500Alleged Dream Weekend robbers granted $400,000 bail
The three men who were charged for the theft of electronic valuing $2 million during the Dream Weekend party series were today granted $400,000 bail in the Westmoreland Parish Court. They are scheduled to return to court on August 23, when a...
Tue, 16 Aug 2022 16:40:51 -0500Woman who hit complainant with board warned to control temper
A Westmoreland woman who reportedly hit another woman in the head with a piece of board during a confrontation was lucky to get off with a stern warning when she appeared in the Westmoreland Parish Court on Tuesday, following mediation with the...
Tue, 16 Aug 2022 12:14:27 -0500More houses set on fire in Kingston Central
Another round of fires in sections of Kingston Central left multiple residents from Text Lane homeless early this morning. There are no reports of injuries. It's believed to be the work of arsonists. Tuesday's early morning blaze...
Tue, 16 Aug 2022 13:12:33 -0500Two killed in Hanover crash
A male motorist and a female passenger were killed in a vehicular collision along the Tryall main road in Hanover, earlier today. They have been identified as 26-year-old Onieke Barnes, of Mandeville in Manchester, and 51-year-old Claudia Shaw, of....
Tue, 16 Aug 2022 13:32:36 -0500Tour operator shot dead while transporting tourists in Negril
Fifty-three-year-old Byron Grey, a tour operator from Negril was shot and killed late last night as he transported two male tourists along the West End main road in Negril. The two male tourists were unharmed during the engagement. According to the...
Tue, 16 Aug 2022 13:21:18 -0500Kingston forges ties with Windhoek, Namibia
The Kingston and St Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC) is establishing ties with the capital city of Windhoek, Namibia, for cooperation in multiple focus areas. The development follows the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) between...
Tue, 16 Aug 2022 12:38:17 -0500Police investigate men arrested at supermarket in Hanover
Two men were apprehended at the Hew's Enterprise Supermarket in Hopewell, Hanover, after the owner contacted the police in regards to suspicous behaviour on Monday night. The Hanover police have since launched an investigation to determine...
Tue, 16 Aug 2022 05:04:03 -050015-y-o traumatised after being shot - Parents demand answers from police
Howard Johnson, whose 15-year-old son was shot and injured during an operation carried out by the security forces in Seaview Gardens last Wednesday, said he is worried that the ordeal will break the teen and cause him to harbour negative thoughts.....
Tue, 16 Aug 2022 05:03:47 -0500Husband and wife graduate NCU together
With his three-week-old daughter nestled in his arms, Marvin Pryce was a picture of contentment following the graduation ceremony at the Northern Caribbean University (NCU) on Sunday. The occasion was particularly special for Marvin, as his wife....
Tue, 16 Aug 2022 05:03:55 -0500Doctor concerned about vagina cleaning products
It is almost impossible to check Instagram and other social media sites and not come across a Yoni pearl and boric acid vendor. The products, which are seemingly in high demand, are said to cure yeast infections, drain cysts and help to unblock.....
Tue, 16 Aug 2022 05:04:02 -0500Cop who left baby in car granted bail
Detective Sergeant Sheldon Dobson, the police officer whose infant daughter died after being locked in his car at the Black River Police Station in January, was offered bail yesterday when he appeared in the St Elizabeth Parish Court. Dobson, 40.....
Tue, 16 Aug 2022 05:04:01 -050019-y-o charged with robbery
A 19-year-old who allegedly robbed a cabbie and a female passenger yesterday and then stole the taxi in downtown Kingston has been charged. Rushane Sinclair of Crescent Road, Kingston 13, has been charged with robbery with aggravation and illegal....
Tue, 16 Aug 2022 05:03:56 -0500Designer seeing wider demand for African-themed clothing
Nearly two decades ago, fashion designer Tanya Cameron spotted a growing need in Jamaica for clothing that celebrated African culture. Moving to fill that gap, Cameron opened Shades of Africa, a store stocked with both local and international...
Tue, 16 Aug 2022 05:03:53 -0500Beecher Foundation honours top PEP students
With a top score of 390.8, or 97.85 per cent, in her Primary Exit Profile (PEP) tests, Shalala Morris stood tall among her peers at the 2022 instalment of the Beecher Foundation Scholarships. The Horizon Park Primary School student was among 52......
Tue, 16 Aug 2022 05:03:44 -0500Weird News
'Space spaghetti' was netting -- NASA NASA has confessed that 'alien pasta' found on Mars was actually from its own spacecraft. The US space agency believed that the tangled web of 'spaghetti' could be proof of alien life, but has now concluded.....
Mon, 15 Aug 2022 14:03:08 -0500Search on for missing Clarendon resident in the US
A search is underway for Tavaughn Bulgin, a Clarendon resident who went missing in the waters at Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts in the United States. Tavaughn's brother, Tavaris, reportedly drowned in same waters on Sunday...
Mon, 15 Aug 2022 12:18:40 -0500Deliveryman charged with Clarendon murders
The police have confirmed that 29-year-old Rohan Pitter, a deliveryman of Tavares Gardens, Kingston 11 has been charged with the April 2022 killing of a father and son in Hayesfield, Clarendon. According to the police, 46-year-old Thomas James Snr.....
Mon, 15 Aug 2022 11:07:21 -050014-day "reset" underway in Montego Bay
The Transport Authority and several government agencies in St James have started a 14-day operation to bring order to the capital, Montego Bay.
Mon, 15 Aug 2022 10:43:33 -050089-y-o burnt alive in Hanover
An 89-year-old retired Hanover resident was killed in a house fire at her home in Hopewell, in the parish earlier today. She has been identified as retired superintendent of police Elana Nisbett. Personnel from the Jamaica Fire Brigade found...
Mon, 15 Aug 2022 05:04:04 -0500Man stabbed to death by babymother
A domestic dispute, allegedly over meals for their children, has left a 38-year-old man dead. Kimarly 'Finey' Simmonds of Rose Town, St Andrew, was reportedly stabbed by his babymother last Friday. According to police reports, about midnight,...