Jamaica Star
Sat, 15 Oct 2022 19:34:05 -0500Shaneil Muir collapses due to exhaustion
Recording artiste Shaneil Muir has been ordered by her doctor to rest after she collapsed in Montego Bay, St James on Saturday.
Fri, 14 Oct 2022 17:57:20 -0500‘Scrappy’ shot dead in Westmoreland
Thirty-year-old Kirk Wilson, otherwise called 'Scrappy' was shot and killed while travelling along the Peggy Barry main road in Grange Hill, Westmoreland today. Wilson was travelling with a passenger who was also injured. The injured...
Fri, 14 Oct 2022 16:46:22 -0500Manchester farmer gets life sentence
Fifty-six-year-old Manchester farmer Mark Henry, was sentenced to three life sentences for the murder of a woman and her two sons, when he appeared in the Home Circuit Court today. The victims, Nadine Carridice, her 11-year-old son Roshan...
Fri, 14 Oct 2022 16:30:25 -0500MP says more youth needed in agricultural sector
Member of Parliament (MP) for St. James Southern, Hon. Homer Davis, is recommending that additional steps be taken to incentives agriculture, in order to attract younger persons. "The cohort of farmers in my constituency is at an average age...
Fri, 14 Oct 2022 16:26:22 -0500Dominica moving to establish cannabis industry by 2023
ROSEAU, Dominica, Oct 14, CMC - The Dominica government says it expects to table legislation that will give effect to the establishment of a marijuana industry here by next year. Speaking on a government programme on the state-owned DBS radio...
Fri, 14 Oct 2022 16:23:59 -0500MAJ criticises decision to ban music promoting or glorifying crime
KINGSTON, Jamaica, Oct 14, CMC - The Media Association of Jamaica (MAJ) has criticised the decision of the Broadcasting Commission of Jamaica (BCJ) which earlier this week imposed an immediate ban on the playing of music that it said, among...
Fri, 14 Oct 2022 16:20:15 -0500Harry Potter’s Hagrid dies at 72
LONDON (AP) -- Robbie Coltrane, the baby-faced comedian and character actor whose hundreds of roles included a crime-solving psychologist on the TV series "Cracker" and the gentle half-giant Hagrid in the "Harry Potter...
Fri, 14 Oct 2022 16:16:21 -0500Haiti gang makes demands in test of power with government
Fri, 14 Oct 2022 05:01:52 -0500Meet Jerome Jackson, the blind massage therapist
At first glance you may not immediately recognise that Jerome Jackson is blind. Like other skilled massage therapists, the 32-year-old goes about performing his tasks with ultimate ease, expertly stroking, kneading and tapping the bodies of his...
Fri, 14 Oct 2022 05:01:56 -0500Almond collector has big dreams
"Is just the help I want!" are the words of 56-year-old Brenda Daley, who is on the verge of eviction this month from a one-bedroom house due to unpaid rent. Daley, who resides in Sandy Bay, Hanover, has ideas for a profitable almond business,...
Fri, 14 Oct 2022 05:01:48 -0500Morant Bay High alumni, family uplift students
Surrounded by a sea of green and white, on Wednesday past and present students of the Morant Bay High School in St Thomas celebrated their 'Alumni Takeover' with a day of activities. Starting at the commencement of the school day, local...
Fri, 14 Oct 2022 05:01:53 -0500INDECOM probing Kingston woman’s death
The Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) on Thursday said it was investigating the extent of the involvement of police officers in the death of Keila Bryce, who the police say was shot in the head and thrown from a moving car during.....
Fri, 14 Oct 2022 05:02:01 -0500Bob Marley Beach residents worried as eviction looms
Two families who for decades have built their lives and livelihoods at the Bob Marley Beach in Bull Bay, St Thomas, are now in a state of confusion as the imminent threat of displacement looms large. They are reportedly being displaced to...
Fri, 14 Oct 2022 05:01:59 -0500Leggo di ‘Brogad’ - PM advised to drop ‘dancehall nickname’
Out-spoken party promoter Marlon 'Musique' Campbell believes that Prime Minister Andrew Holness should drop his 'Brogad' moniker, as it appears hypocritical for him to embrace it while criticising the dancehall genre from which it originated. The....
Fri, 14 Oct 2022 05:01:55 -0500Visually impaired woman has vision to counsel others
Reneisha Randal Miller wept openly on Thursday, but her tears were those of joy, as the visually impaired woman was the 2022 recipient of the Jamaica Society for the Blind (JSB) Scholarship. The final year guidance counselling student at...
Fri, 14 Oct 2022 05:01:54 -0500Massive crowds expected at Lime Cay
As locals prepare for a weekend of frolic, the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) said that it is prepared to battle an influx of persons to the popular Lime Cay this Heroes Weekend. "There will be an influx of persons here on...
Fri, 14 Oct 2022 05:01:51 -0500Sad birthday for Donna-Lee Donaldson’s mom
On Wednesday, Sophia Lugg celebrated her 50th birthday, but the joy that should have accompanied such a milestone was missing as she is still unable to find the body of her daughter, who has been presumed dead. The 24-year-old social media...
Fri, 14 Oct 2022 05:01:49 -0500Disabled cop gets NHT unit
When Constable Owen Graham responded to a distress call while on duty in December 2019, he did not know his life would change forever. The vehicle in which the officer was travelling met in an accident, leaving his colleague dead and him being...
Thu, 13 Oct 2022 15:16:30 -0500Healthier meal options will not mean higher costs – Education Minister
Minister of Education and Youth, Fayval Williams, says the inclusion of healthier meal options for students does not mean that higher costs will be added. "We know in Jamaica that we produce a lot of healthy stuff, such as callaloo, cabbage [...
Thu, 13 Oct 2022 15:12:29 -0500Youths lacking guidance, says Deputy Mayor Ennis
Winston Ennis, Deputy Mayor of Kingston says there is an "apparent lack of proper guidance" for Jamaica's children, which results in poor conflict resolution. He was speaking about the tragic stabbing death of Kingston Technical...