Twenty-two-year-old construction worker Cruz Reid was shot and killed in Lucea, Hanover, on Wednesday morning. The STAR understands Reid was gunned down while waiting on two of his co-workers on his motorcycle. The incident took place in a section.....

An American national who was charged with double manslaughter for deaths which resulted from a fatal crash, had her bail extended when she appeared before the Hanover Parish Court in Sandy Bay earlier today. Ayanna Montana...

The Government has full confidence in Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr Christopher Tufton's ability to manage his portfolio. This was stated by Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister, with responsibility for...

Prime Minister Andrew Holness, has said that the total cost resulting from damage to the road network by Tropical Storm Ian is $889 million. Speaking in the House of Representatives on November 1, the Prime Minister noted that the cost to reopen...

Two separate shooting incidents in Clarendon have left four persons dead and one hospitalised. The Clarendon police have launched a probe into the deadly shootings.  In the first incident, a husband and wife, Evan Francis and Alicia...

The police have confirmed that Rushawn Patterson, the person of interest in the murder of social media influencer Anika 'Slickianna' Townsend, is now in police custody. He was arrested by the police at a guest house in Hanover about 1...

The Home Circuit Court is to issue a bench warrant for the man accused of stabbing to death then Portland Eastern Member of Parliament (MP) Dr Lynvale Bloomfield after he failed to appear for the start of the trial today. The Home Circuit...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Nov 2, CMC - Government has announced that November 30 will no longer be known as Independence Day but will be called Barbados National Day to incorporate celebrations for the anniversary of the country becoming a...

ROSEAU, Dominica, Nov 1, CMC - Police are investigating the murder of a patient at the Dominica China Friendship Hospital on Monday evening. Lawmen said two masked men went to Ronald Desiree's bedside on the Alford Ward and shot him...

Sara Campos remembers being inspired to start skateboarding after playing Tony Hawk videogames on the California family's PlayStation 2. Campos, 23, who uses they/them pronouns, never dreamed they would be part of Tony Hawk's charitable...

HOUSTON (AP) -- Police said they have few leads in the fatal shooting of rapper Takeoff outside a private party at a downtown Houston bowling alley. Takeoff, whose off-stage name was Kirsnick Khari Ball, formed one-third of the...

A frog, with its mouth padlocked, was spotted at the entrance to the Spanish Town courthouse in St Catherine yesterday, leading onlookers to suggest that the evil act was aimed at silencing witnesses in matters before the court. "Lawd Jeezas, dis....

Using a handkerchief to partially shield the stench of raw sewage that runs along the sidewalk, Ricardo Osbourne rummaged through garbage searching for plastic bottles for recycling. Yesterday when THE STAR team passed by the illegal dump site......

Having won a small jackpot on a Roulette box on Monday evening, Kenroy Kelly was in a jubilant mood as he headed towards his house on Glasspole Avenue in Rockfort, east Kingston. The 41-year-old chef was probably going to use his winnings to...

Police Commissioner Major General Antony Anderson has urged persons to take advantage of the pending gun amnesty before warning that "at the end of the amnesty there is no excuse" for individuals who are caught with an illegal gun. The amnesty,......

Concerns are being raised that an all-out turf war in sections of west Kingston may be on the horizon following reports of an alleged attempt on the life of a relative of former Tivoli Gardens strongman Christopher 'Dudus' Coke on Sunday. The...

A 41-year-old man who had to use crutches after being shot in the leg several years ago was shot and killed on Harbour Road in Rockfort, east Kingston. Relatives said that Robert 'Robbie' Spence, who hailed from Pleasant Heights, was found in...

A detainee at one of the island's maximum security correctional facilities complained about bed bugs in the facility when he appeared in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court on Tuesday. Keimo Vassell, who is charged with housebreaking with......

The Bustamante Hospital for Children's (BHC) Learning Centre has been playing an important role in ensuring that hospitalised children remain on their educational path. The centre is equipped with a library, which follows the education ministry'....

Senior Parish Judge Lori-Anne Cole-Montaque ordered that an adult male move from the family home by November 11 after he and his father had an altercation about a cat being in the house. Gladimore Wright is before the Kingston and St Andrew...