According to the police, 35-year-old Aneka 'Slickianna' Townsend, was strangled to death during a dispute she had with Rushawn Patterson, 33, during a visit to a St James guest house late last month.  Patterson was charged with...

At least 15 adults and several children have been left homeless after fire destroyed their homes on Fleet Street in Central Kingston. The fire which destroyed about 6 homes started sometime after 12:00 pm. Inspector Eucal Francis told the STAR that...

'Leggo Di Gang... Lift Up Jamaica' is the theme for the Ministry of Education and Youth's Anti-Gang Week 2022 from November 13 to 19. Acting Director of the Safety and Security Unit in the Ministry, Richard Troupe, told...

One person is dead, and two others injured, after gunmen fired several shots into a crowd of partiers in Homestead, St Catherine, on Thursday night. Deceased is 33-year-old Damian Marlyn of a Mansfield Avenue address. The other two injured persons.....

A motor vehicle crash along Old Hope Road, in St Andrew has left two members of the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) dead on Friday morning. They have only been identified as Nicardo Harrison and Mario Powell. Two others were also injured in...

Two men were shot and killed at an illegal party in Georges Plain, Westmoreland, on Thursday night. Dead is 48-year-old party promoter Owen King, otherwise called 'Peterkin' of Dance Top in Georges Plain, while the other victim has been...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Nov 11, CMC - The search is continuing for two land surveyors, feared dead after a boat in which they were travelling sank on Thursday in the Upper Mazaruni River, a tributary of the Essequibo River in northern Guyana....

HAVANA, Cuba, Nov 11, CMC - The UN's main human rights agency is calling on the Dominican Republic to halt the deportations of Haitian migrants at a time of unrest in their country. "Continued armed violence and systematic human...

MUNICH (AP) -- Tom Brady got a full dose of Germany on Friday when he was presented with Bavarian lederhosen before being questioned about his personal life. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback responded that he doesn't feel remorse...

ATLANTA (AP) -- Fans gathered Friday to remember slain rapper Takeoff, a member of the hip-hop trio Migos, in a rainy downtown Atlanta near where the 28-year-old grew up. State Farm Arena, home of the Atlanta Hawks, was hosting a memorial...

When Ryan Martin's girlfriend suggested that they open their relationship to include another permanent female partner, it didn't take the Montego Bay native long to figure out the person he wanted to share their beds. He had seen a girl at his...

In the four years since his son, Tre,Quan, was born, Fabian Gabay has not been able to take him on daily walks, play football or even teach him to ride his bike. Tre,Quan is suffering from a heart condition, tetralogy of fallot, which is a birth.....

Approximately 18 hours after she twice pranked one of her nephews that she was dead, Shamoya Miller truly passed away, leaving her family shattered, desperate and angry. The 17-year-old's body was found along the Port Royal main road in Kingston.....

Declaring that she is "not afraid to stir up an ants nest" a fuming senior parish judge on Thursday issued a stern warning to members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) after they failed to bring one of their colleagues before her to answer......

Plastic surgeon Dr Jan Hochtritt has singled out untrained doctors as the main reason for persons who undergo cosmetic surgery suffering adverse effects. Hochtritt, responding to queries from THE WEEKEND STAR, said it is important that persons......

As the Christmas season approaches, some Super Lotto fans are already beginning to make plans on what they will do with their winnings. At one Corporate Area Supreme Ventures location, one man, who only wished to be identified as Tyrone, told THE....

For the four years that she pursued a bachelor's degree in teacher education at the Moneague College in St Ann, Andra Walford, 36, worked at various construction sites within the parish to raise money to support her studies. The determined mother....

Following a heated dispute between two childhood friends, one may have to undergo a surgical procedure to have tooth implants installed or receive dentures, after two of her teeth were knocked out during the melee. Delfaro Durrant, who pleaded......

Two farmers who are accused of stealing more than US$200,000 from a bank account belonging to murder accused Everton 'Beachy Stout' McDonald, were offered $900,000 bail today. Romane James, 22, and Demar Bryce, 21, were...

Twenty-six-year-old St Catherine resident Donel Davis otherwise called 'Dora', has been charged with murder after she allegedly used an ice pick to stab a teenager in the parish last Saturday. The Riversdale police say Davis had a dispute...