The police have confirmed that an unidentified man was shot and injured in the parking lot of Lane Plaza in Half-Way-Tree, St Andrew earlier today. He has been rushed to hospital, in serious condition.

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) -- Russia pounded Ukraine's energy facilities Tuesday with its biggest barrage of missiles yet, striking targets across the country and causing widespread blackouts, and a U.S. official said missiles crossed into NATO...

Jamaica’s law-enforcement authorities are expecting that the newly declared state of public emergency spanning six parishes will lead to a minimum 40 per cent drop in the country’s murder rate.

WASHINGTON, Nov 15, CMC - The United States Under Secretary for Political Affairs, Victoria Nuland, is in Jamaica to lead "strategic dialogues and bilateral engagements", the US Department of State said in a statement. It...

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, Nov 15, CMC - Gunmen fired upon several vehicles belonging to the National Police of Haiti (PNH), the Embassy of the United States as well as commercial transport on Monday, but there were no reports of fatalities. The...

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Jay Leno suffered "serious burns" but said Monday that he was doing OK, according to reports. "I got some serious burns from a gasoline fire," Leno said in a statement to The Associated Press....

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) -- The world's population will likely hit an estimated 8 billion people on Tuesday, according to a United Nations projection, with much of the growth coming from developing nations in Africa. Among them is...

The England team are flying to the World Cup on a gay pride jet.

Up to press time last night, it was unclear whether the man seen in an amateur video angrily demanding that passengers exit a taxi will remain in police custody pending a January 12, 2023 court date. The man, identified as Ramone Silvera, was......

For the Government to restore peace, stability and order in Jamaica, a Muslim leader is proffering polygamy as a suitable option. "If the Government should permit polygamy with the condition that those who have surplus money, they say 'Go and get....

Convinced that monogamy often results in impotence, recording artiste and businessman Milton Wray is urging the Government to repeal the bigamy laws and make it legal for a man to have more than one wife. "Men were meant to have more than one......

A senior citizen who lives in Waterhouse, St Andrew, walked for about four-and-a-half-hours from her place of employment on Mountain View Avenue to reach home from work as taxi and bus operators went on strike to demand a traffic ticket amnesty on....

Day one of the proposed three-day strike by public passenger vehicle operators was the source of distress for several commuters on Monday, including 30-year-old warehouse assistant Romoy Smith, who spent $4,000 on a cab to take him from the...

Deep in the hills of St Catherine, the Springvale Waterfall is an adventure not for the faint of heart or the weak-knee'd. The journey to this oasis starts in Bog Walk where thrill seekers turn on to Barry Street and follow the road through some....

The Cabinet advised transport operators to “pay their fines", in response to the demands Monday from striking taxi operators for an amnesty. 

In a Twitter post earlier today, the Jamaica Constabulary Force advised taxi operators and passengers who have been intimidated or harassed during Monday's public transport strike to report it to them. “Several videos and voice notes...

A total of 1,604 rounds of ammunition were handed over at the Half-Way-Tree Police Station in St Andrew on Saturday. The cartridges were turned in under the firearm amnesty. Head of the St Andrew Central Police Division, Senior Superintendent...

A soldier is now in jail after an illegal firearm and 14 rounds of ammunition were recovered from his house in Kingston. The Jamaica Defence Force (JDF), in a statement last Friday, said the arrest follows an internal investigation. The army said....

Peppered Shrimp is a staple cuisine in Middle Quarters, St Elizabeth. One of the purveyors of this delicacy is Lashanna Loutin, known to many as 'Zella'. Zella told THE STAR she first started learning the trade as a child, when she came out to......

A widow who has been in possession of her late husband’s unregistered firearm for more than 30 years has handed over the weapon to the authorities. The gun is among 20 that were surrendered during the first week of the two-week gun amnesty that....