Rudolph Speid has been tapped to take the reins of the Reggae Boyz, after the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) announced him as interim head coach for the senior men's team. He will guide the squad from December 15, 2025 to March 31, 2026. The.....

Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness, says the Government is working with the Jamaica Public Service (JPS) to bring in additional resources, including 300 linesmen, to return electricity to the island at a quicker pace. "On the general trajectory, it....

According to Health Minister Dr Christopher Tufton Jamaica is currently facing a leptospirosis outbreak as a result of Hurricane Melissa, with six probable deaths so far. During a press conference this morning, the health minister stated that......

Detectives assigned to the St Catherine North division have upgraded a shooting case to murder after a teenager succumbed to gunshot injuries he sustained ten days earlier. Dead is 18-year-old Orion Rogers of Pittsburgh Road, Homestead, Spanish.....

End stage renal failure patient Oraine Simpson is adding his voice to the debate about whether mandatory DNA testing should be done at birth. Diagnosed with stage 5 renal failure at just 16 years old, Simpson's life has been a roller coaster,...

Three weeks after Hurricane Melissa tore through Jamaica, Trelawny mother Aeisha Brady is struggling to care for her seven-week-old baby Azarie. She is faced with a rapidly shrinking supply of formula, a damaged home still exposed to the elements....

Last week when THE STAR spoke to Esroy Holness, his tears flowed freely. Battered and broken from Hurricane Melissa's wrath, the fisherman was like a fish out of water, having no home or food. But on Thursday, when the news team reached out to......

With many students having their education hampered by the havoc caused to schools by Hurricane Melissa, one Montego Bay school has become an unexpected lifeline. Fairfield International Academy (FIA) has thrown open its gates to students from...

The Water Resources Authority (WRA) says groundwater levels in Content, Manchester, which caused flooding in the community, are now slowly receding. The rising water levels have been attributed to the significant rainfall experienced before and......

Thirty-five-year-old construction worker and lifeguard Gavin Seaton, otherwise called 'Willo,' of Mount Zion district, Little River, St James, has been slapped with several charges following an incident in Ocean Point Housing Scheme, Lucea,...

A 17-year-old boy is facing weapons charges following an incident on Slipe Road, Kingston 5, on October 12. He has been charged with robbery with aggravation, possession of a prohibited weapon, and using a firearm to commit a felony. Reports from....

A Kingston man who escaped custody while being processed following his arrest nearly three years ago, was captured by lawmen earlier this month. Twenty-seven-year-old Karim Brown, otherwise called 'Dolla Coin,' of Highholborn Street, has been...

The Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) has reported that one of its buses was involved in a fatal accident in Vineyard Town on Thursday, resulting in the death of a young boy. "We deeply regret this unfortunate incident and express our...

A successful combined counter-narcotics operation offshore Jamaica on Wednesday resulted in the Coast Guard seizing little more than 990 pounds of cocaine with an estimated street value of $3.7 billion, according to the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF.....

Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness, has announced that the National Housing Trust (NHT) will procure 5,000 pre-built container homes for rapid deployment across the island, in order to address urgent housing needs following Hurricane Melissa. "We.....

Three men who were shot and killed during an alleged shootout with the police along Mandela Highway yesterday have been identified. They are 21-year-old Davian McLean of Cooreville Gardens, Kingston 20; Salime Fitzgerald, otherwise called '...

A Central Village man who allegedly duped a hopeful homebuyer out of $2.4 million in a bogus house sale has been slapped with fraud charges, after months of pretending to own an empty property in his community. The accused has been identified as....

Detectives from the St Catherine North police are now holding a man after his elderly mother was found dead in their community on Wednesday, her body in an advanced state of decomposition in what investigators believe is a case of murder. The...

Williamsfield farmer Jeffery Platt is facing a devastating prospect of parting with his donkey colt in order to buy fertiliser and restart his livelihood. Platt said he has been forced to put the animal on the market after Hurricane Melissa wiped....

What was meant to be a fresh start in Ocho Rios, St Ann, has instead become a daily ordeal for 34-year-old Kemesha Watson. The St Ann mother is now fighting to walk again after a devastating car crash left her unable to move around or properly...