Jahneil Ballentine, the son of incarcerated dancehall artiste Ninjaman, has reportedly suffered a stroke while in prison and is now said to be fighting for his life. The 38-year-old Ballentine was convicted in 2017 alongside his father, Desmond......

There was a time when Devodean Green barely stepped beyond her front door. Fresh out of high school and acutely aware of her plus size, the St Mary native said the weight of public judgement felt heavier than the extra pounds she carried. As a...

Instead of taking a flight abroad yesterday, Morvine Thompson Palmer was transported out of her residence by Tranquility Funeral Home - the victim of a suspected murder-suicide. The bodies of 53-year-old Thompson Palmer and her husband, 45-year-....

Dancehall artistes KipRich and Kizzy Don have launched a GoFundMe account for their prematurely born daughter Miracle who is currently in intensive care at a health facility in Colombia. Speaking with THE STAR yesterday, KipRich said they are...

Three months after Hurricane Melissa left the agricultural sector reeling from losses estimated by the World Bank at $60 billion, signs of recovery are now emerging. But while short-term crops are once again flourishing, farmers are facing a new....

Forty-three-year-old Christopher Gardwood of Eight Street, Kingston 13, has been charged with receiving stolen property following an incident in Lauriston, Spanish Town, St Catherine, on January 9. Reports from the Spanish Town police are that......

Forty-seven-year-old Edgar Noble, a welder of Estuary, Montego Bay, St James, who was charged with harbouring a fugitive following the apprehension of a wanted woman, is set for court today. The wanted woman has been identified as 25-year-old...

Two senior municipal officials who were last week nabbed while allegedly attempting to smuggle an estimated $5 million worth of cocaine out of the island have now been slapped with multiple charges. Detectives assigned to the Firearms and...

A mid-day inferno ripped through a yard in Dunbeholden, Portmore, on Wednesday, reducing four wooden houses to ashes and leaving six families homeless in minutes. Residents said the fire broke out about 12:32 p.m. and spread rapidly through the.....

What began as a routine airport check-in for a New York-bound flight quickly turned into a major drug bust after a senior municipal official allegedly admitted to swallowing 82 pellets of cocaine in a bold smuggling attempt at Sangster...

An 18-year-old labourer is staring down prison time after police say he allegedly pulled off a daring house break at a relative’s home, making off with close to $1 million in cash in St Mary. The accused is Dwayne Williams, a labourer of Sue...

A St Catherine man who allegedly tried to pull a gun while being searched by police was fatally shot during an operation in Spanish Town on Sunday afternoon. He has been identified as 33-year-old labourer O'Shane Cunningham of Jones Avenue,...

During the days, he is at school urging teenagers to strive to be the best versions of themselves. By night, he and his girlfriend, a nurse, log on to OnlyFans -- a move that now earns them more in a single week than their combined salaries once......

Every day, Jane* wakes up with a knot in her stomach. In just a few weeks, she faces an immigration court hearing that could change her life, for better, for worse. Two years ago, Jane left Jamaica illegally, seeking a new life in the United...

Renee Peters' path to becoming a forensic scientist was far from straightforward. She was forced to leave school as a teenager due to severe depression, facing challenges that went far beyond academics. During that period away from school, Peters....

Manning's Alumni Urged to Support Wellness Centre Rebuild Past students of Manning's School in Westmoreland are being encouraged to support the rebuilding of the institution's wellness centre, which was damaged during the passage of Hurricane.....

Horses can smell human fear It has long been thought that dogs were the only animals that could sniff out human emotions, but a new study has found that horses can sense when a person is fearful. Experts from the University of Tours in France.....

A Transport Authority employee has been removed from front-line duties and placed under investigation after a video circulating on social media appears to show him pulling a firearm during an operation. The Authority said the incident has...

A local physiotherapist is warning that young adults are now showing joint problems once seen only in seniors, with patients in their 20s already experiencing early signs of degeneration. Stephen Moncrieffe, chief executive officer of Above and.....

Sleep, silence, and sanity are luxuries Michael Brown* no longer enjoys inside his own home. The 62-year-old St Catherine resident says thunderous music from a bar built almost at his doorstep has turned his life upside down, fractured his...