Jamaica Star

Mon, 29 Jun 2026 13:59:19 -0500
Jamaica records second straight week of single-digit murders

Mon, 29 Jun 2026 11:27:00 -0500
Security officer hands over 72 rounds of ammunition to police
Police are investigating after 72 rounds of assorted ammunition were turned over to the Red Hills Police in St Andrew on Sunday following their discovery at a property in Coopers Hill.

Mon, 29 Jun 2026 16:33:37 -0500
High-Level Probe Into Sophisticated Portmore ABM Robbery

Mon, 29 Jun 2026 12:15:43 -0500
Baby Azora leaves lasting memories in brief life ... Former conjoined twin gets emotional farewell
Though her life was heartbreakingly brief, Azora Elson created memories that those who loved and cared for her say will last forever.

Mon, 29 Jun 2026 13:05:08 -0500
Jericho icon turns 100 ... ‘Powder’ celebrates century in style
Last year, just weeks before his 99th birthday, Rudolph ‘Powder’ Cummings came face-to-face with mortality. He was admitted to hospital with gastrointestinal bleeding, required a blood transfusion, and for a time, his family feared the worst.

Mon, 29 Jun 2026 10:14:15 -0500
3-y-o fatally hit after breaking free from mother's grip
A three-year-old boy died after he reportedly broke free from his mother's grip and ran into the path of an oncoming motor car in Old Harbour, St Catherine, on Saturday evening.

Fri, 26 Jun 2026 14:53:19 -0500
Man accused of killing nephew after being told to turn down world cup match granted $700K bail
The St Catherine man accused of fatally stabbing his nephew during an argument over the volume of a World Cup football match has been granted bail in the sum of $700,000.

Fri, 26 Jun 2026 11:41:33 -0500
Police fatally shoot man allegedly seen scaling wall in Spanish Town
The Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) has launched a probe into the fatal police shooting of a man during an early morning operation in the troubled Quarry Hill community of Spanish Town, St Catherine.

Fri, 26 Jun 2026 01:36:04 -0500
Disabled dad determined to attend daughter’s graduation
This Sunday is a day that Michael Robinson has dreamt of - his older daughter Areke will be graduating from Holy Childhood High School and he is over the moon.   

Fri, 26 Jun 2026 01:29:06 -0500
Mayor links Mandeville crime uptick to scammer lifestyle

Fri, 26 Jun 2026 01:24:21 -0500
Aspiring lawyer fears lack of money may block dream
At 19, Shadae Riley has already earned the opportunity she prayed for.  

Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:09:29 -0500
Boy declared dead five times aces PEP
When Darnell Pinnock was born, he weighed just one pound and seven ounces. Delivered before he had reached seven months in the womb, far short of the typical nine-month pregnancy, his arrival in the world was marked by immediate struggle.

Thu, 25 Jun 2026 12:37:15 -0500
Teen charged with murder of construction worker
A teenage boy is among two persons charged in connection with the murder of 18-year-old construction worker Miguel "Bingy" Anderson, who was fatally shot at a shop in Quarry Hill, Spanish Town, on June 13.

Thu, 25 Jun 2026 10:13:54 -0500
Creators backing humanlike robots
A maker of humanlike robots that carry totes around warehouses is aiming to go public on Wall Street in a test of whether there's a market for putting AI-powered humanoid machines to work.  

Thu, 25 Jun 2026 10:08:33 -0500
Texas wants Bible stories as reading school reading
(AP): Texas would make Bible stories required reading for more than five million public school students under a proposal that has reignited debate over widening efforts in the US to put more religion in classrooms.  

Thu, 25 Jun 2026 09:59:27 -0500
ONE-MINUTE READS .... News from across Jamaica
Persons with disabilities urged to register with JCPD

Thu, 25 Jun 2026 04:25:37 -0500
Split them up! Call for boys and girls to be separated at primary school level

Thu, 25 Jun 2026 04:19:01 -0500
Minimum wage raised

Thu, 25 Jun 2026 04:11:14 -0500
Man charged with murder after 10 years on the run
Detectives from the Hunts Bay Criminal Investigation Branch (CIB) have advanced a long-running investigation with the charging of a man in connection with a 2016 murder in Greenwich Farm, Kingston 13.

Thu, 25 Jun 2026 04:06:04 -0500
Cops seize $3 billion worth of cocaine in six months
In just the first six months of 2026, the police have seized more cocaine than was recovered during the entire combined six-year period from 2016 to 2021.

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