Jamaica Star
Thu, 11 Dec 2025 17:36:28 -0500Fire rips through Mountain View Avenue, 20 left homeless
Chaos swept through Mountain View Avenue this morning as a raging fire tore through three homes, leaving at least twenty people, including eight children, with nothing but the clothes on their backs. The blaze erupted near the intersection of...
Thu, 11 Dec 2025 15:02:26 -0500Taxi man caught red handed allegedly stealing cable wires in Moneague
A taxi man who police say was caught red handed allegedly digging service cables out of a manhole in Moneague before trying to make a getaway is now facing Simple Larceny and Malicious Destruction of Property charges. Omar Johnson, a taxi...
Thu, 11 Dec 2025 13:58:32 -0500Dancehall selector arrested in major St Andrew police raid
An emerging dancehall selector, well known across the Corporate Area entertainment scene, was taken into custody on Thursday morning during a major police operation in the St Andrew North Division. Police sources say members of the division...
Thu, 11 Dec 2025 11:57:22 -0500Deadly overtake on Queen’s Highway leaves one dead, two critical
A woman is dead and two men are in critical condition following a collision between a Toyota RAV4 and a Toyota Hiace along the Queen's Highway near the St Ann and Trelawny border early this morning, a corridor long regarded as a deadly accident...
Thu, 11 Dec 2025 10:46:17 -0500Over 1,000 Body-worn cameras to be acquired for the JCF
Cabinet has approved the procurement of more than 1,000 body-worn cameras for the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF). Prime Minister, Dr Andrew Holness, made the disclosure in the House of Representatives on Tuesday (December 9). Holness noted...
Thu, 11 Dec 2025 10:25:47 -0500‘Swift, courageous, heroic’ - PNP hails councillor who saved abducted girl
The People's National Party (PNP) has showered praise on Clarendon councillor Scean Barnswell, his wife, and other party members for what it called their "swift, courageous, and heroic" actions that helped bring home a six-year-old girl snatched......
Thu, 11 Dec 2025 05:00:44 -0500‘She was terrified’ - Hero councillor says abducted child wore fear all over her face
A few minutes after leaving the cops, Scean Barnswell noticed a young child being pulled along the roadway by a man. Something did not sit right with him. "It was her uniform, and even more the fear on her face," Barnswell recalled. "The fear...
Thu, 11 Dec 2025 05:00:40 -0500‘Too toxic!’ - Jamaicans react to Australia’s social media ban for children
Australia has just pulled the plug on social media for anyone under 16, a move that has ignited intense debate worldwide. In Jamaica, discussions about a similar policy are gaining momentum. Stewart Jacobs, president of the National Parent-...
Thu, 11 Dec 2025 05:00:48 -0500Turning trash into Christmas gifts - Riverton picker makes a living selling discarded items
It is impossible not to spot heaps of household appliances and furniture when travelling in the vicinity of Riverton Meadows. Most of the items are trash that was destined for the Riverton Landfill, but many of these pieces will be at the top of....
Thu, 11 Dec 2025 05:00:50 -0500Gay ‘safe house’ full and overflowing
A housing facility providing accommodation for members of the homosexual community in Jamaica is full. It also has a long waiting list. Glenroy Murray, executive director of Equality for All Foundation, said the facility provides shelter for...
Thu, 11 Dec 2025 05:00:57 -0500Cops investigating real estate fraud post-Melissa
The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) is reporting that it is actively investigating recent reports of real estate fraud being perpetrated against persons who have been impacted by Hurricane Melissa. Speaking at a JIS Think Tank earlier this week.....
Thu, 11 Dec 2025 05:00:56 -0500Torrington Park Housing Scheme gets upgrade
The living conditions of residents at the Torrington Park Housing Scheme in St Andrew Southern have been significantly enhanced, following the completion of rehabilitation works on two apartment buildings by the Ministry of Economic Growth and...
Thu, 11 Dec 2025 05:00:55 -0500Motorist robbed of cash, cell phone
A Kingston man has been slapped with several charges following the robbery of a motorist along John's Lane, in the parish last Saturday. The man has been identified as 38-year-old Osaka Gillespie of Mark Lane. Sleuths attached to the Kingston...
Thu, 11 Dec 2025 05:00:54 -0500Man allegedly steals money from workplace
Sleuths assigned to the St Andrew South Police Division have charged 40-year-old Richard Thompson, otherwise called 'Egg Man,' a chef of Hibiscus Avenue, Kingston 6, with simple larceny, following an incident at his place of employment on July 9......
Thu, 11 Dec 2025 05:00:53 -0500Farmer facing wounding charge
Forty-seven-year-old farmer Fitzroy Scott, of New Gardens district, Mount James, St Andrew, has been charged with wounding with intent following an incident in his community on December 5. Reports from the Constant Spring police are that at 7 p.m....
Wed, 10 Dec 2025 12:35:58 -0500Bahamas man jailed for raping roommate's girlfriend on his birthday
A Bahamas man who was found guilty of raping his roommate's girlfriend has been sentenced to seventeen years in prison. Thirty two year old Danis Cezalien was sentenced by Justice Renae McKay for the attack, which happened on November 25 2023 in....
Wed, 10 Dec 2025 14:46:03 -0500Cops seize gun found in microwave, four men arrested
Police in St Ann have charged four men with possession of a prohibited weapon after a firearm was discovered hidden inside a microwave at a Cuffie Ridge, Cave Valley residence. The unusual find came during an early morning operation on Monday,......
Wed, 10 Dec 2025 12:43:58 -0500Kingston mayor rolls out discounts to help businesses and entertainment sector
Kingston Mayor Andrew Swaby has announced a series of discounts aimed at easing the financial pressure on the entertainment and business sectors as the year comes to a close. Speaking at the final 2025 monthly meeting of the Kingston and St...
Wed, 10 Dec 2025 11:07:57 -0500Maggotty High pulls out of Ben Francis, coaches apologise
Maggotty High's football programme has issued an apology to its school community after the team made a sudden withdrawal from the ISSA Ben Francis Knockout Tournament. Maggotty was scheduled to face Mannings School on Thursday in their opening......
Wed, 10 Dec 2025 10:20:58 -0500Decomposed bodies of two senior citizens found in St Ann
Two rural communities in St Ann have been left in shock after the bodies of two senior citizens were found in advanced stages of decomposition yesterday. Dead are seventy five year old farmer Arthur Bennett of Caledonia District in Watt Town St.....