A 30-year-old pump attendant has been formally charged following last week's shocking gas station attack in Westmoreland that left a woman hospitalised with serious burn injuries. Police say Collate Swaby, of Old Road in Whithorn, was charged...

Jamaicans planning a trip to the United Kingdom will now have to get used to a new digital system. As of Wednesday, February 25, 2026, visitors who require a visa to enter the UK will no longer receive a physical visa sticker in their passport......

Robert Carradine, the youngest of his prolific Hollywood family and whose biggest hits were the 1984 comedy "Revenge of the Nerds," and 2001 drama "Lizzie Mcguire" has died at 71. In a Tuesday statement to news outlets, his family said he lived.....

Child advocacy group Hear The Children's Cry (HTCC) is renewing its call for the Government to strengthen child protection measures amid continued cases of violence against young children. The organisation asked again for the implementation of a....

Founder of the Caribbean Community of Retired Persons Jean Lowrie Chin is calling on the church community to assist with protecting the elderly against fraudsters who target them via technology. Speaking with THE STAR yesterday, Chin said the......

Smoke from burning tyres drifted across Slipe Pen Road on Monday as residents of Jones Town blocked traffic, demanding answers a day after police fatally shot 55-year-old Lucien Anderson. Anderson, a former Charlie Smith High School and Arnett.....

Public health teams in Westmoreland inspected more than 25,000 homes in January as part of intensified mosquito control measures, identifying nearly 3,000 premises with active breeding sites. Chief Public Health Inspector, Steve Morris, reported.....

Twenty-eight-year-old Davar Guthrie, otherwise called 'Pibu,' of Stephen Lane in Kingston 13, has been charged with the murder of 25-year-old Daniel Crawford, a soldier of Bryan's Land, Spalding, Clarendon, following an incident along the roadway.....

Some 200 unemployed and at-risk youth from communities devastated by Hurricane Melissa are set to receive training in roof repairs, steel fixing, and masonry under a recently launched the Building Resilience and Inspiring Development through...

A fiery war of words has erupted between Jamaicans for Justice (JFJ) and the country's national security leadership, with the human rights lobby group firing back at suggestions that it is "living off blood money". In a sharply worded rebuttal,......

Couples talk turning into pillow war For some couples, the real bedtime battle isn't about who forgot to turn off the lights -- it's about scatter cushions. A survey of 1,000 partners found that more than half (54 per cent) admitted to heated.....

Grief has tightened its grip on Denham Town, Kingston after the father of a three-year-old boy who was killed in a brazen home invasion on Saturday succumbed to his injuries. Dead is Kiero Pinnock, who was shot along with his two sons when...

Three Westmoreland women are facing criminal charges following last week's fiery altercation at a gas station in Whithorn that a woman hospitalised in critical condition. The victim was previously identified in a viral video as the woman who was....

More than 500 pounds of meat allegedly destined for the public without proper inspection were seized during a police operation in downtown Kingston on Sunday. A 58-year-old vendor, Milton Bundy of Maxfield Avenue, Kingston 13, was arrested and......

A hidden web of illegal water connections tucked away in the bushes of Palmetto Pen and Cross Pen, Clarendon, has been dismantled by the National Water Commission in a major crackdown aimed at protecting paying customers. In a joint operation...

What appeared to be a good Samaritan offering help at ATMs across Kingston and St Catherine has turned out to be an alleged con artist preying on the elderly and stealing thousands of dollars from their bank account. Detectives assigned to the......

Family members, old friends, former colleagues and past students of Joan Vivene Kelly, former vice-principal of Holy Childhood High School, filled the pews of Meadowbrook United Church in St Andrew last Friday, gathering in love and gratitude to......

Raised in flood-prone Cave Valley, St Ann, Carline Brown made a name for herself in Jamaica's entertainment industry in the 2010s, appearing in THE STAR as a poster girl and building a career in modelling. Her career as an actress spans several......

Securing first place for photography in the 2025 Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Heritage Competition meant far more to Shante Sinclair than adding another accolade to her resume. The victory signalled a powerful comeback to the creative world....

Three days after a three-year-old boy, Jace Pinkock, was gunned down inside his Nelson Street home, the usually vibrant lanes of Denham Town were unusually quiet on Sunday. Zinc gates remained half-closed, men stood watchfully in doorways...