Usually, on a weekday, it would be impossible to find Yvette Spencer at her Maxfield Park, St Andrew home. She would be out vending to provide for herself and her 81-year-old mother, Francilla Patterson. However, the 48-year-old said she has been....

The defence team for Dante Brooks, the teenage son of dancehall deejay Mavado, says a verdict may not be handed down until the end of the month. Speaking with THE STAR yesterday, Brooks' attorney, Peter Champagnie QC, said the trial, which got......

Persons who resist a search from a member of the security forces in a zone of special operations (ZOSO) could be subjected to stiff penalties in a court, if Parliament agrees with a recommendation from the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF). The...

It is impossible to travel through St Toolies in Manchester and not notice two of the graves at the Sinclair's family plot. The eye-catching graves are shaped like a banjo and a church, and they belong to Joseph and Iris Sinclair, respectively.......

A Jamaican-born Canadian national is one of two persons murdered in Cambridge, St James, between Tuesday night and Wednesday morning. He has been identified as Collin Wright, 46, otherwise called 'Greg', of Stainton Drive, Mississauga, Canada. He....

When Lennox James lost his grandmother in 1993, he returned to his Guys Hill, St Catherine home to build her a coffin as the family was not in a position to buy one from the funeral home. James, at the time, was living in Kingston, and was plying.....

Jamaica on Wednesday recorded five COVID-19 deaths, increasing the death tally to 322. The deceased are: -A 66 year old male from St. Ann - A 67 year old female from St. Catherine

WASHINGTON (AP) -- All through downtown Washington, the primary sound for several blocks was the beeping of forklifts unloading more fencing. There were no cars or scooters and seemingly no tourists Wednesday, just the occasional jogger and...

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) -- Ugandans voted Thursday in a presidential election tainted by widespread violence that some fear could escalate as security forces try to stop supporters of leading opposition challenger Bobi Wine from monitoring...

Approximately 200 tablets were presented to the Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA) by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information for children in State care. The devices were handed over by the Minister of State in the...

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information says it will reopen applications for the Own Your Own Device (OYOD) Programme on January 18. Under the Programme, the Government will provide assistance for the purchase of tablet or laptop...

Twins Zaneta and Zuri Scott were eager to celebrate their mother Rosemarie's graduation from the University of the West Indies, Mona, tomorrow. This would've been Rosemarie's first graduation ceremony. She completed her master's degree in...

The 19 firearms, including six high-powered rifles and 13 pistols, as well as 472 rounds of ammunition seized at the Montego Bay Freeport wharf in St James yesterday, were reportedly shipped from the United States to an address in Trelawny....

There is growing fear in the tourism sector that the already struggling sector could suffer even greater fallout as a result of changes in the travel procedures for persons returning or travelling to Canada, the USA and the United Kingdom (UK) to.....

Politicians have been included on the priority list of persons who will be among the first to get COVID-19 vaccines in Jamaica. Some 146,000 Jamaicans are set to get vaccinated in the first phase of the programme, which is expected to start in...

The parishes of St Ann and Manchester are showing signs of "uncontrolled spread" of COVID-19. According to Health Minister Dr Christopher Tufton, the rate of spread in the parishes is way above the national rate. As of Monday, St Ann had 75...

Less than 50 per cent of the 36,000 children targeted for government subsidy in the purchase of laptops on tablets have been able to successfully apply for the grant. The programme, which is for struggling families that are not on PATH (Programme....

When Malcolm Martin visited Frog City in Maxfield Park on Monday, a group of teenage boys gathered around him, several of whom saluted by bumping his fist. Martin saw himself in the eyes of the boys. Not so long ago, he lived in the community...

More than 60 children from inner-city communities in and around Montego Bay, St James, are likely to be left out in the cold when the Le Antonio's Foundation and Resources Centre closes its doors. Antonio McKoy, CEO of the centre, said that an...

May 15, 2018, is etched in the memory of Lenette Green, as it was the day she received the dreaded diagnosis of stage-two breast cancer. A year earlier, doctors, she said, told her that nothing was wrong with her breasts. However, Green said the.....