Garnet Edmondson, interim operations manager at the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA), has bemoaned the news that four garbage collectors were robbed on Clieveden Close in Kingston 6 yesterday afternoon. A video was uploaded to...

The Westmoreland police have charged a manager at Rick's Cafe with breaches of the Spirit Licence Act and the Municipal Corporation Act. In a release yesterday afternoon, the police said the manager, Conroy Barrett, was in charge of Rick's Cafe......

Like anyone celebrating a birthday, Arnett Gardens resident Ramon Stewart was grateful and ecstatic to see another year above ground. Unfortunately, his celebration was cut short as he died in a hail of bullets just hours after he rang in his...

Chief Parish Judge Chester Crooks yesterday granted bail to a woman whose disability made it challenging for her to be housed in lock-up. The woman, Anoula Barnes, is on two sets of drug-related charges. She is before the court for the offences......

A man was ordered to pay $50,000 to his babymother for wounding her when he appeared in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court yesterday. Dwayne Miller entered a guilty plea for unlawful wounding. The court heard that on May 28, at 7:45 a.m.,......

The family of 26-year-old Romario Manning is breathing a sigh of relief after their pleas for help in getting him transferred to an intensive care unit (ICU) were answered on Tuesday night. The family's plight was highlighted in THE STAR that day.....

With 75 per cent of COVID-19 deaths in Jamaica occurring among persons 60 years and over, the Government is offering an incentive of $10,000 to seniors who get inoculated against the novel coronavirus. THE WEEKEND STAR asked some seniors in the...

A man who pleaded guilty to obtaining passports by fraud said he committed the offences because he was unable to gain travel privileges to England using his given name. Stokely Edwards pleaded guilty to two counts of obtaining a passport by...

From a very tender age, Jabari Wellington was heralded as a great hope for many persons living in Capture, a tough section of Waterhouse, St Andrew. But like most of his peers, the former Wolmer's Boys' student had to hurdle a number of obstacles.....

Travelling to Ness Castle, St Thomas, is not an easy task. The roads leading into the west St Thomas community are so bad, they can cause nausea at any time. With meteorologists predicting an active hurricane season, residents are pleading with....

Away from the bustling metropolitan life of the Corporate Area, peace and tranquillity await residents in the valleys of the Blue Mountains. The lush landscape and fertile land provide great opportunity for residents to till the soil, and Delano....

A 23-year-old Portland pastor has been charged with rape by detectives assigned to the Centre for the Investigation of Sexual Offences and Child Abuse (CISOCA). Police reports are that Jamar Harrison of a John's Town Road, Port Antonio address...

Two men have been charged under the Dangerous Drugs Act, following the seizure of approximately 241 ganja plants, on Atlantis Crescent, Bogue Village, St. James on Wednesday. Charged with illegal possession of ganja, cultivating ganja and dealing......

Jamaica is expected to receive its first shipment of the single-shot Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine in August. Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. Christopher Tufton, gave this update during the COVID Conversations and digital press...

Health and Wellness Minister, Dr. Christopher Tufton, says as of Wednesday, June 9, 28,355 Jamaicans had received their second dose of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine. Jamaica has now completed 13 weeks of vaccination and as at June 9, some 161,.....

(AP) - U.S. regulators are allowing the release of 10 million doses of Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine from a troubled Baltimore factory, but many other doses can't be used and must be thrown out. The Food and Drug...

Cabinet has given approval for the award of a $453.4-million contract to Arel Limited for the supply and installation of six x-ray machines for health facilities of the South East Regional Health Authority (SERHA). This was disclosed by Minister of....

An 86-year-old man from Kingston and St Andrew is the latest Jamaican to die as a result of COVID-19, moving the death tally to 990. Meanwhile, of the 1,481 samples tested on Thursday, 69 returned positive results, increasing total confirmed cases.....

The mother of a 15-year-old rape victim has been arrested by the St James police for allegedly attempting to get her daughter to withdraw her statement accusing a pastor of rape. The woman is facing charges of attempting to pervert the course of......

An alleged robber was arrested by the police on Sunday after his face mask fell off while tussling with a taxi driver he reportedly robbed at gunpoint. The police have identified the man as Antwan Lowe, otherwise called Jay, of Job Lane,...