The Ministry of Education has allocated $9.3 billion in grants to secondary schools for the 2021/2022 academic year. The amount is being paid in four tranches, with the first disbursement made in June. Allocation of the funds is to ensure that...

SAN LUIS OBISPO, California (AP) -- As the delta variant of the coronavirus sweeps across the United States, a growing number of colleges and universities are requiring proof of COVID-19 vaccination for students to attend in-person...

Screams of grief and agony filled the air in Howells Content, York Town, Clarendon, yesterday after eight-year-old Xavier Phillips was shot dead by gunmen. Little Xavier, known affectionately as 'Bojo', was shot and killed as he sat on a grave.....

Who needs a machete when they have teeth like Orville Reid? THE STAR team caught up with him at his home in Simon, Rock River, Clarendon and watched in amazement as he went up the tall coconut tree, picked a few dried and green coconuts,...

President of the Jamaica Medical Doctors' Association, Dr Mindi Fitz-Henley, says that the current situation with some of the island's hospitals being over capacity with COVID patients will become much worse if the Government doesn't act...

THE STAR has been reliably informed that a retired senior cop was robbed of his licensed firearm and an undetermined sum of money by an unknown assailant last Saturday. Reports are that about 7 p.m., the former cop stopped at an ATM in the...

Centenarian Ethlin Blake was all smiles as she sat like royalty at the head table last Saturday during her 100th birthday celebration. Blake was the toast of family and friends at the Knutsford Court Hotel in New Kingston and described the...

The mother of a teenager who was stabbed to death allegedly by her child's father said sadness has overwhelmed her and rendered her almost speechless. Dead is Nichara Campbell, otherwise called Mumzel, 19-year-old bartender of Taylor Road, Kitson....

Despite eight inmates escaping simultaneously last year and two others doing so last Thursday, Senior Superintendent of Police Kirk Ricketts is adamant that the lock-up at the Hunts Bay Police Station is one of the island's most secure. Ricketts.....

Jamaica took home nine medals, all in athletics, at the just-concluded Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in Japan. The country hauled in four gold, one silver and four bronze medals. Here are some highlights of the medal-winning moments, all captured by...

Ziddon 'Ziddy' DeZouza is known for his contagious smile and bubbly personality, but the fast-rising social media sensation was not in the mood for jokes as he spoke with THE STAR recently. Standing in a yard on Blake Avenue in Southside,...

Three persons who claim to be associates of Princess Nzinga King have questioned her claim that her dreadlocked hair was trimmed by a cop while she was locked up at the Four Paths Police Station in Clarendon. They told THE WEEKEND STAR yesterday.....

The community of Hashburn, off Brooks Level Road in Stony Hill, was the scene of a brutal slaying of three young men yesterday afternoon. About noon, residents heard several explosions coming from Hashburn. The three bodies were seen lying in a......

The pitiful state of the bridge that goes across the Sandy Gully at Seaview Gardens in St Andrew is one of the greatest impediments to the resumption of the railway service between Kingston and Spanish Town in St Catherine. Leisure trips are...

The alleged rape of a 10-year-old girl in St Ann by a teenage boy has shocked the Moneague community where the incident allegedly took place. Police reports are that on Sunday, August 1, the child, who resides with her father, left home to visit.....

The interdicted cop who caused a social media frenzy when an unflattering video of him went viral was yesterday restored to frontline duties. Constable Marvin Crayger was at the centre of attention after footage of him performing oral sex on a...

Fifteen-year-old Noah Vaughan is imploring other youth to venture into agriculture. Vaughan of TrinJam Farms in Clarendon was crowned champion sheep farmer in 2019 at the Denbigh Agricultural Show in the parish. Vaughn also won the Supreme...

A 37-year-old fast-food vendor and one of his customers were shot and killed just metres from the Kingsvale Police Station in Hanover on Tueday night. The deceased have been identified as Dwayne Walford, otherwise called 'Harry the Dumplin man',.....

Still basking in the overwhelming feeling of being awarded Miss Jamaica Supranational in January, Lawnda Jackson is eager to claim the world title of Miss Supranational. The competition, being held in Poland, has never been won by a Jamaican,...

West Indies Alumina Company (Windalco) says it is not responsible for the massive fish kill in the Rio Cobre in St Catherine. The National Environment and Planning Agency said that Windalco will be charged for reportedly releasing effluent into......