As the search continues for 34-year-old Marcus Garvey Technical High School teacher Ruchelle Williams, a student at the institution has reportedly gone missing. She is Amanda Prince, 14 of Farmers Heights, St Ann's Bay. She reportedly lives with....

Superintendent Lloyd Darby, commander of the Manchester Police Division, has issued an appeal for information surrounding the death of 32-year-old Annakaye Richards, aka Kush. Richards was murdered minutes after 8 p.m. last Friday in her home in.....

The Police High Command is condemning the killing of Sergeant Averel McCollin, 57, of 8 West, Greater Portmore, St Catherine, who was gunned down on Cootage Drive, Gregory Park, in the parish early yesterday morning. McCollin was reportedly in a....

Shanice Rowe, mother of 'miracle baby' Lashaun Rowe, is thanking THE STAR and its readers for making her son's birthday a memorable one. In THE WEEKEND STAR, published on September 17, she said that Lashaun's only wish was to receive a computer.....

HOPETON BUCKNOR STAR Writer A man who was out after the nightly curfew started was shot and killed by gunmen in Green River district in Green Island, Hanover, on Sunday morning. He has been identified as 19-year-old Nicholas Burkett, otherwise...

There's more to centenarian Alphonso Augustus Williams of Steer Town, St Ann, than just the fact that he was the parish's first enlisted firefighter. Williams, who retired at the rank of superintendent, was also councillor for the People's...

About two months after a fish kill in the Rio Cobre, fishers along the Bog Walk Gorge say they have yet to receive compensation. The National Environment and Planning Agency concluded that West Indies Alumina Company (WINDALCO) was responsible......

Titanya Stephenson is expected to log in for online classes at Inswood High School in St Catherine today, but the 16-year-old is nowhere to be found. Her mother Devika Williams has been beside herself with fear since last Thursday, when she last....

Despite being located just three miles away from the popular town of Hopewell, residents of Bamboo in Hanover are forced to live with poor roads and running water. Several disgruntled residents told THE STAR that the stretch of roadway leading...

The Falmouth police in Trelawny say they are now in search of two suspects believed to be involved in the shooting death of a man last Saturday. The deceased has been identified as 32-year-old Kevelle Reid, otherwise called Tevin, a vendor who...

President of the Jamaica Association of Certified Embalmers (JACE) Calvin Lyn is condemning what he considers so-called funeral home operators who he said are degrading the standards of the funeral industry. "They see it as a get rich quick...

Two Manchester men are now facing charges under the Firearms and the Disaster Risk Management Acts (DRMA), following police operations in Richmond district in the parish on Monday morning. The accused are 40-year-old Omar Cassanova and 26-year-old.....

NEW DELHI (AP) -- India, the world's largest vaccine producer, will resume exports and donations of surplus coronavirus vaccines in October after halting them during a devastating surge in domestic infections in April, the health...

The Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC) says it has secured approximately $4.2 million in refunds and compensation on behalf of aggrieved consumers for the period April to June 2021. Communications Specialist, CAC, Dorothy Campbell, said ...

Jamaica on Sunday recorded 733 new COVID-19 cases from 1,921 samples tested, increasing total confirmed cases to 80,406 with 27,137 being active. This brings the country's positivity rate to 39.8%. Of the new cases, 417...

Three teenagers have been arrested and charged, after two illegal guns and a machete were allegedly discovered in their possession along the Mint main road in Grange Hill, Westmoreland on Saturday. Charged with ...

(AP) - The U.S. is flying Haitians camped in a Texas border town back to their homeland and blocking others from crossing the border from Mexico in a massive show of force that signals the beginning of what could be one of America's...

Pfizer said Monday its COVID-19 vaccine works for children ages 5 to 11 and that it will seek U.S. authorisation for this age group soon, a key step toward beginning vaccinations for youngsters. The vaccine made by Pfizer and its German...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will ease foreign travel restrictions into the U.S. beginning in November, when his administration will require all foreign nationals flying into the country to be fully vaccinated. All foreign travellers...

Lashaun Rowe has one simple wish for his birthday, which is this Saturday -- a tablet computer. He wants the device so he can watch cartoons with his imaginary friend, Omario. Lashaun turning six is a huge deal for his mother, Shanice Rowe, who.....