Radio icon and former talk show host Winston Witter, also known as 'Babatunde,' has died. He was 62 years old. Witter died today at the University Hospital of the West Indies, where he was admitted on Sunday. He was taken to the hospital...

The Early Childhood Commission (ECC) is turning national focus on early-childhood education as Jamaica marks 2022 as the Year of Early Childhood Development. Chairperson of the Regulation and Certification Committee of the ECC Board, David Salmon,.....

A 51-year-old man yesterday blamed the devil for giving him the impulse to steal. David Duffus pleaded guilty to simple larceny and for breaching the Disaster Risk Management Act. He was sentenced to five months' imprisonment for larceny offences....

The West Kingston police have imposed a 48-hour curfew in sections of Trench Town following a double murder in Arnett Gardens last Saturday. A third man, Kevin Hibbert, 43, was reportedly shot and killed last night while he was playing a game of.....

John Joel Joseph, the former Haitian opposition senator fingered as a suspect in the assassination of president Jovenel Moise, wept openly in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court yesterday, saying that he has not been able to sleep since his...

Commander of the Kingston Central Police Division, Superintendent Berrisford Williams, believes that peace talks and other interventions with thugs in the area do not translate to the police "bowing" to criminals. "I will reiterate that our...

Chief Justice Bryan Sykes yesterday warned members of the Clansman-One Don Gang to behave after one of the defendants made a loud yawn while a police witness was testifying. The judge, after hearing the sound, instructed 11 of the 18 defendants......

More than 200 residents from several communities in St Catherine, primarily children, benefited from free eye screening at a clinic staged by the Kiwanis Club of North Spanish Town last Saturday. The eye checks were carried out at the Angel's...

As many celebrated Valentine's Day with some sweet loving from their partners, Dr Daryl Daley says he is expecting many new patients in the next six weeks. The obstetrician and gynaecologist (OB/GYN) told THE STAR, "There's certain times the...

This was 22.9 per cent higher than the US$1.01 billion for the corresponding period in 2020, reported the Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN). In a statement on Monday (February 14), the agency said that the out-turn was largely due to a 96.8....

The Housing Agency of Jamaica (HAJ) is expecting 1,269 affordable housing solutions to be brought to the market during the 2022/23 financial year, from three joint-venture arrangements. The joint-venture projects are with China Harbour Engineering.....

A St Catherine senior citizen who allegedly sexually assaulted his three grandchildren has been charged by the police. The 69-year-old man has been charged with three counts of rape. He has been booked to appear in the St Catherine Parish Court.....

The much-anticipated secret recordings of conversations of alleged members of the One Dong gang, including reputed leader Andre 'Blackman' Bryan, are to be entered into evidence. Chief Justice Bryan Sykes ruled yesterday that the recordings have.....

For some it may seem like just a business venture, but for Tashell and her grandmother, Miss Deloris, peddling their Valentine's Day-themed gift baskets has become a family tradition. For more than 20 years, the pair have been helping others...

The usual tense atmosphere in Parade Gardens in central Kingston morphed into a relaxed and comforting environment yesterday. This is due to the serenading by the Jamaica Constabulary Force's (JCF) Band, which provided entertainment at the JCF......

In the middle of the pedestrian traffic going in and out of a supermarket in the Liguanea area on the weekend, it was hard not to notice a man holding a box with individually packaged strawberries - bright red and distinctly aromatic. "...

Fourteen rounds of lovemaking was what social media star and recording artiste Queenie Lady Gangsta required from her husband Duwayne 'Dewy' Scarlett as a Valentine's Day gift yesterday. The duo, who were spending their first Valentine's Day as....

The police in St Catherine are searching for the driver of a motor car which slammed into a motorcycle yesterday, resulting in the hospitalisation of the biker. Reports are that about 12:15 p.m., the motorbike, with the driver and pillion aboard.....

Two of Westmoreland's most wanted men, who reportedly engaged the police in a firefight last Saturday, turned themselves in yesterday. They have been identified as Moses Ramsey, otherwise called 'Satan' of Burnt Savannah, and Russia district in....

Food for The Poor (FFTP), operating in partnership with disaster relief agencies, has been bringing much-needed relief to residents and business owners of St Mary and Portland who were affected by recent heavy rains which caused flood damage....