The police are reporting that a firearm and several rounds of ammunition were seized this morning during an operation on White Lane in Naggo Head, Portmore, St Catherine. It is reported that between 5:30 a.m., and 8:00 a.m., several premises...

Lescene Edwards, the police constable who was convicted eight years ago for the murder of his children's mother, was freed by Jamaica's final appellate court, the Privy Council earlier today. Sharp criticisms came from the Privy Council...

Two farmers were arrested and charged following investigations into the wounding of a woman during a robbery attempt in Mines District in St Ann last month. Charged with Wounding with Intent, Illegal Possession of Firearm and Ammunition, Assault...

Twenty-eight-year-old construction worker Kimarley Bryan was shot and killed last night at a shop in Beverly District in the Mile Gully area. According to police, at approximately 7:45 pm on Sunday, Bryan was at a shop with his sister...

Residents from Crooked River in Annotto Bay, St Mary say they are expecting reprisals after a shopkeeper was fatally shot by a lone gunman Sunday evening. Reports from the police say that 44-year-old shopkeeper Claudia Consingh was inside her home.....

The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) is advising patrons who will be attending the Inter-Secondary School Sports Association (ISSA) Boys' and Girls' Championships that no: Firearms Knives Ice picks Machetes Aerosol...

The St Mary police arrested and charged a 41-year-old man for the murder of 25-year-old school chef Adrian Lawrence, who was fatally shot last month. He is Ricardo Sudlow, otherwise called 'Rick', of School Hill district, Castleton, St...

When Everett McLean heard that his eight-year-old son Dilshan had been hit down by a car last Friday, he immediately thought someone was playing a cruel April Fools' Day prank. But the nightmare was very real as Dilshan died at the Spanish Town......

The Portland police are probing whether a man was accidentally shot and killed by his own weapon while he was hunting deer yesterday morning. A senior police officer, who requested anonymity, told THE STAR last night that based on preliminary...

The Government has established a sports medicine rehabilitation programme, which will ensure that athletes have easier access to medical care and less costly services and equipment. The Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport has...

Still struggling to improve her family's dire financial and housing situation, Nordia Samuels, the lone fisherwoman on the New Forum Fishing Beach in Portmore, St Catherine, now has to deal with another tragedy. A fire of unknown origin at the...

A joint operation between the Jamaica Constabulary Force's Narcotics Division and their St Thomas colleagues resulted in the seizure of approximately US$2 million (approximately $305 million) of compressed ganja last week. Reports are that about.....

Jamaica now has a digital platform that is expected to improve stakeholder capability to monitor developments relating to bush fires. The Bush Fire Warning Index and Management System, which was launched virtually recently, is initiated by the...

Relatives of Andre Carr, a 33-year-old mentally ill man from Whitfield Town, St Andrew, are seeking the public's assistance to locate him as he has been missing since March 11. According to Carr's sister Kevera Rowe, her sibling's illness...

"I got my divorce sometime last year and since then, I have been struggling to make ends meet. My ex-husband used to take care of the household, however, since the divorce he stopped paying the bills in the house and my pay really cannot cover...

Activities at the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court in Half-Way Tree are expected to resume today following reports of a rat infestation. According to Shannick Dawkins, senior public relations officer at the Court Administration Division, a...

The Jamaica Fire Brigade (JFB) will be conducting an inspection of hydrants in the Rockfort area of Kingston after personnel had difficulties battling a bush fire last week. Rollington Town firefighters had to drive about seven minutes away from.....

Tonight is the Grammy’s 64th Annual Awards ceremony, and some of Jamaica’s biggest names will be vying for one of music’s top accolades; the Grammy for Best Reggae Album. Spice, Etana, Gramps Morgan, Sean Paul, Jesse Royal, and...

The police are now probing the shooting of three men at Morgan's Lane in Grant Pen, St Andrew. Explosions were heard about 5:50pm and the police were summoned. The Star understands that two persons were killed, including the...

The St James police arrested and charged 25-year-old Lilliput resident Christian Johnson with Manslaughter after her two children died in a fire at their home in the parish last year. The police say that on May 21, 2021, Johnson, the mother of the....