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Tue, 19 Apr 2022 19:08:06 -0500
Police say another female athlete killed in Kenya
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- Another female runner has been killed in the high-altitude Kenyan training town of Iten and a search is on for the athlete's boyfriend, police said Tuesday. Damaris Muthee Mutua, a Kenyan-born distance runner who...

Tue, 19 Apr 2022 18:49:35 -0500
Netflix shares drop 25% after service loses 200K subscribers
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Netflix suffered its first subscriber loss in more than a decade, causing its shares to plunge 25% in extended trading amid concerns that the pioneering streaming service may have already seen its best days. The company...

Tue, 19 Apr 2022 18:40:59 -0500
Students re-engaged at mile gully high
Ninety-eight per cent of the 701 students at Mile Gully High School in Manchester are re-engaged, following the two-year disruption of the education sector, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Principal of the school, Christopher Tyme, said that they...

Tue, 19 Apr 2022 18:22:40 -0500
St James woman, grandchild swept away by floodwaters
A St James woman and her grandchild were swept away by floodwaters in Westgate, St James a short while ago. Her husband, 71-year-old Beres Walters, and their 25-year-old daughter were rescued. The family was travelling in a car that...

Tue, 19 Apr 2022 13:25:11 -0500
St James police find gun, ammunition hidden in socks
The St James police seized a Glock 9mm pistol and a magazine containing four 9mm cartridges during an operation in Bouge heights in the parish yesterday. 

Tue, 19 Apr 2022 05:01:54 -0500
Denham Town wants justice after resident’s death - Man killed in confrontation with JDF
Janet Haye says that her son, 32-year-old Horaine Glenn, was a boss in the kitchen and had dreams of working overseas as a chef. Those dreams will not be realised as Glenn was killed during a confrontation with members of the Jamaica Defence...

Tue, 19 Apr 2022 05:01:47 -0500
Three times the surprise - Couple welcomes triplets after expecting one child
Three months into her second pregnancy, Nyoaka Lindo believed that she was having only one baby, but got the shock of her life when a sonogram proved that she was actually having triplets. The 26-year-old, who is also mother to a three-year-old......

Tue, 19 Apr 2022 05:01:57 -0500
Soldier mowed down by motor car
The driver involved in the death of a Jamaica Defence Force soldier on South Camp Road in St Andrew has been warned for prosecution. Reports from the Cross Roads police are that about 9:30 a.m. on Sunday, the driver of a Nissan Latio motor car...

Tue, 19 Apr 2022 05:01:43 -0500
Anonymous donor gives $650,000 towards med student’s tuition - ... but Perisa still needs $200,000 to sit exams
An anonymous donor has given $650,000 to a first-year medical student who is facing the possibility of being barred from sitting exams at The University of the West Indies (UWI) this year if her fees are not paid. Perisa Miller, 21, who achieved.....

Tue, 19 Apr 2022 05:01:55 -0500
Prized goats highlight return of St Mary Agricultural Show
It was pure merriment on the grounds of the Gray's Inn Sports Complex, Annotto Bay, St Mary, yesterday as patrons and farmers flocked to celebrate the return of the St Mary Agricultural Show following its two-year hiatus. Livestock farmer Susan.....

Tue, 19 Apr 2022 05:01:59 -0500
I Love Soca returns
Port Royal Street in downtown Kingston became the ultimate party zone as 'socaphiles' in short shorts and the skimpiest tops sought their musical medicine. The event was the I Love Soca Cooler Festival. The presold only event, which has...

Tue, 19 Apr 2022 05:01:58 -0500
Jury trials to resume as COVID measures discontinued
Jury trials are to resume for the Easter term of the Circuit Court, which will commence tomorrow. This comes after the Disaster Risk Management Act measures were discontinued and the country is seeing a reduction in the COVID-19 infection rate......

Tue, 19 Apr 2022 05:01:42 -0500
Woman with 1 leg hopes to run 102 marathons in 102 days
BOSTON (AP): Jacky Hunt-Broersma runs like a woman possessed. And in a way, she is: The amputee athlete is trying to run at least 102 marathons in 102 days. Last month, a little more than two-thirds toward her goal of setting a new world record.....

Tue, 19 Apr 2022 05:01:40 -0500
WEIRD STUFF: Stinky breath triggers garlic ban
Rabbit living the high life Britain's most 'pampered' bunny lives inside a two-storey house. The 12-month-old continental rabbit, named Willow, resides in its own luxury palace that's furnished with a bunny bed by the window to overlook the...

Sun, 17 Apr 2022 18:11:39 -0500
Teen charged with robbing JP
A 17-year-old boy of a St Thomas address is among four males charged with robbery with aggravation, indecent assault and assault occasioning bodily harm of a Justice of the Peace (JP) in Red Hills, St Andrew on Good Friday. The other accused are:......

Fri, 15 Apr 2022 11:23:50 -0500
Jamaicans shun certain Easter traditions
SHANEL LEMMIE STAR Writer With many persons complaining that the Easter period is no longer revered, THE STAR team set out to see if Easter traditions Jamaicans hold dear are actually fading away. After speaking with persons who have seen more...

Fri, 15 Apr 2022 08:35:12 -0500
Much more people in open relationships
Open relationships have soared since the pandemic. Experts claim that romantic burnout, caused by spending too much time together during the various lockdowns, has been blamed for lovers looking elsewhere. Sex therapist Dr Tammy Nelson says there......

Fri, 15 Apr 2022 08:04:12 -0500
Free Wi-Fi for Hamilton Mountain and Mango Valley
Residents of Hamilton Mountain and Mango Valley in St Mary now have access to Internet, under the Universal Service Fund's (USF) free Community Wi-Fi Programme. Minister of Science, Energy and Technology (MSET), Daryl Vaz, who was present at both......

Thu, 14 Apr 2022 15:41:44 -0500
Two found dead near Three Finger Jack moument in St Thomas
The bodies of two persons  — a male and female — were discovered at their home, which is located near the Three-finger Jack monument in Eleven Miles, St Thomas on Thursday. 

Thu, 14 Apr 2022 05:01:53 -0500
Teen burns up ‘Trinity’s cars - Boy was trying to start former assistant commissioner of police’s vehicle
A multi-agency investigation is under way in the case involving a teenager who reportedly confessed to setting fire to two vehicles owned by former Assistant Commissioner of Police Keith 'Trinity' Gardener early Tuesday morning. This according to....



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