Three men were shot and killed in the August Town police division early this morning. The men were reportedly coming from a party. Information reaching The Star is that the shooting took place just before 5 am. Investigators believe the son of a...

Persons inside the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court were left stunned yesterday when they heard that a Corporate Area man allegedly poured gasolene on a litter of German Shepherd puppies and set them on fire. The accused, Kareem Weeks, 30,...

Simone Morgan-Lindo Having been released from hospital on Saturday, Kaylan Dowdie spent her first night at home rebonding with her family, especially her younger sister, Shyann. "They laughed and chat, and watched TV. They were up until very...

National coordinator of the Jamaica Constabulary Force's National Safe Schools Unit Inspector Tanecia Johnson says that the increased use of drugs by students is a serious cause for concern among the 174 school resource officers that she currently....

More than 1,600 cases of burns, falls and ingestion of corrosive substances have been recorded at the Bustamante Hospital for Children (BHC) in Kingston over the past four years. Faced with the worrying trend, BHC, which is the only specialist...

A St James woman reportedly attacked her mother-in-law with a knife during a fight over plans for her deceased child's candlelight vigil. Jodian Munroe, of a Springfield address, has been charged with assault occasioning bodily harm and unlawful.....

While bracing for a spike in COVID-19 cases, particularly of the "highly transmissible" BA.2 variant, Health Minister Dr Christopher Tufton told THE WEEKEND STAR that he supports the Government's decision to lift the mandate for wearing masks. "....

As another hurricane season looms, residents of Seaview Gardens and motorists who frequent Chesterfield Drive in St Andrew are in store for much despair. Whenever it rains, a less than delightful array of garbage, mud and in some cases even...

Last Christmas Eve, Christine Richards cleaned her dwelling and was preparing to have a memorable Christmas Day with her family. The Harmony Hall, St Mary, woman said she had taken her two younger children to visit their father and stopped at a.....

A Corporate Area man who allegedly held on to the rifle of a soldier was shot in the hand and hip. The incident took place in Waterhouse, St Andrew, while the soldiers were on patrol in the area. The injured man, Kywin Townsend, has since been...

Fantasy Wednesdays held at 50 Waltham Park Road.

Lisa Hanna, the opposition spokesperson on foreign affairs and foreign trade, has suggested that Jamaica consider raising organic yard or common fowl for export. Hanna, speaking in the Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives this week,...

Senior Parish Judge Lori-Anne Cole-Montaque on Tuesday denied a request by a complainant -- who is the victim of a $900,000 embezzlement scheme -- to discontinue the case against the man who wronged him. The complainant told the judge that he did....

Man says he is having sex with a painting An artist has claimed that he is in a sexual relationship with the Mona Lisa. Domingo Zapata recently found fame after 26 of his digital re-interpretations of Leonardo da Vinci's iconic portrait were put....

Earlier today, officers from the Marine Police Division seized over 1000 pounds of Ganja during an operation along the Portland Bight coastal area in Clarendon yesterday. The substance, which was valued at US$1.7 million or approximately J$...

Chief Parish Judge Chester Crooks slapped $10,000 fines on two men for illegally fishing in the Kingston Harbour in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court yesterday. The senior jurist was not pleased with the number of cases being brought...

The days Edwin Bruce spent in the May Pen Market with his siblings and his mother Henrietta Douglas unknowingly prepared him for his calling as a perfumer. At their two-bedroom home in Clarendon, the smell of succulent fruits that were not sold.....

A female inspector of police reportedly had to seek medical attention last Friday after a woman, who is allegedly of unsound mind, hit her in the head with a stone. The incident occurred along Burke Road in front of the Spanish Town Police...

Head of the Portland Police Division Superintendent Kenneth Chin yesterday refuted reports that investigators recorded statements from a man who is being held in connection with an explosion at a Scotiabank ATM in Port Antonio last Saturday. It......

After two articles in THE STAR, in which she sought assistance to pay her first-year tuition, medical student at The University of the West Indies (UWI) Perisa Miller can rest easy knowing it has finally been paid in full. Miller's mother,...