Minister of National Security Dr Horace Chang has confirmed that a suspect in the heinous killing of a mother and her four children in Clarendon is now in police custody. Chang made the announcement in Gordon House earlier this afternoon while...

The Jamaica Productivity Centre is reporting that e-commerce and online shopping are flourishing among Jamaican consumers. "There was increased productivity in every quarter last year in the Wholesale and Retail Trade industry, with the last...

Workers at the Transport Authority in St Andrew staged a protest earlier today over the reported departure of Managing Director Willard Hylton. "No MD, no work," protesting employees shouted. Egeton Newman, head of the transport lobby...

The police have reported that a St Catherine man, described as a spiritual leader, has been charged in connection with the sexual assault of a minor. The police say the offences were allegedly committed on Friday, May 6 during an exorcism. Joma...

Prime Minister Andrew Holness has described the killing of 34-year-old Kimberly Wright, and her four children as a “new low” in the level of violence in Jamaica, and is calling for residents to find new ways of resolving conflicts....

The Clarendon Police are seeking help to identify a person of interest in the brutal killing of a mother and her four children in Coco Piece in the parish.  He is 23-year-old Rushane Barnett otherwise called ‘Jett’...

Dancehall artiste Skeng pleaded not guilty to charges arising from an altercation at the Norman Manley International Airport last month.

Operators of public passenger vehicles (PPVs) in Spanish Town, St Catherine, say that since January they have been paying an extra $1,000 in extortion fees lest they face the wrath of thugs who will discipline those who "violate the order"....

Delroy Ricketts was full of life and energy carrying out his daily tasks as a butcher in Clarendon. Well that was until three months ago when he began experiencing debilitating headaches which significantly impacted his quality of life....

The increased presence of members of the security forces has done little to quell the fears of residents in Spanish Town, St Catherine, especially for those living in Stephenson's 31, a gritty and underdeveloped section of the old capital....

One female farmer in central Jamaica is counting her losses, after she said that she was conned out of 200 pounds of plucked chicken, which, at $300 per pound, valued $60,000. Rosemarie Gillespie, who is in her 40s, told THE STAR that she was...

Two persons lost their lives in a motor vehicle crash which occurred along a section of the Rose Hall main road in St James yesterday morning. The victims have been identified as 23-year-old Rojae Grant, of a Windward Road address in Kingston,...

As the school year comes to a close and the months get warmer, the search for activities to fill the seemingly endless summer days increases in importance. The St Toolies River in Clarendon may provide the getaway some people seek. When THE STAR.....

Nails, coins and glass in man's stomach Doctors in Turkey were left baffled after finding hundreds of coins and batteries in a man's stomach. Burhan Demir took his younger brother to the hospital when he complained of abdominal pains and the...

Twenty-three-year-old Rojae Grant, of Windward Road in Kingston, and 24-year-old Daniel Bowen of Catherine Hall in Montego Bay, were killed in a motor vehicle crash along the Rose Hall Main Road in St James early this morning. The police...

Alleged gang leader Andre 'Blackman' Bryan has professed his innocence at the Clansman-One Don Gang trial in the Home Circuit Court this afternoon. Bryan gave an unsworn statement from the prisoner's dock after presiding judge Chief...

Members of the public are being asked to exercise patience and comply with the security forces as they carry out enhanced operations in St. Catherine for which a Public State of Emergency (SOE) has been declared. This appeal comes from Commissioner....

A man was gunned down at the judgement yard compound in August Town, St Andrew last night. He has been identified only as 'Culture.' Judgement yard is synonymous with reggae legend Miguel 'Sizzla Kalonji' Collins as his base,...

The Barrett Town police in St James have commenced a probe to determine if an unidentified male who was found lying along a section of the Long Bay main road in the parish on the weekend was involved in a hit-and-run or was killed elsewhere and...

A Corporate Area man who stole a phone valued at US $1,600 (approximately J$242,000), admitted that he later sold it for about a quarter of its value to give money to the mother of his unborn child. Leon Parker pleaded guilty to larceny by...