Chief justice Bryan Sykes described today's sitting of the Clansman-One Don Gang trial as 'a grand waste of his time,' before abruptly adjourning the matter for the day. The judge had yesterday instructed the Crown to examine...

WASHINGTON, Jul 5, CMC - The Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) is urging countries and health professionals including those in the Caribbean to step up the fight against syphilis and congenital syphilis, though preventable and...

HIGHLAND PARK, Ill. (AP) -- The gunman who attacked an Independence Day parade in suburban Chicago fired more than 70 rounds with an AR-15-style gun that killed at least six people, then evaded initial capture by dressing as a woman and...

Minister of Health and Wellness, Christopher Tufton, says the dedicated service of the country's healthcare workers has spared Jamaica from the worst effects of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Dr Tufton, who was delivering the keynote...

The police have confirmed that 89 guns have been seized in St James since the start of the year.  This follows a joint police-military operation in Canterbury in downtown Montego Bay, St James which yielded three high-powered weapons and...

At the recent graduation ceremony of prestigious New York tertiary institution Monroe College, the largest international cohort from a single country outside the US, 71, came from Jamaica. The flag bearer was Shanique McKenzie of Hartland...

Chief Justice Bryan Sykes yesterday accused the prosecution in the Clansman-One Don trial of being immature after it refused to agree with the defence information that was captured in the prisoners' admission book at the Spanish Town Police...

A man was fatally stabbed in St Ann's Bay, St Ann, yesterday afternoon following an alleged dispute over a bottle of water. Dead is 37-year-old Charles Samuels, a bartender of Tanglewood, Priory, in the parish. The police's Corporate...

A man who was chopped during a dispute with another man in Irish Town Square in St Andrew on July 1 has been charged. He has been identified as 34-year-old Ryan Richards, a farmer of Red Light district in Irish Town. Reports from the Irish Town......

A man who reportedly shot the mother of his child and another man on Red Hills Road in St Andrew in March is to face the court to answer to charges stemming from the incident. Roger Allen, 36, a bearer of Red Hills Boulevard, has been charged...

One of the suspects in the June 18 robbery of a farm store in Santa Cruz, St Elizabeth, is now in police custody. The suspect, who will be charged for robbery with aggravation, was on bail for another gun-related charge. Reports from the St...

HIGHLAND PARK, Ill. (AP) -- A gunman on a rooftop opened fire on an Independence Day parade in suburban Chicago yesterday, killing at least six people, wounding at least 30 and sending hundreds of marchers, parents with strollers and children on...

Mayor of St Ann's Bay, Councillor Sydney Stewart, has welcomed the opening of the town's new multi-care medical centre as a game-changer in the provision of comprehensive and accessible health services to residents. The Bravo Dental and Medical......

Kelly-Ann Hylton's journey to becoming an educator was far from smooth. The 26-year-old grade four teacher at Adelphi Primary School in St James, hails from Rose Heights in the parish, an area known to have flare-ups of violence. In addition to......

Prime Minister Andrew Holness, is urging Jamaicans to take acts of violence by family members seriously. Speaking during a visit with Gwendolyn McKnight on Friday (July 1), who is mourning the brutal murder of her daughter and four grand-children......

Thirty-four-year-old Ryan Richards, a farmer from Irish Town in St Andrew, was charged with assault after threatening to shoot a man during a dispute. According to the Irish Town Police, on Friday, July 01, the two men got into a fight in the town.....

George McPherson, who became well known in his community of Norris, St Thomas for taking part in his own fake funeral in 2008 and staging 'memorials' annually, has died. 'Jungle George', as he was affectionately called, died on June 4 after he......

Grief and cries of agony filled the air yesterday as the small, square casket bearing the charred remains of sisters Kayla and Abigail Tomlinson arrived at the Race Course Seventh-day Adventist Church in Vere, Clarendon. The girls, ages four and.....

Melania Morgan, the four-year-old who was reported missing on June 27, is to be reunited with her mother early this week, according to the police. Speaking with THE STAR yesterday, Aaron Fletcher, commanding officer for the St Andrew North...

A Good Samaritan was shot and killed by unknown assailants as he attempted to prevent a robbery along Tom Redcam Drive in St Andrew in the wee hours of Saturday morning. The police's Corporate Communications Unit confirmed that the deceased is 21....