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Thu, 28 Jul 2022 20:24:46 -0500
'Blacks' killed in westmoreland
Thirty-four-year-old Shawn Smith, otherwise called 'Blacks', of 3 Miles River, Frome in Westmoreland was shot and killed in Savanna-la-Mar in the parish a short while ago. Smith, who was featured on the Jamaica Constabulary Force'...

Thu, 28 Jul 2022 19:03:25 -0500
Patrick Bailey disbarred
Attorney-at-law Patrick Bailey was today made ineligible to practise in Jamaica for failure to hand over US$17,640 to a client. The Disciplinary Committee of the General Legal Council (GLC) made the decision to disbar Bailey following a...

Thu, 28 Jul 2022 15:22:56 -0500
Rushane Barnett pleads guilty, psychiatric evaluation was done
Rushane Barnett, the Cocoa Piece, Clarendon quintuple murder accused has pleaded guilty to killing all five of his relatives and will be sentenced on September 22. His admission of guilt was made a short while ago in the home circuit court. The...

Thu, 28 Jul 2022 13:03:17 -0500
Subpoena issued for cop in Donna-Lee case
A subpoena was issued for Constable Noel Maitland, the boyfriend of missing social media influencer Donna-lee Donaldson, to attend the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court. The subpoena was issued by Senior Parish Judge Lori-Anne Cole-Montaque on......

Thu, 28 Jul 2022 13:53:08 -0500
Donna-Lee mom in hospital
The mother of missing social media personality Donna-Lee Donaldson, has been hospitalised. Neil Lugg, Donaldson's brother, told The Star that he took their mother Sophia Lugg to the University Hospital of the West Indies on...

Thu, 28 Jul 2022 13:29:43 -0500
Two bodies found near Job Lane canal
The bodies of two men who were reported missing since Friday were discovered near a canal along Job Lane in Spanish Town, St Catherine this morning. It is reported that residents stumbled upon the bodies around 9:30 a.m. and an alarm was...

Thu, 28 Jul 2022 13:10:45 -0500
Joint police-military operation in Waterhouse
Led by Senior Superintendent Kirk Ricketts, head of St Andrew South Police Division, a joint police-military operation is currently underway in Waterhouse, St Andrew. The police are searching for several men they believe are connected to Tuesday...

Thu, 28 Jul 2022 05:03:47 -0500
Cop arrested in Donna-Lee case
Yesterday, a tight-lipped Fitz Bailey, deputy commissioner of police, refused to disclose the charges likely to be proffered on police constable Noel Maitland, who was arrested yesterday in relation to the disappearance of his girlfriend and...

Thu, 28 Jul 2022 05:03:45 -0500
Woman admits to making false rape claim
A social enquiry report was requested for a 24-year-old woman who made a fake report that she was abducted and raped by a bus driver. The request was made by parish judge Jacqueline Wilcott after the defendant Samantha Campbell pleaded guilty to....

Thu, 28 Jul 2022 05:03:40 -0500
Chinese-Jamaican ‘Ghetto Kirk’ racking up views on TikTok
For Jia Zhang, content creation has always been a dream of his. While stacking the shelves of his wholesale in downtown Kingston, Zhang daydreamed for 10 years about the content he could create for online consumption. However, it wasn't until...

Thu, 28 Jul 2022 05:03:43 -0500
‘Top Boy’ Michael Ward at peace while visiting homeland
After 20 years away from home, Netflix's Top Boy actor Michael Ward has returned to Jamaica to reignite family bonds and celebrate the country of his birth in its 60th year of Independence. Ward, who was born in Spanish Town, St Catherine, on...

Thu, 28 Jul 2022 05:03:48 -0500
Lawyer blasts gang trial evidence
Defence lawyer Kymani Brydson yesterday argued in the Clansman-One Don Gang trial that the prosecution's expert witnesses, including a ballistic expert, did not strengthen the Crown's case. Brydson said the prosecution failed to discharge its...

Thu, 28 Jul 2022 05:03:46 -0500
Kerry-Ann Watson determined to preserve Jamaican history
Although some of the pieces at the National Museum Jamaica may be more than 100 years old, one Jamaican is dedicated to the task of collection, documentation and preservation of local history and culture. Kerry-Ann Watson, a historian by nature.....

Thu, 28 Jul 2022 05:03:39 -0500
Mom seeks help for paralysed daughter
On the morning of February 17, 2017, the life of Tamara Noble, of Coopers Pen, Trelawny, was changed when she was involved in a car accident on Market Street in Falmouth. Her mother, Stacy-Ann Reeves-Noble, put her in the car which Tamara usually....

Thu, 28 Jul 2022 05:03:34 -0500
WEIRD STUFF: Snake head was found in food
A potential 'cure' for baldness found Scientists at the University of California have discovered a potential 'cure' for baldness. The researchers said that they have discovered the lone chemical that is responsible for whether people lose...

Wed, 27 Jul 2022 18:37:52 -0500
Policeman implicated in Donna-Lee case surrenders
Noel Maitland, the cop implicated in the case of missing social media influencer, Donna-Lee Donaldson, surrendered to the officers from the Counter-Terrorism and Organised Crime unit of the Jamaica Constabulary Force earlier today. His attorney...

Wed, 27 Jul 2022 14:50:00 -0500
Thousands of Jamaicans expected at Grand Gala
Approximately 30,000 spectators are expected to attend the National Stadium in St. Andrew on Independence Day (August 6) for the Grand Gala, which is part of Jamaica's Diamond Jubilee celebrations. The cultural showcase, which is slated to...

Wed, 27 Jul 2022 14:45:25 -0500
Westmoreland crash leaves two dead, several injured
A public passenger bus in Westmoreland ran off the road and crashed into a gully in Seaford Town in the parish earlier today. Two women died and several others were injured. One of the deceased has been identified as Yasmin Kerr who lived in Dundee....

Wed, 27 Jul 2022 11:19:55 -0500
Jamaica and Bahamas look to closer collaboration
KINGSTON, Jamaica, Jul 27, CMC - Jamaica is calling for greater collaboration from the region as the Caribbean begins to recover from global external shocks. "It is wise for us, as we start to re-emerge in the recovery stage, to make...

Wed, 27 Jul 2022 11:13:09 -0500
Ronaldo back at Man United, future shrouded in uncertainty
MANCHESTER, England (AP) -- Cristiano Ronaldo's future at Manchester United remained shrouded in uncertainty after the Portugal great returned to the club's training ground with his agent on Tuesday. Ronaldo has yet to start...



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