A St Catherine man's temper landed him behind bars after he used a pair of scissors to stab his own brother in a shocking, unprovoked attack that left the victim hospitalised for weeks. The attacker, 51-year-old Brian Allen, a labourer of...

Six people, including members of the Jamaica Defence Force, were injured in a crash at the intersection of Harbour Street and Hanover Street in downtown Kingston on Friday morning. Reports are that the collision happened about 6:30 a.m., near...

The security guard who allegedly stole more than $15 million from a Beryllium money courier van has been apprehended following a seven-day manhunt, according to authorities. The 42-year-old guard was arrested at premises in St Andrew late...

When 34-year-old Mark Bolton steps into his mathematics classroom at Newell High School in St Elizabeth, he does so with the same determination he once used to scrub floors as a janitor at Church Teachers' College, which he did for eight and a...

A domestic abuse survivor who was knocked unconscious and left to die in a burning cane field, while she was pregnant with her partner's child, is imploring other women to leave abusive relationships before it's too late. Now 43, Munchie* said...

The administration of The University of the West Indies, Mona Campus, says counselling and chaplaincy support have been activated to assist students and staff affected by the death of a female student on Thursday. The student resided on one of...

Detectives assigned to the St Elizabeth Criminal Investigation Branch have charged a 14-year-old boy with murder following the stabbing death of a relative at their home in the parish on October 10. Reports from the police are that at 9:50 p.m.,.....

Seven patients at the Kingston Public Hospital (KPH) received care during a two-day scoliosis surgical mission on October 9-10. Six of the patients received corrective spine surgeries, while the other was fitted with a halo traction which will......

Ninety-eight-year-old Pearlina Cunningham, her sister, 89-year-old Francis Brown and her daughter, 79-year-old Hazelyn Nesbeth, have been contributing to Jamaica's food security and the local economy for multiple decades. Their longevity is proof....

Jamaican farmers are gearing up to grow apples that taste and look like those from the United States of America, but with a tropical twist. The variety being introduced locally is the Wambugu apple, a crisp, juicy red fruit developed by Kenyan......

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A 33-year-old graphic designer is facing a long list of charges after allegedly hitting a woman in the face with a gun during an argument and later being found with ballistic vests and other prohibited items. Charged is Kemar Goffe, of Corona...

A 72-year-old man has been arrested and charged with arson after residents of the Pitfour community in St James reportedly saw him set fire to a house. The man has been identified as Junior Malcolm, a retiree of Hill View, Pitfour. He was...

Security company Beryllium Limited has launched a major internal probe after "assets" were stolen from one of its trucks on Saturday. The company, in a release on Thursday morning, said it was working closely with the Jamaica Constabulary Force.....

A female student at the University of the West Indies (UWI) Mona, was reportedly found dead on the campus' George Alleyne Hall on Thursday morning. It's understood that suicide is suspected. Police investigators are currently at the scene....

The St Andrew Central police made a big find in a small paper bag on Wednesday evening, when they seized a firearm during an operation on Tavern Drive in the parish. Reports from the Half-Way Tree police are that about 5:15 p.m., lawmen were...

Sergeant Kidan McCoy is a father of three, but on Tuesday, when he and his team - consisting of Constables Shaniah Salmon, Gavin Hall and Nicole Williams - were tasked with assisting with the delivery of a baby, his nerves were in shambles....

A St Elizabeth woman says she nearly swallowed a cockroach yesterday after she opened a sealed drink and was about to take a sip. "I saw a cockroach swimming at the top of it. I felt so disgusted," she told THE STAR. "When mi knock the bottom and....

Phillip Supersad, 68, has been beating drums since he was 14, but over the past two decades, he has carved out a unique niche as a maker of authentic Jamaican drums that now find their way into the hands of musicians around the world. When THE......

A team of officers assigned to the St Andrew Central Police Division seized one firearm during an operation on Tavern Drive in the parish on Wednesday. Reports from the Half-Way Tree police are that at 5:15 p.m., lawmen were in the area when a...