Jamaica Star
Mon, 08 Dec 2025 05:01:00 -0500Woman conned out of relief items
A 48-year-old rural St Andrew is warning Jamaicans to be on high alert after she says a man tricked her into giving away bags of items under the guise of collecting 'hurricane relief' supplies. Mary*, a mother of four and a caretaker who works......
Mon, 08 Dec 2025 05:00:53 -0500Evy Royal got drunk on Red Label Wine
Like many of the humorous childhood tales he shares online, Evert 'Evy Royal' Johnson's core memory of Christmas 2009 is guaranteed to leave anyone in stitches. Though he has countless Christmas festive stories, none compare to the Christmas...
Mon, 08 Dec 2025 05:00:55 -0500Weak Christmas - Slow sales, steep fees worry downtown vendors
Downtown Kingston, usually the beating heart of Jamaica's Christmas commerce, is struggling to regain its pulse this December. What should be the busiest shopping period of the year has instead been muted by sluggish foot traffic, heavy storm...
Mon, 08 Dec 2025 05:01:02 -0500Christmas project putting money in pockets
Christmas preparations across sections of the Corporate Area are creating much-needed work for several residents, who have jumped at the chance to clean, paint and brighten public spaces ahead of the holiday rush. "We a stop bout the 17th and we.....
Mon, 08 Dec 2025 05:01:09 -0500Man arrested after triggering alarm system
Detectives in Mandeville, Manchester, have charged 36-year-old Lorenzo Campbell, of no fixed address, with house breaking with intent and malicious destruction of property following an incident in the town between December 2 and December 4....
Mon, 08 Dec 2025 05:01:07 -0500Barber charged in $14-million theft
A 48-year-old barber has been charged in relation to the theft of $14 million worth of furniture from a warehouse. He has been identified as Marlon Walker, of Fernandez Road, Kingston 6. He has been charged with warehouse breaking and larceny...
Mon, 08 Dec 2025 05:00:59 -0500Costly crashes - Road collisions result in heavy physical, financial damage
Dr Cary Fletcher, an orthopaedic surgeon with 13 years of experience at the hospital and a member of the National Helmet Wearing Coalition (NHWC), has seen this pattern play out repeatedly. "Every week we get at least one motorcycle crash," he...
Mon, 08 Dec 2025 05:00:57 -0500Nightclub fire kills 25
NEW DELHI (AP): A fire ripped through a popular nightclub in India's Goa state, killing 25 people, including tourists, the state's chief minister said on Sunday. The blaze occurred just past midnight in Arpora village in North Goa, a party hub.....
Fri, 05 Dec 2025 15:57:23 -0500Psych test ordered for man accused of killing 80-y-o mother
The 53-year-old man at the center of a gruesome murder case involving his mother will undergo a psychiatric evaluation after the 80-year-old woman's decomposing body was found in their home. Paulo Grant made his first appearance in the St...
Fri, 05 Dec 2025 15:11:23 -0500Reggae Boyz must beat New Caledonia and DR Congo to reach World Cup
Should the Reggae Boyz qualify for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, they will be placed in Group K of the tournament, drawn alongside Portugal, Uzbekistan, and Colombia. Despite missing out on automatic qualification, Jamaica has a second chance through....
Fri, 05 Dec 2025 14:09:24 -0500KSAMC Cracks Down on Illegal Billboards, explores regularisation
Illegally built billboards are once again in the sights of the Kingston and St Andrew Municipal Corporation, which has undertaken a comprehensive audit and is now ordering firms to come in and get their displays regularised or risk prosecution...
Fri, 05 Dec 2025 11:17:24 -0500Truck driver beaten and robbed in St Catherine
A St Catherine truck driver is counting his losses after he was ambushed and robbed of his work truck when he responded to what he thought was a legitimate removal job on Wednesday. Reports are that about 11:00 in the morning on December 3, 2025....
Fri, 05 Dec 2025 10:24:23 -0500Good Samaritan tricked and robbed of motorcycle, cops say
A St Mary construction worker who goes by the alias Glockman has been charged after police say he turned a Good Samaritan moment into a terrifying robbery along the Charles Town main road. Twenty two year old Rodrick Williams of Gully Road in...
Fri, 05 Dec 2025 10:16:22 -0500Cops probing fatal shooting in Treasure Beach
Police in St Elizabeth are probing the early morning shooting death of a man in Treasure Beach on Thursday. The deceased has been identified as Mazola W. A. Mwashighadi. Reports are that about 12:20 a.m., residents in the Billy's Bay area heard....
Fri, 05 Dec 2025 05:00:36 -0500Medikk’s mom turns pain into purpose
Two years after losing her first-born child, something inside Millicent McCurdy still feels shattered. Yet the 50-year-old Westmoreland businesswoman believes that the very grief that once threatened to consume her pales in comparison to the...
Fri, 05 Dec 2025 05:00:40 -0500Not a good combination - Partygoers warned about mixing rum and electrolytes
As music rips through the different parties during the festive season, a new alcoholic concoction is bubbling on dance floor - high-proof rum mixed with electrolytes. Slowly creeping up in the Jamaican party scene, the mix is done to avoid...
Fri, 05 Dec 2025 05:00:27 -0500‘Hair’ is the truth - DNA test returns verdict on ‘pretty hair’ boy’s paternity
The split in this family, once fuelled by questions about a child's hair type, has finally reached its end after DNA results confirmed that both children belong to the man who had long denied one of them. For Margaret*, the mother, the...
Fri, 05 Dec 2025 05:00:47 -0500Rose pink for Christmas - ‘Colour woman’ reveals divine Yuletide dress code
If anyone was still doubting that Christmas is creeping up on us, last week's surprise visit to the STAR offices by Eve Campbell should erase all doubt. Known as Jamaica's very own 'colour woman', Campbell has made it a ritual to strut into the.....
Fri, 05 Dec 2025 05:00:32 -0500No privacy, no crops - Trelawny woman unhappy after NWA builds bypass road through her yard
Trelawny farmer Cynthia Watt says she is paying a painful price after opening her land to the National Works Agency (NWA), who cut a temporary road through her property when Hurricane Melissa destroyed the main road. Watt, who has worked the land....
Fri, 05 Dec 2025 05:00:45 -0500STARSCOPE
Aries (March 21 - April 19) Dis week, yuh energy full a vibes, so tek chance pon yuh dreams. Keep yuh head up an' nuh let nobody dash yuh spirit. Opportunities a come, but yuh haffi act quick. Stay positive an watch how tings turn round fi yuh...