Jamaica Star
Mon, 15 Sep 2025 14:18:31 -0500US firefighter arrested with gun and ammo at Sangster Airport
An American firefighter is now facing gun and ammunition charges in Jamaica after security checks at Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay, St James, uncovered a disassembled pistol and more than a dozen rounds hidden in his checked...
Mon, 15 Sep 2025 05:00:59 -0500Golden Boy - Residents hail ‘Little Sugar’ Oblique and his journey to sprint crown
Juliet Seville is one proud mother and deservingly so, as her 'wash belly' Oblique Seville is now a World champion. Yesterday, Oblique earned his first global individual medal, taking the men's 100-metre World Athletics Championships title in a.....
Mon, 15 Sep 2025 05:00:51 -0500Scholarship comes at right time for NCU student
During her earlier years as she watched her parents struggle to make ends meet, Jessica Jones hoped to be part of the PATH programme. This, she believed, would lessen the financial burden on her parents, as she would receive lunch at a...
Mon, 15 Sep 2025 05:01:02 -0500Security guard facing multiple charges
A St James security guard who was arrested in late August on suspicion of being involved in several robberies in the division and neighbouring parishes has been formally charged. Shaquille Goldsmith, 26, otherwise called 'Seci,' of Barnett View.....
Mon, 15 Sep 2025 05:00:58 -0500Suspected Kirk shooter kept viewing ‘dark’ Internet
WASHINGTON (AP): Family and friends of the 22-year-old who is accused of fatally shooting conservative activist Charlie Kirk described his politics as veering left in recent years, and spent large amounts of time scrolling the "dark corners of the....
Mon, 15 Sep 2025 05:00:56 -0500Man arrested after gaming boxes, liquor stolen
Lawmen attached to the St Ann Police Division have laid several charges on a Corporate Area man following an incident in Lime Hall, St Ann, on August 22. He has been identified as 37-year-old Dave Clarke of Nelson Road, Maxfield Avenue. He has...
Mon, 15 Sep 2025 05:00:55 -0500Agricultural Protection Branch intensifies operations
The Agricultural Protection Branch (APB) of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) concluded a three-day tour of St Ann farming communities last Saturday. The tour took the team through various communities of Brown's Town, namely, Orange Hill,...
Mon, 15 Sep 2025 05:00:45 -0500Ballin with JustBet Roadshow has Jamaica buzzing
The Ballin with JustBet Roadshow brought excitement and high energy to communities across Jamaica, with major stops in Half-Way Tree, St Andrew; May Pen, Clarendon; Montego Bay, St James; and the CB Pan Chicken Finals at Jamaica College in St...
Fri, 12 Sep 2025 17:10:13 -0500TikToker 'Mother Love' to be sentenced for threatening to 'murder people' for his political party
A popular Tiktoker who goes by the alias 'Mother Love' has been found guilty and is awaiting sentencing following a controversial post he made to social media inciting violence if his preferred candidate lost in the general election. Forty-year-....
Fri, 12 Sep 2025 14:24:13 -0500Norman Scott charged for allegedly hitting polling agent in face
The Mayor of Spanish Town, Norman Scott, has been slapped with criminal charges after a fiery clash at a polling station in St Elizabeth on Election Day, September 3. Scott, 66, who is also of Gazeland district in the parish, has been charged...
Fri, 12 Sep 2025 14:09:05 -0500Track star Erriyon Knighton blames contaminated oxtail for positive drug test
American sprinter Erriyon Knighton has been handed a four-year doping ban after his claim that contaminated oxtail caused his positive drug test was rejected by the Court of Arbitration for Sport. The 21-year-old, once seen as one of track and......
Fri, 12 Sep 2025 12:26:03 -0500Immaculate Conception High student earns CSEC Mathematics distinction in grade eight
When 14-year-old Immaculate Conception High School student, Maliah Bent, sat the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) Mathematics examination earlier this year, a Grade One was not the anticipated outcome. However, when the results......
Fri, 12 Sep 2025 10:45:03 -0500Teen looses fight with bone cancer weeks before birthday
After two years of fighting stage two osteosarcoma, 18-year-old Rihanna Golding lost her battle on Thursday afternoon at Cornwall Regional Hospital. Golding, who would have celebrated her 19th birthday on September 29, died at 1:00 p.m.,...
Fri, 12 Sep 2025 10:15:05 -0500Street in Morant Bay to be renamed in honour of Toni-Ann Singh
A Resolution has been moved by the St Thomas Municipal Corporation to rename St Georges Street in Morant Bay to Toni-Ann Singh Street, in honour of the former Miss World, who hails from the parish. During the monthly meeting of the Corporation......
Fri, 12 Sep 2025 05:01:06 -0500Viagra has old boys seeking side chicks
Some Jamaicans say Viagra may restore stamina, but is also wrecking trust, pushing older men into the arms of younger women. Leroy, 62, admitted that he has turned to Viagra over the past two years and the drug has given him back his swagger. ".....
Fri, 12 Sep 2025 05:01:05 -0500Dad relieved after DNA test confirms paternity
Anthony* is breathing easier these days. The 24-year-old says he is relieved and happy after DNA results confirmed that he is the biological father of his nine-month-old daughter with his babymother Melissa*. The child was conceived during a...
Fri, 12 Sep 2025 05:01:01 -0500PNP mulls taking Holness win to Constituted Authority
Still smarting from last Wednesday's general election defeat, the People's National Party (PNP) is preparing a case to have the Constituted Authority examine the circumstances under which Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness was declared winner of St.....
Fri, 12 Sep 2025 09:19:05 -0500Advertorial |ICON BRANDS INTERNATIONAL announces strategic expansion into new markets
The following content is created and paid for by Icon Brands International ICON BRANDS INTERNATIONAL, a leader in brand distribution for the Caribbean market, today announced the launch of an ambitious expansion of its operations from its...
Fri, 12 Sep 2025 05:01:15 -0500Delivery driver can’t account for nearly $500k
Lawmen assigned to the St Catherine South Police Division have charged 27-year-old Marlon Henry, a delivery driver of Riverside Drive, Kingston 19, with embezzlement following an incident in Central Village, St Catherine. Reports from the...
Fri, 12 Sep 2025 05:01:13 -0500Labourer facing murder charge
Twenty-three-year-old Nichugh Thomas, a labourer of Middleton district, St Thomas, has been charged with murder following an incident in his community on September 1. The deceased has been identified as 22-year-old Ajajah Bryan, a mechanic, also.....