In a major shift in how public-order breaches are handled, the Government is preparing to roll out a new ticketing system designed to crack down on offences while reducing the confrontations that have long erupted during enforcement operations.

A St Ann businesswoman who was already in police custody has been hit with a fresh set of fraud charges stemming from an alleged US work-and-travel scam that reportedly cost three people thousands of dollars.

A 63-year-old businessman allegedly shot another businessman, wounded a Rottweiler and then opened fire on police from inside a container before he was shot dead by responding officers in Harbour View, Kingston, yesterday.

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr Christopher Tufton, officially opened the Tensie Mae Robinson (TMR) Medical Limited in Portmore, St Catherine, on Wednesday (October 7).

(AP): Christa Pike was “angry and confused” in the hours after regaining consciousness following Tennessee’s failed execution attempt, first asking, “Where am I?” her lawyer said on Wednesday.

S Hotel Montego Bay has emerged as the highest-ranked Caribbean property in the 2026 Condé Nast Traveler Readers’ Choice Awards, securing second place overall in the Atlantic, Caribbean and Central America category.

When Jeanette Moore received the dreadful news from her oncologist that she had stage 2 breast cancer, she immediately called her loved ones and told them she was on the brink of death.

Last month, Noel Bell was scheduled to sit down with THE STAR to discuss what it is like living with sickle cell disease. Instead, he ended up in hospital.

A man who reportedly shot another man and the man’s dog was shot dead by police in a reported confrontation on Tuesday.

The 32-year-old woman whose shocking story of alleged childhood sexual abuse sparked widespread outrage is now using her painful experience to encourage other survivors to speak up, seek therapy and begin healing.

PHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona man’s 10-year manslaughter sentence has been tossed in a case where a video generated by artificial intelligence portrayed the deceased victim addressing a judge before the punishment was imposed.

A St Catherine man accused of stealing a 2019 Nissan Sylphy from outside a Gregory Park home has been granted $1 million bail after investigators reportedly used technology to track the stolen vehicle.

A St Catherine taxi operator has walked free from an ammunition charge after the Crown failed to produce enough evidence linking him to four 9mm rounds allegedly hidden inside Nike sneakers at his premises.

A 31-year-old bar operator is nursing gunshot wounds after three men who allegedly posed as customers turned robbers at her Old Harbour business in broad daylight yesterday.

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Vietnam (AP): Police in Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh City arrested 12 men suspected of operating a citywide ring that stole and resold about 2,700 cats for meat, state media said.

The industry ministry has launched a restoration grant programme to assist micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) affected by Hurricane Melissa.

National Coordinator for Safety and Security in Schools, Richard Troupe, says the education ministry is committed to preventing bullying in schools and ensuring safe learning environments.