Jamaica Star
Fri, 14 Nov 2025 16:01:34 -0500Bridgeport Primary mourns beloved teacher and her daughter after gruesome killing
Bridgeport Primary has been plunged into mourning following the gruesome murder of 29-year-old teacher Tara Pinnock and her 14-year-old daughter Talia Wright, a horrifying blow that has left the school community in shock. Their bodies had...
Fri, 14 Nov 2025 14:44:54 -0500Teen girl on bail after bullets found in shoes
A St Catherine teenager who was allegedly found with two rounds of illegal ammunition has been granted bail in the sum of 200,000 dollars with surety in the Parish Court on Thursday, November 14, 2025. She is Paiten Israel, otherwise called Baby....
Fri, 14 Nov 2025 12:10:22 -0500Trial of Lila Ike and co-accused set for February
Entertainer Alecia 'Lila Ike' Gray and her co accused Shennelle Moore will stand trial on February 12, 2026 in the St Catherine Parish Court. The date was scheduled on Thursday, November 14, 2025 when the matter was mentioned before Acting...
Fri, 14 Nov 2025 10:40:22 -0500Off duty cops shot dead on Waltham Park Road identified
The cops killed on Thursday night along Waltham Park Road in St Andrew have been identified as Charles Stewart of the St Catherine North police division and Jemarey Gordon of the Counter-Terrorism and Organised Crime Investigation Branch (CTOC...
Fri, 14 Nov 2025 09:36:23 -0500Woman charged for selling baked goods without valid permit
A Clarendon woman found selling baked goodies without a valid food handler's permit was slapped with charges during a snap raid in Four Paths on Wednesday. She is 27-year-old Deandrea Dyer, a salesclerk from Howells Content in York Town....
Fri, 14 Nov 2025 05:00:59 -0500A big miracle - Mom says God did a huge one after conjoined twins separated
Two years ago, when THE STAR first met Iesha McMurray, she was tearful and emotional. Just weeks earlier, she had given birth to her twins Azaria and Azora Elson but the infants were conjoined, a rarity in Jamaica. On Thursday, McMurray was...
Fri, 14 Nov 2025 05:00:47 -0500Missing or dead? - St Elizabeth family hunts for man swept away by Melissa’s floodwaters
Shamar Sammonds disappeared into the raging floodwaters while trying to retrieve belongings swept from his home in Parottee, St Elizabeth, the day after Hurricane Melissa slammed Jamaica. His family is convinced he was carried away by the surge.....
Fri, 14 Nov 2025 05:00:57 -0500Aunt of missing 12-y-o clings to hope
As Hurricane Melissa lashed western Jamaica last week, one tormenting question gripped Annmarie Thompson: how was her missing nephew Jayden Smith weathering the storm? Thompson is the primary caregiver of the missing 12-year-old, who was last...
Fri, 14 Nov 2025 05:01:00 -0500Cops on the lookout for migrating criminals
Police personnel across the Corporate Area say that while they have not received any reports of 'unfamiliar' faces appearing in recent days, they are fully prepared to deal with any displaced criminals who migrate from hurricane ravaged parishes......
Fri, 14 Nov 2025 05:01:01 -0500Two policemen shot and killed
The Major Investigation Division is probing the fatal shooting of two policemen along Waltham Park Road in St Andrew just before 8 p.m. Thursday. As of press time, investigators were combing the area for evidence. Reports indicate that the...
Fri, 14 Nov 2025 05:00:54 -0500Rats torment senior citizen after Melissa
Standing among scores of people outside the gates of the Beeston Spring community centre in Westmoreland on Tuesday, Carol Miller wore a face of despondency. As some around her feasted on boxed meals from World Central Kitchen - provided to...
Fri, 14 Nov 2025 05:00:33 -0500WEIRD STUFF
Hitler may have had micro-penis Adolf Hitler may have suffered from a genetic disorder that stunted his sexual development and left him with a micro-penis. A new DNA analysis has revealed that the Nazi dictator carried Kallmann syndrome, a...
Fri, 14 Nov 2025 05:00:28 -0500‘We will build back stronger’ - Mini Miss St Elizabeth urges children to stay positive after Hurricane Melissa
Alexia Jappa, the reigning Mini Miss St Elizabeth Heritage Queen, is calling on children whose lives have been impacted by Hurricane Melissa to remain hopeful, assuring them that "we will build back stronger as a parish". Like many students in...
Thu, 13 Nov 2025 14:40:53 -0500Alleged sex offender of 13-y-o dies by suicide after leaping into Rio Cobre
The man seen in a viral video jumping from a police vehicle into the Rio Cobre has been identified as 73-year-old Melton Smith, who took his own life while in custody for allegedly sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl. Police reports say that.....
Thu, 13 Nov 2025 12:23:53 -0500Update | Buju Banton fires back, says Vaz 'unaware' of events surrounding stolen relief supplies
Reggae star Buju Banton has fired back at Transport Minister Daryl Vaz, insisting that his account of how relief supplies were handled at the Norman Manley International Airport is "unaware" of the real situation. In a post shared to his...
Thu, 13 Nov 2025 11:46:54 -0500Chinese community supports hurricane relief in St James
The St James Municipal Corporation is receiving support from the Chinese community in the hurricane relief effort. Representatives of Chinese-owned businesses recently donated care packages containing food items, clothing, toiletries and other.....
Thu, 13 Nov 2025 10:48:54 -0500Cops kill four murder suspects in St Catherine shootout
A late-night shootout between the police and gunmen in Rosemount District, St Catherine, ended in bloodshed on Wednesday, leaving four men dead and two illegal guns seized. Reports are that around 9:40 p.m., lawmen got intelligence that a group.....
Thu, 13 Nov 2025 10:31:55 -0500Vaz rubbishes claim that Buju Banton’s hurricane supplies were stolen at airport
Transport Minister Daryl Vaz has hit back at claims made by reggae superstar Buju Banton that items from his hurricane relief shipment were stolen at the Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston. Buju, in a fiery video posted online on...
Thu, 13 Nov 2025 05:00:35 -0500Living in her car - Beeston Spring woman struggling after Melissa adds to woes
As she sat quietly in the front seat of a parked car on the compound of Salem Primary School in Beeston Spring, Westmoreland, Ann-Marie Warren's pain was impossible to hide. Her swollen feet rested awkwardly against the dashboard, and she...
Thu, 13 Nov 2025 05:00:44 -0500‘I can’t even see my children’ - Hurricane Melissa leaves fisherman battered and broken
'What are your emotions like at this time?' was the question posed to Esroy Holness. His answer came not in words, but in tears. At 49, the fisherman and mason rested his head against a wooden post for support, weeping quietly before finally...