During a pre-dawn operation on Tuesday, the St Mary police recovered a shotgun from a grave at Robins Bay in the parish. According to a police report, at about 2:20 a.m., a team from the St Mary Criminal Investigative Branch (CIB) conducted an......

The westbound lane of the Mandela Highway near the PJ Patterson Highway entrance is closed due to a tragic gunshot incident on Wednesday. The police say the eastbound lane has been turned into two-way traffic. Drivers are urged to exercise...

Jamaica's Miss Universe hopeful Dr Gabrielle Henry is nursing injuries in Thailand after taking a hard fall during the preliminary competition on Tuesday night. The Miss Universe Jamaica Organization says the beauty queen slipped from the main......

The University of Technology, Jamaica graduands who were left in limbo after Hurricane Melissa crashed their big day now have fresh dates to look forward to, as the university has finally locked in new graduation ceremonies for early next year....

The St Andrew North police are urging the public to be on high alert following the arrest of a man accused of posing as a Jamaica Public Service (JPS) worker to defraud unsuspecting residents. The accused, Sheldon Williams, an electrician of a......

A gentle wind swept across the hillside in Good Hope, Clarendon, stirring the leaves of the banana trees as Margaret Mills-Pinnock settled into a plastic chair in her yard. However, the cool breeze did nothing to ease the heaviness in her voice.....

She was not decked out in the black, green and gold like the masses that turned out at the National Stadium yesterday for the Jamaica vs Curacao World Cup qualifier, but Scotland resident Heather Hawgart was all Jamaican. Standing in the line...

Hurricane Melissa's wreckage has opened dangerous new hunting grounds for human traffickers and sexual predators, the head of a female advocacy group has warned. "There is a connection between disaster and human trafficking," Dr Lavern Deer,...

Bridget Sandals has announced a rollback of its recent price increase, a move the company says is directly tied to the widespread devastation caused by Hurricane Melissa and the hardship now facing thousands of Jamaicans. The company said the...

Smartphones rarely appear in your dreams Even though people spend hours glued to their phones, dreams remain strangely untouched by the digital age. According to leading Harvard dream researchers, smartphones, readable words, coherent numbers.....

The Independent Commission of Investigations has launched a probe into the fatal police shooting of an unidentified man in St Catherine yesterday. Reports are that about 4:45 p.m. on November 17, the police were on patrol along the Gregory Park.....

With markets still reeling from the crushing blow of Hurricane Melissa, Agriculture Minister Floyd Green says the Government is moving to team up with top importers and capable local farmers to quickly push food back into the island. "We do...

A Bahamian corrections officer is now at the centre of a double-murder conspiracy case, after prosecutors accused her of plotting to kill her own boss in a scheme they say unfolded over WhatsApp. Twenty-two-year-old Shante Taylor returned to...

Moments after 22-year-old Tiana Dinham was named Jamaica's 2026 Rhodes Scholar, she called her mother - on speakerphone. What followed was a moment overflowing with tears and emotion. Her mother screamed, "Oh my God!" 13 times - the words...

With the Reggae Boyz set to face Curacao tonight in a decisive World Cup qualifier, Jamaica is gripped by a wave of anticipation that feels both nostalgic and historic. The last time the nation reached this stage with such hope was nearly 30...

When THE STAR visited the hurricane-battered community of Beeston Spring, Westmoreland, recently, one could not help but notice a particular volunteer bustling through the crowd and handing out food boxes and care packages. Like most of those...

Standing in what remains of the Beeston Spring Church of England in Westmoreland, Terah Kelly wonders how he survived Hurricane Melissa. He had to take refuge in the place of worship after the Category 5 storm smashed into Jamaica, particularly......

Rohan Melhado, owner of Droptop Swagshop, through his Droptop Foundation, has mobilised relief efforts to assist families and communities in Westmoreland that were affected by Hurricane Melissa. Partnering with international superstar Nicki...

In response to the anticipated surge in criminal activity, particularly praedial larceny, heading into the Yuletide season, the Jamaica Constabulary Force's (JCF) Agricultural Protection Branch (APB) has bolstered its operational presence in...

Sleuths assigned to the St Catherine South Police Division have charged 27-year-old Alex Allen, otherwise called 'Frass,' labourer of Myrtle Way, Passagefort, in the parish with unauthorised possession of ammunition following an incident at his...