Jamaica Star
Fri, 23 Jan 2026 18:01:34 -0500Cop trying to stop taxi mowed down by driver
A traffic stop in May Pen, Clarendon, turned chaotic on Wednesday afternoon when a taxi operator allegedly ploughed into a policeman, sending him to hospital and landing the driver in police custody. Reports are that shortly after 2:00 p.m., the....
Fri, 23 Jan 2026 15:59:36 -0500Alleged killer Bradshaw rejects mediation in separate assault case
Leoda Bradshaw, charged with the murder of a parliamentarian's 10-month-old daughter and her mother, refused to take part in mediation in an assault case in which she was attacked by an inmate while in lock-up. The matter came up for mention......
Fri, 23 Jan 2026 15:13:25 -0500Woman killed, mother injured in Patrick City shooting, Husband wanted
Gunfire shattered the early morning calm in Patrick City, St Andrew, on Friday, leaving a young woman dead and her mother nursing gunshot wounds, just hours after they arrived home from the airport. Police have identified the deceased as 26-year....
Fri, 23 Jan 2026 16:41:40 -050022-y-o nabbed after $8m housebreaking with accomplices
A 22-year-old man has been slapped with several charges in connection with a daring housebreaking carried out with accomplices, which resulted in an estimated $8 million in losses from damaged property and stolen items and funds. The accused has....
Fri, 23 Jan 2026 12:17:29 -0500Woman shot in neck during robbery in St Andrew
Police in St Andrew North are probing an incident that ended with a woman being shot in the neck during an afternoon robbery along Grants Pen Road on Wednesday. Reports are that about 4:45 pm, a man entered an establishment posing as a customer.....
Fri, 23 Jan 2026 11:03:26 -0500Cops find bullets in bag of cornmeal
What looked like an ordinary bag of cornmeal turned out to be anything but, after police uncovered ammunition hidden inside during a late-evening operation in Manchester. Lawmen assigned to the Manchester Policing Division seized 23 rounds of...
Fri, 23 Jan 2026 05:00:59 -0500Hidden lives of female friends - Women confess to secret same-sex affairs
Women leading double lives are coming clean, exposing passionate relationships and forbidden romances with other females. For Kim*, 36, a devoted wife and high school teacher, the rules of love have never been black and white. Married for more......
Fri, 23 Jan 2026 05:00:56 -0500‘No babies for me’ - Young teacher slams door on motherhood
At just 27, high school teacher Mikayla has made a decision she says is final. Any man who dares to suggest that she bears a child will be shown the door. "I don't want a child, and there is nothing a man can do to convince me otherwise," she...
Fri, 23 Jan 2026 05:01:04 -0500Donna-Lee’s mom still hopes to find her body
Minutes after watching her daughter's killer Constable Noel Maitland being led away in tears after being found guilty for murder, the mother of Donna-Lee Donaldson said the verdict has not given her the closure she desperately wants. Sophia Lugg....
Fri, 23 Jan 2026 05:01:07 -0500No special treatment for Maitland
Commissioner of Corrections Brigadier (Ret'd) Radgh Mason has insisted that there will be no special treatment for members of the security forces who are imprisoned. This follows the guilty verdict against Constable Noel Maitland for the murder.....
Fri, 23 Jan 2026 05:00:52 -0500Fur babies take over as J’cans become ‘dog moms’
Dogs are no longer just man's best friend -- they are Jamaica's newest babies. Across the island, more women are proudly calling themselves 'dog moms', treating their pets like family and, in some cases, choosing paws over parenthood. Paws n Claw....
Thu, 22 Jan 2026 16:45:20 -0500Jury finds Constable Noel Maitland guilty
Police Constable Noel Maitland was today found guilty in connection with the death of his girlfriend, 24 year old social media influencer and entrepreneur Donna Lee Donaldson. The jury in the Home Circuit Court deliberated for more than three.....
Thu, 22 Jan 2026 12:58:36 -0500Alleged child molester faints in court
A man charged with sexually molesting two young girls created a stir in the St Catherine Parish Court on Wednesday after he appeared to faint moments after he was denied bail. Thirty six year old Ricardo Brown collapsed inside the prisoners dock......
Thu, 22 Jan 2026 11:00:27 -0500Cops investigating suspected suicide of 57-y-o man
A medical emergency has now turned into a police investigation after a 57-year-old man died at the St Ann's Bay Hospital, two days after reportedly ingesting a corrosive substance in an alleged suicide attempt. The deceased has been identified......
Thu, 22 Jan 2026 10:39:56 -0500Spur Tree Hill crash cause outage in parts of St Elizabeth
A motor vehicle crash on Spur Tree Hill road has plunged sections of St Elizabeth into sudden darkness, forcing the Jamaica Public Service (JPS) to rush into emergency mode to replace a broken pole. According to JPS, a vehicle slammed into the......
Thu, 22 Jan 2026 05:01:00 -0500My son was not a gunman
A grieving St Catherine mother is insisting that her son, Oshane Cunningham, was unarmed and unlawfully killed by the police on Monday. Police said Cunningham was fatally shot after pulling an illegal firearm on members of the Area Five Fugitive.....
Thu, 22 Jan 2026 05:00:55 -0500Teacher without GCE math shaped generations
When Sandra Rowe first left high school, mathematics was not part of her life plan. In fact, the newly retired teacher never acquired a General Certificate of Education (GCE) Ordinary Level (similar to CSEC) mathematics qualification, and once...
Thu, 22 Jan 2026 05:01:02 -0500Deaf entrepreneur eyes career with furry friends
Paris Guthrie is working toward establishing a sustainable rabbit farming enterprise, driven by a clear vision of independence, long-term growth, and inclusion. The 21-year-old, who is deaf, is using agriculture as a pathway to economic...
Thu, 22 Jan 2026 05:00:51 -0500Crash victim ‘alive’ on paper five years after death
Time is running out for the family of a Kingston man who died in 2020 following a motor vehicle crash, as delays and missing documents threaten to bar them from pursuing civil remedies or even settling his estate. Five years after Oshane Burton's....
Thu, 22 Jan 2026 05:01:09 -0500Kingston Eastern curfew extended
A 48-hour curfew has been extended in sections of the Kingston Eastern Policing Division. The curfew, which was extended from 6 p.m. on Wednesday, will remain in effect until 6 p.m. on Friday. The boundaries of the curfew are as follows: North:.....