Jamaica Star

Tue, 23 Dec 2025 13:52:16 -0500
Man charged with double murder after 14 years on the run
After more than 14 years on the run, a 41-year-old labourer from the Middle Quarters District in St Elizabeth has been charged with double murder in connection with a deadly 2011 attack that left two young men dead and a woman injured. Andre...

Tue, 23 Dec 2025 10:58:11 -0500
Update | Fisherman charged with chopping death of mother, brother and cousin
A 26-year-old fisherman has been charged with murder after allegedly hacking his mother, brother and cousin to death during a gruesome machete attack in Frazersfield, Rocky Point, Clarendon, last week. The charges stem from a domestic incident......

Tue, 23 Dec 2025 10:45:12 -0500
Skeng Don’s daughter charged over crash that killed four, including child
Kengu Black, the daughter of well-known Manchester businessman and political activist Skeng Don, is now facing the courts after being charged for a horrific highway crash that left four people dead, including a child. Black, a university student....

Tue, 23 Dec 2025 10:17:06 -0500
Three shot dead in Manchester in separate gun attacks
Detectives are searching for the gunmen behind a deadly shootings that left three men dead in Manchester within a 15-hour period which included a brazen double murder at a business establishment along Manchester Road. The victims have been...

Tue, 23 Dec 2025 05:00:57 -0500
Jamaicans rush home for ‘real’ Christmas
The arrival hall at the Norman Manley International Airport was buzzing like grand market as Jamaicans poured in by the planeload, some admitting that Christmas for them can only truly be celebrated on the island. Families huddled as they waited....

Tue, 23 Dec 2025 05:00:59 -0500
Cops concerned about potential crash spike
Last weekend was one of the most dangerous on Jamaica's roads in recent weeks, with multiple crashes leaving police alarmed as the Christmas traffic builds. "We had three fatal crashes over the weekend along with others in the Kingston...

Tue, 23 Dec 2025 05:00:43 -0500
Christmas sales slow for furniture makers
For many furniture makers, this Christmas season has been far quieter than expected. Workshops that would normally be buzzing with activity are instead unusually still. One of those workshops belongs to Everton Spence, a furniture maker who has.....

Tue, 23 Dec 2025 05:00:41 -0500
Garbage collectors hope Christmas isn’t a waste
As Christmas draws near, many families return home to find a handwritten note tucked beneath a door or between the bars of a gate. Scribbled across the paper are simple words, "Season's greetings, Don't forget us this Christmas -- from your...

Tue, 23 Dec 2025 05:00:52 -0500
Bellevue hosts annual Patients’ Banquet
Bellevue Hospital embraced the spirit of Christmas recently with an afternoon filled with music, joy, and celebration at its annual Patients' Banquet. The decades-old tradition, coordinated by the occupational therapy department and hosted...

Tue, 23 Dec 2025 05:00:48 -0500
Bleak Christmas for father of slain UTech student
As Christmas approaches, a time once filled with family gatherings and celebration in his household, Everton Dilworth is bracing himself for two dates that now carry unbearable weight, Christmas Day and December 27, the birthday his daughter Anisa....

Tue, 23 Dec 2025 05:00:44 -0500
Jamaican Beef Pot Roast
INGREDIENTS 2lb beef chuck roast, trimmed of fat and connective tissue 1 teaspoon garlic powder 1 teaspoon black pepper, freshly ground 1 teaspoon all-purpose seasoning 1 Scotch bonnet pepper, finely chopped (seeds removed for less heat, if desired....

Tue, 23 Dec 2025 05:00:39 -0500
Quinoa with Sweet Corn and Black Beans
*90g Quinoa *240ml Coconut Milk *15g Black Beans *15g Sweet Corn *5g Iodized Salt *3g White Pepper *10ml Flavoured Oil (Rosemary...

Mon, 22 Dec 2025 15:04:52 -0500
'Crow' turns himself in after allegedly chopping ex-lover to death
After weeks on the run, a 29-year-old man wanted for the brutal chopping murder of his former lover and the wounding of her teenage daughter has finally given himself up to the police. Ricardo "Crow" McCarty surrendered early Monday morning at......

Mon, 22 Dec 2025 12:36:47 -0500
Alleged Jamaican pastor charged with murder in Canada
A Jamaican man is now facing serious murder charges in Canada after a woman was found dead inside an apartment in the city of London, Ontario, last Friday. Charged with second-degree murder is 56-year-old Alton Farquharson, a Manchester native,.....

Mon, 22 Dec 2025 11:24:51 -0500
Jamaica sees major crime drop as year winds down
With just nine days remaining in 2025, Jamaica has recorded a significant reduction in murders and other major crimes, according to the latest police statistics. The updated figures were released by the Jamaica Constabulary Force this morning.......

Mon, 22 Dec 2025 10:37:53 -0500
Farmer, elderly woman die in separate Manchester crashes
The Manchester police are probing the deaths of two motorists who were killed in separate single-vehicle crashes, hours apart, in the parish on Sunday, December 21, 2025. The victims have been identified as 23-year-old farmer Shacquile...

Mon, 22 Dec 2025 05:00:54 -0500
Mom dreads first Christmas after son’s death
Though she puts on a brave face, Kenesha Webley is dreading facing this Christmas, as it will be the first without her only child Cornell Hall. "Maybe I will play some Christmas carols and pretend like everything is normal. Maybe I will pretend......

Mon, 22 Dec 2025 05:00:39 -0500
Praying for a miracle - Blind mother battles Graves’ disease while raising children alone
At 37, Tiesha Milne, a single mother of two, faces a life filled with challenges that most could hardly imagine. Blind since the age of five, nearly 30 years later she was diagnosed with Graves' disease. With the autoimmune disorder, the immune.....

Mon, 22 Dec 2025 05:00:44 -0500
Triumph over heartbreak - Racquel Wilson excels despite double grief
When Racquel Wilson was pinned on December 4 and officially selected for active duty in the United States Army, the moment should have been pure celebration. Instead, it was threaded with grief. At just 24, the Clarendon native stood proud in her....

Mon, 22 Dec 2025 05:00:46 -0500
Cops overcome loss, trials to excel
In the space of a few days, Monique Bartley lost her home and her sister. During the passage of Hurricane Melissa, the roof over Bartley's head was ripped away, damaging personal belongings. But, before she could fully process that loss, her...

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