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Fri, 15 Jul 2022 05:01:50 -0500
‘Mi never do it for rewards’ - Man credits good upbringing for decision to secure policeman’s guns
Richard Campbell, the man who recovered an M-16 rifle and a handgun that were assigned to a policeman from the scene of a nasty accident in downtown Kingston on Friday night, said he is not expecting any reward for his patriotic act. The 31-...

Fri, 15 Jul 2022 05:01:56 -0500
Mount Salem shouting Kemba’s name
Kavarly Arnold When Kemba Nelson lines up to run in the 100m at the IAAF World Championships this weekend, her proud mother, Sandra Campbell, will be on the streets of Mount Salem, St James, screaming at the top of her voice. Nelson, 22, booked....

Fri, 15 Jul 2022 05:02:01 -0500
Woman killed at funeral laid to rest
"Make your life count for something" was the charge given yesterday by Richard Dean at the thanksgiving service for his daughter Shanice 'Peach' Dean inside the Good Tidings Mennonite Church on Whitehall Avenue in Kingston. "Don't waste your......

Fri, 15 Jul 2022 05:02:02 -0500
Man injured on work site wants more compensation
A mere three days after his 54th birthday, Derrick Thompson said that he was nearly killed in an accident on a work site to which he was employed. But, having received some money for compensation, Thompson told THE WEEKEND STAR that it feels...

Fri, 15 Jul 2022 05:02:08 -0500
Judge revokes bail after accused admits previous charge
The accused in a larceny case had his bail revoked at the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court yesterday as he let slip that a warrant was out for his arrest stemming from a 2019 case. Chief Parish Judge Chester Crooks had given Milton Thompson......

Fri, 15 Jul 2022 05:02:06 -0500
Six charged with fleecing nearly $50 million from bank
A Corporate Area teacher is among six persons who were brought before the courts yesterday for their alleged participation in a multimillion-dollar fraud scheme that fleeced a local bank of almost $50 million. The teacher, 22-year-old Winsome...

Fri, 15 Jul 2022 05:02:05 -0500
Confessed Jamaican fraudster to be extradited to US
A 59-year-old man who fled the US earlier this month before he was to be sentenced for fraud offences, yesterday signed a waiver in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court agreeing to be extradited. Jerome Andrew St Ledger Austin is wanted in......

Fri, 15 Jul 2022 05:01:53 -0500
WEIRD STUFF: Doctors support underwear-free to beat summer heat
Man dies after drinking bottle of liqueur A man died after drinking an entire bottle of Jagermeister liqueur in less than two minutes. A viral video showed the man downing a bottle of the spirit as part of a binge-drinking competition that...

Fri, 15 Jul 2022 05:01:47 -0500
Accountant sweetens survival with hot pepper business
Despite the COVID-19 pandemic negatively affecting the lives of many people, with some losing employment, there are stories of triumph. One such is that of St Catherine resident, Shellyann Tracey, who lost her job in March 2020, after only being.....

Thu, 14 Jul 2022 17:30:08 -0500
Ivana Trump, first wife of former president, dies at 73
NEW YORK (AP) -- Ivana Trump, a skier-turned-businesswoman who formed half of a publicity power couple in the 1980s as the first wife of former President Donald Trump and mother of his oldest children, has died in New York City, her family...

Thu, 14 Jul 2022 17:27:08 -0500
Barbados gov't announces raft of new measures to ease burden
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Jul 14, CMC - The Barbados government Thursday announced a raft of new measures aimed at easing the burden on citizens as they deal with the increased cost of living occasioned by various global situations including...

Thu, 14 Jul 2022 16:28:50 -0500
ODPEM reminds citizens to be prepared for hurricane season
The Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) is reminding citizens to have a plan of action and be prepared this hurricane season. Addressing a disaster preparedness town hall hosted by the Ministry of Local Government and......

Thu, 14 Jul 2022 16:14:10 -0500
Body of Kingston Wharves worker found
The body of Scot Bamburry, the Kingston Wharves employee who fell overboard has been found. Bamburry reportedly fell overboard while performing stevedoring operations aboard a vessel on Tuesday night. In a released statement, Kingston Wharves...

Thu, 14 Jul 2022 14:58:13 -0500
56-y-o among two charged with abduction, rape
Two St Elizabeth men have been arrested and charged for the Abduction and Rape of a teenage girl in Vineyard district, in the parish. Charged are 26-year-old Troyan Lewis, otherwise called ‘Jubi’ and 56-year-old Andrew Miller,...

Thu, 14 Jul 2022 15:49:27 -0500
UK company offers summer classes to teens
UK-based communications company SMC has partnered with Jamaican teachers to offer free one-on-one tutoring to students from Jamaica, the United Kingdom, and South Africa, the company announced. In a released statement, the group said...

Thu, 14 Jul 2022 15:15:15 -0500
Kingston man charged with murder, illegal firearm
Twenty-six-year-old Kingston resident Andre Murray, otherwise called 'Andrew Blacks', was charged with murder and illegal possession of firearm and ammunition following an incident on Wild Street, Kingston 4 last month. Murray was...

Thu, 14 Jul 2022 05:01:44 -0500
Dream turns nightmare - University graduate who got job after STAR feature feared dead at sea
When Scot Bamburry landed a job as a stevedore at Kingston Wharves, the Wood Hall, Clarendon resident beamed with pride as he had finally got the chance to put his international shipping and logistics training to good use. Bamburry, 39, had...

Thu, 14 Jul 2022 05:01:49 -0500
Waterhouse hails heroine Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce has left an indelible mark on people wherever she goes around the world, ever since she announced herself on to the international scene at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China. She has inspired and touched the lives......

Thu, 14 Jul 2022 05:01:50 -0500
Fraser-Pryce academic scholarships changing lives
In 2018, Olympian Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce hosted the first SFP Hugh Senior 5K Run/Walk event to honour her late pastor of the Penwood Church of Christ in her beloved Waterhouse community of St Andrew. The proceeds from the event went to families....

Thu, 14 Jul 2022 05:01:48 -0500
Dad allegedly punches son for leaving house
A Corporate Area man allegedly thumped his child in his neck and slapped him twice in the face after he warned him not to be seen outside their home. The accused pleaded not guilty to assault occasioning actual bodily harm yesterday in the...



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