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Thu, 10 Nov 2022 17:56:11 -0500
‘Dora’ charged with murder
Twenty-six-year-old St Catherine resident Donel Davis otherwise called 'Dora', has been charged with murder after she allegedly used an ice pick to stab a teenager in the parish last Saturday. The Riversdale police say Davis had a dispute...

Thu, 10 Nov 2022 17:48:22 -0500
Famers accused of robbing 'Beachy Stout' granted bail
Two farmers who are accused of stealing more than US$200,000 from a bank account belonging to murder accused Everton 'Beachy Stout' McDonald, were offered $900,000 bail today. Romane James, 22, and Demar Bryce, 21, were...

Thu, 10 Nov 2022 12:53:57 -0500
Significant progress made in fight against HIV
Significant progress has been made to end the status of HIV (the virus that causes AIDS) as a national prevailing health threat, says Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Juliet Cuthbert-Flynn. Mrs Cuthbert-Flynn, who was...

Thu, 10 Nov 2022 12:50:26 -0500
Cruise ship passengers arrested in $130M cocaine bust
The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) has confirmed that eight American cruise ship passengers have been arrested, after allegedly trying to leave Jamaica with cocaine valued approximately $130 million. The police believe the passengers are part of.....

Thu, 10 Nov 2022 12:40:54 -0500
PM says images of flooding in storm-hit Abaco, Grand Bahama heartbreaking
Bahamian Prime Minister Philip Davis has described as heartbreaking, images of the impact of Hurricane Nicole and promised that assessing the damage will be a priority for him on his return from the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27).....

Thu, 10 Nov 2022 12:36:21 -0500
Snoop Dogg biopic is in development with Universal Pictures
NEW YORK (AP) -- Snoop Dogg is getting a big-screen biopic. Universal Pictures announced Wednesday that the studio is developing a film about Snoop Dogg's life to be produced by the 51-year-old rapper. The film will be written by Joe...

Thu, 10 Nov 2022 12:32:54 -0500
Unidentified woman's body found along Port Royal main road
Investigators attached to the East Kingston Police Station are currently combing a section of the Port Royal main road for clues, after the body of a female was found earlier today. The STAR understands that the body was found at a section of...

Thu, 10 Nov 2022 05:02:30 -0500
Kingston 11 residents dream of new homes
As he stood with dozens of other residents on Howard Avenue in Kingston 11, garbage collector Germaine McFarlane hoped that when finished he will receive one of the 248 studio dwellings of the Howard Apartments development. The 40-year-old...

Thu, 10 Nov 2022 05:02:23 -0500
Rockfort teen spurred on by passion for fashion
Hailing from the Rockfort community in east Kingston, the mother-daughter duo of Pebbles King and Jahchrisi Beadle has long been driven by their mutual love for fashion. King, who has been a fashion designer for more than two decades, told THE......

Thu, 10 Nov 2022 05:02:27 -0500
Mechanic steps up to being his own boss
Prior to being exposed to training in entrepreneurship, Andre Allen was contented to work as a mechanic for an engineering company, Power Services in Mandeville, Manchester. But Allen, who hails from the troubled community of Top Greenvale in...

Thu, 10 Nov 2022 05:02:37 -0500
Husband arrested for wife’s murder
A Hanover woman who met her husband on a social media dating site is now dead, and her partner has been labelled by the police as the suspect in her killing. The deceased woman, 35-year-old Judeen Smith-Greyson, a chef of Logwood district,...

Thu, 10 Nov 2022 05:02:32 -0500
Rifle turned in under gun amnesty
An assault rifle was handed over to the Port Maria police in St Mary yesterday, in what Police Commissioner Major General Antony Anderson said is a clear signal that illegal firearm holders are willing to make use of the current gun amnesty that......

Thu, 10 Nov 2022 05:02:31 -0500
Road deaths projected to be second highest in history
"There are about 70 people who are alive right now that will be dead on December 31st," is the startling revelation declared by Dr Parris Lyew-Ayee, vice-president of the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica. A staggering 392 persons have died.....

Thu, 10 Nov 2022 05:02:26 -0500
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China preparing for war President Xi Jinping has ordered the Chinese military to prepare for war. The president has warned that the country's national security is facing "increased instability and uncertainty" as he made the declaration...

Wed, 09 Nov 2022 16:20:44 -0500
Usain Bolt foundation donates printers to schools
Primary schools are to benefit from 125 Epson printers donated by the Usain Bolt Foundation to assist in the provision of worksheets and prints from textbooks to students. The Foundation is involved in a two-year partnership with Epson, and during.....

Wed, 09 Nov 2022 16:06:06 -0500
Phased reoccupation of Cornwall Regional Hospital to begin next year
Reoccupation of the main building at Cornwall Regional Hospital in Montego Bay, St. James, is expected to commence on a phased basis next year. Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr Christopher Tufton, made the disclosure while giving an update on...

Wed, 09 Nov 2022 13:38:15 -0500
Spice doing well following recent medical scare
Queen of the Dancehall Grace ‘Spice’ Hamilton says she is in a “better space” following a recent health scare. 

Wed, 09 Nov 2022 11:25:53 -0500
Body of Hanover chef found decomposing, husband taken into custody
A Hanover man has been taking into police custody for questioning, after this wife's decomposing body was found with several stab wounds at her home in Logwood district in the parish on Tuesday. Dead is 35-year-old chef Judeen Smith-Greyson...

Wed, 09 Nov 2022 11:56:36 -0500
Senior JDF officer implicated in sex scandal back on the island
The senior officer of the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) who was accused of several acts of sexual misconduct towards his female colleagues is back in the country, law enforcement sources have revealed. He reportedly returned last...

Wed, 09 Nov 2022 11:36:06 -0500
Police hunt for missing 18-y-o student
The police are on the hunt for missing 18-year-old student Shantaya Hall of Mount Lebanon in Mavis Bank, St Andrew. According to the Mavis bank Police, Hall was last seen about 5:30 a.m. on Tuesday when she left home for school. She was reported...



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