Jamaica Star
Wed, 03 Sep 2025 22:54:12 -0500JaVotes2025 | Holness back again! JLP locks third term
The Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) has clinched victory in the 2025 general election, securing a third consecutive term to govern the country. The win clears the way for Dr Andrew Holness to be sworn in once again as prime minister. This marks the....
Wed, 03 Sep 2025 19:22:13 -0500Independent candidate Black X cries foul over election symbol
Independent candidate in Westmoreland Eastern, Derrick 'Black X' Robinson, says his credibility has been undermined after his election symbol was changed without his consent. Robinson, who has no voice box following an operation, spoke to The...
Wed, 03 Sep 2025 17:54:14 -0500'Fake and Malicious': FID shuts down false claims about PM Holness
Fake. That's the word from the Financial Investigations Division (FID) in dismissing an image being circulated on social media platforms falsely claiming that it has ruled that Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness be charged for financial crimes. In.....
Wed, 03 Sep 2025 14:55:10 -0500Tears of joy flow from father of political candidate
WESTERN BUREAU: Tears of joy flowed freely down the cheeks of 75-year-old Egbert Burchell, as he made a Herculean effort to come out and see his daughter Nekeisha Burchell cast her vote in Garlands, St James, during Wednesday's general...
Wed, 03 Sep 2025 13:17:34 -0500Update | Body of 5-y-o Jahiar Spencer found
The search for five-year-old Jahiar Spencer ended in heartbreak this morning after his body was discovered in a manhole at the back of his yard on Maple Leaf Avenue, Kingston 10. According to police reports, the body was found around 6:48 a.m.....
Wed, 03 Sep 2025 12:53:04 -0500Injured but determined: Nerissa Allen votes despite foot injury in St Elizabeth North Eastern
Though still nursing an injury after a car ran over her foot last Friday, that did not stop Nerissa Allen from casting her vote in the St Elizabeth North Eastern constituency today. Allen hopped and skipped over the hilly terrain to ensure her...
Wed, 03 Sep 2025 12:29:04 -0500#JaVotes2025 | JLP's Rhoda Moy Crawford cites church and community backing as key to victory
Confident of retaining her seat as Member of Parliament for Manchester Central, incumbent Rhoda Moy Crawford says her assurance is strengthened by the overwhelming support she has been receiving from her constituents, including from the church...
Wed, 03 Sep 2025 11:45:04 -0500PNP supporter helps JLP driver after crash in St Elizabeth
Political unity was on display today in St Elizabeth as a People's National Party (PNP) supporter came to the assistance of a Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) supporter who was involved in a crash. The car crashed and overturned along the lonely New...
Wed, 03 Sep 2025 10:15:02 -0500Long waits in heat frustrate early-morning voters in St James West Central
Irritated voters at the St James West Central polling station in Catherine Hall are fuming this morning after enduring over an hour in the scorching heat just to cast their ballots. Several residents said that despite arriving as early as 6:50 a....
Wed, 03 Sep 2025 11:23:04 -0500JLP's Ian Ives eyes strong polling after uniting Manchester Southern supporters
Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) candidate for Manchester Southern, Ian Ives, says he has spent the last few months uniting supporters in the constituency and is expecting a strong showing at the polls today. "We are well united, and we are 100 per...
Wed, 03 Sep 2025 10:58:03 -0500Corruption, governance and family tradition pull out some voters in St Andrew Eastern
Corruption, the need for "clear governance and ideas", and family traditions are among the things that have nudged some voters in St Andrew Eastern to go out to cast their ballots in the ongoing general election. No incidents have been reported......
Wed, 03 Sep 2025 10:41:04 -0500Not on list, but on the ballot: UIC’ Jordan Cunningham takes leap of faith into politics
While he has been campaigning for residents of Hanover Eastern to vote for him, Jordan Cunningham, the candidate for the United Independent Congress (UIC), cannot vote for himself as he is not on the voter's list. Cunningham only recently...
Wed, 03 Sep 2025 10:43:04 -0500Cost of living, water woes drive some voters in Gregory Park
The cost of living and water were among the issues highlighted by voters who turned out at Gregory Park Primary School in St Catherine for election day to cast their ballots in the St Catherine East Central constituency. Supporters of the two...
Wed, 03 Sep 2025 10:22:04 -0500Help us locate 5-y-o Jahiar Spencer
Police are appealing for help to find five-year-old Jahiar Spencer of Maple Leaf Avenue, Kingston 10, who has been reported missing. Jahiar is of dark complexion, slim build, and about 3 feet 6 inches tall. Reports from the Half-Way Tree...
Wed, 03 Sep 2025 07:25:52 -0500Cardi B beats assault lawsuit in swift jury verdict
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Cardi B scored a decisive courtroom win on Tuesday after a California jury swiftly rejected claims from a former security guard who accused the rapper of assaulting her during a doctor's visit while pregnant in 2018. The jury....
Wed, 03 Sep 2025 05:01:18 -0500PTA head says no Clarks at schools
The principal of a Corporate Area high school has dismissed claims that the institution has banned Sprayground bags and Clarks shoes, following the circulation of a viral video suggesting otherwise. The principal confirmed there is no such...
Wed, 03 Sep 2025 14:29:11 -0500PNP supporters protest incumbent candidate's visit to polling station
On a street where families count their dead in whispers, grief turned to anger on Election Day as People's National Party (PNP) supporters protested the presence of incumbent Member of Parliament Donovan Williams inside a polling station at the...
Wed, 03 Sep 2025 12:20:00 -0500LA Lewis 'can't vote' but supports the PNP
Maroon emperor, Horace 'LA' Lewis, says that although he will not be dipping his finger in ink for today's general election, he is rallying support behind the People's National Party (PNP). "I am the Maroon emperor for the Nyankopong Maroon but I......
Wed, 03 Sep 2025 05:01:06 -0500iPhone bet spurs 13-y-o to ace CSEC English language
Kahlaliah Moore made a bold bet with her mother, Kayon Hutchinson-Moore - if she got a grade one in CSEC English language, then her mom would have to buy her an iPhone 16 Pro Max. Hutchinson-Moore said she instantly agreed, because even though...
Wed, 03 Sep 2025 05:01:21 -0500‘Election Day a fi mi Christmas’ - Downtown vendor ready for a PNP celebration
On Orange Street, Kingston, where campaign trucks and sound systems jostle for space with vendors, Sylvia Bryan's voice rose above the noise. Carefree and stylish with her freshly dyed, ginger-orange hair and her stall neatly packed away, the 63....