BURGLARY AND LARCENY CHARGES HAVE BEEN LAID AGAINST 52-YEAR-OLD PORTLAND LABOURER WAYNE HARNETT, OTHERWISE CALLED ‘TOUCHE’, FOR STEALING A MAN’S IPHONE CELL PHONE THROUGH A WINDOW WHILE HE ...
APPROXIMATELY 50 STUDENTS AT ST ANDREW HIGH SCHOOL FOR GIRLS SAT THE ROAD CODE TEST ON TUESDAY, BECOMING THE FIRST CORPORATE AREA INSTITUTION AND THE FIRST ALL-GIRLS SCHOOL TO TAKE THE TEST.
https://jamaica-star.com/article/news/20240426/50-st-andrew-high-school-students-take-road-code-test
BROCKTON, MASS. (AP) — A MASSACHUSETTS MAN WHO TOLD POLICE HE WAS EXORCISING A DEMON AND PERFORMING A BAPTISM WHEN HE SHOVED HIS FATHER’S HEAD UNDER WATER MULTIPLE TIMES HAS BEEN CONVICTED OF...
RAFAH, GAZA STRIP (AP) — A PREMATURE PALESTINIAN INFANT, RESCUED FROM HER MOTHER’S WOMB SHORTLY AFTER THE WOMAN WAS KILLED IN AN ISRAELI AIRSTRIKE, HAS DIED, HER UNCLE SAID FRIDAY.
THERE IS NOW A DELAY IN THE ISSUANCE OF FITNESS CERTIFICATES TO DRIVERS. The Island Traffic Authority says this is due to challenges with its system.
https://jamaica-star.com/article/news/20240426/drivers-facing-delay-getting-fitness-certificates
A corporate area man, who punched a woman in her face for describing him as a 'frowsy' man, has agreed to compensate her for the injuries she sustained. When the matter came up in the Kingston an...
A teacher at a Corporate Area high school has decided to leave his job, claiming that he now suffers from post traumatic stress disorder, following a physical altercation with a colleague on the ...
https://jamaica-star.com/article/news/20240426/teacher-beats-colleague-outside-staff-meeting
Twelve motor cars have been added to the fleet of the Transport Authority, which will be used to improve the authority's capacity to monitor and regulate the public transportation sector. Managin...
https://jamaica-star.com/article/news/20240426/transport-authority-gets-12-vehicles
Residents in Myrtle Way, Portmore, St Catherine, are benefiting from a zinc fence removal project, under the Government's community renewal intervention programme. Member of Parliament (MP) for S...
https://jamaica-star.com/article/news/20240426/portmore-community-benefiting-zinc-removal-project
A woman, who pepper-sprayed her neighbour during a confrontation at her home, is to return to the St James Parish Court on May 15 when the case against her is slated to continue. On Thursday, the...
https://jamaica-star.com/article/news/20240426/accused-pepper-spray-case-claims-self-defence
Fifteen young Jamaicans have gained scholarships to pursue tertiary training in medicine, nursing and civil engineering in the Republic of Cuba, under the Jamaica-Cuba Bilateral Scholarship Progr...
https://jamaica-star.com/article/news/20240426/j%E2%80%99cans-receive-scholarships-study-cuba
Shortly after selling several shirts and hats to a customer, TikToker Derrick Morgan said he was robbed of his day's sale on Wednesday. Morgan said his 'money bag' was snatched by one member of a...
https://jamaica-star.com/article/news/20240426/tiktoker-derrick-morgan-cries-foul-after-being-robbed
Approximately 25,700 electronic vouchers (e-vouchers) have been issued to educators under the ongoing 'Own Your Own Device' (OYOD) initiative'. This is a joint initiative between e-Learning Jamai...
Labour and Social Security Minister Pearnel Charles Jr says the Government is committed to fostering a vibrant and inclusive workforce, which he says is critical to partner, discuss and deliberat...
https://jamaica-star.com/article/news/20240426/charles-jr-batting-risk-youth
The Government is putting measures in place to ensure that citizens in western Jamaica have adequate access to water and that schools and businesses are not disrupted. Minister without Portfolio ...
https://jamaica-star.com/article/news/20240426/gov%E2%80%99t-tackling-water-issues-western-jamaica
BAIL WAS TODAY GRANTED TO THE 14-YEAR-OLD IRWIN HIGH SCHOOLBOY CHARGED WITH THE STABBING DEATH OF HIS SCHOOLMATE 15-YEAR-OLD RANIEL PLUMMER. The case was heard in the St James Family Court.
A TEEN BOY HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH MURDER FOLLOWING THE FATAL STABBING OF 15-YEAR-OLD RANIEL PLUMMER OUTSIDE THEIR SCHOOL GATE AT IRWIN HIGH SCHOOL IN ST JAMES.
https://jamaica-star.com/article/news/20240425/irwin-high-schoolboy-charged-murder
UNITED STATES HEALTH OFFICIALS HAVE ISSUED A WARNING ABOUT COUNTERFEIT BOTOX INJECTIONS THAT HAVE SICKENED 22 PEOPLE.
https://jamaica-star.com/article/news/20240425/us-health-officials-warn-counterfeit-botox-injections
GEORGETOWN, GUYANA, CMC – THE CHEDDI JAGAN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IN GUYANA ON THURSDAY REPORTED THE SUCCESSFUL RECOVERY OF US$5,500 FOR A PASSENGER.
MOTORCYCLISTS IN WESTMORELAND, PARTICULARLY YOUNG MEN, ARE BEING ENCOURAGED TO WEAR A HELMET WHEN RIDING THEIR BIKES, IN ORDER TO REDUCE THE RISK OF SUSTAINING HEAD INJURIES IN THE EVENT OF AN AC...
https://jamaica-star.com/article/news/20240425/motorcyclists-westmoreland-urged-wear-helmets