New trucks, old stress
A large number of the 16 new trucks distributed approximately two months ago to fire stations to help solve shortage issues, have been malfunctioning. Firefighters say the trucks have a host of problems....
Fix it please
In the Star's quest to initiate change and acknowledge improvements, we will be identifying a problem and focusing on it until it is fixed. Last Friday, we highlighted a sidewalk on North Street that has a massive break running...
New witness reopens case
WESTERN BUREAU: A new witness has come forward in the case against 23- year-old Anthony Christie, of Bottom Pen, St. James, who is charged with the murder of Davel Taylor in the community. The case was adjourned sine die in August...
Police sick-out severely affecting rural parishes
More than 2,000 of our lawmen are now at their homes on sick-out, in a continued move to force the Government to settle wage negotiations. As each day passes, police command laments that the numbers of officers not reporting to duty continues...
Too many illegal connections
Despite several cam-paigns urging cooperation, the National Water Commission (NWC) continues to face problems with customers who refuse to pay for the service. Corporate Public Relations Manager Charles Buchanan says ...
Missing man's family fears the worst
Almost four months after his brother Oneil mysteriously disappeared, Christopher Creary is just as worried today as he was then. Oniel, who operated a stall off South Camp Road, Kingston, and a taxi from Duke Street to Yallahs...
Was murdered cop corrupt?
Were greed and stolen cash the reasons behind the gruesome murder of Constable Richard Taylor? Although police would neither confirm or deny new surfacing information on the days leading up to Taylor's murder...
Carpenter faces murder, shooting charges
Clarendon: Twenty-four-year-old Dwayne Reid, a carpenter from Nelson Street, May Pen, Clarendon, is booked to appear in the May Pen Resident Magistrate's Court today, to answer to the murder of 24-year-old Troy Powell of Rhules Pen, Palmer's Cross...
Man shot dead on Paul Bogle Drive
St. Thomas: Twenty-nine-year-old Germaine McCurrie, otherwise known as 'Jubba,' from Mt. Lebanus district, St. Thomas, was shot and killed by two assailants on Paul Bogle Drive, Red Hills, in the parish on Monday.
'Ninja' succumbs to stab wounds
Orville Brooks, otherwise called 'Ninja,' died from injuries he sustained during an altercation with another man on Old Hope Road, St. Andrew, on Friday. Brooks, from an Old Hope Road address, succumbed to the injuries....
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