DEEJAYS BEATEN AT SHOW
Two deejays and a sound- system selector were held and beaten early Sunday morning after another deejay failed to show up at a dance in Whithorn, Westmoreland, THE STAR understands. Reports reaching THE STAR are that a popular deejay...
Burning Spear wins Grammy
Reggae artiste Burning Spear last night copped the 2009 Grammy award for Best Reggae album for his CD, Jah Is Real. With a record 12th nomination for a Grammy Award (most in the reggae genre) and a previous win...
Dressmaker on assault charge gets bail extention
WESTERN BUREAU A dressmaker accused of assaulting a policewoman had her bail extended until March 13 in the Montego Bay Resident Magistrate's Court last Thursday. Joan Thomas, 50, pleaded guilty to assault occasioning bodily harm...
Mackerel insect was a crustacean
Investigations by Lasco Distributors have found that the five-legged creature said to be found in a tin of mackerel by a consumer was a crustacean. In a release, the company said after investigations it found...
Cyclist killed
A 48-year-old man who was riding his bicycle along the Bullstrode main road in Westmoreland died as a result of injuries he sustained after he collided with a motor car on Saturday night.
One dead, another injured in freak accident
A 62-year-old man was killed and another man injured in an incident at a excavation site at Hollywood in Mammee Bay, St Ann, Saturday. The incident happened when dirt from a trench the men were in caved in and covered them...
Chris Brown assault probe
LOS ANGELES (AP) A pall was cast over the Grammys on Sunday night when police said just 90 minutes before the show began that they were investigating nominee Chris Brown for allegedly attacking a woman the night before.
One dead, five injured in motor-vehicle crash
Five persons are now counting their blessings after a vehicle in which they were travelling crashed into a shop in May Pen, Clarendon, on Saturday. A 55-year-old woman does not have that chance, however.
Cops hunt alleged murderer
The Hunts Bay police are now trying to obtain the identity of a woman who is allegedly responsible for the fatal stabbing of another woman at Chisholm Avenue, Kinston 13, on Saturday.
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