April 14, 2009
Star News

BEAST ATTACKS GIRL, FARMER - Cops launch hunt for creature
“The Port Morant Police in St Thomas have a frightful beast on their hands if the stories of a nine-year-old girl and a local farmer turn out to be true. The police are now investigating reports that a creature, described as a tall, bushy beast.... read more
Hearse kills mourner at burial

What should have been a simple funeral procession along the Barbary Hall main road, St Elizabeth, last Saturday has left the Constantine family of Watchwell district in that parish swimming in an ocean of sorrowful...

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Maroon assaults BBC crew?

A group of journalists from the British Broadcasting Corpo-ration (BBC) who went to the Accompong Maroon settlement in St Elizabeth yesterday, were allegedly attacked by a member of the community....

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Thief chased and killed by mob

An unidentified man was chased and killed by an angry mob after he reportedly grabbed a woman's handbag on Lyndhurst Road on Sunday. The man is believed to be in his mid-twenties, dark-skinned, medium build and about 175 centimetres tall.

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Ninja's son in police custody

The son of dancehall artiste, Desmond Ballentine, more popularly known as Ninja Man, is now in police custody facing a possible murder charge this week. The teen, whose name is being withheld pending further ...

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Constable arrested in sting operation

A constable accused of demanding $150,000 from a complainant in order to end a case, was arrested last week during a sting operation. The policeman has not yet been charged, but is currently being held at the Grants Pen lock up ...

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Darliston residents block road over police shooting

Darliston in the eastern hills of Westmoreland was on Sunday the scene of an intense protest as citizens expressed their disgust of the fatal shooting of a man they say was killed innocently and in cold blood by the police.

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School land mix-up? - Principal accuses agency of attempting to swindle leased property

The principal of the Institute of Motivational Training, formerly Shortwood Community College, is angry about what he claims is an attempt by the National Land Agency (NLA) to 'repossess' land which had been leased to him for the construction of a school

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