April 20, 2009
Star News

Hijack Ends
“A hostage stand-off at the Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay, St James that lasted over nine and a half hours, ended after 6 a.m. this morning when members of the military and police stormed the aircraft and overpowered the hijacker.. read more
CRIME-FREE ROAD MARCH

Though there were not any major reported incidents during yesterday's Bacchanal Jamaica Carnival Road March,....

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Cop among 4 killed in accidents

A police constable is among at least four people who died as a result of motor-vehicle accidents on the weekend. The cop, Rodney Thompson of the Mobile Reserve Division, was killed along the McCooks Pen ...

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Gunmen wreaked havoc in Salt Spring

Eight armed men wreaked havoc at a wake which was being held in Salt Spring, St James, yesterday, opening fire on those present and shooting six men, three fatally.

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Court case leads to suicide

Investigators from St Elizabeth are probing reports that a man from the parish killed himself because he had a case before the courts. Sixty-six-year-old Alpheous Smith of Elderslie in the parish died at the Black River Hospital....

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Causewell's bail extended

Supreme Court Judge Martin Gayle yesterday extended the bail of 32-year-old St Andrew businessman Steven Causewell who is charged with the murder of his 28-year-old ex-girlfriend Nordia Mitchell.

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Protected by God

Anika Kirby proudly turned up at the Sharon Baptist Church, recently, to have her son, Samuel Hutchinson, christened by Rev-erend Jacob Powell. She told THE STAR that she felt good knowing that her son was blessed and has the full protection...

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