October 2, 2009
Star News


CHURCH SPLIT AFTER PASTOR FIRED
“A Clarendon church has been left divided and struggling to continue after a recent decision to dismiss its pastor because of revelations about his questionable past. Since the decision a few months ago.... read more
Aids rumour after incest charge

Residents of a St Ann community are worried that a teenage girl may have contracted the AIDS virus after being sexually molested by her stepfather.

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BRAZEN GUNMEN IN CAR CHASE ❒ Pursue taxi with injured men

Four determined gunmen recently sent pedestrians in New Bowens, Clarendon, scampering for cover when they chased and showered a taxi, transporting two men they earlier shot, with bullet.

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Cops kill grave robbers

Two brothers said to be among a group of men who last year stole a dead man's body from a grave, have been killed by the police in Westmoreland.

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Suspects held for backhoe burning released Gareth Davis Sr, Star Writer

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NWA road-repair programme moves to Portland

The National Works Agency (NWA) is conducting a programme of road repairs in sections of Portland, as it pursues its mandate of development and maintenance of roadways throughout the country.

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Cop summoned for withdrawn court case

There was confusion and humour at the Santa Cruz Resident Magistrate's Court yesterday when a police corporal was given a summons for a case which was withdrawn just moments earlier.

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Sydney Pagon wins agri quiz competition

In an exciting, nail-biting finish, Sydney Pagon Agricultural High School defeated defending champion Knockalva Agricultural High and newcomer, Ebony Park HEART Academy, to win the second Pesticides Awareness ....

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Mother needs help to save 2-y-o daughter's life

For some persons $40,000 may seem like a small amount of money but for two-year-old Nickiesha Lewis it is now a matter of life and death.

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Continuing civil suit after death

A man died this year three months after he filed a suit against the owner of a vehicle seeking damages for injuries he sustained during an accident.

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Accused murderer walks away a free man

A murder accused walked from court a free man yesterday after accusing the sole witness, who he said was a coke addict, of telling lies on him. Noel Simpson, 38, labourer from Kingston...

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Mop-related feud lands women in court

Two middle-aged looking women who allegedly got into a duel over a mop related argument found themselves before the gavel recently, one facing an assault charge and the other nursing a broken finger.

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Business community members to tackle crime increase in dowtown Kingston

Members of the downtown Kingston business community and the City Centre police recently held a meeting in an effort to tackle the increase in crime within the area. Inspector Percival Buddan of the City Centre Police Station...

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Tower Street man shot and killed

Craig Campbell, 24, of Tower Street, Kingston CSO, was shot and killed in his community by gunmen on Wednesday night.

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Machete attack lands stepdad in court

A man was brought to the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court on Wednesday on an executed warrant for assaulting his stepdaughter with a machete. The accused man, Maurice Campbell...

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Man sentenced for ganja possession at airport

A man who said he was unaware of ganja being in his luggage at the Norman Manley International Airport was sentenced in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court on Wednesday.

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