November 26, 2010
Star News


PASTOR BREAKS STRIPPER'S HEART
“A pastor in Spanish Town, St Catherine, recently felt the wrath of an out-of-control exotic dancer who claimed that he had broken her heart. THE WEEKEND STAR learnt that on November 17, about 3 a.m..... read more
17-Y-O KILLED IN LOVE TRIANGLE - Attacked by girlfriend's other man

A love triangle is believed to have sparked the death of 17-year-old Najay Gentles who was stabbed to death last Friday after visiting the home of his teenage girlfriend who had warned him not to do so...

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Journalist shot in robbery attempt

WESTERN BUREAU: The St James Police High Command have signalled that there is a connection between the recent spate of robberies unfolding in the division and persons who once lived lavish lifestyles from the lottery scam.

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Residents call for more police protection

Residents of the Vineyards Housing Scheme in St Catherine are calling on the police for more protection following the murder of a 21-year-old man on Monday.

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Ex-soldier arrested for illegal gun, ammo

A former member of the Jamaica Defence Force was arrested yesterday following the seizure of an illegal firearm and ammunition at his home in St Mary.

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Suspect nabbed in schoolboy footballer murder case

The police have nabbed a suspect in connection with the death of 17-year-old schoolboy footballer Okeeffee Lewis and his stepdad who were killed and their home torched in Newlands in Portmore...

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Cop and two men arrested for kidnapping

The three men, including a policeman, who were arrested on Monday following the kidnapping attempt of a 17-year-old boy in St Elizabeth, have not yet been charged.

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Domestic-violence training for civil sevants

Sixty persons in the Kingston Western police division, including police officers, teachers, social and health-care workers are now trained to offer meaningful support to both victims and perpetrators..

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Ascot Primary School robbed - Third institution in four days

Yet another school has been robbed as it now seems thieves have made it their duty to prey on these institutions around the island. The latest break-in occurred at the Ascot Primary School in Portmore, St Catherine....

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Three months' sentence for stolen breadfruit

A man who stole three green breadfruit from a tree was sentenced to three months in prison in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court yesterday.

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Father and daughter reunite

After searching for her birth father for eight years, 22-year-old Kay Ann Phipps says she has received a call from her father, a day after her story was published in THE WEEKEND STAR...

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Manchioneal police nab three

Three men are now in custody at the Manchioneal Police Station in Portland for allegedly robbing a mini-supermarket at Zion Hill on Tuesday. The men were travelling in a bus heading towards St Thomas, when it was stopped and searched...

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Deportee seeks compensation

A man who went to Canada on a farm work programme in 2003, overstayed his time and according to him, unjustly imprisoned for seven months for robbing a bank, is now seeking compensation after being deported...

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Wholesale robbed of cash and kind

Two armed men robbed a wholesale over the weekend of over $140,000 in cash and kind. The incident reportedly happened on Upper Elletson Road on Saturday.

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Inmate killed in jail

An inmate of the St Catherine Adult Correctional Centre was killed by another inmate yesterday....

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'Death car' driver has bail extended

The driver of the Honda motor car, Neville Graham, who ran into a bus stop along Spanish Town Road on October 24, killing two women, had his bail extended in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court...

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CARIMAC launches safe-driving workshop

Several crashes have claimed the lives of at least eight students from the University of the West Indies (UWI), The University of Technology, Jamaica and The Northern Caribbean University this...

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