June 2, 2011
Star News


No rapture, no job - Preacher fired but doesn't want pity
“Doomsday preacher, Michael Lewis, the man who came on local television predicting May 21 to be Judgement Day is now without a job after being fired but he is asking Jamaicans not to feel sorry for him. Lewis, who was an auditor.... read more
BUSHMAN GETS BAIL

Popular reggae singer Dwight 'Bushman' Duncan was granted station bail yesterday after he was taken into police custody on Tuesday. According to reports from the police, a Yallahs ...

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Three men charged for May murders

Three men have so far been charged for the May murders of 24-year-old Keymian Munroe, of Delve Bridge and Rohan Jones Jr of a Savanna-la-Mar address, both in Westmoreland.

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SLB extends amnesty

The amnesty programme being offered by the Students' Loan Bureau (SLB) that should have come to a close on Tuesday has been extended for another three months, THE STAR has learnt...

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Drunken plea in theft case

One of two men charged with larceny from a motor vehicle was sentenced to six months in prison at hard labour in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court on Tuesday.

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Cocaine seized in raid

Thirteen packages of cocaine weighing approximately 13 kilograms (28.6lb) with a street value of over $31.8 million were seized during a joint operation by the Contraband Enforcement Team and members of the Transnational...

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Sales rep denies stealing money

A sales representative from Manchester who is on embezzlement charges pleaded not guilty in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court yesterday....

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Higgler says drugs not hers

A higgler charged with possession of crack cocaine pleaded not guilty and had her bail extended when the matter was mentioned in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court on Tuesday.

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Businessman faces fraud charges

Linstead businessman Sean Green who was before the court facing fraud and money-laundering charges was fined a total of $500,000 or three years in prison on all charges in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's court on Monday.

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Man arrested for simple larceny

A man accused of trying to steal a motor-vehicle battery in front of the Hunts Bay Police Station in Kingston, openly admitted to being a substance abuser in court and was remanded until June 3 for sentencing.

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Number of paediatric AIDS deaths declines

There has been a 31 per cent decline in the number of paediatric AIDS deaths since 2006, Minister of Health Rudyard Spencer has informed...

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Man gets two years for stolen truck parts

A man who was to return to the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court on Tuesday with a sum of money to pay over to a complainant whose truck parts were stolen, failed to do so and was sentenced...

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