June 10, 2011
Star News


OBEAH OR SKIN DISEASE? - Woman says evil people gave her condition
“A Clarendon woman who recently recovered from a skin condition which she says prescribed medicine failed to remedy believes the condition may have been a result of obeah. Michelle Blaketold THE WEEKEND STAR..... read more
Cops probing robbery, abduction case

The police are now investigating an incident that occurred on Wednesday when a man was held up at gunpoint, robbed and then abducted. Information reaching THE WEEKEND STAR is that about 9 p.m., the man was held up by two gunmen...

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Woman accused of burning down house offered bail

A woman accused of burning down a house she previously shared with her sister was offered $30,000 bail with surety in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court yesterday...

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Nelson congratulates correctional officers

In endorsing the need for educational growth in all national security related entities, Minister of National Security, Dwight Nelson, has congratulated the 20 correctional officers who received tertiary...

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RGD bedside registration capturing fathers' particulars

The Registrar General's Department (RGD) bedside registration initiative increased birth registrations with fathers' particulars being captured from 52 to 70 per cent in 2010.

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Bails extended in Digicel battery theft case

Three men charged with the larceny of nine batteries from Digicel cell sites had their bails extended in the Spanish Town Resident Magistrate's Court on Wednesday. ...

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32-y-o imprisoned for forgery

A 32-year-old man who forged the signatures of several persons in his bid to get a seized vehicle released was sentenced to 18 months' imprisonment for his effort....

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Truck plunges into Rio Cobre

A motorist is now hospitalised after he disobeyed orders to avoid the Bog Walk gorge and his truck plunged into the Rio Cobre...

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Bus driver maintains innocence in bribery case

A bus driver who is accused of trying to bribe a policeman who issued him a traffic ticket maintained his innocence yesterday and is to return to the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court...

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Accused charged with larceny

Kingston man who is accused of finding $15,000 which fell from the pocket of a man in his view and not returning the money appeared in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court yesterday charged with larceny by.

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Bars To Go and Red Stripe offer free training

After three successful programmes, the Bars To Go Training Institute and Red Stripe have renewed their partnership to engineer the fourth instalment of their Diageo Learning For Life initiative....

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Chain grabber admits to crime

WESTERN BUREAU: The intended trial for an accused chain-snatcher ended with him being remanded until June 29, after he changed his plea to guilty. Adrian McKinley, an 18-year-old student of Norwood...

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