July 11, 2011
Star News


DRAMA SURROUNDS WOMAN'S DEATH - Rumours claim she fell from bed - Hospital denies incident
“The family of a 44-year-old woman who died at the Kingston Public Hospital recently is enraged at the rumour that their loved one allegedly fell from her sickbed breaking her skull. Information reaching THE STAR is that the family.... read more
MURDER ON HOLY GROUNDS! Man killed in attack at church

The murder of a caretaker on a church compound in Spanish Town on Saturday has plunged the church community into mourning. Dead is Keith ''Brother Brown' Brown, believed to be about 48, from Port Henderson Road, St Catherine...

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Steps-to-Work summer camp for high-school dropouts

The Ministries of Labour and Social Security, and Youth, Sports, and Culture are cooperating on the Steps-to-Work summer camp to give some 1,300 high-school dropouts, ages 15 to 18...

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Montego Bay Metro bus company gets new vehicles

Minister of Transport and Works, Michael Henry, handed over two 53-seater Volvo buses, valued at US$600,000, to the Montego Bay Metro bus company last Thursday...

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Accused mobbed, killed and set ablaze

Police in Westmoreland yesterday confirmed that a man who was accused of killing his girlfriend and her mother during a dispute in Farm district in Bluefields in the parish was hacked to death and his body set.

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Gold trader remanded

A cash-for-gold trader charged with attempted robbery pleaded not guilty and was remanded when he appeared in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court on Friday.

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Siblings' bails extended

Two siblings charged with extracting electricity pleaded not guilty and had their bails extended until September 5 when they appeared in court on Friday...

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Cops issue warning of possible toxic leak

Police last night advised residents of the Pennants community in Chapleton, Clarendon, that there might be a leak from a tank containing a toxic substance.

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Accused mobbed, killed and set ablaze

Police in Westmoreland yesterday confirmed that a man who was accused of killing his girlfriend and her mother during a dispute in Farm district in Bluefields in the parish was hacked to death and his body set...

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Mother charged with manslaughter bail extended

The mother of the twin girls who perished in a fire at their Kingston 2 home some four months ago had her bail extended in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court on Friday.

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JPS problem affecting NWC operations

The National Water Commission (NWC) says that a Jamaica Public Service problem is affecting operations at the Eastern Headworks and Tulloch Springs facilities...

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Minister Grange addresses challenges facing children

Youth, Sports and Culture Minister, Hon Olivia Grange, says exposure to armed violence, sexual abuse and exploitation, particularly for commercial purposes, are some of the major challenges...

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All urged to aid in ridding commercial sexual exploitation of children

Minister of Health, Rudyard Spencer, has appealed for a collaborative effort from a wider cross section of stakeholders to rid the society of the commercial sexual exploitation...

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