January 23, 2012
Star News


14-y-o raped on cruise ship - Cops arrest Jamaican
“A Jamaican man who reportedly admitted to having sexual relations with a 14-year-old girl on a cruise claiming that he was under the impression that she was a 16-year-old has been indicted on a single count of sexual abuse of a minor.... . read more
Coach remains in custody

A 26-year-old swim coach remains in police custody after being accused of stabbing a former male student of the University of Technology on Saturday night.

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Residents beat robber, hand over money

There was sheer excitement in Bog Walk, St Catherine, on Friday, after residents chased, held and beat a man moments after he robbed a man of $100,000. ...

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Farmer accused of shooting convicted

A St Thomas farmer accused of shooting another farmer after a confrontation over a goat was convicted in the Gun Court last Thursday...

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Digicel's 'Rappa-Pam-Pam Dis Christmas' winners named

Fourteen lucky Digicel customers - one from each parish - walked away with $1 million last Thursday night when they were named winners of Digicel's 'Rappa-Pam-Pam Dis Christmas' promotion...

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14-y-o missing

An Ananda Alert has been activated for 14-year-old Britaney Bailey, otherwise called 'British', of Morrison Avenue, Kingston 11, who has been reported missing from home...

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Inflation lowest for the previous five years

The latest data released by the Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN) indicates that the inflation rate for the calendar year 2011 was six per cent, the lowest for the previous five years...

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Labourer freed after cross-examination

A man who was accused of hitting a police sergeant with a stone during a roadblock was freed by a jury in the St Catherine Circuit Court last Friday.

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Pickersgill targets 85 per cent islandwide piped water coverage

Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change Robert Pickersgill has informed that about 70 per cent of the island has piped water, and the aim...

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Trial for ex-police begins

The trial for the ex-police constable accused of stealing an electronic notebook from a house in St Catherine began in the Spanish Town Resident Magistrate's Court on Friday...

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Kavern Myrie missing

Twenty-six-year-old Kavern Myrie of Phase One, Seaview Gardens, Kingston 11 has been reported missing from home since Monday, January 16.

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Parents of toddler charged with concealment of death

The parents of the toddler who were taken into police custody after their two-year-son's partially decomposed body was found in a suitcase at their home last Sunday have been charged...

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Phillips: there will be no policy of high interest rates

Minister of Finance, Planning and the Public Service Peter Phillips while calming fears that the new administration might implement policies which will generate high interest rates, advises...

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Boj to redeem currency issued

The Bank of Jamaica (BoJ) has indicated that most of the currency issued during December 2011 will be redeemed during January 2012....

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Ananda Alert - Kimesha Powell missing

An Ananda Alert has been activated for 15-year-old Kimesha Powell, otherwise called 'Quety', of Saunders Crescent, Kingston 11, who has been reported missing from home since Thursday, January 19...

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Woman on fraud charge granted bail

A St Catherine woman who appeared in the Spanish Town Resident Magistrate's Court on fraud charges was granted $500,000 bail last Tuesday.

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39-y-o killed by motor car

Thirty-nine-year-old Roger Beswick of Mount Ararat in Runaway Bay, St Ann, died as a result of injuries he received when he was hit by a motorcar on the Salem main road...

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