May 25, 2012
Star News


Busy US bound - Waives right to extradition hearing
“The lawyer for Jamaican entertainer Busy Signal has warned that US authorities cannot resurrect drug-related charges against his client after he is extradited... . read more
Teens abducted, molested by women

One of two St Catherine women who were yesterday found by cops with two underage girls at their home has been charged with grievous sexual assault...

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Special constable on corruption charge gets bail

A special constable charged with breaching the Corruption Prevention Act was yesterday offered bail in the sum of $200,000 with surety in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court....

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Roadway causes health hazard

Residents and motorists who traverse the Kew Road and Ballater Avenue intersection have been complaining for decades to the relevant authorities to conduct well-needed repair work...

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Escapee back in custody

A man who escaped from the Spanish Town police on Tuesday is now back in custody. He is Dervan Cohen, otherwise called 'Tank Cleaner', 19-year-old of Job Lane, Spanish Town, St Catherine...

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Mutilated body found

The mutilated body of an unidentified man rumoured to be a homosexual was discovered on Dumfries Road in New Kingston about 8 a.m. yesterday by passers-by on their way to work....

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Babymother stabbed in face on Mother's Day

A fine of $50,000 or six months' imprisonment were the options given to a man charged with unlawful wounding when he appeared in the Corporate Area ...

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Man fined $20,000 over fingernail

A man was fined $20,000 by Senior Resident Magistrate Judith Pusey for unlawful wounding in a Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court recently.

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JUTC drivers to be retrained

Drivers employed to the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) are to be retrained under a safe driving campaign, Transport, Works and Housing Minister Dr Omar Davies has announced...

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RELIEF - Limit to Christiana main road gets a new look

For almost two years, users of the Limit to Christiana main road in Manchester called for that thoroughfare to be repaired but to no avail. Well, their calls have finally been answered....

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A modernised Road Traffic Act by 2013 - Davies

Transport, works and housing minister, Hon Dr Omar Davies, has said Jamaica should have a modernised Road Traffic Act and Regulations by the end of 2013.

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BETTER PARKING at Spaldings Branch Library

Users of the Spaldings Branch Library in Clarendon, particularly those who drive, now have a better parking facility following an upgrading project which was carried out on the premises by Member of Parliament (MP)...

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Minister pushes for new fuel source

Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining Phillip Paulwell has underscored the deep sense of urgency with which the Government is moving to deal with the high level of energy costs that is affecting the country.

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