June 11, 2012
Star News


Freaky website is back❒ Returns despite attempts to close it down
“Creators of the infamous Jamaican Girls Exposed website have rekindled their efforts to expose more explicit pictures of local females, and have created another website despite efforts from the police to put an end.... read more
High-powered weapons found in tivoli gardens

Three high-powered weapons were found by police in Tivoli Garden, west Kingston, on Saturday night. The weapons, two 50-calibre rifles and a M-14 rifle, were found along with 600 rounds of 7.62 ammunition.

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Man accused of murder arrested

A man who is accused of stabbing his stepson to death was remanded in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court on Friday...

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Woman fined for shoplifting

After begging and pleading for a non-custodial sentence for her client, a female attorney was successful in getting her to be fined $25,000 for shoplifting.

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Three charged with breaches of the Pharmaceutical Act

Three family members who were recently taken into custody in connection with an illegal pharmacy were charged on the weekend with breaches of the Pharmaceutical Act.

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Thwaites warns teens about gambling

Minister of Education, Reverend Ronald Thwaites, is encouraging adolescents to refrain from participating in underage gambling, as this may lead to other unhealthy habits such as substance abuse...

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Boxed for oral sex rumours

WESTERN BUREAU: Laughter broke out in the Montego Bay Resident Magistrate's Court when a man admitted to smacking his girlfriend because she told co-workers he was doing oral sex...

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Jamaica joins in World Blood Donor Day 2012 activities

Several activities have been organised by countries worldwide, including Jamaica, to commemorate World Blood Donor Day 2012, which will be observed on Thursday.

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Woman eaten by rats?

A woman who is said to be of unsound mind was found dead in Tawes Pen, Spanish Town, St Catherine, yesterday...

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Female accused of assault pleads not guilty

Not guilty was the plea entered by a woman who has been accused of kicking a female constable in her abdomen...

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48-y-o reported missing

Forty-eight-year-old John Grant of Fleet Street, Kingston, has been reported missing since Wednesday, June 06...

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Man fined for assaulting cop

A man who believes that he can stay in an Automated Teller Machine (ATM) as long he wants was fined in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court on Friday, after he was convicted for assaulting a female cop.

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Jamaica's first National Scholarship Digest

Financial assistance opportunities for students pursuing higher education can now be accessed in one location, with the publication of Jamaica's first National Scholarship Digest.

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Accused murder offered bail

A woman who is accused of the murder of her then boyfriend was offered $150,000 bail in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court...

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Senate approves housing improvement motion

A motion calling on the Government to undertake a structured programme of improvement to the indigent housing stock, using skilled and unskilled workers under the Jamaica Emergency Employment Programme ...

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