Two taximen shot, one fatally in Texaco gas station

Two taxi men were shot, one fatally, following an incident this evening inside a Texaco gas station at the intersection of Molynes and Waltham Park road in St Andrew. THE STAR understands that the injured man turned up at hospital with gunshot...

Discus record broken twice on Champs day one

Holmwood Technical's Cedricka Williams has broken the first record at the 2023 ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls Athletic Championships at the National Stadium this afternoon Williams claimed the class one discus record in her preliminary round...

Clarendon construction workers murdered in Green Island

The police in Hanover are on the hunt for clues into the murder of two workers at a construction site in Crawl district, Green Island, on Tuesday morning. Investigators say they have not yet gotten the identities of both deceased, who are said to...

St Vincent man jailed for life after killing drinking partner

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, Mar 28, CMC - A High Court judge has sentenced 43-year, Kamara Lampkin, to life imprisonment after he was found guilty of murdering a badly beaten man to kneel before him with his hand and feet tied, and chopped...

Farmers urged to guard against the TR4 Disease

KINGSTON, Jamaica, Mar 28, CMC - The Banana Board is urging farmers to implement measures to protect their holdings against the TR4 disease even though the disease has not yet been detected in any Caribbean country. TR4 disease, which is also...

PM Rowley calls on churches to play a bigger role in developing society

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Mar 28, CMC - Prime Minister Dr. Keith Rowley Tuesday appealed to churches to revert to the days when they played a much more meaningful role in society saying it is needed now more than ever to curb the criminal...

PNP councillor admits to role in sex video

Councillor Uphell Purcell, the People's National Party (PNP) representative who was seen in a now viral video pleasuring himself, has resigned.  According to members of the PNP hierarchy, Purcell resigned from divisional and constituency...

Two More cases of Monkeypox confirmed in Jamaica

The Ministry of Health has confirmed two more cases of Monkeypox virus, bringing Jamaica's total confirmed cases to 21. The latest cases are from Kingston & St Andrew (KSA) and have been recorded as being locally transmitted cases, with...

Kingston men charged following shootout

The police have arrested and charged two men after they were engaged in a shootout that led to them both being injured. They have been identified as 28-year-old Romaine Bennett of a Bryce Hill Road address in Kingston 7, and 25-year-old Randy Cole...