March 21, 2011
Star News


Thugs seek revenge on old woman - Accused her of being an informer
“Police believe the burning of an elderly woman's home in Kingston yesterday may have been the work of arsonists who accused her of being a police informer. This, after a man who was wanted by the police for some time was picked up.... read more
59-Y-O BEATS GIRL FOR DUTTY WINE

An elderly fisherman who beat his young ex-girlfriend because he said he saw her doing the 'dutty wine' with a man at a club has been convicted of unlawful wounding. Resident Magistrate Sheron Barnes found 59-year-old Keith Miller...

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Cops charged with corruption gets bail

Two police constables charged with breaching the Corruption Prevention Act were each granted $300,000 bail each in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court on Friday.

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Suspect arrested in human trafficking operation

Investigators from the Organised Crime Investigation Division (OCID) on Friday arrested one person on suspicion of human trafficking following the conduct of operations at five locations ...

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Jamaica ranked among 15 countries on ICT ladder

Jamaica is ranked among the top 15 countries in the world with top broadband speeds, chairman of Columbus Communications International, Brendan Paddick, has revealed.

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Body found on Maxfield Avenue

The body of an unidentified man was found along Maxfield Avenue, Kingston 13, yesterday. The body, believed to be in the mid 30s, is of medium build...

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Community Renewal Programme set for early roll out

The pilot phase of the much anticipated Community Renewal Programme (CRP) could be rolled out as early as the end of March, according to officials at the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ).

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Teen reported missing

An Ananda Alert has been activated for 17-year-old Annasticia Parkinson of Glenhope Place of Safety, Kingston, who has been missing since Wednesday, March 9.

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Ministry of Education extends condolences

The Ministry of Education said it shares in the grief now being experienced by the family of Jeremiah Yson, a grade four student at Sts Peter and Paul Preparatory School, who died last Thursday under...

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Cops hunt funeral bus driver

The Central Village police in St Catherine are searching for the driver of a minibus who fled the scene after the vehicle he was driving with mourners to a funeral killed a teenager yesterday.

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Three charged in security-vehicle robbery

Three men were on Friday formally charged as investigators probe the circumstances surrounding the robbery of a security courier vehicle at East Road, in Kingston, early last month.

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Lawmen search for woman's relatives

The Caymanas Police are seeking the public's assistance in locating the relatives of a woman who was found wandering in the Gregory Park area of Portmore, St Catherine on Saturday.

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Policeman on murder charge gets bail A policeman who has been charged with the murder of Negril businessman Frederick 'Mickey' Hill was granted bail in the Home Circuit Court on Friday.

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Cashier robbed of $1.5 million

Staff members at the Total service station in Half-Way Tree were in panic mode yesterday after a man and a woman held up a female cashier at gun-point,...

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