May 20, 2011
Star News


As 'Judgement Day' approaches ...Jamaicans rush to get baptised
“With the prophesied second coming of the Lord less than 24 hours away, at least one reverend has admitted that he has been contacted by 'unsaved persons' expressing interest..... read more
VENDORS PROFIT FROM OSAMA KILLING

Weeks after the death of America's most wanted man Osama bin Laden, THE WEEKEND STAR has learnt that Jamaican bootleg DVD sellers are profiting from the sale of a documentary on his life....

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Another student in custody for stabbing

Another male student is in police custody after he reportedly stabbed one of his schoolmates on Wednesday at the Balaclava High School in St Elizabeth...

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Taxi operator on fondling rap gets bail

A taxi operator accused of fondling a 12-year-old girl was granted $100,000 bail after pleading not guilty in the Spanish Town Resident Magistrate's Court on Tuesday....

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Hotel managers charged with breaches of the Fishing Act

Two managers of a popular hotel in St Andrew who were found in possession of a large quantity of lobster at their establishment are to appear in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court.

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Man killed in Thompson Pen shooting

Gunshots rang out along the Thompson Pen main road in Spanish Town, St Catherine, yesterday, leaving one man dead and another injured. Dead is Cleon Townsend, a 37-year-old vendor, from Thompson Pen.

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Al Miller gets bail extension

Head of the Fellowship Tabernacle Church, Reverend Al Miller, who is charged for losing his licensed firearm, had his bail extended until May 27 in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court yesterday.

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Policeman and taxi driver released on bail

Despite strong objections from prosecutors that a policeman and a taxi driver, who are accused of abducting a woman last September, should be remanded, defence lawyer Peter Champagnie...

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Five caught smuggling contraband offered bail

Five persons who were reportedly caught trying to smuggle contraband into the Hunts Bay Police lock-up recently, were each offered $100,000 bail with surety until July 27 when they appeared before the Corporate Area Resident...

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Scrap-metal dealer faces court

Bail was extended for a scrap-metal dealer who appeared before the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's court on Monday, accused of accepting payment for goods which he did not deliver to a Canadian Company who...

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