May 26, 2011
Star News


CON MEN TARGET WATER CUSTOMERS
“THE National Water Commission (NWC) is warning the public to be aware of con artists who are posing as legitimate bill collectors in an effort to extort money from residents using counterfeit water bills. In a statement yesterday... . read more
Fire destroys tenement-yard dwelling

Several families were left homeless yesterday after fire of unknown origin destroyed a tenement-yard dwelling on 48 Laws Street in downtown Kingston....

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Cops probe death of 32-y-o

The police in Cross Keys, Manchester, are now investigating the stabbing death of a 32-year-old man in the parish yesterday...

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Hotel managers fined for breaching lobster act

The two hotel managers of a popular hotel in St Andrew who were recently found in possession of a large quantity of lobster at their establishment were fined $500 each in the Corporate Area Resident.

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New date for 'judgement'

Days after the widely publicised prophecy that the world would have come to an end on May 21 failed, the evangelical broadcaster Harold Camping, who put forward the theory, has reaffirmed October 21 as the new date for 'Judgement Day'....

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Beecher Town residents focus on school for Labour Day project

Scores of residents turned out at the Beecher Town All-Age School in Ocho Rios to support work at the facility which was selected as the St Ann parish project for Labour Day 2011...

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Wanted man accidentally pocket dials police

BANGOR, Maine: Police in Maine say a man wanted for failing to pay fines accidentally helped officers find him when he repeatedly pocket dialled 911 while doing yard work.

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Accused con artists deny guilt

A married couple accused of conning a woman out of her money after promising to help her obtain land she was illegally living on, pleaded not guilty in court yesterday and had their bails extended.

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Light-bulb case postponed as DPP fights court order

The Cuban light-bulb trial has been further delayed as the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Paula Llewellyn is still fighting an order for her to testify as a witness in the case...

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Teen boy missing from home

An Ananda Alert has been activated for 17-year-old Akime Ewart of Caribbean Palm Estate, Spanish Town Road, Kingston 13, who has been missing since Sunday, May 22.

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Gate builder returns money

A St Catherine man who collected $35,000 from a woman to build a metal gate but failed to do so, was remanded, despite making restitution in court yesterday...

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Fake GERMAN doc remanded

The German Man who allegedly injected a woman several times in her bottom after purporting to be a medical doctor was remanded after a bail application put forward by his attorney was denied in court on Tuesday...

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Cops seek missing men

The police in St James are seeking the public's assistance in locating two men who have been reported missing in the parish. They are 88-year-old Glaston Coote, otherwise called 'Dugal'...

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Police labour to clean court holding cells

Police personnel detained themselves in the cells of the Spanish Town courthouse holding area in St Catherine for several hours on Monday. The occasion was the Labour Day exercise....

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Two trials for Antiguans on murder charge

There will be two trials for two Antiguan men accused of killing a Jamaican and four other people, including a Welsh couple in separate incidents in Antigua in 2008, The Caribbean Media Corporation ...

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