June 24, 2011
Star News


BEWARE OF FAKE PHONES - Defective instruments swarm downtown
“Several merchants are making a killing from selling fake defective 'BlackBerry' mobile phones in downtown Kingston, THE WEEKEND STAR has learnt. The fake phones which carry the 'BlackBerry' logo, closely resemble the original.... read more
Mavado gets bail extension

Deejay David 'Mavado' Brooks had his bail extended in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court yesterday until November 21, on a charge of assault occasioning bodily harm of a policeman at a nightclub recently...

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RM orders couple to get counselling

WESTERN BUREAU: Resident Magistrate (RM) Carolyn Tai instructed a Montego Bay resident and his girlfriend on Wednesday to go for counselling after he was given a suspended sentence for assaulting the woman. ....

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Two killed in Linstead identified

Police in the St Catherine North Division have identified the two men who were killed in Linstead, St Catherine, on Wednesday night. They are Damion Gordon, 30, and 40-year-old Gary Leechman...

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Illegal firearm seized

Another illegal firearm has been added to the tally of those removed from our nation's streets, when a man was accosted in the Lawrence Tavern area of St Andrew yesterday....

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Hunt for two gunmen continue

The search is still on for one of two gunmen who traded bullets with police in Bamboo Ridge, St Catherine, yesterday. The other was shot and killed....

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Minister of Health escapes injuries in vehicle accident

Minister of Health Rudyard Spencer is now counting his blessings following a motor vehicle accident that caused extensive damages to his grey Toyota Prado yesterday.

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Vendors call on Clarendon Parish Council

Vendors in Spaldings, Clarendon have called on the Clarendon Parish Council to speed up the process to have the new market, under construction from as far back as 2005, completed so as to reduce encounters with the police...

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New trial date for accused robber

August 29 was the trial date set in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's court on Thursday for a man accused of robbing a woman of her cellphone recently.

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18-y-o missing

The police are seeking the public's assistance in locating 18-year-old Calvin Wilson, otherwise called 'Colourman', of Greenwich Town, Kingston 13...

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GET TESTED NOW! Minister urges for regional HIV Testing Day

Minister of Health, Rudyard Spencer, says HIV and AIDS continue to be a major priority area on the global health agenda. He says there is an appreciation worldwide for the link between HIV and AIDS...

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Digicel to support Caribbean IdEA Marketplace

Digicel has been announced as one of the main partners with the US Department of State to support the Caribbean IdEA Marketplace (CIM)....

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