July 1, 2011
Star News


Victim urinates on phone thief - Robber chooses pee over gunshot
“ A phone thief was made the laughing stock of May Pen and surrounding areas in Clarendon after a man from whom he attempted to rob a cellular phone urinated on him... . read more
Jamaican stabbed with butcher knife

A Jamaican woman was stabbed to death with a butcher knife in Cheltenham, Philadelphia, on Wednesday while her two sons were still in the house. Her two young sons were reportedly watching television, but investigators...

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Popular festival singer on ganja charges

Seven-time Jamaica Festival Song Competition winner Eric Donaldson is set to appear in the Spanish Town Resident Magistrate's Court on ganja charges....

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Task force investigates death of man

The St Catherine Major Investigation Task Force has launched an intensive investigation for person/s responsible for a body found chopped to pieces and buried in two suitcases....

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Identity of dead persons released

The identities of the two persons killed in Wednesday night's attack on a passenger bus along the Long Hill main road in Anchovy, St James, have been released...

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Four-bedroom house destroyed by fire

The San San police in Portland are now sifting for clues that may assist them in determining the cause of a fire which destroyed a four-bedroom house in the Sherwood Forest area of the parish yesterday....

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59-y-o plumber reported missing

A 59-year-old plumber has been reported missing since Monday, June 27. He is Stafford Ellis from Rousseau Road, Kingston 5...

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Woman offered $100,000 bail

Bail in the sum of $100,000 with own surety was offered by the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's court on Thursday to a woman who was reportedly found in possession of 287.7 pounds of ganja in her house recently...

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Schoolgirl succumbs to injuries after vehicle accident

THE WEEKEND STAR understands that a schoolgirl succumbed to her injuries following a motor-vehicle collision in Toll Gate, Clarendon, yesterday evening. Up to news time, information on the incident was sketchy....

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No order made in property destruction case

A no order was made in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court yesterday in a matter concerning damage done to a door with a jelly coconut...

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Police inspector granted bail

Police Inspector Marlon Taylor, charged with attempting to pervert the course of justice and larceny, was granted $850,000 bail yesterday....

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Catholic criterion to join Credit Union

Many people opt for a credit union account so they can buy shares, invest and get loans at lower interest rates than what is offered by the banks. Interestingly, however, THE WEEKEND STAR, has gathered that the process of becoming a credit union...

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