Minister Chang hospitalised
The Minister of Water, Environment and Housing, Dr Horace Chang, had to be hospitalised yesterday after being involved in a motor-vehicle crash. Information reaching THE STAR is that the minister suffered...
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Security guard walks out of holding area
The police are now searching for 21-year-old security guard Oneil Salmon who walked out of the holding area downstairs the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court on Wednesday after he was denied bail...
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Woman steals from employer
October 24 was the date set for sentencing in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court yesterday for a woman who stole monies amounting to $149,440 from her employer recently...
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Registrar General head's son's death accidental?
Nineteen-year-old Brian Holness, the son of the chief executive officer of the Registrar General's Department, may have been accidentally shot and killed on Monday night, this according to police investigators...
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Girl charged for brother's murder remanded
The 19-year-old woman who has been charged in connection with the recent murder of her 11-year-old brother, Tareek Gregory, was remanded in the Mandeville Resident Magistrate's Court yesterday...
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ISCF member on rape rap granted bail
A member of the Island Special Constabulary Force charged with rape was granted bail when he appeared in the Spanish Town Resident Magistrate's Court yesterday...
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Elderly man on fraud charge remanded
An elderly man, who has been charged with obtaining money by false pretence, pleaded not guilty and was remanded when he appeared in court on Tuesday. The accused, Lenard Osborne, 76, from Berry Hill District in Irish Town...
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New trial date set for accused killer
A trial date has been set for the matter involving the St Andrew businessman who has been implicated in the killing of 17-year-old Kingston College student Khajeel Mais...
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Unidentified body found
The police are yet to identify the body of a man who is believed to be in his early twenties, which was found on Monday at a building on Conway Road, Kingston 11...
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28-y-o on ganja charge remanded
A 28-year-old labourer, who has been charged with several ganja-related incidents, was remanded in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court on Tuesday...
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African nationals forge Jamaican landing stamps
Two nationals from the African state of Sierra Leone charged with forgery and possession of ganja pleaded not guilty and were remanded in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court yesterday...
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UK street sweeper may be deported after 40 years
A Jamaican man who has lived in Britain for the past 40 years has been sacked and faces deportation over claims that he is an illegal immigrant. Information reaching THE STAR is that 57-year-old Balvin Marshall...
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Soldier freed of carnal abuse charge
A member of the Jamaica Defence Force who was accused of carnal abuse walked free from the Spanish Town Resident Magistrate's Court after a successful no-case submission...
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Gov't to streamline cruise ship passengers movement
The process by which cruise-ship passengers who visit Jamaica are transported from all ports to attractions and other locations will soon be streamlined...
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