October 26, 2011
Star News


DRAMATIC GUN BATTLE FOR POSTAL TRUCK - Gunmen take on security guard in Spanish Town
“High drama unfolded along Adelaide Street in Spanish Town, St Catherine, yesterday, during a robbery attempt of a postal truck at the Spanish Town Post Office. A security guard was shot and injured in the incident.... read more
Man gets ... 3 MONTHS FOR PHONE HIDDEN BESIDE PENIS

For the act of concealing a Nokia cellphone close to his testicles while he was in custody at the Constant Spring Police Station, an unemployed man was sentenced to three months in prison in the Corporate Area...

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LA Lewis trial date set

A trial date has been set in the matter involving dancehall personality L.A. Lewis, who is accused of defacing public property.

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Residents paint pedestrian crossing for students

It was Heroes Day, a public holiday, but a group of residents from Sanguinetti in northwest Clarendon took time out to do something for the children and school in their community....

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Brothers on ganja charge freed

Two brothers charged with having ganja weighing 1,000 pounds in their possession were freed after the Crown failed ...

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Two-year-old killed by lightning

Tragedy struck in St Elizabeth on Monday when a two-year-old boy died after being hit by lightning....

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Man leads cops to 100lb of ganja at home

A man is now in police custody after his suspicious behaviour in a bank in the Corporate Area landed him in the hands of the cops...

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American fugitive found guilty of murder

A 34-year-old American fugitive who was reportedly captured in Jamaica in February 2009 and deported to the United States (US), has been found guilty of murder....

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Kartel's lawyers to apply for bail

Controversial Dancehall Deejay Vybz Kartel is scheduled to reappear in the Gun Court Section of the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court today.

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Two-week-old baby rescued from earthquake rubble

ERCIS, Turkey (AP):After 48 hours, a miracle emerged from the rubble: a two-week-old baby girl brought out half-naked but alive from the wreckage of an apartment building toppled by Turkey's devastating earthquake.

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