March 5, 2012
Star News


CRASH KILLS WI BATSMAN - Said to have lost control of his car
“There were unconfirmed reports last night that former West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago and Leeward Islands batsman Runako Morton, 33, was killed in a car crash. Reports started swirling last night on social media sites Facebook and Twitter.... read more
Bailiff on rape charge - Trial to continue today

A case involving a bailiff who is accused of raping a woman who he had invited to his home to help him decorate his kitchen is to continue in the Santa Cruz Resident Magistrate's Court today...

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Prostitute promotes sex on BlackBerry

The popular BlackBerry phone is now being used locally by at least one prostitute to promote her sexual services....

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Woman sentenced for assault

A fine of $10,000 or six months in prison was the ruling handed down in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court on Friday to a woman charged with assault occasioning bodily harm.

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Jamaican pilot appeal dismissed

An appeal of a Jamaican pilot who was sentenced to 14 years in prison for his role in a massive cocaine shipment from Jamaica to Canada over a decade ago has been dismissed by the Ontario Court of Appeal.

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21-y-o missing

Twenty-one-year-old Elvis Young of Tower Street, Kingston CSO, has been reported missing since Tuesday, February 28.

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No leads in cop-shooting incident

Up to late yesterday, police said they had made no arrest in connection with the shooting of one of their colleagues on Saturday.

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Detectives seek public's help in police's murder case

Detectives from the Mandeville Police Station are appealing to anyone who may be able to assist them with information about two men who murdered a 58-year-old former police officer at a bar in...

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Commish lauds St Thomas cops crackdown on praedial larceny

Members of the Island Special Constabulary Force (ISCF) in St Thomas have been commended by police Commissioner Owen Ellington for their sustained effort in tackling praedial larceny....

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Taxi operator sentenced for abduction, assault

Eighteen months at hard labour was the sentence handed down to a man in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court on Friday...

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Gov't offers loan facility for ICT investors

The Government of Jamaica is offering loans of up to US$5 million for investment projects in the information and communications technology industry (ICT).

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