April 15, 2013
Star News


Prepaid customers robbed of credit - Overseas calls used in latest phone scam
“A fairly new scam in which credit is being taken from the phones of Digicel prepaid customers has been uncovered by the telecommunications company. Information reaching THE STAR is that a phone number with the digits.... read more
Two men held in connection with farmer's death

The Clarendon police have taken two men into custody in connection with the killing of a farmer, whose body was found on Friday...

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Rastafarian pleads to assault

Rastafarian Kurt Wiggan pleaded guilty with explanation when he was brought before the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court yesterday, charged with assaulting a female ...

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Robbers jailed for larceny

Eighteen months' imprisonment was given to two men who robbed a woman of her laptop and earphones, when they appeared before the Corpo-rate Area Resident Magistrate's Court on Friday....

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Find yourself another girl - RM tells man accused of assaulting woman

A 32-year-old man was ordered by Senior Resident Magistrate Judith Pusey to "Find yourself another girl", after he and his former girlfriend were involved in an altercation, which resulted in him destroying a part of a washing machine....

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Family fuming over loved one's death

The family of 22-year-old Barrington McCanuff is fuming over what they call the 'cold blooded murder' of their loved one by the police on the weekend....

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Couple arrested for stolen light

WESTERN BUREAU: A St James couple arrested for illegally extracting electricity from the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) was offered bail in the combined sum of $400,000 in the Montego Bay Resident Magistrate's Court on Thursday....

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Jamaicans held for allegedly trafficking ganja

Four Jamaicans were hauled before the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court on Friday after they were accosted by United States coast guards in international waters, allegedly trafficking a large quantity of marijuana.

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Digicel to give away new Rav 4

Telecommunications Company Digicel launched its latest promotion, which gives customers a chance to be in with a chance to win exciting prizes in its Rev into a Rav promotion....

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Cops seek witness

Detectives from the Bureau of Special Investigations (BSI) are seeking the public's assistance in locating a witness in a case now before the court.

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Judith McGregor denied bail

Judith McGregor had her request for bail denied after she attempted to represent herself when she appeared before the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court Friday ...

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Babymother faces assault charge after clash

There was high drama in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court on Friday after a woman and her child's father's lover reportedly clashed, resulting in the babymother answering to an assault...

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FFPJ receives $500,000 from the Kingston City Run

Food For The Poor Jamaica (FFPJ) was recently one of four charities to receive $500,000 from the Kingston City Run...

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22-y-o missing

Twenty-two-year-old Jerome Cunningham of West Palm Beach, Florida, USA, has been missing since Monday, March 11...

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Digicel launches new BlackBerry Z10 smartphone

Digicel on Friday launched the new BlackBerryZ10 smartphone powered by BlackBerry 10 in the Caribbean.

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Man faces court for assault

A man who has been in a relationship with his woman for two years and two months and who is alleged to have punched her, is to return to the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court on May 16 for trial.

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