February 12, 2014
Star News


Cops look on as ... Guidance counsellor beats man at station
“The guidance counsellor of a popular St Catherine high school was charged recently after she was accused of attacking and beating her child's father inside the guardroom.... read more
Police on corruption rap gets bail extension

Three cops charged with breaches of the Corruption Prevention Act had their bails extended in the Spanish Town Resident Magistrate's Court on Monday....

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Jamaican chef arrested in Barbados for cannabis

A Jamaican chef, who has been labelled a 'swallower', was arrested and charged in Barbados last week shortly after his arrival in the Caribbean country...

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Lawmen probe double murder in Twickenham Park

The St Catherine Major Investigation Task Force has launched a probe into the murder of two men near Twickenham Park, St Catherine, yesterday....

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Criminals blamed for 255 police killings

Amid an upsurge in police fatal shootings, police federation chairman, Sergeant Raymond Wilson said criminals provoked the confrontations that led to 255 civilians being killed in 2013, 20 more than the previous year...

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Hospital denies patients being treated on chairs

Chief executive officer of the St Ann's Bay Hospital, Leo Garel, has refuted claims that patients are being treated on chairs at the hospital, due to shortage of beds.

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Wife takes husband to court for assault

A wife, the complainant in a matter in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court against her husband, rejected an offer to attend mediation yesterday and said she is ready...

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Janitor sentenced for stealing phonecards

A Janitor was sentenced to 10 days imprisonment in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court for stealing a variety of phone cards.

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Richard Azan donates cash to schools in clarendon

The acquisition of skills in a number of practical areas in five high schools and a HEART/NTA funded skills training institution in North West Clarendon got a major boost last Friday ...

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Rocky Point gets new market

The Clarendon community of Rocky Point is the beneficiary of a new market that has also brought them improved sanitation, food safety and environmental management....

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Man charged for setting bed ablaze

The mother of the 19-year-old man who was charged after he set ablaze a bed and clothing, begged for her son and called off the case in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court on Friday....

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