February 20, 2014
Star News


VAGINA SMOKING A HIT ONLINE
“Doctors are warning women to stop the practice of using the vagina to smoke cigarettes. THE STAR sought medical expertise on the practice following the release of a video on YouTube.... read more
US nurse among five injured in collision

A 38-year-old registered nurse from New York, United States, was among five persons injured during a three-vehicle collision on the Winston Jones Highway in Manchester yesterday....

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Teen suspects arrested and charged

The Manchester police have charged a 16-year-old and 18-year-old Anthony Forbes of Mile Gully, Manchester, with attempted murder and conspiracy to murder....

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Price increase at the pumps

Effective today, February 20, there's to be a $1.97 increase in gas prices, following last week's $1.85 jump.Petrojam Limited says a litre of E10-87 gasolene is to be sold for $119.53 ...

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Crowd gathers at Court

A large crowd gathered yesterday close to the Supreme Court in Kingston as they expected that a verdict would be reached in the case against popular entertainer Vybz Kartel...

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Woman remanded for injuring child

A woman who was hauled before the court for injuring a child in her care wept openly in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court yesterday when she was remanded...

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Cops name suspects linked to Valentine's Day murders

The police have released the names of seven men, including two wanted, in connection with the Valentine's Day murders of a man and a 17-month-old baby in east Kingston....

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Man accused of stealing phone remanded

WESTERN BUREAU: A St James man who reportedly stole a woman's BlackBerry cellular phone was remanded until Friday when he appeared in the Montego Bay Resident Magistrate's Court on Tuesday....

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Windscreen cleaner sentenced for using expletives

A windshield cleaner was sentenced to 10 days' imprisonment recently in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court for using expletives to a senior superintendent of police...

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75-y-o Gordon Town resident missing

Seventy-five-year-old Silvia Burton, senior citizen of Gordon Town Road, Kingston 6, has been missing since Tuesday, February 4.

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Cocaine case postponed

WESTERN BUREAU: The trial of a Canadian woman accused of trying to smuggle more than 40 pounds of cocaine out of the island was put off until February 27 when she appeared in the Montego Bay Resident Magistrate's Court on Monday....

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Lawyer's absence prevents trial

Richard Duhaney, who is charged with the death of his wife, Velma, had his case put off again in the St Catherine Circuit Court due to the absence of defence attorney, Valerie Neita-Robertson.

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St Elizabeth resident missing

Twenty- year-old Khevene Burke, otherwise called 'Gentle', of New Town Housing Scheme, Black River, St Elizabeth, has been missing since Monday, February 3.

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