August 4, 2014
Star News


Thief chokes woman for phone - Chased and beaten after robbery
“ Six months' imprisonment was the sentence handed down to a man in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court who was accused of robbing a woman of her cell phone. Shevon Letts was charged with robbery with violence..... read more
Pastor on sex offence granted bail

A St Thomas pastor accused of sexual charges with a minor was granted $400,000 bail in the Morant Bay RM Court earlier on Wednesday. He returns to court on September 5....

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Disarmed cop taken off duty

The policeman who was disarmed by a mad man who shot two other persons, including another man, said to be of unsound mind yesterday, has been removed from frontline duty ...

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Newest leg of Highway 2000 to be opened this week

The Linstead-to-Moneague leg of the North-South Highway is to be completed and officially opened in time for Jamaica's 52nd Independence celebration.

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Female on fraud rap gets six-month suspended sentence

A St Catherine woman who used fictitious documentation to secure bail for a man was a given six-month suspended sentence in the Spanish Town Resident Magistrate's Court last Friday....

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Former JPS employee on fraud charge granted bail

A former Jamaica Public Service (JPS) employee accused of swindling a woman out of money was granted bail in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court on Thursday.

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Card skimmers plague portmore

Information reaching THE STAR is that the municipality of Portmore, St Catherine, is currently being plagued by unscrupulous persons who use card-skimming technology to withdraw cash ...

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Woman remanded for dousing another with harmful liquid

A woman who used a corrosive substance to douse another female was remanded until Monday in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court on Wednesday.

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Cops seek help identifying dead man

The police are seeking the public's assistance in identifying a man beaten and stabbed to death in Cross Roads on Emancipation Day, last Friday.

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Ferguson to discuss children's exposure to alcoholic beverages

Minister of Health Dr Fenton Ferguson says he will be moving to have discussions with the alcohol industry as he is concerned about the level of advertising and other means of exposure of the products to children.

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Digicel Foundation hosts 4th special-needs seminar

The fourth in a series of learning and development seminars for teachers and caregivers of children with special needs, dubbed Improving Special Needs Collaboratively ...

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Austin Primary, Bethlehem All Age to be upgraded

Problems such as chunks of ceiling falling during class and animals wandering on to the school premises should soon be things of the past at Austin Primary school in Myersville, St Elizabeth.

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