June 17, 2015
Star News


Lawyer's Account Hacked, Nude Pics Tweeted
“Tongues are beginning to wag, following posts made on popular online social networking service Twitter, after tweets of a graphic nature surfaced from the account of United States-based Jamaican law professor David Rowe.. read more
Corporal charged with corruption remanded

A police corporal was yesterday arrested in a sting operation by members of the Major Organised Crime & Anti-Corruption Agency (MOCA) on reasonable.......

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NEPA warns Digicel following Kingston Harbour oil spill

The National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) served telecommunication provider Digicel with a warning notice for discharging polluting matter into a water body without a licence.

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Guns, ammunition seized in St Elizabeth ganja raid

The Area-3 narcotics team yesterday destroyed about 16 acres of fully grown ganja while on an operation in Bagdale Mountain, St Elizabeth, between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.

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Bail extended for accused clothes thief

A St James man who was reportedly in possession of stolen clothes and electronics had his bail extended until June 30 in the Montego Bay Resident Magistrate's (RM) Court on Tuesday.

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Spanish Town gets Youth information Centre

Young people in the parish of St Catherine now have access to a complex housing Youth Information Centre (YIC) and the National Youth.......

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Three injured in vehicular accident

A vehicular accident along the Spanish Town Bypass, involving a Honda motorcycle and a Toyota Passo motor car, left three persons with multiple injuries on Sunday.

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Church deacon charged for sexually assaulting minor

A trial date was set in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court on Wednesday in a case involving a church deacon accused of inappropriately ......

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Cop nabbed for possession of ganja

A 43-year-old police constable who was arrested along the Palisadoes main road for possession of ganja was denied bail in the Corporate Area Resident.....

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St Catherine residents urged to destroy mosquito breeding sites

Chief public-health-inspector for St Catherine, Richard Baker, said residents must fight the Aedes aegypti mosquito to prevent the spread of diseases.

Baker told the St Catherine Parish Council the spread

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Officials to ease overcrowding at Spanish Town Hospital

The St Catherine Parish Council and the Social Development Commission will be working to ease overcrowding at the Spanish Town Hospital in coming months.

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