Accused child killer remanded

CLARK'S TOWN, Trelawny — Marvia Patterson, the woman charged with murder for the beheading of four-year-old Natasha Brown last week, was remanded into custody when she appeared in the Clark's Town Resident Magistrate's Court yesterday. Accused child Murderer Marvia Patterson being escorted by Police officers from the Clarks Town RM Court Patterson, 42, a labourer of Duanvale in the parish,...

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Three men shot dead in Seaview Gardens

KINGSTON, Jamaica — Three men are reported dead in a shooting incident at Seaview Gardens in Kingston at about 8:30 pm Friday. Information surrounding the shooting is unconfirmed at this time however early reports are that...

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'Spare the rod, spoil the child' - Falmouth mayor calls for resumption of corporal punishment in schools

WESTERN BUREAU: Mayor of Falmouth and Chairman of the Trelawny Parish Council, Garth Wilkinson, is calling for a resumption of corporal punishment in Jamaican schools. According to Wilkinson, the Ministry of Education made a grave error when it suspended corporal punishment in schools. "We have reached the stage where we have made the major mistake of saying no more flogging in schools. No...

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Kartel trial for November

Adijah Vybz Kartel Palmer THE TRIAL of dancehall entertainer Vybz Kartel and the five other men charged jointly with him for the murder of Clive 'Lizard' Williams is to start in the Home Circuit Court on November 18. Williams was allegedly beaten to death on August 16, 2011, over the disappearance of an illegal gun. Kartel, whose real name is Adidja Palmer, along with fellow entertainer...

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US$1 = J$100! - J$ plunges to lowest value ever

The Sliding Jamaican dollar - record $100.08 to 1USD THE Jamaican dollar plunged to its lowest value ever yesterday, trading at an average $100.08 to its US counterpart, a development that is in keeping with a recommendation of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Last month, the IMF, in its Country Report on Jamaica, said that despite a recent depreciation in the value of the Jamaican...

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Students watch principal have sex - Office romance busted

A small community in Manchester has been buzzing with claims that a principal of a primary school was watched by students, as he had sex with a female teacher in his office. Information reaching THE WEEKEND STAR is that a few...

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Cabinet approves new policy for pregnant schoolgirls

CABINET has signed off on a new policy that advocates for the mandatory re-integration of all school-aged mothers into the formal school system. The policy takes effect this September. Education Minister Ronald Thwaites...

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  Retired DCP Jevene Bent Retired Deputy Commissioner of Police Jevene Bent is tipped to assume the position of commissioner of corrections. Gleaner sources revealed yesterday that Bent, who retired last month as the first female deputy commissioner of police (DCP) in the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), is set to take up the position currently held by Lieutenant Colonel Sean Prendergast. Prendergast...

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Downtown Kingston vendors protest

ANGRY vendors in downtown Kingston yesterday staged a demonstration on Orange Street to protest against what they described as the unfair treatment being meted out to them by the police. The vendors claimed they have become...

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Hoodlums rob Usain Bolt's dad

FALMOUTH, Trelawny -- Wellesly Bolt, the father of sprinting legend Usain Bolt was reportedly robbed in Falmouth this morning of cash amount to over $400,OOO. According to the elder Bolt, the money was stolen from his Toyota...

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A 21-year-old man is dead after being fatally shot during a confrontation with police.

A 21-year-old man is dead after being fatally shot during a confrontation with police. Dead is 21-year-old Jevon Reid of a Granville, Trelawny address. Police reports are that Reid was fatally shot and a firearm seized during a confrontation with police officers attached to the Trelawny division in Granville, Trelawny last night. One homemade firearm and one 9 mm round was seized during...

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ST CATHERINE, Jamaica – Police this morning shot and killed three men during an operation in St Catherine. Head of St Catherine North Police Division Anthony Castell in confirming the report told the Observer that two firearms including...

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Stabbed to death

A man who attempted to quash a fight between two women in Sandy Bay, Hanover last Saturday night was stabbed to death. Dead is 32 years old Damion Bowen, a welder of Montpelier Road, Sandy Bay.  Reports are that about 10:30pm...

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Gunmen kill two in Greater Portmore

A fight for control of turf in the middle-income community of 5 East in Greater Portmore, St Catherine, has been blamed by residents for the brutal daylight murders of two men yesterday. The dead men have been identified as 24-year-old Kevin Mussington, also called 'Super', and the other only by his dancehall alias 'Bentley'. 24 years old Kevin Mussington Police report that about 11:00 am...

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Mysterious fire razes St Elizabeth 'haunted house'

SANTA CRUZ, St Elizabeth — After weeks of mysterious burnings and reports of people being hit with stones thrown by "invisible" hands, a pur-ported "haunted house" was destroyed by fire at Rose Hall district, in south east St Elizabeth yesterday. inside d burnt dwell Haunted house razed by fire   Reports pieced together from residents and firemen at the Junction Fire Station said the...

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