Jamaica Star News

Recording artiste ‘Fido’ and father slain in execution-style killing

Andre Williams — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 10:24:09 -0500

A father and son were found shot dead with their hands bound inside a house in New Forest, Manchester, early Friday morning in a chilling double murder that has left residents on edge.

45-y-o mom battling rare cancer not giving up

ASHANTI LAWSON - STAR Writer — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 09:01:12 -0500

Trisan Vernon cannot imagine walking down the aisle without her mother, nor can she imagine becoming a mother herself without the woman she says taught her about strength, faith and unconditional love.

Fewer sharks in Jamaican waters

ANNALE BARTLEY - STAR Writer — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 08:54:18 -0500

Despite two suspected fatal shark attacks off the coast of Trelawny in the last two years, principal director of the National Fisheries Authority’s (NFA) Capture Fisheries Division, Stephen Smikle, says there are fewer sharks in Jamaica’s waters.

Moves to restore confidence in FLA under way

STAR WRITER - Tiffany Pryce — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 08:48:21 -0500

The Government is moving to restore public confidence in the Firearm Licensing Authority (FLA) following the recent Integrity Commission report probing alleged corruption, irregularities, and storage issues at the entity.

Pastor rebukes stigma around mental health

ASHANTI LAWSON - STAR Writer — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 08:42:43 -0500

‘Buff Lift’ anyone? Women turning to surgery to enhance intimate areas

ANNALE BARTLEY - STAR Writer — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 08:35:41 -0500

A small but steady number of women have been heading to operation rooms seeking fuller intimate contours through fat-transfer surgery. At the end of it, the patients appear to be born and bred residents of ‘Buff Bay’.

Man fined $100K

Rasbert Turner - STAR Writer — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 14:20:37 -0500

A St Catherine man who admitted to having 11 pounds of ganja in his possession was fined $100,000 when he appeared before the St Catherine Parish Court on Wednesday.

Two dead, woman among wounded in Spanish Town shooting

Andre Williams — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 11:34:51 -0500

A deadly gun attack in Spanish Town, St Catherine, on Wednesday night has left two men dead and two other people, including a woman, nursing gunshot wounds.

Ex-cop killed after alleged taxi hijack and police chase

Andre Williams — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 11:21:31 -0500

A former Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) member was shot and killed by police on Wednesday evening after allegedly hijacking a taxi, firing at lawmen and leading them on a dramatic chase through sections of Kingston.

Residents unite to restore community centre

JIS — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 10:12:52 -0500

Residents of Dover near Kitson Town in St Catherine are putting hands and hearts into the rehabilitation of their community centre.

Teen charged with rape

Thu, 04 Jun 2026 10:06:38 -0500

A 15-year-old student of Alligator Pond, Manchester, has been charged with rape following an incident in the parish on May 20. Reports from the Mandeville police are that at 7 p.m., a girl went to a

No bail for murder-accused cop

Christopher Thomas - STAR Writer — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 10:02:45 -0500

Constable Andrew Wilson, the policeman charged with murder in the May 17 shooting death of 45-year-old Latoya ‘Buju’ Bulgin in Granville, St James, was yesterday denied bail during his first appearance in the St James Parish Court.

‘I can’t sit and watch my pickney die’ Dad fights to save daughter from rare cancer

ANNALE BARTLEY - STAR Writer — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 09:54:55 -0500

For four years, Westmoreland father Nickel Green says he has lived in a cycle of hope, delay and worsening fear as he waits for a medical referral he believes could save his nine-year-old daughter’s life.

St Elizabeth senior struggles to support disable-stricken family

- SIMONE MORGAN-LINDO - STAR Writer — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 09:43:13 -0500

Westmoreland residents urged to avoid flooded areas

JIS — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 10:27:31 -0500

Residents in Westmoreland are being urged to avoid contact with flood waters and to keep children out of inundated areas as health officials seek to reduce the risk of leptospirosis, following recent heavy rainfall across the parish.

Mother pleads for a concrete house -Cancer-fighting mom wants a secure place to house her children

STAR WRITER - Tiffany Pryce — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 13:48:38 -0500

Thirty-seven-year-old Gaileisha Jones feared the worst after being diagnosed with cancer while pregnant. The St Elizabeth mother, however, is now breathing a quiet sigh of relief after safely delivering her baby boy.

Fisherman feared killed by shark off Trelawny coast

Leon Jackson - STAR Writer - — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 13:33:37 -0500

A cloud of fear and sadness has gripped sections of Falmouth, Trelawny, after a veteran fisherman is feared to have been killed by a shark while fishing off the coast.

Thousands of dead electors removed from voters’ list

Wed, 03 Jun 2026 12:44:34 -0500

More than 14,000 dead electors have been struck off Jamaica’s voters’ list as part of its latest update to the register of electors.

‘I will never sleep good again’ Mother grieves slain son in US gun attack

- - - SIMONE MORGAN-LINDO - STAR Writer — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 12:29:45 -0500

Judge denies bail to cop charged in Latoya Bulgin killing

Christopher Thomas — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 11:51:35 -0500

The St James policeman charged in the controversial shooting death of 45-year-old Latoya ‘Buju’ Bulgin was denied bail when he appeared in the St James Parish Court on Monday, as the case continues to stir outrage in Granville.