http://www.jamaica-star.com/ Leading Jamaican Tabloid featuring Dear Pastor, Entertainment star@gleanerjm.com (Dwyane Gordon) roland.booth@gleanerjm.com (Roland Booth) en-us Fri, 6 Nov 2009 18:59:01 EST 60 Fri, 6 Nov 2009 18:59:01 EST A five-year-old boy who found an illegal gun, took it to school and confessed his desire to shoot a friend he accused of stealing his 'girlfriend', has been sent for counselling. THE WEEKEND STAR learnt that police from Westmoreland... http://www.jamaica-star.com/thestar/20091106/news/news1.html Chairperson for the Coalition For Better Parenting (CBP), Janet Davis, is encouraging parents to read to their children. She was addressing the national church service to launch Parents Month 2009 recently at the New Beulah... http://www.jamaica-star.com/thestar/20091106/news/news2.html Two men are to be sentenced today for murder arising from the burning death of three children in a house at Port Henderson Lane, St Catherine on September 14, 2004. http://www.jamaica-star.com/thestar/20091106/news/news3.html A man who borrowed his house mate's car to run an errand but failed to replenish the over $500 worth of gas the drive reportedly used up, received a fine beating, resulting in him being admitted in hospital with a broken leg... http://www.jamaica-star.com/thestar/20091106/news/news4.html The 14-year-old teen, Joshua Ross, who was yesterday featured in THE WEEKEND STAR, has re-established contact with his Jamaican father, Anthony Brooks. The teen's mother Alleana Ross said Brooks called her yesterday. http://www.jamaica-star.com/thestar/20091106/news/news5.html Two men accused of robbing a man of his chain, a ring and a $25,000 BlackBerry on a bus, appeared in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court yesterday. http://www.jamaica-star.com/thestar/20091106/news/news6.html Defence lawyers yesterday made another no-case submission in the trial of Superintendent Harry Daley. The senior cop is accused of collecting protection money from the complainant, Tafari Clarke. http://www.jamaica-star.com/thestar/20091106/news/news7.html Spanish Town: A seven-year-old girl was shot and injured when gunmen invaded her community yesterday. Police say about 8:15 p.m. gunmen entered the Red Pond Community, just outside Spanish Town, St Catherine... http://www.jamaica-star.com/thestar/20091106/news/news8.html Linton Dryden a 31-year-old labourer of Bog Walk, St Catherine, who is facing five counts of murder had two additional murder charges placed on him last Saturday. According to Detective Sergeant Leroy Guy of the Bog Walk Police... http://www.jamaica-star.com/thestar/20091106/news/news9.html A mother is now in police custody after she was charged with child abandonment. Reports from the Spanish Town Police are about 8:00 am yesterday, the woman gave birth to a baby boy and moments later... http://www.jamaica-star.com/thestar/20091106/news/news10.html More controversy is gathering around the circumstances that lead to the death of a man earlier this month while he was riding a motorcycle along Old Hope Road. It has been a matter of "he said, she said" between the police reports... http://www.jamaica-star.com/thestar/20091106/news/news11.html 'Breaks', as so many primary level children call the mid-morning pause for refreshment and reinvigoration, and lunchtime, are guaranteed glee times for many students. The latter wasn't though for quite a few students ... http://www.jamaica-star.com/thestar/20091106/news/news12.html A man accused of using fraudulent cheques to illegally obtain $1.2M from an organisation's accounts, had his day in court on Tuesday. The accused, Curtis Williams, is facing several counts of forgery... http://www.jamaica-star.com/thestar/20091106/news/news13.html