Three years' hard labour for Wesley Snipes
Snipes was sentenced to three years in prison Thursday for failing to file tax returns, the maximum penalty - and a victory for prosecutors who sought to make an example of the action star. ...

'Season mom' granted bail
Spanish Town: The mother who allegedly seasoned her daughter's vagina with salt and pepper was granted bail when her attorney made an application in the Spanish Town Resident Magistrate's Court yesterday. The mother who is a higgler...

New court date for Lutan Fyah
Entertainer Andrew Martin otherwise called Lutan Fyah will return to the Spanish Town Resident Magistrate's Court on April 29 to answer to arson charges. The entertainer appeared in the Spanish Town RM. Court yesterday when the matter was mentioned.

FIX-IT - No street light taking its 'toll'
AS PART of our mission to be the people paper, THE WEEK-END STAR has been highlighting problem areas across the island. Our reporter, Carolyn Johnson, along with photographer Norman Grindley, will focus on a particular area until the problem....

St George's College student stabbed
A student from St George's College was yesterday injured during a dispute with students from neighbouring Kingston College (K.C.). The St. George's student was stabbed because of a feud which began last week after a girl who attends ...

Employment agency refuses to hire Rastafarian
Discrimination is still obviously present in Jamaica, more so in the world of employment. A report recently came to THE STAR that an employment agency in Kingston was refusing to offer employment to persons who are Rastafarians.

New court date for alleged 'teacher beater'
Santa Cruz: The trial of a St Elizabeth man accused of beating a teacher was rescheduled for June 26, when the accused appeared in the Santa Cruz Resident Magistrate's Court, recently. Nicholas Smalling of Wilton District, the father ...