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KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport has gifted a b...

Contentious dancehall artiste LA Lewis is threatening to file a J$35-million lawsuit against Accompong Maroons head, Colonel Ferron Williams, if he does not apologise for tarnishing his character. "That man needs to apologise to me and I am already in dialogue with my attorney. Him tell a lot of lies on me like him a try defame mi character. The talk that he is making about flogging is a threat as well. The colonel is saying that I am not a Maroon but that is far from the truth because every b...

This sign tells you that you are in Accompong Town, St.Elizabeth. Almost 200 maroons gathered in Accompong, St Elizabeth, for their annual Boxing Day celebratory party in the community, blatantly disregarding the Disaster Risk Management Act which restricts gathering to 15 persons. The event reportedly went unnoticed by the police and the maroons partied uninterruptedly. Deputy Superintendent of Police Nardia Simms, commanding officer for St Elizabeth, told THE STAR she wouldve personally loc...

The call Brenda Isaac received recently is the kind many firefighters say no one wants to hear. Isaac was in Atlanta, Georgia, when her Jamaican neighbour telephoned her about a blaze at her Highland House home in Montego Bay, St James, which was saved by the parish’s firefighters. And although Isaac’s 17-acre property is renowned as one of Jamaica’s most elegant private homes, she said that her concern for staff who had been with her for more than 15 years trumped the potential devastati...

Wallace Sterling, a colonel of the Moore Town Maroons in Portland for 25 years, said as as leader, he would encourage his people to accept the COVID-19 vaccine. "I wont impose it on anybody. But if youre a responsible person in a leadership position with whats going on, if youre going to take a gamble for health, then I would encourage persons to take it. I dont know the problems that may stem from it... not even the scientists know, but we take chances on other things that end up to be more de...

The teenager has been identified as 14-year-old Allan Roberts of Accompong Path Way, Nannyville, Kingston 3. Reports from the Half Way Tree Police are that about 4:30 pm, Allan and another man on a motorcycle were travelling along the roadway, when they were pounced upon by two men who opened fire, hitting them. The police were alerted and the victims were taken to hospital where Allan was pronounced dead and the other man was admitted for treatment. Detectives assigned to the St Andrew Centr...