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Sep 30, 2026
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Jul 6, 2026

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  1. Article · Sep 30, 2026 · by ASHANTI LAWSON - STAR Writer

    Shenseea lyric sparks debate on elusive orgasms (opens the original)

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    A Shenseea lyric from her new single, saying that a man has never brought her to orgasm, has sparked a wider debate about female pleasure, communication and whether men should feel responsible when their partners do not climax. Trisha believes that Shenseea is speaking for many women. She said enjoying sex and reaching orgasm are not necessarily the same thing. “I think that’s something people confuse,” she said. But she believes another problem is that some men may have no idea their partners a

  2. Article · Sep 29, 2026 · by ASHANTI LAWSON - STAR Writer

    Scammer says poor economic mobility makes illegal money attractive (opens the original)

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    Several years after abandoning an engineering career for the millions he says can be made through scamming, Marcus* is not asking Jamaicans to absolve him of his crimes. Instead, he wants them to examine the economic environment that made illegal money attractive to him. “I’m not saying people don’t have a right to believe what I’m doing is wrong. I’m saying before you judge the person, examine the environment that produced the behaviour,” he told THE STAR. When THE WEEKEND STAR previously spoke

  3. Article · Sep 25, 2026 · by ASHANTI LAWSON - STAR Writer

    Mom vows to take son’s true paternity to the grave (opens the original)

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    A mother is vowing to take to her grave the secret about the true identity of her son’s father. Neither her son, nor the man who he calls ‘Dad’ are aware that they are not related, and she has no intention of opening that can of worms. The woman disclosed to THE WEEKEND STAR that she was already pregnant when she met the man who would eventually assume the role of father. Decades later, the mother still does not know who actually fathered her now-adult son, and she admitted that the secret conti

  4. Article · Sep 25, 2026 · by Ashanti Lawson

    I wanted my daughter to live Jehovah’s Witness regrets refusing treatment for sick child after Church tweaks ‘blood rule’ (opens the original)

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    When his four-year-old daughter became gravely ill, David* did not consent to blood treatment because he believed accepting it would mean disobeying Jehovah. His little girl later died and he somehow learnt to live with his decision, believing that, however painful, he had remained faithful to what he understood God required of him. Now, a major revision by Jehovah’s Witnesses regarding the use of four primary blood components has forced him to revisit that painful chapter of his life. “I honest

  5. Article · Sep 24, 2026 · by ASHANTI LAWSON - STAR Writer

    Dad puzzled by teen daughter’s sudden death (opens the original)

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    For approximately six hours after 16-year-old Gabrielle Simpson was found unresponsive and later pronounced dead, her father Lenroy Simpson says he had no idea she was gone. Instead, the Gregory Park, St Catherine, father says the first word came sometime after 2 p.m. Monday, not from the police, hospital or an adult relative, but from a youngster who approached him with news he initially dismissed as a rumour. “Mi say, ‘No sah, mi nuh hear no news. Somebody woulda call me.’ Yuh know that sound

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