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Fri, May 28, 2021 06:20:01 GMT
Observer readers blast Warmington
Jamaicans yesterday reacted with disgust to the behaviour of Everald Warmington, the minister without portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, who was seen in a video complaining of being disrespected by police of...

Fri, May 28, 2021 06:20:01 GMT
Funeral Saturday for teacher Nattallie Dawkins
THE memorial service for Nattallie Miranda Dawkins - the Clarendon teacher who was abducted March 30 at her home in Four Paths and a body believed to be hers later found in Sandy Bay - will be held Saturday at 11:00 am.A family release ...

Fri, May 28, 2021 07:00:02 GMT
Manchester police name wanted man, 23 persons of interest
MANDEVILLE, Manchester - Police here have listed one man as wanted and 23 others as persons of interest in relation to criminal activity in the community of Comfort near Royal Flat.The community has been on edge following two shootings ...

Fri, May 28, 2021 07:01:00 GMT
Burn victim flown to US for surgery
MOUNT SALEM, St James - Nicola Clarke, the woman who was doused with a flammable substance and set ablaze by a jealous spouse last week Wednesday, was airlifted to the United States late yesterday afternoon to receive reconstructive sur...

Fri, May 28, 2021 07:00:01 GMT
Marked for death
Gangsters in Kingston Central have reportedly issued death threats to politicians from the ruling Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) and Opposition People's National Party (PNP) with one of the targets being told a few weeks ago that her name ...

Fri, May 28, 2021 06:20:03 GMT
PNP stands firm behind Dayton
People's National Party (PNP) executive members emerged from a more-than-two-hour meeting yesterday standing firmly behind embattled General Secretary Dr Dayton Campbell."The party stands firm in support of our general secretary as we ...

Fri, May 28, 2021 09:40:01 GMT
PHOTO: TransJamaican resurfaces sections of Portmore toll road
TransJamaican Highway Ltd (TJH),developers of the east-west leg of Highway2000, is undertaking road resurfacing work onsections of the Portmore leg of the east-westhighway. Here workmen resurface a sectionof the heavily-used road last S...

Fri, May 28, 2021 09:30:02 GMT
This Day in History - May 28
Today is the 148th day of 2021. There are 217 days left in the year. TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT1929: The first all-colour talking picture, On with the Show! , produced by Warner Brothers, opens in New York. OTHE EVENTS1533: The archbishop of C...

Fri, May 28, 2021 06:20:02 GMT
Ambassador Johnson remembered as man who loved his family, country, school
Relatives and friends of Ambassador Anthony Johnson yesterday shared that, up to the time of his passing, he relentlessly embodied the motto of his alma mater, Kingston College - The brave may fall but never yield - in much the same way...

Fri, May 28, 2021 07:01:00 GMT
Jamaicans facing sharp rise in cost of construction material
MANDEVILLE, Manchester - Following months of suffering from what they claimed was a shortage of cement, hardware operators in Jamaica's south-central parishes are now dealing with an increase in the prices of lumber and steel.The hardwa...

Fri, May 28, 2021 07:01:00 GMT
Opposition unhappy with delays at CRH
OPPOSITION spokesman on health and wellness Dr Morais Guy says the People's National Party is not pleased with the pace of construction at Cornwall Regional Hospital (CRH) in St James, despite the assurances from the minister."Despite t...

Fri, May 28, 2021 07:01:00 GMT
Adam Stewart unveils a timeless resort near a cascading waterfall
His name rang from the podium and in every private conversation among the small gathering, walking distance from the beach where he swam as a child and in the shadow of Jamaica's leading tourist attraction, the beguiling Dunn's River Fa...

Fri, May 28, 2021 07:01:00 GMT
Montague: Privatisation of ship registry at final stage
MINISTER of Transport and Mining Robert Montague says the Maritime Authority of Jamaica (MAJ) is "on the last lap" of privatisation of the country's ship registry."We continue to work with the Development Bank and the Enterprise Team to...

Fri, May 28, 2021 07:01:00 GMT
RGD returns to regular opening hours
THE Registrar General's Department (RGD) said Friday that all its offices will resume regular business hours, effective Monday, May 31, 2021.Its head office at Twickenham Park in St Catherine will open from 6:30 am to 3:00 pm, whileregi...

Fri, May 28, 2021 07:01:00 GMT
Airport mystery
MONTEGO BAY, St James - Head of Police Area One, Assistant Commissioner Clifford Chambers says a lesson should be learnt from last week's arrest of an American citizen at New York's John F Kennedy International Airport after a handgun, ...

Fri, May 28, 2021 07:01:00 GMT
Indian fugitive with Antiguan citizenship held in Dominica
ROSEAU, Dominica (CMC) - The Dominican Government confirmed yesterday that Indian fugitive Mehul Choksi, who fled Antigua and Barbuda earlier this week, had arrived here illegally and could be sent back to the twin-island nation, amid r...

Fri, May 28, 2021 07:01:00 GMT
Canada, PAHO join forces to advance COVID-19 vaccination in region
WASHINGTON, DC, United States (CMC) - A collaboration between the Government of Canada and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) is being launched to boost countries' efforts to protect at-risk individuals from COVID-19 in Latin A...

Fri, May 28, 2021 07:01:00 GMT
No one allowed in St Vincent volcano red zone in 'foreseeable future'
KINGSTOWN, St Vincent (CMC) - Scientists monitoring the La Soufriere volcano, where seismic activity has remained low for more than a month, Wednesday warned that people would not be allowed into the Red Zone "for the foreseeable" futu...

Fri, May 28, 2021 07:01:00 GMT
Belarusians who fled crackdown fearful
VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) - Viachka Krasulin said he was arrested and brutally beaten all over his body by police in Belarus for attending a rally in August 2020 that challenged the results of an election keeping authoritarian President A...

Fri, May 28, 2021 07:01:00 GMT
Shoppers go back to stores
NEW YORK, United States (AP) - Americans are going back to one of their favourite pastimes: store shopping.With more people getting vaccinated and dropping their face masks, retailers from Walmart to Macy's are seeing an eager return to...

Fri, May 28, 2021 07:01:00 GMT
Today's Horoscope - May 28
HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Friday, May 28, 2021: You are friendly, assertive and many of you are very stylish. You know how to make an impression. You are knowledgeable, versatile and multitalented, which allows you to pursue many different pat...

Thu, May 27, 2021 07:01:00 GMT
Allegations designed to undermine PNP president - Dayton Campbell
PEOPLE'S National Party (PNP) General Secretary Dr Dayton Campbell is describing the latest allegations of sexual misconduct levelled at him as "well-funded political agenda with the objective of forcing me to resign my position as gene...

Thu, May 27, 2021 07:01:00 GMT
Transport operators unhappy despite minister's praise for sector
EFFORTS by portfolio minister Robert Montague to reassure public transport operators of the Government's commitment to the sector may not have appeased all, as one association has thrown cold water on his sectoral presentation in Parlia...

Thu, May 27, 2021 07:01:00 GMT
Police say no plan now to reopen probe against Campbell, but...
FITZ Bailey, deputy commissioner of police in charge of the crime portfolio, says investigators are not considering reopening a criminal investigation into allegations of carnal abuse against People's National Party (PNP) General Secret...

Thu, May 27, 2021 07:01:00 GMT
CXC students give mixed views on two-week extension
STUDENTS who will be sitting Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) examinations next month have responded with mixed views to the two-week postponement announced by the regional examining body yesterday.Instead of the previously announce...

Thu, May 27, 2021 07:01:00 GMT
PNP pressure
THE People's National Party (PNP) finds itself in a pickle today as senior party members are reportedly at odds over its response to the allegations brought against its general secretary, Dr Dayton Campbell.Reports reaching the Jamaica ...

Thu, May 27, 2021 07:01:00 GMT
An extraordinary day for Jamaica - US$230-m Sandals Dunn's River
It's a new story but it's an old story, with a US$230 million twist that will give Sandals its latest ultra-modern resort - the Sandals Dunn's River - put thousands to work and likely signal the recovery of Jamaica's pandemic-battered t...

Thu, May 27, 2021 09:50:02 GMT
PHOTO: Turning the sod for Sandals Dunn's River
Prime Minister Andrew Holness (centre) and Sandals Resorts International Executive Chairman Adam Stewart (third left) turning the sod for the development of the new Sandals Dunn's River, near Ocho Rios, St Ann, at a ground-breaking cere...

Thu, May 27, 2021 08:50:01 GMT
PM says Gov't committed to protecting MoBay coastline
PRIME Minister Andrew Holness says his Government is committed to protecting the Montego Bay coastline.Under the ongoing Montego Bay Waterfront Rehabilitation Project, groynes are being built and rehabilitated to reduce the loss of beac...

Thu, May 27, 2021 08:30:02 GMT
Two dead, two injured in Gordon Town shooting
THE police have confirmed that two people are dead, and two others nursing injuries after several men armed with guns fired at people standing near a food stall around 6:00 pm in Gordon Town, St Andrew on Tuesday.Dead are are 27-year-ol...

Thu, May 27, 2021 07:01:00 GMT
Father of boy accused of shooting cousin says he is in shock
SAVANNA-LA-MAR, Westmoreland - The father of the 15-year-old boy who is accused of the accidental shooting death of his six-year-old cousin while playing with an illegal gun in Westmoreland last week Monday, says he is still in shock.Th...

Thu, May 27, 2021 07:01:00 GMT
This Day in History - May 27
Today is the 147th day of 2021. There are 218 days left in teh year.TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT2011: The acquisition of Air Jamaica is completed, making Caribbean Airlines the national airline of Jamaica. OTHER EVENTS1647: The first recorded Ame...

Thu, May 27, 2021 07:01:00 GMT
Ground to be broken for autopsy suite in Kingston
IN an effort to make forensic science the new frontier of law enforcement for swift and sure justice, the Government will soon break ground for Jamaica's first autopsy suite in the capital of Kingston. Minister of National Security Dr H...

Thu, May 27, 2021 07:01:00 GMT
Now for the PEP results
 PEARLINE Bryan was forced to take drastic action to pull her daughter, Satria McLean, from regular classes at a primary school in Kingston ahead of the 2021 Primary Exit Profile (PEP) examinations and opted for her to be schooled at h...

Thu, May 27, 2021 07:01:00 GMT
Trade unionist wants workers reimbursed for paycuts
TRADE unionist Vincent Morrison says employers should be making arrangements to repay workers who had taken paycuts at the start of the COVID-19 crisis to help keep companies afloat. He told the Jamaica Observer that employers should tr...

Thu, May 27, 2021 07:01:00 GMT
JMMB Joan Duncan Foundation assists vulnerable students to stay connected
DANIEL Wint, a grade six student at Salt Savannah Primary School in Clarendon, is one of the 400 beneficiaries of tablets and SIM cards, to facilitate Internet access for remote learning, from the JMMB Joan Duncan Foundation. In giving ...

Thu, May 27, 2021 07:01:00 GMT
Belarus leader defiant
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - Belarus's authoritarian president lashed out yesterday at Europe for trying to "strangle" his country with sanctions over the diversion of a passenger jet, and he accused a dissident journalist arrested after the fl...

Thu, May 27, 2021 07:01:00 GMT
Biden asks US intel officials to investigate novel coronavirus origin
WASHINGTON, DC, United States (AP) - President Joe Biden yesterday asked US intelligence officials to "redouble" their efforts to investigate the origins of the novel coronavirus, including any possibility the trail might lead to a Chin...

Thu, May 27, 2021 07:01:00 GMT
8 shot dead at railyard serving Silicon Valley
CALIFORNIA, United States (AP) - An employee opened fire yesterday at a California railyard serving Silicon Valley killing eight people. The suspect is also dead, authorities said.Santa Clara County sheriff's spokesman Deputy Russell Da...

Wed, May 26, 2021 07:01:00 GMT
Africa consensus
Prime Minister Andrew Holness yesterday described as a moral failure the stockpiling of COVID-19 vaccines by wealthier countries at the expense of poor black nations which many of them victimised on their way to the top.At the same time...

Wed, May 26, 2021 10:20:02 GMT
Everyone must be beyond reproach
Auditor General Pamela Monroe Ellis has issued a warning to permanent secretaries that her appearance at the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) to answer questions about the operations of her department does not give them a free pass as in...

Wed, May 26, 2021 07:01:00 GMT
'UNICEF has left the blocks late'
Absolutely necessary, but way too late. That is how some school leaders yesterday responded to a call made by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) for the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) to make adjustments to this year's s...

Wed, May 26, 2021 11:00:02 GMT
$357-m slavery money belongs to Jamaica!
Scotland's new Education Secretary Shirley-Anne Somerville is being pressured to order the return of a £1.7-million ($357 million) north-east education fund to Jamaica, after the money was linked to profits from the slave trade. The be...

Wed, May 26, 2021 07:01:00 GMT
Jamaica looks to strengthen relations with Africa
Prime Minister Andrew Holness yesterday said there are significant opportunities for lucrative trade, investment and tourism links between Africa and the Caribbean, arguing that connectivity is the greatest link between the region and ...

Wed, May 26, 2021 07:01:00 GMT
Three men shot in Gordon Town
Three men were shot in Gordon Town, St Andrew, late yesterday afternoon, but up to press time police on the scene had not confirmed any fatalities.Residents told the Jamaica Observer that about 6:00 pm gunshots were heard near the sect...

Wed, May 26, 2021 07:01:00 GMT
Police blast INDECOM, appeal for fairness
The Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) is under more fire from members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) today after the police oversight body issued an erroneous statement on three cops involved in a fatal shootin...

Wed, May 26, 2021 07:01:00 GMT
Dayton's Cross to bear
People's National Party (PNP) activist Karen Cross is mounting a stout defence in the defamation suit filed against her by the party's General Secretary Dr Dayton Campbell.Cross's defence also includes signed statements, witnessed by j...

Wed, May 26, 2021 07:01:00 GMT
Jamaican educator among Taft University 21st Annual Duthoy Scholarship winners
Outstanding Jamaican educator Janet Walsh-Davis, a former principal of St Andrew Preparatory School, has won a Duthoy scholarship to pursue a graduate degree at William Howard Taft University, Lakewood, Colorado.The university announce...

Wed, May 26, 2021 07:01:00 GMT
Jamaican one of three brilliant students to address 2021 Harvard graduation
Jamaican-American Vincent Bish, 21, a budding orator, is one of three Harvard students who will deliver speeches at the virtual ceremony to honour the Class of 2021, the Harvard Gazette announced yesterday.All three were selected in ...

Wed, May 26, 2021 07:01:00 GMT
Social investment structure developed to help reduce crime, says Chang
National Security Minister Dr Horace Chang yesterday said the Government has developed a comprehensive social investment structure which will play a critical role in reducing crime and violence.According to Dr Chang, the initiative wil...



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