Jamaica Observer
Thu, 4, Mar, 2021 07:01:00 GMTSecurity guard shot dead; call for JamaicaEye in Santa Cruz
SANTA CRUZ, St Elizabeth — Councillor for the Santa Cruz Division Christopher Williams is urging the Government to step up its pace and investment in the national closed-circuit television (CCTV) surveillance system, Jamaica...
Thu, 4, Mar, 2021 07:01:00 GMT'Butch' Stewart posthumously awarded St Lucia's 3rd highest honour
GORDON “Butch” Stewart has joined the pantheon of St Lucian stars in posthumously receiving that country's third highest honour, the St Lucia Cross (SLC).The award celebrates the late Sandals Resorts International (SRI...
Thu, 4, Mar, 2021 07:01:00 GMTVaccination roll-out delayed; shipment from India to now arrive Monday
THE roll-out of the country's COVID-19 vaccination programme has been set back by at least a week, as the shipment of AstraZeneca vaccines that were to arrive from India today has now been rescheduled.
Thu, 4, Mar, 2021 07:01:00 GMTJTA welcomes plan for 1st round vaccination of educators
PRESIDENT of the Jamaica Teachers' Association (JTA) Jasford Gabriel has welcomed the inclusion of educators in the first batch of persons targeted for the COVID-19 jab even as the entity is engaging in another round of canvassing...
Thu, 4, Mar, 2021 07:01:00 GMTBail extended for accused trio in businesswoman's murder
MANDEVILLE, Manchester — The three people who were charged with murder in relation to the November 26, 2020 stabbing death of 63-year-old businesswoman Marcia Chin-you had their bail extended when they appeared in the Manche...
Thu, 4, Mar, 2021 07:01:00 GMTBiden's vaccine plan raises recovery hopes for Jamaican Gov't
NEW United States President Joseph Biden's plans to secure delivery of enough coronavirus vaccines for all Americans by May, and got the thumbs yesterday in Parliament, as a positive for the ailing Jamaican economy.
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Thu, 4, Mar, 2021 07:01:00 GMTDEATH FROM A SNEEZE
THE dreaded novel coronavirus has left a family in the Corporate Area community of Kingston Gardens in despair after it claimed the life of the matriarch and left one of her daughters in a coma.All other members of the family who ...
Thu, 4, Mar, 2021 07:01:00 GMTPHOTO: Finding his way around
A blind man makes his way in busy downtown Kingston on Tuesday.(Photo: Joseph Wellington)
Thu, 4, Mar, 2021 07:01:00 GMT10 families,10 houses
SHAKEIRA Ayton was overjoyed as she received the keys to her new house from Food for the Poor through a donation from the National Baking Company Foundation.“I feel wonderful, I give thanks,” said Ayton, a single mothe...
Thu, 4, Mar, 2021 07:01:00 GMTTrench Town stalwart, 101-year-old Evadney Moodie remembered as God-fearing woman
LONG-TIME Trench Town resident and People's National Party (PNP) stalwart Evadney Moodie was last Saturday eulogised as a God-fearing woman who never resiled from speaking her mind, even at the risk of losing friendships.Moodie, w...
Thu, 4, Mar, 2021 07:01:00 GMTNIDS boss says system will avoid security risks
PROGRAMME director of the national identification System (NIDS), Warren Vernon, on Tuesday assured members of the joint select committee (JSC) reviewing the legislation that he is confident in the standards being followed to avoid...
Thu, 4, Mar, 2021 07:01:00 GMTCourt upholds 40-year sentence against St Catherine man
Christopher Locke, the St Catherine man who was in 2017 sentenced to life behind bars with 40 years before parole for burning his ex-girlfriend alive, last week lost his bid to have his sentence reduced by the Appeal Court.
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Thu, 4, Mar, 2021 11:20:01 GMTThis Day in History - March 4
Today is the 63rd day of 2021. There are 302 days left in the year.TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT1829: An unruly crowd mobs the White House during the inaugural reception for US President Andrew Jackson.OTHER EVENTS1632: Sweden's King Gustavus...
Thu, 4, Mar, 2021 07:01:00 GMTPandemic fuels attacks on health workers globally
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) – Two Nigerian nurses were attacked by the family of a deceased COVID-19 patient. One nurse had her hair ripped out and suffered a fracture. The second was beaten into a coma.
Thu, 4, Mar, 2021 07:01:00 GMTToday's Horoscope — March 4, 2021
HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Thursday, March 4, 2021:Privat e, intimate and autonomous, you need a cozy place in which to exist. You produce your best work this year, and it is very successful. If single, you so crave creative isolation tha...
Wed, 3, Mar, 2021 07:01:00 GMTMAJ says ready to help as Gov't outlines vaccination programme
With indications by Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton that the Government's ambitious COVID-19 vaccination roll-out plan stands to be staggered, not by the lack of potions but more by a shortage of personnel to ad...
Wed, 3, Mar, 2021 07:01:00 GMTCommittee considering $3-m fine for sexual harassment
THE joint select committee of Parliament currently reviewing the Sexual Harassment Bill has been considering increasing fines for breaches of the legislation from a maximum $1 million to $3 million.However, committee members had r...
Wed, 3, Mar, 2021 07:01:00 GMTDrugs shipment clampdown
Four port employees are among five people charged in connection with a major drug bust at Kingston Freeport Terminal last month.
Wed, 3, Mar, 2021 07:01:00 GMTWoman sentenced to 20 years for sister's murder
DUNCANS, Trelawny — Forty-year-old farmer Nadeen Geddes who pleaded guilty to the murder of her sister, 36-year-old Tamara Geddes, last year, was sentenced to 20 years in prison at hard labour in the Trelawny Circuit Court y...
Wed, 3, Mar, 2021 07:01:00 GMTJapan donates $260 million worth of medical supplies to Government
KINGSTON Public Hospital (KPH) is the first of seven health facilities to receive medical supplies and equipment valued at approximately $260 million from the Japanese Government in aid in the fight against the novel coronavirus.T...
Wed, 3, Mar, 2021 07:20:01 GMTJAH B's WORK IS DONE
The global music industry yesterday joined Jamaica in mourning the passing of Bunny Wailer, a co-founder and the last surviving member of the island's iconic reggae group The Wailers that included Bob Marley and Peter Tosh.Bunny W...
Wed, 3, Mar, 2021 08:30:01 GMTThis Day in History — March 3
Today is the 62nd day of 2021. There are 303 days left in the year.TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT1999: An estimated 74 million US viewers watch former White House intern Monica Lewinsky confess the details of her affair with US President Bill ...
Wed, 3, Mar, 2021 07:01:00 GMTStanding Finance Committee meeting to adhere to COVID-19 guidelines
PARLIAMENT has outlined changes to the meeting of the Standing Finance Committee scheduled to examine the 2021–2022 Estimates of Expenditure and related documents today and tomorrow.
Wed, 3, Mar, 2021 07:01:00 GMTVaccine from India arrives in St Kitts and Nevis
MARK Brantley, premier of Nevis and foreign affairs minister of St Kitts and Nevis, has extended gratitude to the Government and people of India for a shipment of COVID-19 vaccines that arrived in the federation Monday.“We w...
Wed, 3, Mar, 2021 07:01:00 GMTBe careful! Criminals lurking on major roads in Clarendon
MAY PEN, Clarendon — The Clarendon police have warned motorists to be careful when traversing the major thoroughfares in that parish, especially along the toll road, as criminals have been setting traps across the roads that...