Neither diabetes nor gunmen could stop Sheldon Beckford
This is the 38th in the award winning series of close encounters with death by Jamaicans, many of them in prominent positions of the society.
View ArticlePortmore ghettos strain council coffers
PORTMORE'S Mayor, George Lee, says the municipality's council has not eased its relentless pursuit of building code violators within the rambling, dormitory community but the
View ArticleWhy Wisynco Group
Today, we publish the fifth of 15 stories on the nominees for the Jamaica Observer Business Leader Corporate Award. To be considered for nomination, all companies had to be at least 50 years old, or be...
View ArticleRemove Johnston!
SENIOR advisor to the education minister Dr Franklin Johnston has come under fire from a group of public school teachers who say they have been angered and demotivated by his recent comments and want...
View ArticleWe don't take it lightly — Noranda
BAUXITE company Noranda is defending itself against claims by irate farmers in the Dry Harbour Mountains of St Ann that their land reclamation efforts leave a lot to be desired.
View ArticleIllegal housing bore brunt of Sandy's fury
LAND ownership is the single most important thing that will protect Jamaica's housing stock from future hurricane damage, says renowned civil and structural engineer Peter Jervis.
View ArticleJLP in turmoil
JAMAICA Labour Party (JLP) insiders yesterday said the court injunction filed by Everald Warmington on Friday to block the reinstatement of three of its four deputy leaders was part of a grand plot to...
View ArticleUWI's new $3.5-billion state-of-the-art medical school
OF the 15,000 qualified students applying to study Medicine at the University of the West Indies, Mona campus each year, only 15 per cent are accepted because of space constraints, but this is set to...
View Article'Don't treat me special'
MOST people seeing Shay Reid for the first time stop and stare. It happens so often that she's no longer bothered, even as she admits that she doesn't like it, as staring, she insists, is impolite.
View ArticleNo more H8
THE University of the West Indies (UWI), which many see as the academic home ground of the nation's future leaders, is the birthplace of a new type of advocacy, namely a Jamaican pro-tolerance movement...
View ArticleSon of Madoff’s accountant kills self
THE son of Bernard Madoff's longtime accountant, who himself pleaded guilty to securities fraud in the scandal centred on the disgraced financier, has committed suicide in central Ohio, authorities said.
View ArticleUniversity lecturer continues hunger strike over highway project
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Relatives of University of West Indies lecturer, Dr Wayne Kublalsingh, are worried that he may die as a result of a hunger strike he has embarked upon to get Prime Minister...
View ArticleMulti-million dollar monument to honour slave revolt
GEORGETOWN, Guyana – The Guyana government says a monument in recognition of the 1823 revolt by African slaves on the East Coast of Demerara will be erected in the capital.
View ArticleMay Pen Hospital only seeing emergency cases
CLARENDON, Jamaica — The management of the May Pen Hospital is advising the public that the Accident and Emergency Department will be attending to emergencies only for the next five hours in order to...
View ArticleWater supply problems for St James
ST JAMES, Jamaica — The National Water Commission (NWC) is advising that it will be conducting emergency repairs at the Great River Treatment Plant in St James between 10:00 am and 2:00 pm today.
View ArticlePolice arrest two women over Facebook post
NEW DELHI, India (AP) — Indian media say police in Mumbai have arrested two women who posted a comment on Facebook criticising the shutdown of India's financial hub for the funeral of a powerful Hindu...
View ArticleLights out on Mandeville arcade vendors
MANDEVILLE, Manchester — Vendors at the arcade here are feeling the brunt of a generally tough economy.
View ArticleYouth committee to tackle child labour in Clarendon
MAY PEN, Clarendon — Several young Clarendonians have joined forces in an effort to stem what is perceived to be high levels of child abuse/neglect in this central Jamaica parish.
View ArticleBig plans for health facilities in 'St Bess'
SANTA CRUZ, St Elizabeth - Health Minister Fenton Ferguson says $150 million will be spent on upgrading work at the Santa Cruz Health Centre and the Black River Hospital over the next two to three years.
View ArticleParish Council to investigate Shoppers Fair collapse
MAY PEN, Clarendon - The Clarendon Parish Council will seek to determine what caused the recent structural collapse to the Shoppers Fair Supermarket in the parish capital, Mayor Scean Barnswell has...
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