Cop accused of fabricating evidence in Vybz Kartel trial
PROSECUTION witness Sergeant Patrick Linton was last Friday accused of fabricating evidence in the Vybz Kartel murder trial. He was tackled on a number of issues, including inconsistencies in his...
View Article'It's a nightmare to see him in bandage again'
AFTER her son was stabbed 13 times in 2012 and had his lung punctured, Natoya Warren Robinson is not prepared to stand by the third time and look at her son in a hospital bed: she plans to withdraw him...
View ArticleVIDEO: No Cabinet reshuffle
A Cabinet reshuffle is not immediately on the cards, head of Government and Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller has indicated to the Jamaica Observer.
View ArticleBunting confirms he's stepping down as PNP gen sec
MANDEVILLE, Manchester — Peter Bunting yesterday confirmed that he will be stepping aside as general secretary of the ruling People's National Party (PNP) as soon as his replacement his chosen.
View ArticleWorld Cancer Day 2014
KINGSTON, Jamaica -- World Cancer Day is being celebrated today, February 4, to help raise awareness about the disease.
View ArticleNo Smoking! Vape pens, e-cigarettes substituted
KINGSTON, Jamaica — With the implementation of a smoking ban in Jamaica there has been a significant increase in the use of electronic cigarettes, also known as e-cigarettes/e-cigs and vapourizer pens,...
View ArticleNSSC president 'not in favour' of political clubs in high schools
KINGSTON, Jamaica —President of the National Secondary Students’ Council (NSSC), Sujae Boswell, on Tuesday called for the focus to be on Civics and strengthening student councils instead of introducing...
View Article5 Sandals Resorts among 10 best hotels in Jamaica, Bahamas
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Five Sandals Resorts were named among the 10 best hotels in Jamaica and the Bahamas in the 2014 edition of the US News & World Report’s Best Hotels ranking.
View ArticleShaw responds to Pickersgill on govt's performance
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Opposition spokesman on finance and planning, Audley Shaw, has questioned the suggestion by People’s National Party (PNP) chairman, Robert Pickersgill, that the party has done more...
View ArticleJATOO urges members to apply for sub-franchise licences
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Jamaica Association of Transport Owners and Operators (JATOO) is encouraging its members who operate a Jamaica Urban Transit Company JUTC sub-franchise to apply for the routes...
View ArticlePHOTO: Lasco top-cop finalists meet GG
KINGSTON, Jamaica -- Lasco Police Officer-of-the-Year finalists, and head of Lasco, Lascelles Chin, met with Governor General Patrick Allen at Kings House, on Tuesday.
View ArticleOpposition urges govt to use Telecoms tax to finance public CCTV
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Newly appointed Opposition Junior Spokesman on Science, ICT, Digital Society Development and the Environment, Councillor Duane Smith, has suggested that the government utilise...
View ArticleForex: J$107.77 to one US dollar
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The US dollar traded at an average J$107.77 on Tuesday, February 4, 2014, according to the Bank of Jamaica’s daily foreign exchange trading summary.
View ArticleKartel's house smelled like a dead animal, cop says
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The lead investigator in the alleged murder of Clive ‘Lizard’ Williams testified Tuesday that he smelled a foul odour “like the scent of a dead animal” inside the Hevendale home of...
View ArticleMorrison booted from NWU presidency
NATIONAL Workers Union (NWU) president Vincent Morrison has been booted from office in what has been perceived as an internal coup engineered by his rival, General Secretary Granville Valentine.
View ArticleWalking 'time bombs'
EXECUTIVE Director of the Heart Foundation of Jamaica (HFJ), Deborah Chen, at the launch of Heart Month 2014 last Tuesday, said people with high blood pressure who are unaware of their condition are...
View ArticleKellier praises Maritime Institute
LABOUR and social security Minister Derrick Kellier has lauded the Caribbean Maritime Institute (CMI) for providing what he described as critical training necessary to produce highly-skilled personnel...
View ArticleUS groups donate books to Jamaica
TWO organisations based in the United States of America have embarked upon a joint effort to enhance the availability of books for students in Jamaica.
View Article‘13 votes and yuh a gloat!’
HUGH Buchanan's pronouncement that it is his 'stabilisation' of the St Elizabeth South West constituency which led to the resignation of the Jamaica Labour Party's Dr Christopher Tufton as constituency...
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