Children’s Registry expands to Mandeville
THE Office of the Children’s Registry (OCR) has expanded its operations to Mandeville as it moves to reduce and eliminate incidences of child abuse across the island.
View ArticleNorth Korea launches rocket: defence ministry
NORTH Korea has launched a long-range rocket, South Korea's defence ministry said.
View ArticleGrants Pen ford impassable
THE police are advising members of the public that the Grants Pen ford in St Andrew has been rendered impassable due to flood waters. Motorists are therefore being advised to utilise alternative routes...
View ArticleJLP retains St Margaret’s Bay seat
THE Opposition Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) retained the St Margaret's Bay division seat in the magisterial recount that ended about 5:30 this afternoon at the Port Antonio Resident Magistrate’s Court.
View ArticleFlag flop refund - MoBay mayor says decorator to return fee
MONTEGO BAY, St James — Chairman of the St James Parish Council Glendon Harris says that the contractor who was hired to do the decoration for the recent swearing-in of newly elected councillors has...
View ArticleSupreme Ventures Foundation to focus on big health, education, sports projects
LOCAL gaming giant Supreme Ventures Limited (SVL) yesterday launched the Supreme Ventures Foundation, which will focus on large, long-term projects in the areas of public health, education and sports...
View ArticleJFJ spearheading human rights awareness campaign
RIGHTS group Jamaicans For Justice (JFJ) is to undertake a one-year promotional campaign aimed at raising human rights awareness across the island. The project, which is being funded by a US$63,000...
View ArticleMeet ‘Robot Cop’ the gardener
HE calls himself ‘Robot Cop’, but Wayne Foster is really a gardener from Albert Town, Trelawny who attracts a lot of attention with his self-designed motor cycle attached to a lawn mower.
View ArticleDeaf scholar wants better accommodation for disabled persons
WHEN Marva Mariner started losing her hearing in her teens, she told no one outside her immediate family. The harsh words she heard from the public about persons with disabilities caused the...
View ArticleClarification & apology
On Friday, March 30, 2012, Jamaica Observer published an article in the opinion section of the Daily Observer entitled “The Police, fatal shootings, Police Federation, JFJ and INDECOM”.
View ArticleOCG finds no misconduct in NMIA security contract award
THE Office of the Contractor General (OCG) says it has found no evidence of misconduct in the award of a three-year, $149,940,000 contract to Protection and Security Limited to secure Kingston’s Norman...
View ArticleOld thinking taking us nowhere — Moss-Solomon
GRACEKENNEDY director James-Mosss Solomon says the failure of successive governments to abandon old practices and embrace new and creative approaches to governance is one of the main factors hindering...
View ArticleWrecker driver on extortion charge gets bail
WRECKER driver Michael Blair, 46, was granted bail in the sum of $50,000 when he appeared in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday.
View ArticleSearch on for solicitor general
THE search is on for a new solicitor general to replace Douglas Leys who has held the post since 2008.
View ArticleAll aboutt Vision 2030
Financial Secretary Dr Wesley Hughes in discussion with United States Agency for International Development Mission Director in Jamaica Denise Herbol, during Wednesday’s opening session of the Vision...
View ArticleUTech students to investigate child abuse cases
STUDENTS of the University of Technology (UTech) will be assisting in the investigation of child abuse cases referred to the Child Development Agency (CDA) by the Office of the Children’s Registry, as...
View ArticleAll set for start of Jamaica 50 celebrations despite budget cut
GOVERNMENT’S announcement last Wednesday of the slashing of the Jamaica 50 budget from $2.5 billion to $688 million should not greatly affect the planned celebrations, which are expected to begin by...
View ArticleAlleged beheader remanded
BROWN’S TOWN, St Ann — The security guard charged with the beheading of a man at Lincoln in the Brown’s Town area last month was remanded in custody when he appeared in court Wednesday.
View ArticleCase management to help reduce court backlog
CASE management is to be implemented in circuit courts islandwide to deal with the huge backlog of criminal cases which have been choking the justice system.
View ArticleJTA and ministry must be allies, says Thwaites
EDUCATION Minister Rev Ronald Thwaites says his ministry and the Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA) need to maintain a good working relationship for the benefit of the education sector and the nation.
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