Observer article prompts big changes at Cornwall Regional
MAJOR changes have taken place at Cornwall Regional Hospital (CRH) since an exposé by the Jamaica Observer in October last year unveiled long waits for both urgent and non-urgent cases in the Accident...
View ArticlePM reports ‘good and steady progress’ in first 100 days
PRIME Minister Portia Simpson Miller yesterday said that her Administration has made “good and steady progress” in its first 100 days in office and again committed the Government to openness and...
View ArticleThe Mary Lynch murder trial: She thought he was seeing another woman
In this week’s conclusion of the two-part story of the Mary Lynch murder trial, Retired ACP Isadore Hibbert, the main investigator, continues to outline the drama leading up to the trial and conviction...
View ArticleThe first 100 days
THE Portia Simpson Miller administration yesterday completed its first one hundred days in office, and, since the middle of last week, commentators have been weighing in on the performance of the new...
View Article100 days The first - The Public’s View
AS the People’s National Party (PNP) observes its first 100 days in office, the Jamaica Observer sought feedback on the administration’s performance from some Jamaicans who were on the streets of...
View ArticleAll campaign donations should be made public
THE devastating fallout for the ruling party caused by the 2006 Trafigura scandal has propelled Foreign Affairs Minister and Leader of Government Business in the Senate, AJ Nicholson, to conclude that...
View ArticleBrazil court OKs abortions for brainless foetuses
BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Brazil's supreme court has voted to authorise abortions in cases of foetuses with no brains.
View ArticleTeachers urged to help improve results in Mathematics
EDUCATION Minister, Ronald Thwaites, is urging teachers of Mathematics to partner with the ministry in designing the appropriate pedagogy and methodologies to reverse the underperformance of students...
View ArticleSecret Service scandal deepens; 11 placed on leave
CARTAGENA, Colombia (AP) — An embarrassing scandal involving prostitutes and Secret Service agents deepened Saturday as 11 agents were placed on leave, and the agency designed to protect President...
View ArticleO love that wilt not let me go
THE parents of underaged Valerie Hart-Collins were so dead set against her marrying Maurice Facey that the young couple was forced to turn to the then governor of Jamaica for permission to tie the knot.
View Article‘Breeder’, 5 others wanted by cops
INVESTIGATORS from the St Catherine North Police Division have listed six men as persons of interest.
View ArticleTwo guns, ammo seized in separate incidents
TWO guns and ammunition were seized by the police in separate incidents over the weekend.
View ArticleUS Coast Guard makes nearly two-ton Caribbean coke bust
MIAMI, USA (CMC) The United States Coast Guard said on Saturday that it captured a speedboat laden with US$43 million worth of cocaine in the Caribbean Sea.
View ArticleTeacher, coach charged for sexual offences
INVESTIGATORS from the Centre for the Investigation of Sexual Offences and Child Abuse arrested four persons for various sexual offences over the weekend.
View ArticleNo fire at JPS power plant
THE Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) is advising that there was no fire at its power plant on Marcus Garvey Drive on Friday, contrary to earlier media reports.
View Article1 dead, 4 missing in yacht race accident
SAN FRANCISCO, USA (AP) — One sailor died and four others were missing at sea after powerful waves swept them from their yacht during a 60-mile roundtrip race off San Francisco's coast, the Coast Guard...
View ArticleBill Cosby: Trayvon’s case about guns, not race
WASHINGTON, USA (AP) — Actor and comedian Bill Cosby says the debate over the killing of Trayvon Martin by a neighbourhood watch volunteer should be focused on guns, not race.
View ArticleMissing 13-y-o returns home
THE police have advised that 13-year-old Shania Lofters of St Lucia Road, Kingston 11, who was reported missing on Thursday, April 12, has since returned home.
View ArticleObama and Caribbean leaders
CARTEGANA, Colombia — US President Barack Obama (centre) poses for a photo at a multilateral meeting with Caribbean leaders during the sixth Summit of the Americas in Cartagena, Colombia yesterday....
View ArticleSchools struggling - Inspectorate reports dismal performances
THE National Education Inspectorate (NEI), in its latest assessment of performance standards at the country’s public schools, has indicated that the state of affairs at many primary and secondary...
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