Mexico: 12 corpses found near US border are women
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (AP) — Forensics tests have confirmed that 12 sets of skeletal remains found near the US border are those of girls and women, authorities announced yesterday, fueling fears that...
View ArticleOpposition says budget delay will impact economy
OPPOSITION Leader Andrew Holness says the delay by the Government in presenting the 2012/13 budget will have serious implications for the economy.
View ArticleHECOIN students score high in City and Guilds of London exam
THE Health, Education and Counselling Institute (HECOIN) says 62 of its students did exceptionally well in the recently concluded City and Guilds (C&G) of London international diploma in phlebotomy...
View ArticleSandals Foundation 'Lapathon for Charity' to aid St Mary Infirmary
THE St Mary Infirmary will be the major beneficiary of next month's 'Lapathon for Charity' at the Boscobel playfield in St Mary.
View ArticleProf Wilson to deliver Bishop Gibson lecture
RETIRED Provost of John Jay College of Criminal Justice, Professor Basil "Bagga" Wilson will deliver the annual Bishop Gibson Lecture on Wednesday at Kingston College, North Street.
View ArticleBroadcaster Wayne W Whyte appears in court today
BROADCASTER Wayne W Whyte and his alleged accomplice Safari Farr are scheduled to appear in the Gun Court section of the Spanish Town Resident Magistrate's Court today.
View ArticleGov't mulls public awareness campaign on flag use
MONTEGO BAY, St James — Minister without portfolio responsible for Information, Senator Sandrea Falconer says the government could launch a public education programme soon geared to inform the public...
View ArticleBlair’s future uncertain
A Parliamentary Committee is to be formed to decide the fate of the Office of the Political Ombudsman. Leader of Government Business in the Lower House Phillip Paulwell yesterday sought and got the...
View ArticleDPP explains charges against broadcaster
DIRECTOR of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Paula Llewellyn said the decision to charge broadcaster Wayne Whyte with wounding with intent and illegal possession of firearm, instead of attempted murder in the...
View ArticleMyrie confident CCJ will rule in her favour
BEFORE she boarded a flight yesterday to the Eastern Caribbean country of Barbados where she claimed she suffered inhumane abuse, Jamaican Shanique Myrie is confident that the Caribbean Court of...
View ArticlePortia makes Time Magazine's 100 most influential persons
PRIME MINISTER Portia Simpson Miller has been listed in Time Magazine's 100 most influential persons in 2012. Simpson Miller is one of 38 women on the list, the most in any year.
View ArticleShanique Myrie wins round one — says lawyer
THE Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) today granted leave for Shanique Myrie allowing her to take her case to the trial stage. Attorneys representing Myrie, Michelle Brown and IMarc Ramsay, are...
View Article'Fontaine' of love
Archbishop Emeritus of Kingston Most Reverend Donald Reece incenses the urn containing the remains of Richard Fontaine, co-founder, chairman and president of Fraser Fontaine and Kong Limited, at a...
View ArticleThis Day In History April 19
1982: Astronauts Sally Ride and Guion Bluford Jr become the first woman and African-American selected for the NASA programme.
View ArticleJEEP running in only 15 constituencies so far
WORK has com-menced on National Works Agency (NWA) projects, which are being monitored by the Jamaica Emergency Employment Programme (JEEP), in only 15 of the island's 63 constituencies, programme...
View ArticleJHTA reports 'flat' winter tourist season, forecasts tough summer
THE Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association (JHTA) is reporting a less than brisk winter tourist season and is predicting an even tougher summer ahead for its members.
View ArticleEven Gleaner readers excited about ‘Crimes that rocked...’
Readers continue to express delight over the Observer's 'Crimes that rocked the nation' series written by veteran journalist Sybil Hibbert, with support from her husband, retired ACP Isadore Hibbert....
View ArticleTrooped in
A woman walks by members of the Police Mounted Troop in the vicinity of the Spanish Town Shopping Centre in St Catherine, yesterday. (Photo: Lionel Rookwood)
View Article‘Butch’ Stewart increasing J’can staff to 500 in Turks and...
The Gordon 'Butch' Stewart-owned Beaches resorts in the Turks and Caicos Islands is ramping up its Jamaican staff in the British dependency by an immediate 100 persons, with plans for another 50 to be...
View ArticleRound one to Shanique Myrie
SHANIQUE Myrie, the Jamaican woman who claimed she was finger-raped by Barbados immigration and security officials and then thrown out of the Caribbean country, was yesterday granted leave by the...
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