Photo: Raining laughter
These children are obviously enjoying the showers yesterday, even as they shelter under this small umbrella during the launch of a community footballl competition at Haile Selassie High School in...
View ArticleSuitcase baby couple remanded
THE couple who was arrested and charged after the decomposing body of their two-year-old son was found in a suitcase at their home was remanded into custody last Wednesday after failing to take up a...
View ArticleNew Negril hospital to boost health tourism
THE Negril business community has embarked on an ambitious project to construct a 250-bed hospital in that tourist resort town on Jamaica's north-western coast and enter the potentially lucrative field...
View ArticleTastee family closes final chapter in human tale of sorrow
ON Friday, April 20, 2012, the owners of the iconic Tastee patty brand, Vincent and Valerie Chang, buried their youngest son, Warren, marking the final chapter in a human tale of sorrow that only...
View ArticleTaxi driver killed in MoBay
MONTEGO BAY, St James — Thirty- one- year-old Conroy Dennis, a taxi operator of Glendevon, St James, was reportedly shot dead by a lone gunman on King Street in the parish this morning.
View ArticleThree vehicle collision along Washington Boulevard
THREE drivers narrowly escaped serious injury following a three way vehicular collision along Washington Boulevard today.
View ArticleRepair work to affect water supply in St Catherine and Portland
THE National Water Commission (NWC) is advising customers in sections of St Catherine who are served by Bybrook Wells one and three that the disruption they are experiencing in their service is due to...
View ArticleTwo accused murderers escape from Ramble lock up
THE Police are appealing to members of the public who may know the whereabouts of two prisoners who escaped the Ramble lock up in Hanover about 4:45 pm yesterday, to contact them as soon as possible.
View ArticleJamaican arrested trying to smuggle US$193,046
PHILADELPHIA, USA – A Jamaican man has been arrested on charges that he attempted to smuggle $193,000 out of the United States via Philadelphia International Airport, the Customs and Border Protection...
View ArticleANANDA ALERT! Fourteen year old missing from St Andrew
FOURTEEN-YEAR-OLD Shanice Laing of Shooters Hill, Seven Miles in St Andrew has been reported missing since Wednesday, April 4.
View ArticlePriest says he was almost gang raped
PHILADELPHIA, USA (AP) — A Catholic priest admitting a sexual relationship with a teen said he had been the victim of an attempted gang rape by fellow seminarians, according to testimony in a...
View ArticleBail extended for Anglican priest on carnal abuse charges
THE $400,000 bail for an Anglican priest who the Trelawny police last month charged with two counts of carnal abuse, was extended when the matter was called up for mention in the Clark's Town RM Court...
View Article1,577 farmers registered in two days - Ministry of Agriculture
THE Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries along with the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) has registered 1,577 new farmers between the period April 12 and 18, the highest number to be recorded since...
View ArticleWater woes in St Andrew
THE National Water Commission (NWC) wishes to advise customers served by the Chancery Hall Heights Relift Stations number one and two in St Andrew that they will continue to experience low water...
View ArticleTraffic disruption along Ashenheim road
THE National Water Commission (NWC) is advising the public that it is currently undertaking emergency Sewer Replacement work along Ashenheim Road in St Andrew.
View ArticlePrediction: Buju to walk free soon
IF the prediction from a popular Ghanian fetish priest Nana Kwaku Bonsam is anything to go by, then incarcerated deejay Buju Banton could be free soon.
View ArticleVIDEO: Unhealthy!
JAMAICA is an unhealthy nation, and its citizens need to do more if the mission to achieve healthy lifestyles is to become a reality, a leading health ministry official has said.
View ArticleVIDEO: Yendi and Chino: What is being said
The announcement by former Miss Jamaica World and Miss Jamaica Universe Yendi Phillips of her pregnancy on the weekend has generated much discussions among Jamaica Observer readers, with some even...
View ArticleEnough is enough, time come!
"I have always felt over the years that the time would come when I would be able to prove to the world that I have been politically persecuted and kept strong in my faith, comforted by the fact that...
View ArticlePHOTO: MAN DOWN
Onlookers gather at the front of Wayne's Pharmacy in downtown Kingston to get a glimpse of the body of a man who was shot and killed by gunmen yesterday. It was reported that the man, whose identity...
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