• Restructuring bureaucratic system a priority for first 100 days — PM 7:41 PM
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• STETHS through to ISSA/Grace Headley Cup final 7:26 PM
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• JTA calls for Gov't incentives to keep teachers from migrating 7:22 PM
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• Several boards approved by Cabinet 6:29 PM
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• Windies spinner Narine cleared by ICC 6:19 PM
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• Jamaica Customs Agency acquires additional boats 5:50 PM
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• Forex: J$122.04 to one US dollar 5:39 PM
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• Police report 32% reduction in serious and violent crimes 5:08 PM
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• Alleged cow thief killed in St Ann, another in police custody 4:51 PM
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• Sugar industry will rebound, says permanent secretary 4:41 PM
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• Three killed in Trelawny crash ()
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• Luciano’s son laid to rest ()
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• Miss Kitty apologises to everyone, except Yanique ()
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• WhatsApp toughens encryption after Apple-FBI row ()
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• Peter Bunting courageous, says Burke ()
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• Blake conquers his fear ()
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• Public defender tells McKenzie she reports to Parliament, not a minister ()
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• Magnum Kings’ exec says no damage done ()
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• UPDATE: Cops identify three killed in Trelawny crash ()
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• Three employees at Sangster Airport arrested for drugs ()
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Mixed views on proposal to put NHT refunds into contributors’ NIS accounts

TRADE unionists have expressed differing views about the recommendation made by Jamaica Chamber of Commerce (JCC) President Warren McDonald that people who will never be able to access mortgages ... Read More

Chung stays
ACCOUNTANT and Chief Executive Officer of the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ) Dennis Chung will stay on as board chairman of the p ...... Read More

McKenzie says forensic audit already ordered into NSWMA’s operations
LOCAL Government Minister Desmond McKenzie says he had called for an immediate forensic audit of the National Solid Waste Management Authority ( ...... Read More

PHOTO: The net effect
It took several fishermen to pull in a net with their day’s catch in Roselle, St Thomas, yesterday. (Photo: Karl McLarty)... Read More

Samuels ready to play for Jamaica again

West Indies middle-order batsman Marlon Samuels says he is willing to return to the Jamaica senior team set-up now that a new national selection committee is to be appointed. The cricket star mad ... Read More

Windies skipper receives regal reception
Late on Tuesday, the Jamaican members of the triumphant West Indies men’s team returned to the island to a hero’s welcome. And yeste ...... Read More

Blake conquers his fear
The 2011 World Championships 100m winner Yohan Blake believes he has overcome his fear of getting hurt again after opening his season with a 21.33- ...... Read More

Clash
CATHERINE HALL, St James — Montego Bay United’s (MBU) coach Paul ‘Tegat’ Davis thinks the edge that his team will need to ...... Read More

Bartlett discusses airline seats with JetBlue reps

JAMAICA’S Minister of Tourism Edmund Bartlett met Tuesday with representatives of JetBlue Airways, as he continued his meetings with strategic tourism partners in New York City in the Unit ... Read More

ATL Autobahn first handover
ATL Autobahn, a division of ATL Automotive, last Thursday officially handed over the first set of keys for its BMW 330i M Sport luxury vehicle ...... Read More

GOJ committed to selling stake in JPSCo — DBJ
The Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ) has advised that the Government of Jamaica (GOJ) is committed to selling its stake in the Jamaica Public S ...... Read More

NCB uses credit scores to introduce tiered interest rate for credit card customers
Some customers with poor credit ratings will now face higher credit card rates as National Commercial Bank of Jamaica (NCB) will be applying a t ...... Read More

‘Badman’ sequel in the works

WHEN Jamaican-inspired movie Diary of a Badman premiered at local cinemas last Wednesday, it attracted of scores of patrons, including local thespians and entertainment fraternity members. Al ... Read More

Devoted to Jimmy
FOR decades, singer Jimmy Riley warmed the hearts of music fans with soothing lovers’ rock songs. Yesterday, many of them, as well as coll ...... Read More

Aidonia to make another donation
Dancehall deejay Aidonia will be making a second instalment in his One Voice Foundation and Sheldon Lawrence Scholarship programmes to his alma ma ...... Read More

Toots to Groove In The Park
REGGAE legend Toots Hibbert is expected to make his live show comeback on June 26 at Groovin In The Park in Queens, New York. Chris Roberts, CEO o ...... Read More

Sweet revenge

Sometimes the best of relationships go sour, and may leave one person more bitter and thus open to the thought of sweet revenge. It’s worse if the party feels as if they have been wronged so ... Read More

How long should you breastfeed?
BREASTFEEDING is recommended exclusively for the first six months of a child’s life, but what happens when a mother chooses to go way beyond, ...... Read More

Can you change your body type with exercise?
MUCH like a jigsaw puzzle, many people with a desire to change their bodies find themselves wishing they had the ability to move things around to c ...... Read More

What the Easter break reminded me about myself as a mom
Ok Girl, let me tell you! I have to be real! I know because the column is called Young Mummy Diaries you might somehow get the impression that I am ...... Read More

Diaspora voting possible

The Jamaica Information Service (JIS) article (http://jis.gov.jm/diaspora-voting-explored/) referencing Senator Kamina Johnson Smith’s comments relating to Diaspora voting has elicited many re ... Read More

Evidence of impartiality and consistency
Thanks for all of the feedback that comes in Jamaica Observer online and also the feedback sent to my e-mail address. These days, most congratulat ...... Read More

How to change a community
  IF there is a community that should be a model of economic prosperity, citizen empowerment and social harmony, that community would have to ...... Read More

No, not yet Lisa
THOUGH the content of Lisa Hanna’s letter printed in the Sunday Observer on April 3, 2016 is, in essence, truth, there are very subtle underto ...... Read More

Westmoreland vendors knock police’s anti-vending stance

SAVANNA-LA-MAR, Westmoreland — Westmoreland vendors, who ply their wares in several town centres in the parish, are up in arms with the recently assigned officer in charge of the parish, D ... Read More

Three killed in Trelawny collision
The Trelawny community was plunged into a state of shock and mourning Tuesday night when news broke that two gas station pump attendants and a h ...... Read More

Clash
CATHERINE HALL, St James — Montego Bay United’s (MBU) coach Paul ‘Tegat’ Davis thinks the edge that his team will need to ...... Read More

‘Spirits Made Still’ — a celebration of Jamaican art
Celebrated ceramist Gene Pearson broke his 20-year hiatus from the western Jamaica art scene with a joint exhibition held recently at the famed Roun ...... Read More

Darren Sammy and Desmond McKenzie’s son

We are drawn to two recent developments, one international and one local, which raise questions of ethics and morality, though clearly not about wrong or right per se. Mr Darren Sammy, as the Caribb ... Read More

WI must also strive to dominate Test cricket
There has been much weeping and gnashing of teeth about the fall of the West Indies cricket team from the position of undisputed world champions ...... Read More

Beware the effects of passing the buck, PNP
In 2009, the University of Southern California and Stanford University conducted a study on the practice of passing the buck. The study, titl ...... Read More

The West Indian way
Having hit the first three balls of the 20th over bowled by the England fast bowler Mr Ben Stokes for six, the scores were tied. All the big Barb ...... Read More

ATL Autobahn first handover

ATL Autobahn, a division of ATL Automotive, last Thursday officially handed over the first set of keys for its BMW 330i M Sport luxury vehicle to Edwin Wint amidst much fanfare at its Orchard R ... Read More

Another major accident on crucial road link
Mandeville, Manchester — A truck spill which blocked the Spur Tree main road for in excess of 15 hours last week has heightened concerns abou ...... Read More

On the straight and narrow
THE 2016 Supligen Drag Racing Challenge #1 on March 20, at Vernamfeld in Clarendon, was an action-packed start to the National Drag Racing Circu ...... Read More

Fraser McConnell’s sweet success
IT was a packed day at Carnival of Speed put on by the Jamaica Race Drivers Club (JRDC) on March 28 at Dover Raceway, St Ann. “We are hap ...... Read More

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