- Weekly Round-up: Ban on plastics and Styrofoam… Three Miles by-pass coming… Young pastor killed in church 12:01 am
- Eight Afghan children killed playing with unexploded mortar shell 2:35 pm
- Students encouraged to engage in environmental protection 2:08 pm
- Disc jockey 'DJ Stone' reported missing 1:59 pm
- 11-y-o Portmore boy reported missing 10:51 am
- Tropical Storm Kirk forms in the Atlantic 11:51 am
News
Flooding affects Ocho Rios Health Centre again
OCHO RIOS, St Ann — Several employees at the Ocho Health Centre, located on Graham Street, have raised concerns about flooding at the facility whenever it rains. Read More
WINDALCO invests $8 million in back-to-school programme
WEST Alumina Company (WINDALCO) has invested $8 million in a back-to-school programme benefitting students in St Catherine, Manchester, St Ann, Clarendon, and St Elizabeth.... Read More
LASCO Chin Foundation launched
LASCO Chin Foundation (LCF) was officially launched at a press breakfast on Thursday at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel's Venetian Suite.... Read More
Jamaica pursuing partnerships
PRIME Minister Andrew Holness says Jamaica will continue to forge ties with new and traditional partners in a bid to bolster the country's national security framework.... Read More
'Search' on for $77-million Lotto winner
SUPREME Ventures Limited (SVL) has urged its newest millionaire, who won $77 million in Draw # 1508 on Wednesday, September 19, to come forward. Read More
Men pay $50,000 each for turtle
MICHAEL Harris and Clive McNuff were each fined $50,000.00 breaches under the Wildlife Protection Act (WLPA) when they appeared in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court on Wednesday. Read More
Compassionate Care Programme launched at Black River Hospital
PATIENTS at Black River Hospital in St Elizabeth should see an improvement in the delivery of care, following the launch of the Ministry of Health's Compassionate Care Programme at the facility on Thursday. Read More
Former leaders of main opposition party fight it out in public
KINGSTOWN, St Vincent (CMC) — Former Prime Minister Sir James Mitchell has described as his 'biggest error” his former f inance Minister Arnhim Eustace, as yet another public spat between the two former leaders of the main opposition New... Read More
PM says economy has progressed under ERP
PRIME Minister Andrew Holness says the economy has made progress under the Economic Reform Programme (ERP). Read More
Senate moved by Pastor Johnson's murder
SEVERAL senators yesterday diverted from issues surrounding the extension of the state of emergency (SOE) in St Catherine to passionately address the daring murder of Pastor James Johnson on Thursday. Read More
'A dark day in the nation'
BY RACQUEL PORTER Observer staff reporter porterr@jamaicaobserver.com | Saturday, September, 22 2018
ADMINISTRATIVE Bishop of the Church Of God of Prophecy Winston Leith yesterday called for the swift apprehension of the gunman responsible for Thursday's murder of one of its ministers of religion in St Catherine. Read More
Sheriff: Shooter had mental illness but legally owned gun
MARYLAND, USA. (AP) — The woman who killed three people and wounded others before shooting herself to death at a Maryland drugstore warehouse had been diagnosed with a mental illness and used a legally purchased gun in the rampage, a law enforcement official said... Read More
127 dead after Tanzania ferry capsizes on Lake Victoria
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Hundreds of solemn people watched yesterday as body after body was pulled from a capsized ferry that Tanzanian authorities said was badly overcrowded and upended in the final stretch before reaching shore. The official death toll was 127, but horrified... Read More
3 newborn babies, 2 adults stabbed at neighbourhood nursery
NEW YORK, USA (AP) — A woman stabbed five people — including three newborn babies — early yesterday inside a New York City home that was apparently being used as a neighbourhood nursery, and then slashed her own wrist, police said. Read More
Eight Afghan children killed playing with unexploded mortar shell
MAZAR-I-SHARIF, Afghanistan (AFP) — Eight children, including four siblings, were killed in Afghanistan when a mortar shell they were playing with exploded, relatives said Saturday, adding to the ever-growing civilian toll in the 17-year war. Read More
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