- Kellier says Disabilities Act will have to translate into action 10:38 AM
- Sir Howard lies in state at MoBay Cultural Centre 10:36 AM
- Police hosts Marine Festival 9:43 AM
- US $500m AIDS-free campaign to help Caribbean 9:37 AM
- Over 40 killed as plane smashes into house in Taiwan 9:30 AM
- Barbados records first case of home transmitted chikungunya 9:27 AM
- Police arrest 41 people for lottery scamming, 15 charged 9:16 AM
- UAE sheikh to build hotel in Antigua 9:14 AM
- Rev Al Miller 'Dudus' aiding and abetting case starts today 8:55 AM
- LeBron apologizes to neighbours, sends cupcakes 8:31 AM
- Two Ukrainian military fighter jets shot down 7:55 AM
- McNeil says work on Hyatt Ziva hotel going well 7:13 AM
- Discussions underway for movement of nurses throughout the region -- Ferguson 12:16 AM
- PM hails NJASCO's support for Jamaica 10:15 PM
- Government unsure about impact of devaluation 9:58 PM
- Outcry after British MP tweets he would fire rockets at Israel 7:49 PM
- MH17 shootdown may have been a 'mistake' 7:23 PM
- International Seabed Authority: 20 years of significant achievements --PM 6:17 PM
- UDC developing new fishing village at Forum in Portmore 6:14 PM
- Tropical Depression 2 east of Lesser Antilles 5:59 PM
- Six fined $8,000 each for stealing water 5:42 PM
- Tyler Mason, Marvin Williams through to World Youth 110m hurdles semi 5:30 PM
- Opposition says Paulwell ‘hustling’ Spectrum licences 5:06 PM
- FOREX: $112.63 to one US dollar 4:59 PM
- Downsound not derailed, music studio to relocate 4:47 PM
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$100,000 Reward for safe return of baby samunya
CRIME Stop Jamaica has increased the reward for the safe return of little Samunya Bloomfield to $100,000. The baby was snatched from her bed at her parents’ home one month ago. Her whereabouts have, however, remained a mystery to her family and the police. Anyone with information on where S ... Read More
Court reserves judgement in Williams/Holness Senate case
THE Judicial Review Court yesterday reserved judgement in the case brought by Arthur Williams over h ... Read More
Japan naval
vessel visits
Jamaica
A Japanese naval vessel yesterday visited the Jamaican capital Kingston in celebration of 50 years o ... Read More
PM bats for ENVIRONMENT
SHE hasn't had a history of addressing environmental matters at home, but Prime Minister of Jamaica ... Read More
Cruel irony
After just over a decade, Parliament yesterday passed the Disabilities Bill. But even as the members sought to take credit for the legislation, the cruel irony of the State’s neglect of the disabled was evident when the majority of Jamaicans with physical challenges who went to Gordon House to watch the debate were unable to enter the building. Instead, they were accommodated in a section of the garage downstairs — as there is no ramp access to the building — and watched the p ... Read More
Distribution of tablets to teachers for e-Learning project begins
THE distribution of 25,000 tablets to teachers and students under the Tablets in Schools (TIS) Pilot Project began Monday with the delivery of approximately 180 devices. The deliveries will now allow the commencement of training of teachers in seven educational institutions included in the pilot phase. The devices were delivered by Digicel Jamaica, which is one of four companies contracted to provide the tablets under the year-long pilot project. The other three companies are Innovative Corpor ... Read More
Gov't to enforce law against lighting fires
PEOPLE who continue to light fires indiscriminately may soon face prosecution, according to Local Government and Community Development Minister Noel Arscott. Arscott said that lighting fires is an illegal activity and the Government will now look at enforcing the law to curtail this practice. The move comes against recent incidents of bush fires in St Elizabeth, where farmers have been using the slash and burn technique to clear their land for planting. One farmer has died as a result of a fi ... Read More
Six Portmore residents convicted for water theft
THE National Water Commission (NWC) reported yesterday that six people were recently convicted in the Spanish Town Resident Magistrate's Court for trespassing on the works of the NWC. The six — all of Portmore — were all found guilty and each charged and fined $8,000 or serve 30 days in prison. "The National Water Commission reminds persons who continue to trespass on its network that it has stepped up its operations across the island, and those caught will be prosecuted and made t ... Read More
JDIP contractors seek legal advice to recover $1.6 b from Govt
CONTRACTORS claiming over $1.6 billion in unpaid bills after participating in the Jamaica Development Infrastructure Programme (JDIP) are seeking legal advice on proceeding with the issue, despite meeting with Minister of Transport, Works and Housing Dr Omar Davies, last Thursday. The meeting had been arranged with the minister by president of the Incorporated Master Builders Association of Jamaica Carvel Stewart in an effort to resolve the prolonged matter, which has also taken up much of the ... Read More
Audi takes care of FIFA vice-president for a day
When FIFA Vice-President Jeffrey Webb, who also heads the Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF), visited Kingston on Monday, it was only natural that his mode of transportation would be an Audi. Webb, accompanied by Jamaica Football Federation President Captain Horace Burrell, and a delegation from CONCACAF, flew to the capital city from Montego Bay to attend the opening ceremony of a FIFA-sanctioned workshop for coaches of women's football at the ... Read More
ISA pays tribute to late former council president Lennox Ballah
BY KIMONE THOMPSON Associate editor - features thompsonk@jamaicaobserver.com | Wednesday, July 23, 2014
THE words on the plaque read 'Born to Serve', and according to former colleagues and family members, they accurately sum up the life of the late Lennox Ballah, a Trinidadian jurist who has gone down in history as the first ever president of the Council of the International Seabed Authority (ISA). Ballah took that office in 1996 when the authority weaned itself off the United Nations and became an autonomous international organisation. Last Friday, members of the authority, hosted by Tinidadian ... Read More
Mechanical sewage treatment systems to be rehabilitated
HEALTH Minister Dr Fenton Ferguson says a number of mechanical sewage treatment plants at hospitals across the island will be rehabilitated, under phase two of the Sewage Treatment Project. "We have already begun to implement mitigating measures at some of the facilities involved so that we can urgently put in place corrective interventions that will improve the process until we are able to comprehensively rehabilitate those systems," Dr Ferguson said. Phase one of the Sewage Treatment Projec ... Read More
Gov't vows not to allow abuse of rights under flexi-work week
LABOUR Minister Derrick Kellier says the Government will not tolerate any abuse of rights or discrimination of employees under the proposed flexi-work week arrangements. He gave the assurance as he addressed the 55th National Conference of the Association of Methodist Men's Fellowship, Jamaica District at St John's Methodist Church in Montego Bay. According to Kellier, the Government has already given a commitment that workers' right to worship is protected under the legislation. He told the ... Read More
PHOTO: Cooling down!
Firefighter Michael Sutherland quenches his thirst just after putting out a fire in Lake Pen, St Catherine, last week. (PHOTO: GARFIELD ROBINSON) Read More
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