- O-Wrap: JDF soldier arrested... Jointly address corruption, PSOJ urges... IMF rep, business leaders welcome drop in unemployment 4:01 pm
- Forex: J$137.87 to one US dollar 5:01 pm
- IMF rep, business leaders welcome drop in unemployment 3:53 pm
- Gov't launches project to protect forests 3:45 pm
- Facebook to fix children's app flaw allowing chats with strangers 3:24 pm
- Lucea, Hanover now twinned with Huangshi Municipality of China 2:31 pm
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Let the public be the judge
OPPOSITION Leader Dr Peter Phillips says he is leaving it to members of the public to form their opinions on the failure of the Integrity Commission to publish a summary of the statutory declaration of Prime Minister Andrew Holness for last year. Read More
Caricom conducting CSME sensitisation meetings in Jamaica
A delegation from the Guyana-based Caribbean Community (Caricom) Secretariat is here for a series of engagements with the various stakeholders including the private sector and the labour movement on the Caricom Single Market and Economy (CSME). Read More
Cop denies knowing reputed gang leader
CHIEF Justice Bryan Sykes was amazed yesterday by an admission from Corporal... Read More
Wrong priority
CHIEF executive officer of Honey Bun Limited, Michelle Chong has added her voice to those calling for a more structured data-driven focus on the development of Jamaica's small and medium enterprises (SMEs), and the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) agrees. Read More
English Freemasons install new district grand master for Jamaica and the Cayman Islands
Attorney and distinguished Freemason Dwight Reece was last Saturday installed as the new district grand master for Jamaica and the Cayman Islands, in a ceremony marked by pomp and pageantry at the AC Hotel Kingston in St Andrew. Read More
'Sent home to die'
ONE woman is convinced that she was sent home to die earlier this year after visiting the Kingston Public Hospital (KPH) for treatment. Read More
Water restrictions continue
THE National Water Commission (NWC) warned yesterday that consumers in Kingston and St Andrew will continue to have disruptions in their supplies. Read More
This Day in History— July 23
Today is the 204th day of 2019. There are 161 days left in the year.TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT1958: Queen Elizabeth II names four women to peerages — the first women to sit in Britain's House of Lords. Read More
Waite says Phillips is a man of vision, integrity
BY GARFIELD MYERS Editor at Large, South Central Bureau myersg@jamaicaobserver.com | Tuesday, July, 23 2019
BRAES RIVER, St Elizabeth —It was mostly about his own formal, public installation as People's National Party (PNP) candidate for St Elizabeth North Eastern (NE). Read More
T&T tries another crime-fighting measure
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) — The Trinidad and Tobago Government says it will be providing funds for a new initiative aimed at curbing the criminal activities here, with the number of murders here so far reaching almost 300. Read More
Congresswoman Clarke continues fight for migrants
WASHINGTON, DC, USA (CMC) — Caribbean American Democratic Congresswoman Yvette D Clarke has introduced new legislation in the US House of Representatives to create what she describes as a “9/11-style Commission” to investigate the treatment of migrants. Read More
Today's horoscope — July 23, 2019
HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Tuesday, July 23, 2019: This year, you seem to be able to accomplish whatever you desire, within reason. Your charisma often speaks for you, and it certainly remains a positive. Your creativity and ability to come up with excellent ideas push you to the forefront. These... Read More
O-Wrap: JDF soldier arrested... Jointly address corruption, PSOJ urges... IMF rep, business leaders welcome drop in unemployment
In case you missed it, here are OBSERVER ONLINE's top 10 stories today: Read More
Forex: J$137.87 to one US dollar
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The US dollar on Tuesday, July 23 ended trading at J$137.87 down by 12 cents according to the Bank of Jamaica's daily foreign exchange trading summary. Read More
IMF rep, business leaders welcome drop in unemployment
KINGSTON, Jamaica — International Monetary Fund (IMF) Resident Representative, Dr Constant Lonkeng Ngouana, says the reduction in Jamaica's unemployment rate to 7.8 per cent is a “tremendous achievement”. Read More
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