- Jamaica sweep 100m finals at CARIFTA Games, but boys U-18 to be rerun 9:24 PM
- Jamaicans through to CARIFTA 100m finals 5:30 PM
- Barbados 245, Jamaica 52-1 at close 5:16 PM
- Body of 5-y-o boy missing since September found by highway 5:09 PM
- Windwards 248, T&T 36-3 at close 4:49 PM
- Barbados 245 all out vs Jamaica 4:09 PM
- I support decriminalisation of ganja, but not for smoking, says health minister 2:33 PM
- Hughes pulls out of CARIFTA 100m; Minzie favourite to win 2:00 PM
- Riverton dump fire under control, says ODPEM 1:25 PM
- April 29 sentencing for woman who smuggled cocaine to help ailing mother 1:15 PM
- Authorities find no reason for nearly 50% of suicides in 2013 12:35 PM
- PHOTOS: Fire at Riverton dump, again 12:10 PM
- Windies speedster escapes serious injury in crash 11:29 AM
- Jamaica off to cracking start at 43rd CARIFTA Games 11:11 AM
- ONLINE READERS COMMENT: Tax on bank withdrawals evil, unjust 10:59 AM
- Paul Brunson: 20 Successful Habits I learned working for two billionaires 10:35 AM
- Regional Cricket: Barbados win toss, batting vs Jamaica 10:23 AM
- Costa Rican woman attributes miracle to pope 10:14 AM
- 16-y-o boy, one of two killed in Clarendon 9:53 AM
- 100m super clash to headline opening day at Carifta Games 9:25 AM
Regional
Push out or step out, teachers told
MANDEVILLE, Manchester - Veteran educator, researcher and consultant Pauletta Chevannes has said that teachers who find themselves unable to cope with the demands of the profession should walk away from it. "You have entered what I see as one of the most prestigious and the most demanding professio ... Read More
Smiles all around as Islington Post Office reopens
ISLINGTON, St Mary - The smiles on their faces revealed the joy that the residents of Islington felt ... Read More
Successful US-based Jamaican gives back to his roots
IT was a celebratory atmosphere at the Mount Waddy Primary School in Friendship, Moneague, St Ann la ... Read More
Licensed firearm holder kills alleged robber
SANTA CRUZ, St Elizabeth — An alleged gunman, who reportedly attempted to rob a businessman an ... Read More
Senior citizen dies in Manchester car accident; 2 other people injured
MANDEVILLE, Manchester — Sixty-nine year old Fay Swaby, a housewife of Chudleigh Housing Scheme in Manchester, died as a result of injuries she received in a motor vehicle accident in Mount Olivet in the parish late Thursday. Two other people, including the driver of the vehicle, were injured in the crash. According to the Christiana police, the vehicle — a grey Honda Odyssey — was being reversed when the driver allegedly lost control of it, resulting in a collision with a wa ... Read More
'We want houses too'
Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) councillor for the Wakefield Division Jonathan Bartley is appealing for redundant sugar workers who once lived on barracks at Hampden Estates in Trelawny before it was divested by Government, to receive benefit under the First Step Homes programme. According to Bartley, the sugar workers who once lived on four sugar barracks operated by the Hampden Estate before the closure of the factory in 2003, were not among the recent beneficiaries of housing solutions under the ... Read More
Grave Concern!
BY MARK CUMMINGS Editor-at-Large Western Bureau cummingsm@jamaicaobserver.com | Thursday, April 17, 2014
MONTEGO BAY, St James THE dead are no longer buried at the decades-old Cholera Cemetery on Montego Bay's 'Hip Strip', but those interred there must be turning in their graves due to the deplorable state of the St James Parish Council-owned facility. A recent visit to the site on Gloucester Ave, which lies in close proximity to a number of hotels, revealed that the cemetery where scores of cholera victims were laid to rest, was overgrown, full of trash, paper and other waste, and scrubby tufts ... Read More
Appleton Uberblue delivers
(PHOTO: ACEION CUNNINGHAM) Appleton Uberblue delivers BY ACEION CUNNINGHAM Observer West writer MONTEGO BAY, St James | Thursday, April 17, 2014
Appleton Uberblue has built a reputation for delivering quality entertainment, and the most recent staging at Pier One in Montego Bay themed the 'Klub Euro' experience last week, lived up to that well earned status. Entry into the party immediately drew one's attention to the choreographed shadow dancers and the classily done décor with strategically placed spotlights. The décor inside the venue mirrored the outside with its use of fabrics and lights for a more intimate feel and a ... Read More
Semi-finals battle
It will be St James against Westmoreland in the semi-finals of the Jamaica Football Federation's Captain's Bakery and Grill/Charley's JB Rum Western Confederation Super League that gets underway this Sunday at Jarrett Park, following the end of the regular season last week. Three former champions Savannah SC, Reno FC and Granville United, as well as Tomorrow's People finished at the top of the points tables, and will continue their quest for the title and right to take part in the play-offs for ... Read More
Entertaiment Dairy- Thursady April 17 2014
Thursday April 17 o Appleton's Baywest @ Buccaneer Beach Hotel, Dead End, Montego Bay. Adm: Everyone before 6:00 pm; $500 After o Splish Splash Dancehall Rock @ Sandpiper, Cave, Westmoreland from 7:00 pm-Until..... Adm: FREE before 10:30 pm; $1000 After o Heineken All-Star Thursdays Ladies Night @ Margaritaville, Hip Strip, Montego Bay. Adm: Ladies FREE before Midnight FRIDAY April 18 o Negril Bacchanal @ Cayenne Beach, Negril from 10:00 pm-Until. Adm: $1500 Presold; $2000 at the Gate Get ... Read More
Western Sport Diary April 17-20
SATURDAY St James FA Sandals/ATL/Honda Senior League Seaview FC vs Lilliput- Jarrett Park 3:00pm Seba FC vs Montego Bay United Under 21- Jarrett Park 5:00pm Salt Spring United vs Catherine Hall- Jarrett Park 7:00pm Trelawny FA Monymusk Overproof White Rum Major League Clark's Town FC vs Prospect Links- Cedric Titus 3:30pm Invaders SC vs Salt Marsh United- Wakefield 3:30pm Harmony FC vs Flames FC- Bounty Hall 3:30pm National Supplies Western Basketball Association's Men's League Blitz v ... Read More
Million-dollar problem
BUFF BAY, Portland — The family of Shereece White, the 21-year-old who was shot dead in Barbados on April 1, is now facing another dilemma: the inability to bring her body home for a proper burial due to financial constraints. Maureen Johnson, White's mother, told the Jamaica Observer that she has been informed that it would cost $1 million to bring the body to Jamaica. The woman said she appealed to the foreign ministry but was told that the ministry doesn't offer the kind of financial ... Read More
Bridge to a better life
BY INGRID BROWN Associate editor — special assignment browni@jamaicaobserver.com | Monday, April 14, 2014
A project being undertaken by the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) is empowering several impoverished families in St Thomas and Portland to improve their standard of living. Beneficiaries of the programme said not only have they been motivated to dream big but they are already taking steps to learn a skill or start their own small businesses. Thirty families — 10 each from St Thomas, Portland and Trelawny — were selected to benefit from training, housing assistance and income- ... Read More
Dancing for health
WITH a large number of children worldwide developing lifestyle diseases, the St Mary Health Services in collaboration with the Health Education/Promotion division in the parish recently hosted a diabetes dance and essay competition. Several primary and high schools from across the parish participated in the competition aimed at promoting physical activities among children. Speaking at last week's award ceremony to culminate this season of the competition, Health Education Officer Pauline Steel ... Read More
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