Weekly Round-Up: Ban corporal punishment?… Flippa Guilty… Lady Saw baptised
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) spokesperson on Education and Youth Senator Kamina Johnson Smith is calling on Education Minister Ronald Thwaites to immediately ban corporal punishment in schools. Her suggestion follows reports of another child allegedly being injured at a school from an alleged beating with a ruler.
In entertainment, after attending J Capri’s funeral service, deejay Lady Saw announced her decision to become a servant of the Lord. She was baptised later that evening in a private service.
Meanwhile, another entertainer’s fate was sealed. Deejay Flippa Mafia was found guilty of distribution of cocaine, money laundering, and conspiracy in New Jersey, USA on Thursday.
Watch as OBSERVER ONLINE reviews this week’s news for you.
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Minister must ban corporal punishment in schools, says Opposition
Video: Bus overturns, catches fire in Fern Gully
UPDATE: Eltham High School staff in Fern Gully bus crash
157 firearms seized in Get-the-Guns campaign
6 shot in St James drive-by, 1 fatally
SSP McGregor: St James drive-by a reprisal; 1 arrested
Ja passes 10th IMF test, but reduction in Gov’t wage bill necessary
UPDATE: Flippa Mafia directed drug ring from Jamaica and New Jersey
Lady Saw now a ‘servant of the Lord’
TVJ signs 5-year deal to televise KSAFA matches
Gayle vows to make Test return in 2016Bolt, Fraser-Pryce win Golden Cleats race
