O-WRAP: PPV tint removal won’t solve crime…Taxi driver murdered… 6 out of 1000 children in State care
In case you missed it, here are OBSERVER ONLINE’s top 10 stories for today.
1. Removing tint from PPVs illegal, will not solve crime — JATOO
The Jamaica Association of Transport Owners and Operators (JATOO) says
steps by authorities to remove tint from public passenger vehicles are
illegal and will not solve the country’s crime problem (PPVs).
2. Journalists shot dead mid-broadcast in DomRep
Two journalists were shot dead during a live radio broadcast in the Dominican Republic, police and media said.
3. PNP queries copper export ban
Opposition Spokesman on industry, investment and commerce Anthony
Hylton, is demanding that the Government explains its decision to
suspend the export of copper.
4.
J’can nabbed with 10,000 ‘ecstasy’ pills in US pleads guilty
A man, said to be Jamaican, yesterday pleaded guilty to attempting to sell ecstasy drugs in the United States last year.
5. 64-y-o taxi driver murdered in Falmouth
A taxi operator was last night shot dead along the Wiltshire main road in Falmouth, Trelawny by two men posing as passengers.
6. Jamaica is first C’bean country to launch IMF-approved National Summary Data Page
Jamaica has become one of the first countries globally and the first in
the Caribbean to launch an IMF-approved National Summary Data Page
(NSDP).
7. HIC to open Ja’s first ICU for heart patients
The Heart Institute of the Caribbean (HIC) today announced the opening
of an “ultra-modern, fully equipped” cardiac intensive care unit (ICU)
dedicated to the care of heart patients.
8. $232m to be spent on relocating Foreign Affairs Ministry
The Government has allocated $232 million for the provision of
customised office facilities for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and
Foreign Trade.
9. Acting commissioner advocates for honest emotions without abusive interactions
Acting Commissioner of Police, Novelette Grant, while looking at the
relations between spouses noted that people ought to be honest with
their emotions, and not let differences or disagreements get to the
point where interactions become abusive.
10. Six out of every 1,000 children are in state care — Green
State Minister in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information,
Floyd Green yesterday revealed that as at September 30, the total number
of children in the tertiary child protection system stood at 4,621.
