O-Wrap: $2.2b flood damage…Triple murder in Spanish Town… Patrick Powell trial postponed
In case you missed it, here are OBSERVER ONLINE’s top 10 stories for today:
1. Gov’t seeks to safeguard Reggae with UNESCO inscriptionA dossier to inscribe Reggae music has been submitted to UNESCO’s List of Intangible Cultural Heritage for Humanity in a bid to safeguard the genre.Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Olivia ‘Babsy’ Grange, made the announcement today.
2. Flood damage upwards of $2.2b – NWAThe cost to reopen roadways and clear drains across the island following three periods of heavy rains over the past two months, have been preliminarily put at $2.2 billion. Full story here:
3. Patrick Powell firearm trial postponedThe trial of businessman Patrick Powell who allegedly failed to hand over his licensed firearm to the police following the shooting death of Kingston College student Khajeel Mais in 2011 failed to get underway this morning
4. Three people killed in Spanish Town attack Detectives assigned to the Spanish Town Criminal Investigation Branch (CIB) are probing the killing of three people, including a female and a juvenile, and the injuring of another female on Jones Avenue, Spanish Town, St Catherine, about 10:25 pm last night.
5. Man stabbed to death in Gordon Pen, St CatherineA man was fatally stabbed, allegedly by a relative, at his Gordon Pen, St Catherine home yesterday.
6. RUBIS, UCASE summoned to emergency Labour Ministry meetingThe Ministry of Labour and Social Security has scheduled an emergency conciliation meeting at noon today with representatives of Rubis Energy Jamaica Limited and the Union of Clerical, Administrative and Supervisory Employees (UCASE).
7. US says no laptop ban on board flights from Europe for nowUS aviation security officials stepped back Tuesday from imposing a ban on carry-on computers on flights coming from Europe, which had been proposed to guard against possible bomb-laden electronics from the Islamic State group.
8. Bartlett launches Devon House as Jamaica’s first Gastronomy CentreTourism Minister, Edmund Bartlett launched Jamaica’s first Centre of Gastronomy at Devon House in St Andrew last evening, poising the historic mansion for a culinary renaissance.
9. Culture, creative industries contribute millions in US dollars to economy — GrangeMinister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport Olivia ‘Babsy’ Grange said that Jamaica’s culture and creative industries contributed at least an estimated five per cent of the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) and generated between US$15 million and US$20 million in revenue each year.
10. Ariana Grande to headline repeat Manchester concert SundayUS pop star Ariana Grande will return to Manchester on Sunday to headline a star-studded concert in memory of the victims of the attack on her show, her publicist said Tuesday.
