O-Wrap: Nonstop flights from Poland …New MPs sworn in…Roadblocks in St Thomas
In case you missed it, here are OBSERVER ONLINE’s top 10 stories for today:
1. Road blocks continue in St Thomas
The police are advising people to avoid all major thoroughfares in St Thomas as roadblocks have been mounted by protesting residents for yet another day.
2. Nonstop flights from Poland to Jamaica start today
Starting today, Jamaica will welcome a once weekly nonstop flight service from the European nation of Poland.
3. PM wants an end to corporal punishment in Jamaica
Prime Minister Andrew Holness says the time has come for Parliament to debate on the issue of putting corporal punishment to an end both in public institutions and within homes.
4. Denham Town ZOSO Social Intervention Committee named
The Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) last night named a 26-member Social Intervention Committee for the Denham Town Zone of Special Operations (ZOSO).
5. Dunn, Brown Burke, Golding sworn in as MPs
The Jamaica Labour Party’s (JLP) candidate in last Monday’s by-election, Dr Norman Dunn, and the People’s National Party’s (PNP) Dr Angela Brown Burke and Mark Golding were today sworn-in as Members of Parliament in the House of Representatives at Gordon House on Duke Street in Kingston.
6. Slow pace of wage negotiations concerns Police Federation
The Police Federation is expressing concern at the pace at which the Government is moving towards the conclusion of their 2017 to 2019 salary and benefits negotiation.
7. Woman found with firearm in purse, two people in custody
A team of officers assigned to the Clarendon Police Division seized a firearm and 11 rounds of ammunition on the Free Town main road, Longville Park in the parish yesterday.
8. Johnson Smith offers condolence over deadly Texas shooting; no report of J’cans hurt
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator Kamina Johnson Smith, has offered condolences to the Government and people of the United States in the aftermath of a deadly shooting, which took place on Sunday at the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas.
9. ECJ submits final count for October 30 by-elections
The Electoral Commission of Jamaica (ECJ) has released the results of the final count for last Monday’s by-elections in St Andrew Southern, St Andrew South Western and St Mary South Eastern.
10. C’bean nationals cast ballots in NYC general elections
Caribbean nationals are on Tuesday casting ballots for two popular Caribbean candidates in New York’s general elections.
