O-Wrap: Teen girl shot dead… 5 arrested over gun find… Ja abstains from UN vote on Jerusalem
In case you missed it, here are OBSERVER ONLINE’s top 10 stories for today:
1. Dunn rejects misleading streetlight story
Member of Parliament (MP) for South East St Mary Dr Norman Dunn is rejecting recent news reports that he admitted to installing illegal streetlights in South East St Mary.
2. US threatens to end aid to Caribbean
United States President Donald Trump has threatened to cut off American aid to any country, including those in the Caribbean, that votes for a resolution at the United Nations condemning his recent decision to recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.
3. Montague meets with Police Federation over wage negotiation impasse
Minister of National Security, Robert Montague is to meet with members of the Police Federation today after he was asked by way of a letter to intervene in the current wage negotiation impasse with the Government.
4. 5 arrested after police seize gun, ammo in Bull Bay
Five people are now in police custody after lawmen seized a firearm and several rounds of ammunition along the Bull Bay main road in St Andrew last night.
5. Report on Sagicor ‘grossly inaccurate’, company says
Sagicor Financial Corporation Limited in responding to a report on the online news resource Barbados Today which said that the Group poses systematic risk for Barbados and the Caribbean region, has labelled the article as “grossly inaccurate and indeed recklessly careless” not suppoted by facts from its frequent and various public disclosures.
6. Defying Trump threat, UN rejects US decision on Jerusalem
Defying President Donald Trump’s threat to cut off funding, the United Nations overwhelmingly approved on Thursday a motion rejecting the US decision to recognise Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.
7. 15-y-o girl shot dead in Seaview Gardens
A 15-year-old girl was shot dead at her home in Seaview Gardens, St Andrew this afternoon.
8. JIS opens condolence book for Ian Boyne
A condolence book was opened today for late veteran journalist and Deputy Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Ian Boyne at the agency’s headquarters located at 58 Half-Way Tree Road, Kingston.
9. RGD implements e-registration in 8 hospitals
The Registrar General’s Department (RGD) says it has begun electronic-registration in eight hospitals across Jamaica — Spanish Town, Mandeville, St Ann’s Bay, Cornwall Regional, Victoria Jubilee, Princess Margaret, Annotto Bay and May Pen hospitals.
10. Stafanie Taylor voted skipper of T20 team-of-the-year
West Indies Women captain, Stafanie Taylor, has been named captain of the ICC Women’s Twenty20 Team-of-the-Year.
