O-Wrap: Holness announces new Cabinet… Fae Ellington to host Profile… Accused denies gang raping teen
In case you missed it, here are OBSERVER ONLINE’s top stories for today:
1. Fae Ellington to host TVJ’s Profile2. PNP urging PM to fund re-verification of voters’ list3. Supposed homosexual denies gang raping 13-y-o girl4. Chang to head security portfolio, Clarke takes finance in new Holness Cabinet5. PHOTOS: Calabar celebrates Champs victory at Red Hills Road campus6. Marubeni Corporation donates $1.3m to rebuilding Walker’s Place of Safety7. High turbidity affects water supply in St Mary8. Unidentified man shot dead in Portland9. Westmoreland police find firearm in stove10. Section of Barbican Road to be closed Tuesday to Friday for paving works
Veteran broadcaster Fae Ellington will be the new host TVJ’s Profile as of April 1.
The People’s National Party (PNP) is calling on Prime Minister Andrew Holness to provide the Electoral Office of Jamaica (EOJ) with funding to carry out a re-verification of Jamaica’s voters’ list in time for the next general elections.
A 22-year-old man, believed to be homosexual, was last week hauled before the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court on allegations that he was among a group of men who gang raped a 13-year-old girl last October.
Prime Minister Andrew Holness, after two years in office, today shuffled his Cabinet.
It was wild celebration at 61 Red Hills Road this morning as Calabar High School presented the Mortimer Geddes trophy to its students during devotion this morning.
Marubeni Corporation, one of the Jamaica Public Service (JPS) shareholders, has donated $1.3 million to the rebuilding of the Walker’s Place of Safety, which was destroyed by fire earlier this year.
The National Water Commission (NWC) is advising of water supply disruptions in several St Mary communities as high turbidity levels have forced the shutdown of the White River Treatment Plant.
Police have reported the fatal shooting of an unidentified male in Port Antonio, Portland early this morning.
Police officers in Savanna-la-Mar, Westmoreland found a firearm hidden in a stove during raid in the parish yesterday.
The National Works Agency (NWA) is advising the public that contractors will be working into the Easter holiday weekend as they continue final paving works along Barbican and East Kings House Roads as part of the US$4.4-million road upgrade project in the area.
