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O-Wrap: Review of proposals on new Road Traffic Act… Petrojam HR manager resigns… 11-y-o boy missing
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November 27, 2018

O-Wrap: Review of proposals on new Road Traffic Act… Petrojam HR manager resigns… 11-y-o boy missing

In case you missed it, here are OBSERVER ONLINE’S top ten stories for today:

1.  Alternative proposals to Road Traffic Act amendments to be reviewed

A technical team from the Ministry of Transport and Mining is to review alternative proposals to amendments in the Road Traffic Act, following a meeting with the Transport Operators Development Sustainable Services (TODSS) and the Jamaica Association of Transport Owners and Operators (JATOO).

2.  Cabinet to receive Jamaica Teaching Council Bill for consideration

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator Ruel Reid, says the Jamaica Teaching Council (JTC) Bill is far advanced and will be taken to Cabinet shortly for consideration.

3.  No specified monetary benefits for workers from 1990 to 2018, says labour ministry

 The Ministry of Labour and Social Security has indicated that there is no specified monetary benefits for people who worked between 1990 and 2018 to access from its labour department.

4.  Digicel offers free tickets to Manning Cup finals

Digicel is giving customers who top up their mobile phones with $300 or more, one free ticket to the Manning Cup final, where Kingston College (KC) will face St George’s College in another epic “North Street battle”.

5.  Medical doctor wants more resources channelled into prevention of crash, violence-related injuries

 Dr Jason Toppin, a member of the Violence Prevention Alliance, is calling for proper resources to be channelled into the area of prevention of both violence related injuries and road traffic crashes, which are said to cost the healthcare sector about $12.6 billion annually.

6.  Petrojam HR manager resigns

Yolande Ramharrack, human resource manager at the scandal-hit Petrojam resigned early last week, OBSERVER ONLINE has been informed.

7.   ‘Death squad’ trial: Main witness mistakenly identifies cop as Gaza Man

The prosecution’s main witness in the ‘death squad’ murder trial today admitted that he made a mistake when he identified one of the three accused policemen as Gaza Man.

8.   11-y-o Marlon Stewart missing from Kingston home

The police have activated a High Alert for 11-year-old Marlon Stewart, otherwise called ‘JJ’, of Binns Road, Kingston 11 who has been reported missing since Tuesday, November 27.

9.  ‘Death Squad’ trial: Mechanic denies being present at time of alleged police murder

A witness in the so-called ‘death squad’ trial, this morning testified that a mechanic, who was working on his car at a garage in Clarendon where Andrew Bisson was allegedly killed by three policemen, has denied that he was present.

10.  Britain worse off under any Brexit scenario: government

Britain will be economically worse off in any scenario outside the EU, with a no-deal Brexit rendering GDP 9.3 per cent smaller than it would otherwise be in 15 years’ time, the government said Wednesday.

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