O-Wrap: Robbers, police in shootout… Sunshine Girls now ranked #2… Traffic head Calvin Allen reassigned
In case you missed it, here are OBSERVER ONLINE’s top 10 stories for today:
1. Police seize three guns after shootout in St Andrew
Two men were wounded and three firearms seized after gunmen reportedly engaged police officers in a shootout in Constitutional Hill, St Andrew early this morning.
2. Gov’t moving to complete Data Protection Bill
Science, Energy and Technology Minister, Fayval Williams, says that the Government is “moving rapidly” to complete the Data Protection Bill, which would provide citizens with the requisite safeguards to control their personal information online.
3. Crime Stop assisting Cayman authorities with unsolved murder of J’can
Law enforcement authorities in the Cayman Islands have partnered with Crime Stop Jamaica in their bid to solve the nine-year-old murder of Jamaican Courtney Spence in Grand Cayman.
4. Sunshine Girls move to number two in INF World rankings
Jamaica’s Sunshine Girls are now the world’s number two ranked team, inching up from number three ahead of the July 12-21 Vitality Netball World Cup in Liverpool, England.
5. J’can trade mission heads to T&T as it seeks to increase exports to region
Seven Jamaican manufacturers and suppliers of food, personal care and irrigation products will be a part of a trade mission to the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, aimed at increasing exports to regional markets.
6. Warming to slash equivalent of 80 million jobs by 2030 — UN
As climate change worsens, growing heat stress on workers in agriculture and other sectors will cause a productivity loss equal to 80 million full-time jobs over the next decade, the UN warned Monday.
7. Sri Lanka beat West Indies by 23 runs
Sri Lanka beat West Indies by 23 runs in an exciting encounter on Monday between two of the World Cup also-rans in Chester-le-Street.
8. Senate defers debate on amendments to Petroleum Act
The debate on the Petroleum (Amendment) Act, 2019, which opened in the Senate during Friday’s (June 28) sitting at Gordon House, has been deferred for completion at a later date.
9. ACP Allen, SSP Cameron-Powell among 8 senior cops reassigned
The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) today announced that several senior officers have been reassigned to different divisions.
10. JamAir to launch domestic service from Ian Flemming airport to MoBay
Jam Airlink Express will on Wednesday launch its scheduled domestic service between the Ian Fleming International Airport in Bascobel, St Mary and Montego Bay.
