Subscribe Login
Jamaica Observer
ePaper
The Edge 105 FM Radio Fyah 105 FM
Jamaica Observer
ePaper
The Edge 105 FM Radio Fyah 105 FM
    • Home
    • News
      • Latest News
      • Cartoon
      • International News
      • Central
      • North & East
      • Western
      • Environment
      • Health
      • #
    • Business
      • Social Love
    • Sports
      • Football
      • Basketball
      • Cricket
      • Horse Racing
      • World Champs
      • Commonwealth Games
      • FIFA World Cup 2022
      • Olympics
      • #
    • Entertainment
      • Music
      • Movies
      • Art & Culture
      • Bookends
      • #
    • Lifestyle
      • Page2
      • Food
      • Tuesday Style
      • Food Awards
      • JOL Takes Style Out
      • Design Week JA
      • Black Friday
      • #
    • All Woman
      • Home
      • Relationships
      • Features
      • Fashion
      • Fitness
      • Rights
      • Parenting
      • Advice
      • #
    • Obituaries
    • Classifieds
      • Employment
      • Property
      • Motor Vehicles
      • Place an Ad
      • Obituaries
    • More
      • Games
      • Elections
      • Jobs & Careers
      • Study Centre
      • Jnr Study Centre
      • Letters
      • Columns
      • Advertorial
      • Editorial
      • Supplements
      • Webinars
    • Home
    • News
      • Latest News
      • Cartoon
      • International News
      • Central
      • North & East
      • Western
      • Environment
      • Health
      • #
    • Business
      • Social Love
    • Sports
      • Football
      • Basketball
      • Cricket
      • Horse Racing
      • World Champs
      • Commonwealth Games
      • FIFA World Cup 2022
      • Olympics
      • #
    • Entertainment
      • Music
      • Movies
      • Art & Culture
      • Bookends
      • #
    • Lifestyle
      • Page2
      • Food
      • Tuesday Style
      • Food Awards
      • JOL Takes Style Out
      • Design Week JA
      • Black Friday
      • #
    • All Woman
      • Home
      • Relationships
      • Features
      • Fashion
      • Fitness
      • Rights
      • Parenting
      • Advice
      • #
    • Obituaries
    • Classifieds
      • Employment
      • Property
      • Motor Vehicles
      • Place an Ad
      • Obituaries
    • More
      • Games
      • Elections
      • Jobs & Careers
      • Study Centre
      • Jnr Study Centre
      • Letters
      • Columns
      • Advertorial
      • Editorial
      • Supplements
      • Webinars
  • Home
  • News
    • International News
  • Latest
  • Business
  • Cartoon
  • Games
  • Food Awards
  • Health
  • Entertainment
    • Bookends
  • Regional
  • Sports
    • Sports
    • World Cup
    • World Champs
    • Olympics
  • All Woman
  • Career & Education
  • Environment
  • Webinars
  • More
    • Football
    • Elections
    • Letters
    • Advertorial
    • Columns
    • Editorial
    • Supplements
  • Epaper
  • Classifieds
  • Design Week
Death of a hero
News
Death of a hero
St Elizabeth man takes last breath days after saving 13 seniors during Hurricane Melissa
Tamoy Ashman | Reporter |ashmant@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 28 12:20 AM
Death
{"xml":"xml"}{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
Inmates focus on ‘feelings’ post-Melissa, for holidays
News
Inmates focus on ‘feelings’ post-Melissa, for holidays
...psychosocial support available
Tamoy Ashman | Reporter |ashmant@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 28 12:18 AM
Inmates focus on ‘feelings’ post-Melissa, for holidays
{"xml":"xml"}{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
Gwen Stefani, Shelton show support for Sean Paul’s Faith We A Keep
Entertainment, ...
Gwen Stefani, Shelton show support for Sean Paul’s Faith We A Keep
...song dedicated to Hurricane Melissa relief efforts
Kevin Jackson 
December 28 12:16 AM
Gwen Stefani, Shelton show support
{"xml":"xml"}{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
Missions of mercy
News
Missions of mercy
Bethel United Church makes hurricane response its agenda
Alicia Dunkley-Willis | Senior Reporter 
December 28 12:14 AM
Missions of mercy
{"xml":"xml"}{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
SIZZLER!
Football, ...
SIZZLER!
JPL intensifies as MBU, Portmore continue leadership race with start of second round
BY PAUL A REID Observer writer reidp@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 28 12:12 AM
MBU, Portmore continue battle for JPL supremacy today
{"xml":"xml"}{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
Italy meets Jamaica
Lifestyle
Italy meets Jamaica
December 28 12:10 AM
italy
{"xml":"xml"}{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
Mount Pleasant extends help to Treasure Beach
Football, ...
Mount Pleasant extends help to Treasure Beach
December 28 12:07 AM
Mount Pleasant extends help to Treasure Beach
{"xml":"xml"}{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
Hosein plays crucial role in Joburg Super Kings victory
Cricket, ...
Hosein plays crucial role in Joburg Super Kings victory
December 28 12:06 AM
Hosein plays crucial role in Joburg
{"xml":"xml"}{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
❮ ❯

Auto

Gregg dominates JMMC rally
Auto
Gregg dominates JMMC rally
Kesi Asher | Paginator 
December 9, 2010
Gary 'The Colonel' Gregg has done it again taking home the championship title for yet another year in the JMMC Rally Jamaica 2010 held over the Decemb...
{"website":"website"}{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
Auto
China auto sales to top 18 million in 2010
AP 
December 9, 2010
SHANGHAI, China (AP) — China's official Xinhua News Agency says the country's auto sales will likely top 18 million vehicles this year after exceeding...
{"website":"website"}{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
Auto Maintenance — maintaining Wright standards
Auto
Auto Maintenance — maintaining Wright standards
December 9, 2010
Oil and all the fluids one can associate with the operation and maintenance of automobiles, run through the veins of Michael Wright and his son Gregor...
{"website":"website"}{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
Kia unveils its first hybrid for US market
Auto
Kia unveils its first hybrid for US market
December 9, 2010
The Kia 2011 Optima midsize sedan lineup has expanded with the introduction of the all-new Optima hybrid at the recent Los Angeles Auto Show. With a r...
{"website":"website"}{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
Auto, News
Take care on the roads, please!
December 8, 2010
TRANSPORT and Works Minister Mike Henry has again urged Jamaicans to more careful on the roads. Henry, who has expressed regrets at Sunday's tragic co...
Telegram
{"website":"website"}{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
Used car purchasers may get 100 per cent financing
Auto
Used car purchasers may get 100 per cent financing
December 7, 2010
SCOTIABANK recently extended its partnership with the Jamaica Used Car Dealers Association (JUCDA) that will see the bank providing loans for the purc...
Telegram
{"website":"website"}{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
What a splash!
Auto
What a splash!
December 5, 2010
Jamaicans Gary Gregg and Hugh Hutchinson create a splash driving their Ford Focus WRC through the Wakefield stage of the 10th JMMC Annual Internationa...
Telegram
{"website":"website"}{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
Gas prices up again
Auto
Gas prices up again
December 2, 2010
EX-REFINERY petrol prices are again on the rise with octane 87 and 90 increasing by $1.02 per litre and diesel up 95 cents per litre effective yesterd...
Telegram
{"website":"website"}{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
Auto
JMMC rally starts today in New Kingston
December 2, 2010
TODAY is the start of the Jamaica Millenuim Motoring Club (JMMC) Rally Jamaica 2010 with the opening on Knutsford Boulevard, New Kingston, billed to b...
Telegram
{"website":"website"}{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
Auto
Beware of flat tyre pranksters
December 2, 2010
An email is now making the rounds advising motorists to be aware of a prank where air is let out of the tyres of parked vehicles and unsuspecting driv...
Telegram
{"website":"website"}{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
Fatalities down 16 per cent, crashes drop 10 per cent
Auto
Fatalities down 16 per cent, crashes drop 10 per cent
December 2, 2010
WITH 28 days left in the year the countdown to achieve 'Under-300' traffic deaths continues. Fatal crashes have decreased ten per cent and fatalities ...
Telegram
{"website":"website"}{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
ATL opens swanky MoBay showroom
Auto
ATL opens swanky MoBay showroom
BY PATRICK FOSTER 
December 2, 2010
Stewart calls for overhaul of import duty structure MONTEGO Bay got a fillip last Friday as ATL Automotive unveiled its full vehicle lineup in what mu...
Telegram
{"website":"website"}{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
Check the car facts!
Auto
Check the car facts!
BY PATRICK FOSTER Observer writer ?fosterp@jamaicaobserver.com 
November 25, 2010
David McKay to launch local Internet vehicle background check site THINK how convenient it would be to track the history of a motor vehicle in Jamaica...
Telegram
{"website":"website"}{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
Ford opens new China dealerships, as sales expand
Auto
Ford opens new China dealerships, as sales expand
AP 
November 25, 2010
SHANGHAI, China (AP) — Ford Motor opened dozens of new dealerships in China yesterday, expanding its reach into provincial cities as it courts new car...
Telegram
{"website":"website"}{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
JMMC Bog Walk rally promises big excitement
Auto
JMMC Bog Walk rally promises big excitement
November 25, 2010
THE Bog Walk leg of the Jamaica Millennium Motoring Club (JMMC) Rally scheduled for Sunday, December 5, is promising bigger and better races despite a...
Telegram
{"website":"website"}{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
Gas price falls
Auto
Gas price falls
November 25, 2010
Gas prices dropped yesterday after last week's hike that sent jitters through the marketplace. Ex-refinery prices from Petrojam show that both octane ...
Telegram
{"website":"website"}{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
Male drivers account for 90% of fatal crashes
Auto
Male drivers account for 90% of fatal crashes
November 25, 2010
WITH 35 days left in the year the Road Safety Unit (RSU) in the transport ministry has stated that Jamaica is strongly poised to bring fatalities belo...
Telegram
{"website":"website"}{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
Auto
Jaguar achieves highest Sales Satisfaction score in JD Power study
November 25, 2010
JAGUAR Land Rover, North America, recently announced that J D Power and Associates has ranked Jaguar highest among luxury brands for customer sales sa...
Telegram
{"website":"website"}{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
Toyota Jamaica’s MoBay Explosion
Auto
Toyota Jamaica’s MoBay Explosion
November 25, 2010
Montego Bay resident Mark Wilson (left) is quite pleased as NCB's representative Nicolette Brown takes him through the paces of financing a brand new ...
Telegram
{"website":"website"}{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
Have a fatality free week urges RSU
Auto
Have a fatality free week urges RSU
November 18, 2010
FIVE people were killed in traffic collisions over the last week, pushing the island's road-death toll to 255 from 235 fatal crashes since January. Ov...
Telegram
{"website":"website"}{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
Auto
Gas prices up
November 18, 2010
PETROJAM increased ex-refinery prices for all grades of gasoline effective yesterday. Both 87 octane and 90 octane are up $1.16 per litre while diesel...
Telegram
{"website":"website"}{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
Matthew Williams — 15-year-old Karting genius
Auto
Matthew Williams — 15-year-old Karting genius
Kesi Asher | Paginator 
November 18, 2010
WITH much more than mere youthful exuberance, a very joyful Matthew Williams celebrated his 15th birthday yesterday leading the Championship for the 2...
Telegram
{"website":"website"}{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
Facebook
Twitter
Instagram
Tweets

Polls

Recent Posts

Death of a hero
News
Death of a hero
St Elizabeth man takes last breath days after saving 13 seniors during Hurricane Melissa
Tamoy Ashman | Reporter |ashmant@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 28, 2025
Death
{"xml":"xml"}{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
Inmates focus on ‘feelings’ post-Melissa, for holidays
News
Inmates focus on ‘feelings’ post-Melissa, for holidays
...psychosocial support available
Tamoy Ashman | Reporter |ashmant@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 28, 2025
Inmates focus on ‘feelings’ post-Melissa, for holidays
{"xml":"xml"}{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
Gwen Stefani, Shelton show support for Sean Paul’s Faith We A Keep
Entertainment, ...
Gwen Stefani, Shelton show support for Sean Paul’s Faith We A Keep
...song dedicated to Hurricane Melissa relief efforts
Kevin Jackson 
December 28, 2025
Gwen Stefani, Shelton show support
{"xml":"xml"}{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
Missions of mercy
News
Missions of mercy
Bethel United Church makes hurricane response its agenda
Alicia Dunkley-Willis | Senior Reporter 
December 28, 2025
Missions of mercy
{"xml":"xml"}{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
SIZZLER!
Football, ...
SIZZLER!
JPL intensifies as MBU, Portmore continue leadership race with start of second round
BY PAUL A REID Observer writer reidp@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 28, 2025
MBU, Portmore continue battle for JPL supremacy today
{"xml":"xml"}{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}

Archives

Logo Jamaica Observer
Breaking news from the premier Jamaican newspaper, the Jamaica Observer. Follow Jamaican news online for free and stay informed on what's happening in the Caribbean
Featured Tags
  • Editorial
  • Columns
  • Health
  • Auto
  • Business
  • Letters
  • Page2
  • Football
Categories
  • Business
  • Politics
  • Entertainment
  • Page2
  • Business
  • Politics
  • Entertainment
  • Page2
Ads
img
Jamaica Observer, © All Rights Reserved
  • Home
  • Contact Us
  • RSS Feeds
  • Feedback
  • Privacy Policy
  • Editorial Code of Conduct