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
      • Business Bites
      • 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
      • Business Bites
      • 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
    • Business Bites
  • 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
PPV perpetrators
News
PPV perpetrators
Drivers of public passenger vehicles chief offenders in million-dollar toll tailgating scheme
BY ALICIA DUNKLEY WILLIS Senior reporter dunkleywillisa@jamaicaobserver.com 
April 2 12:20 AM
PPV perpetrators
{"xml":"xml"}{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
AI governance loading
News
AI governance loading
Jamaica moving to draft comprehensive national artificial intelligence policy
BY RENAE OSBOURNE Staff reporter osbourner@jamaicaobserver.com 
April 2 12:18 AM
AI governance loading
{"xml":"xml"}{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
Perfect ‘brawta’
Entertainment, ...
Perfect ‘brawta’
Zimi Seh Brunch joining Taste of Reggae Sumfest Weekend ups the ante
April 2 12:16 AM
Perfect ‘brawta’
{"xml":"xml"}{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
‘I WON’T RESIGN!’
Football, ...
‘I WON’T RESIGN!’
JFF president remains headstrong on ‘progress’ despite public pressure to leave post as Boyz return to Jamaica
Daniel Blake | Sports Writer | blaked@jamaicaobserver.com 
April 2 12:12 AM
Michael Ricketts unfazed by calls for resignation
{"xml":"xml"}{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
Rainforest Garlicky Mussels and Clams with White Wine Spaghetti
Food, ...
Rainforest Garlicky Mussels and Clams with White Wine Spaghetti
April 2 12:10 AM
Rainforest
{"xml":"xml"}{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
Any number can play in Linval McFarlane Trophy feature
Horse Racing, ...
Any number can play in Linval McFarlane Trophy feature
Ruddy Allen | Sports Writer 
April 2 12:07 AM
Any number can play in Linval McFarlane Trophy feature
{"xml":"xml"}{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
Raddesh Roman: Sir Don has more to give after King’s Plate win
Horse Racing, ...
Raddesh Roman: Sir Don has more to give after King’s Plate win
Ruddy Allen | Sports Writer 
April 2 12:06 AM
Raddesh Roman:
{"xml":"xml"}{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
Claims made over the weekend
Horse Racing, ...
Claims made over the weekend
April 2 12:05 AM
Claims made over the weekend
{"xml":"xml"}{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
❮ ❯

News

News
One killed, one injured in St James shooting
Jamaica Observer 
October 16, 2010
TWO men were shot, one fatally, by gunmen at Portview Drive, Pitfour, St James this morning. The dead man has been identified as Carson Dacosta, 28, w...
{"website":"website"}{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
News
Portmore man killed
Jamaica Observer 
October 16, 2010
TWENTY-seven year-old Dylan Douglas, otherwise called ‘Twinnie’ of Hellshire Drive, Old Braeton, Portmore, St Catherine was killed by a gunman at Old ...
{"website":"website"}{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
News
Church trip turns horrible
BY ALESIA EDWARDS Observer staff reporter edwardsa@jamaicaobserver.com 
October 16, 2010
FAITH'S PEN, St Ann — A church trip meant for fun turned horrible late Friday night, as the bus in which they were travelling, plunged over a precipic...
{"website":"website"}{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
News
Evangelist braves crime-infested communities to effect change
BY NADINE WILSON Sunday Observer staff reporter wilsonn@jamaicaobserver.com 
October 16, 2010
From the Pulpit to the Streets HAVING come close to death's gate when five gunmen held him up and robbed him in 2004, evangelist Errol Rattray says he...
{"website":"website"}{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
News
Hospital death trap!
By HG HELPS Editor-at-Large icu@jamaicaobserver.com 
October 16, 2010
IN an emergency, getting to the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) near Papine, St Andrew could save your life, or take it. Traffic congest...
Telegram
{"website":"website"}{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
News
The mission of Del and D’Arcy Crooks
BY CASSANDRA BRENTON Associate editor brentonc@jamaicaobserver.com 
October 16, 2010
Discard plastic bottles properly or face the dire consequences Tamar Gordon says she can't walk pass a discarded plastic bottle or container inside he...
Telegram
{"website":"website"}{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
News
‘Bruce must testify’
BY ERICA VIRTUE Sunday Observer writer virtuee@jamaicaobserver.com 
October 16, 2010
Phillips says PM must be heard at commission of enquiry into ‘Dudus’ affair CAMPAIGN organiser for the Opposition People's National Party, Dr Peter Ph...
Telegram
{"website":"website"}{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
News
Jamaica, Trinidad criticised over CCJ
CMC 
October 16, 2010
ST GEORGE’S, Grenada - Senior law professor at the University of the West Indies (UWI) Simeon McIntosh has criticised the reluctance of both Trinidad ...
Telegram
{"website":"website"}{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
Business, Finsac Enquiry, News
Booted Finsac chairman resorts to Appeal Court
BY PAUL HENRY Observer staff reporter henryp@jamaicaobserver.com 
October 16, 2010
BOYD Carey, the retired jurist who was booted last month by the Supreme Court as chairman of the Finsac enquiry, is challenging the decision in the Co...
Telegram
{"website":"website"}{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
News
Bajan, mom charged with drug trafficking
CMC 
October 16, 2010
NEW YORK, USA – United States law enforcement authorities have charged a Barbadian airline employee and his mother with drug trafficking and related c...
Telegram
{"website":"website"}{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
News
Henry orders orders probe into St Ann crash
BY ALECIA EDWARDS Observer writer alesiae@jamaicaobserver.com 
October 15, 2010
Police launch manhunt for driver FAITHS PEN, St Ann – Minister of Transport and Works, Mike Henry, has ordered an investigation into Friday night’s ac...
Telegram
{"website":"website"}{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
News
Jamaicans among illegal immigrants detained in Florida
CMC 
October 15, 2010
MIAMI, USA – United States law enforcement authorities have charged two American citizens with trying to smuggle a number of illegal immigrants, inclu...
Telegram
{"website":"website"}{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
News
Central Village woman missing
Jamaica Observer 
October 15, 2010
Call Central Village Police TWENTY-six-year–old Kerry-Ann Douglas has been reported missing from her home at Little Lane, Central Village, since Monda...
Telegram
{"website":"website"}{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
News
Teen dead, 39 injured in bus crash
Jamaica Observer 
October 15, 2010
Driver flees the scene A 16-year-old girl died when a bus plunged into a precipice along the Faiths Pen main road in St Ann last night. Thirty-nine ot...
Telegram
{"website":"website"}{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
News
Klansman gang boss arrested again
Jamaica Observer 
October 15, 2010
Tesha Miller to be questioned about Spanish Town murders BOSS of the notorious Spanish Town based Klansman Gang, Tesha Miller, was collared by the St ...
Telegram
{"website":"website"}{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
News
Joyous Swiss celebrate longest tunnel breakthrough
AP 
October 15, 2010
SEDRUN, Switzerland (AP) — Swiss engineers smashed through the last stretch of rock yesterday to create the world's longest tunnel, sparking a nationa...
Telegram
{"website":"website"}{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
News
LIME takes on Naggo Head transport centre
Donna Hussey-Whyte 
October 14, 2010
TELECOMMUNICATIONS company LIME is undertaking a major rehabilitation of the Naggo Head Transportation Centre in Portmore, St Catherine. The Naggo Hea...
Telegram
{"website":"website"}{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
News
Convict must serve full time for murder of dairy farmers
October 14, 2010
CONVICTED murderer Richard Hamilton appealed his sentence for the 2006 double murder of two Dairy Farmers Association (DFA) executives with the expect...
Telegram
{"website":"website"}{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
News
Downtown chaos – Police clear streets despite protests
BY KIMMO MATTHEWS Observer staff reporter matthewsk@jamaicaobserver.com 
October 14, 2010
Police operation angers downtown vendors POLICE yesterday cleared 10 tons of debris from the streets of downtown Kingston as they carried out the plan...
Telegram
{"website":"website"}{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
News
Jamaicans in US welcome Manatt enquiry
BY HAROLD G BAILEY Observer writer 
October 14, 2010
NEW YORK, USA — Prime Minister Bruce Golding's announcement of a commission of enquiry into the Christopher 'Dudus' Coke/Manatt, Phelps & Phillips iss...
Telegram
{"website":"website"}{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
News
Flour prices to go up, rice going down
BY ALICIA DUNKLEY Observer senior reporter dunkleya@jamaicaobserver.com 
October 14, 2010
A day after Immediate past president of the Jamaica Bakers Association Gerry Chambers forecasted that flour prices should remain stable until at least...
Telegram
{"website":"website"}{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
Caribbean Region, News
Ha, ha, ha… who’s laughing now!
BY AL EDWARDS 
October 14, 2010
Audley Shaw: Man on a mission Minister of Finance Audley Shaw last week attended the IMF/World Bank Annual Meetings where he provided reviews on the p...
Telegram
{"website":"website"}{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
Facebook
Twitter
Instagram
Tweets

Polls

Recent Posts

PPV perpetrators
News
PPV perpetrators
Drivers of public passenger vehicles chief offenders in million-dollar toll tailgating scheme
BY ALICIA DUNKLEY WILLIS Senior reporter dunkleywillisa@jamaicaobserver.com 
April 2, 2026
PPV perpetrators
{"xml":"xml"}{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
AI governance loading
News
AI governance loading
Jamaica moving to draft comprehensive national artificial intelligence policy
BY RENAE OSBOURNE Staff reporter osbourner@jamaicaobserver.com 
April 2, 2026
AI governance loading
{"xml":"xml"}{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
Perfect ‘brawta’
Entertainment, ...
Perfect ‘brawta’
Zimi Seh Brunch joining Taste of Reggae Sumfest Weekend ups the ante
April 2, 2026
Perfect ‘brawta’
{"xml":"xml"}{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
‘I WON’T RESIGN!’
Football, ...
‘I WON’T RESIGN!’
JFF president remains headstrong on ‘progress’ despite public pressure to leave post as Boyz return to Jamaica
Daniel Blake | Sports Writer | blaked@jamaicaobserver.com 
April 2, 2026
Michael Ricketts unfazed by calls for resignation
{"xml":"xml"}{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
Rainforest Garlicky Mussels and Clams with White Wine Spaghetti
Food, ...
Rainforest Garlicky Mussels and Clams with White Wine Spaghetti
April 2, 2026
Rainforest
{"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