News

News

Encore to a great soul

Jimmy Cliff carried Jamaica far beyond its shores, says PM Holness

Shereita Grizzle | Observer Staff Reporter

December 18 12:20 AM

Encore to a great soul

News

Support us!

Coffee farmers appreciative of intervention, but want more help

BY RENAE OSBOURNE Observer staff reporter osbourner@jamaicaobserver.com

December 18 12:18 AM

Support us!

Entertainment, ...

A fitting musical farewell

Gov’t, artiste fraterity honour legacy of Jimmy Cliff at official funeral

BY HOWARD CAMPBELL Observer senior writer entertainment@jamaicaobserver.com

December 18 12:16 AM

A fitting musical farewell

News

Cold shoulder

Labelled delinquents, some Child Diversion Programme participants struggling to reintegrate

Alicia Dunkley-Willis Senior Reporter dunkleywillisa@jamaicaobserver.com

December 18 12:14 AM

Cold shoulder

Basketball, ...

UNDERDOGS NO MORE

Jamrockers head coach speaks on coming of age of national basketball programme

Daniel Blake | Sports Writer | blaked@jamaicaobserver.com

December 18 12:12 AM

‘No pie in the sky’

Food, ...

CHRISTMAS @ One Park

December 18 12:10 AM

Foodie News...Foodie News...Foodie News...

News

Boost for bars

Red Stripe, J Wray & Nephew providing ‘restart packs’ to help operators hard hit by Melissa

December 18 12:07 AM

Boost for bars

News

No piecemeal work

Gov’t will take studied approach to rebuilding Black River, other seaside towns, says Green

Dana Malcolm | Observer Online Reporter | Malcolmd@jamaicaobserver.com

December 18 12:06 AM

No piecemeal work

News

Gov’t undermining local authorities – McKenzie

Mark Cummings | Observer Writer

April 16, 2007

MONTEGO BAY, St James - Arguing that there is an attempt by government to undermine the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) - dominated local authorities, King...

News

… Calls for pension fund for tourism workers

April 16, 2007

MONTEGO BAY, St James - Opposition spokesman on tourism, Edmund Bartlett, yesterday urged the government to set up a pension fund for employees in the...

News

Ganja valued at $612m seized

April 16, 2007

NARCOTICS police yesterday seized more than 2,000 pounds of marijuana in separate incidents, and arrested two men during one of the seizures. The drug...

News

JTA’s conference exposes educators to new teaching strategies

PAT ROXBOROUGH-WRIGHT, Editor-at-Large/Wstern Bureau

April 16, 2007

MONTEGO BAY, St James - Just over 300 educators on Friday left the Jamaica Teachers' Association's annual education conference armed with a wealth of ...

News

Seabed tribunal opens regional workshop in Kingston

April 16, 2007

PROTECTION of the environment, maritime delimitation and transfer of technology are some of the issues which will be raised at a three-day regional wo...

News

Taximan gets 40 days in prison

Vaughn Davis, Observer staff reporter

April 16, 2007

LEROY Berry, the taxi operator whose wife was allegedly beaten by special constables in Half-Way-Tree last May after jumping to his assistance during ...

News

PSOJ proposes radical measures to spur growth

April 16, 2007

The Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ) yesterday suggested that income tax be either significantly reduced or replaced by more broad-based ...

News

$1.6 million to repair fire-damaged MoBay craft markets

Horace Hines | Observer Writer

April 16, 2007

MONTEGO BAY, St James - The Tourism Product Development Company (TPDCo) was yesterday instructed to immediately provide $1.6 million to repair the Old...

News

Opposition responds to budget today

Observer Reporter

April 16, 2007

THE 2007/2008 budget debate continues in the House of Representatives today with the contribution from Opposition Spokesman on Finance and the Public ...

News

Without dialogue, Jamaica going no where, warns ‘Butch’ Stewart

April 15, 2007

GORDON 'Butch' Stewart, chairman of the Sandals/ATL Group, has cautioned that without greater dialogue between the private sector, the opposition and ...

News

Panadol now available only at pharmacies

April 15, 2007

CONSUMERS will now only be able to purchase Panadol Multisymptom from pharmacies, following a restriction imposed by the Ministry of Health last month...

News

Porteous going for growth of industry

Garfield Myers | Observer Writer

April 15, 2007

MANDEVILLE, Manchester - Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) candidate for Central Manchester Sally Porteous says the growth of industry in this central highla...

News

Injured PNP constituency secretary recovering

April 15, 2007

SANTA CRUZ, St Elizabeth - Ruling People's National Party (PNP) constituency secretary for North East St Elizabeth Clena Sloley was said to be recover...

News

North coast hotels disappointed with CWC tourist figures

By Carl Gilchrist Observer staff reporter

April 15, 2007

OCHO RIOS, St Ann - Hotels along the island's north coast who had high hopes of benefiting from an influx of visitors for the ICC Cricket World Cup ar...

News

Thwaites denies his law firm owes NHDC

BY ERICA VIRTUE Observer writer virtuee@jamaicaobserver.com

April 15, 2007

People's National Party (PNP) candidate for Kingston Central, Deacon Ronald Thwaites, is embroiled in a dispute with the National Housing Development ...

News

Cost said hampering cultural development

BY KERIL WRIGHT Observer staff reporter

April 15, 2007

MONTEGO BAY, St James - The Jamaica Cultural Development Commission's (JCDC) western region last week launched its slate of activities for Festival 20...

News

JLP says it has 78-point plan to rescue Jamaica

BY ERICA VIRTUE Observer writer virtuee@jamaicaobserver.com

April 15, 2007

THE Opposition Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) yesterday provided a brief outline of its election manifesto, disclosing that the party's remedy to solve th...

News

Pastor raps Prophet Phinn

BY INGRID BROWN Observer staff reporter browni@jamaicaobserver.com

April 15, 2007

HEAD of Whole Life Ministries Rev Dr Al Miller yesterday described Dr Phillip Phinn's recent prophecy in which he publicly declared victory for Prime ...

News

Carib govt’s knew what they were getting into, says Dehring

April 15, 2007

CHRIS Dehring has stopped short of branding as disingenuous the impression of ignorance about the requirements for hosting Cricket World Cup 2007 that...

News

Principal calls for funds to promote youth clubs in schools

April 14, 2007

Principal of the Happy Grove High School in Portland, Lauriston Lindsay, has called for schools to be allocated funds to promote youth organisations, ...

News

When life knocks Icelyn Henry down, she gets up again

BY TYRONE S REID Sunday Observer staff reporter reidt@jamaicaobserver.com

April 14, 2007

ICELYN Henry is a woman wrestling with life. It's been almost three years since flood waters from Hurricane Ivan destroyed the small rented house she ...

News

55 kids ‘dumped’ over 11 months

BY MARSHALYN ROSE Sunday Observer writer editorial@jamaicaobserver.com

April 14, 2007

JAMAICANS dumped 55 children on the state over an 11-month period, cramping renewed efforts to reduce the numbers inside children's homes. Based on th...