48 hour curfew extended in St Andrew South Division
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48 hour curfew extended in St Andrew South Division
March 27 06:38 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica – The 48-hour curfew that was imposed in sections of the St Andrew South Police Division, has been extended. The curfew will continu...

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Ministry says plans advanced for parenting policy
November 1, 2007
EDUCATION Minister Andrew Holness says plans are in the advanced stages for the development of a parenting policy which will, among other things, brin...
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Gov’t to increase penalty for work permit breaches
November 1, 2007
MINISTER of Labour and Social Security, Pearnel Charles, says that the government is looking at increasing the penalties for breaches of the work perm...
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Virgin deal now sealed
INGRID BROWN, Observer staff reporter browni@jamaicaobserver.com 
November 1, 2007
THE Government has given the nod for Air Jamaica and Virgin Atlantic to begin operating under the code-share agreement signed between the British-base...
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NWC seeking 40 per cent rate hike
November 1, 2007
THE National Water Commission (NWC), which is seeking a 40 per cent rate hike, will need to explain to the public the need for a rate revision at a se...
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Company formed to operate Trelawny stadium to be activated
Balford Henry | Observer Writer 
November 1, 2007
GOVERNMENT is to activate a company, formed by the previous People's National Party administration, to operate the controversial US$30-million Trelawn...
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Golding endorses national development plan
November 1, 2007
PRIME Minister Bruce Golding has endorsed the Vision 2030 Jamaica National Development Plan, which seeks to put the country in a position to achieve i...
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MoBay court office damaged by firebomb
November 1, 2007
MONTEGO BAY, St James - The police said yesterday that they would be broadening their investigation into the firebombing of the Office of the Clerks o...
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Three in shelter as rains continue
November 1, 2007
TWO adults and a child whose homes in Tavern and Mud Town, St Andrew have been affected by mudslides due to continuous heavy rains affecting the islan...
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Toxicologist unable to say if poison found in Woolmer’s body
VAUGHN DAVIS, Observer staff reporter davisv@jamaicaobserver.com 
November 1, 2007
BRITISH toxicologist Dr John Slaughter was yesterday unable to say conclusively whether the poison cypermethrin was in the body of former Pakistan cri...
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Rugie Misir is the Fish Man
October 31, 2007
His vacuum-packed sprat, lobster, shrimp, mutton fillet and silver snapper represent the bounty from our seas and are available in quite a few superma...
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JUICY CHEF Paris Diary: A Continuation
Jacqui Sinclair 
October 31, 2007
Readers, I am writing you pleasantly stuffed and content while I type from my friend Greg's computer. It put me in a better mood to take to task the F...
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Portmore’s seafood ‘castle’ taking shape
October 31, 2007
A multi-million-dollar dine-in seafood restaurant, located between Burger King and Captain's Bakery in the Portmore town centre, is expected to be ope...
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Mamma Mia!… Alessandra’s Pronto Pasta
Novia McDonald-Whyte | Editor - Lifestyle & Social Content 
October 31, 2007
The smell of garlic, escallion, onions and tomatoes sautéing in olive oil is intoxicating. Alessandra Misir and her mum Maria are both in the kitchen ...
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Witness refuses to give further testimony at Woolmer inquest
KARYL WALKER. Observer staff reporter walkerk@jamaicaobserver.com 
October 31, 2007
A witness who testified Tuesday that she saw former cricket coach Bob Woolmer counting large wads of United States currency in the Pakistan dressing r...
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Dengue suspected cause of two deaths in St Elizabeth
Garfield Myers | Observer Writer 
October 31, 2007
SANTA CRUZ, St Elizabeth - Health authorities in St Elizabeth suspect the death of two young boys in the parish over the past week may have been cause...
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Looking for nourishment?
Leisha Chen-Young 
October 31, 2007
For 25 years Emanuel Johnson has been feeding those looking for food that feeds the body and soul. "Black, white, locals and some tourists," he explai...
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Firm no to gay textbook
Balford Henry | Observer Writer 
October 31, 2007
THE education ministry moved swiftly yesterday to quell fears among teachers and parents that it had hit rock bottom by endorsing a school textbook th...
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PNP councillor to run as Independent in Myersville
Garfield Myers | Observer Writer 
October 31, 2007
SANTA CRUZ, St Elizabeth - People's National Party (PNP) councillor for the Myersville Division, Winston Sinclair, insisted Monday that he will contes...
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Duncan sworn in as East Hanover MP
October 31, 2007
DR DK Duncan was sworn in as the new Member of Parliament for Eastern Hanover at Tuesday's sitting of the House of Representatives. Dr Duncan was decl...

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