Popular Holland Bamboo coconut vendor resumes trade
Latest News, ...
Popular Holland Bamboo coconut vendor resumes trade
December 24 06:57 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The iconic Holland Bamboo, in St Elizabeth, once a lush covering of bamboo trees which intersect over the road, now shows signs of...
WATCH: Citizens commend St Elizabeth police
Latest News, ...
WATCH: Citizens commend St Elizabeth police
December 24 06:19 PM
ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica — Even as St Elizabeth police chief Superintendent Coleridge Minto has assured citizens of safety and security in the southern p...
Gas prices down $0.67, $0.69; Diesel down $2.25
Latest News
Gas prices down $0.67, $0.69; Diesel down $2.25
December 24 05:23 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica—Motorists should see a decrease at the pumps in the price of gasoline effective Thursday, December 25, according to the latest ex-re...
Holness thanks China for support after Hurricane Melissa
Latest News, ...
Holness thanks China for support after Hurricane Melissa
December 24 04:35 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica —Prime Minister, Andrew Holness, has expressed gratitude to the Government of the People’s Republic of China for its unwavering supp...
Forex: $159.90 to one US dollar
Latest News
Forex: $159.90 to one US dollar
December 24 04:27 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The United States (US) dollar on Wednesday, December 24, ended trading at $159.90, up 14 cents, according to the Bank of Jamaica’s...

News

News
Schoolboy pleads guilty to shooting schoolmate
PAUL HENRY, Observer writer 
January 24, 2007
THE 14-year-old Norman Manley High School student who shot and injured his 15-year-old schoolmate while showing off an illegal gun to other students i...
News
Auditor general raises questions about ONR’s accounts
January 23, 2007
THE Office of National Reconstruction (ONR), formed as a temporary institution to oversee the national recovery following Hurricane Ivan in 2004, has ...
News
Malaria hits Greenwich Town
January 23, 2007
THE government says there has been an unusually high number of malaria cases in the South West St Andrew community of Greenwich Town, which was not on...
News
Mother arrested after daughter, 15, gives birth
T K WHYTE, Observer correspondent 
January 23, 2007
SPANISH TOWN, St Catherine - The mother of a 15-year-old girl who gave birth to a baby in December and the father of the child had their $50,000 bail ...
News
Minimum wage up
Balford Henry | Observer Writer 
January 23, 2007
THE National Minimum Wage will go up by 14 per cent as of next Monday, increasing rates for the least paid workers from $70 to $80 per hour and from $...
News
EC appoints new Head of Delegation to Jamaica
January 23, 2007
Jamaica's governor-general, Professor Kenneth Hall, yesterday morning received Marco Mazzocchi-Alemanni, the new Head of Delegation of the European Co...
News
POLICE REPORTS
January 23, 2007
Mentally-ill man injured in house fire A mentally-challenged man was injured in a house fire which he allegedly started at Dunoon Road, Kingston 2 on ...
News
Contractor General’s report and Barbara Clarke
January 23, 2007
On January 17, we published an article in which we made a certain statement with regards to the award of contracts by the chairman of PETCOM, Ms Barba...
News
Regional consultations on NAC’s interim report under way
Kimone Thompson, Observer staff reporter 
January 23, 2007
THE reform of the local government sector seems to finally be under way with the publishing of the national advisory council's interim report on refor...
News
Child abuse public education programme coming
KERRY MCCATTY , Observer staff reporter 
January 23, 2007
CONCERNED about the number of children who are victims of sex crimes and other abuses, the Centre for Investigation of Sexual Offences and Child Abuse...
News
Hanover businessman cut down by gunmen
Horace Hines | Observer Writer 
January 23, 2007
CHESTER CASTLE, Hanover - Detectives were yesterday probing Monday's brutal murder of businessman Oliver Kerr, who was gunned down while his wife and ...
News
Hamaty calls for ‘Cane Fires Prevention Act’
Mark Cummings | Observer Writer 
January 23, 2007
FROME, Westmoreland - Fred Hamaty, a former People's National Party (PNP) senator, is recommending that government enact a 'Cane Fires Prevention Act'...
News
Cabinet mum on crime plan
Balford Henry | Observer Writer 
January 22, 2007
THE Cabinet yesterday approved additional budgetary support for the latest crime-fighting efforts of the security forces, but no details of any new me...
News
‘We’ll just not bother to travel’
January 22, 2007
ONE in five Americans interviewed for a travel industry survey publicised by USA Today newspaper, the largest circulation daily in the United States, ...
News
Men accused of human trafficking out on bail
Paul Henry 
January 22, 2007
ACCUSED human traffickers Narcott Graham, 54, and Agon Stephens, 52, were offered bail in the sum of $300,000 when they appeared in the Kingston Home ...
News
Stolen Heart Foundation’s bus found scrapped
January 22, 2007
THE 2007 Toyota Hiace mini bus which was robbed at gunpoint from a Heart Foundation driver has been found scrapped. It was apparently a well organised...
News
Anglican Church wants to halt decline in membership
ALICIA DUNKLEY, Observer staff reporter 
January 22, 2007
THE Anglican Church yesterday announced that it would be focusing its energies on revitalising its congregations which "are suffering a decline in mem...
News
Food thieves strike!
ERICA VIRTUE, Observer writer 
January 22, 2007
WOODLANDS Primary, the South Manchester school which earned notoriety last year when two children fell into pit latrines there, has been broken into 1...

Polls

Recent Posts

WATCH: Citizens commend St Elizabeth police
Latest News, ...
WATCH: Citizens commend St Elizabeth police
December 24, 2025
ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica — Even as St Elizabeth police chief Superintendent Coleridge Minto has assured citizens of safety and security in the southern p...

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
Categories
Ads
img
Jamaica Observer, © All Rights Reserved