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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Derrick Palmer leads the way for scores of disabled
BY PETRE WILLIAMS Senior Sunday Observer reporter williamsp@jamaicaobserver.com 
April 28, 2007
THERE is no mistaking the enthusiasm in Derrick Palmer's voice or the animation on his face as he talks about the thrill he gets from helping others. ...
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UWI mourns Louraine Emmanuel
April 28, 2007
THE University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona is mourning the death of Louraine Emmanuel last Sunday. Emmanuel has been part of the UWI community for ...
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More seniors off to retirement homes
BY TYRONE S REID Sunday Observer staff reporter reidt@jamaicaobserver.com 
April 28, 2007
CARING for the elderly is expensive business. With costs rising every day and the working world becoming increasingly hectic for Jamaicans, many famil...
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Gloria Johnson… committed to developing local education
BY INGRID BROWN Sunday Observer senior reporter browni@jamaicaobserver.com 
April 28, 2007
FORTY years ago Gloria Johnson chose teaching over nursing after receiving word that she had been accepted to pursue her education in both disciplines...
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A new SLANT on education
BY KIMONE THOMPSON Sunday Observer staff reporter thompsonk@jamaicaobserver.com 
April 28, 2007
THE British Council, the not-for-profit education and culture arm of the British government, will spend £1.25 million ($J168, 912, 331.57) over the ne...
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More unease for the Press
April 28, 2007
The suffering of the Press, as it attempts to give full coverage of the proceedings in Parliament, has reached a new low since the commencement of the...
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Gordon-Webley under fire
BY PETRE WILLIAMS Sunday Observer senior reporter williamsp@jamaicaobserver.com 
April 28, 2007
MEMBERS of Jamaica's gender movement have lashed out against the Jamaica Labour Party's (JLP's) Joan Gordon-Webley's reported likening of Prime Minist...
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Mob beats cross-dresser
Horace Hines | Observer Writer 
April 27, 2007
FALMOUTH, Trelawny - A cross-dreser was set upon and severely beaten by a mob in Falmouth's Water Square yesterday morning. Police who were called to ...
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Conmen to spend 18 months behind bars
VAUGHN DAVIS 
April 27, 2007
TWO men who conned a woman out of $250,000 cash earlier this month were each sentenced to 18 months in prison at hard labour yesterday in the Half-Way...
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New post offices for Hanover, St James
April 27, 2007
APPROXIMATELY $10 million is being spent to construct two new post offices in Hopewell, Hanover and Mount Salem in St James under phase two of the Urb...
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Woman gets 60 days for unprovoked attack
April 27, 2007
A woman who yesterday pleaded guilty to an unprovoked attack on her boyfriend's sister, was sentenced to 60 days in prison when she appeared in the Ha...
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Don’t ignore JLP’s view, Golding warns JPS buyer
Balford Henry | Observer Writer 
April 27, 2007
BRUCE Golding yesterday cautioned Japanese trading firm Marubeni Corporation against ignoring the views of his Jamaica Labour Party (JLP), in negotiat...
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Kingston Tech students get morale boost
VAUGHN DAVIS 
April 27, 2007
STUDENTS at the violence-plagued Kingston Technical High School were on Thursday lectured on how to deal with grief and trauma, resolve conflicts peac...
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NCU church pays tribute to fallen cops
Kimone Thompson, Observer staff reporter 
April 27, 2007
THE 17 members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) slain in active duty between January 2006 and April 9 this year, were specially remembered duri...
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15 vendors fined for praedial larceny
TK Whyte 
April 27, 2007
SPANISH TOWN, St Catherine - Fifteen of 22 vendors who were arrested and charged for transporting agricultural produce without the required receipts l...
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DPP wants 7-year child-rape sentence increased
ALICIA DUNKLEY, Observer staff reporter 
April 26, 2007
DIRECTOR of Public Prosecutions Kent Pantry has recommended that the seven-year sentence currently served by adults who sexually assault children unde...
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US Embassy denies KSAC access to inspect property
Claudienne Edwards | Writer 
April 26, 2007
THE Ministry of Foreign Affairs is in discussion with the United States Embassy to get permission for the Kingston and St Andrew Corporation (KSAC) to...
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Phillips says low pay keeping qualified men from JCF
Horace Hines | Observer Writer 
April 26, 2007
MONTEGO BAY, St James - Security Minister Dr Peter Phillips yesterday said low pay is the biggest negative keeping qualified men from joining the Jama...
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Focus on jobs
Balford Henry | Observer Writer 
April 26, 2007
Bruce Golding yesterday placed job creation at the centre of an economic strategy that his Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) would pursue if it is elected to...

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