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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MPs quarrel over planned divestment of Goodyear plant
Balford Henry | Observer Writer 
April 4, 2007
THE first day's sitting of the Standing Finance Committee of the House of Representatives almost ended in chaos early yesterday morning, during an ang...
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JDF corporal said he fired weapon in defence
KARYL WALKER, Observer staff reporter 
April 4, 2007
JAMAICA Defence Force (JDP) lance corporal Selvin Rose, who admitted to firing his weapon during the 2004 August Town raid in which 45-year-old Sandra...
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Celebrating the stillness of Easters past
Novia McDonald-Whyte | Editor - Lifestyle & Social Content 
April 4, 2007
EASTER reflections conjure up both bitter and sweet memories for the absolutely charming Genevieve Ramsay, whom Thursday Food catches up with on Monda...
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Woman mourns police killing of her lover
PAUL HENRY, Observer staff reporter 
April 4, 2007
TWENTY-eight-year-old Melissa Folkes' dream of becoming a bride before she turns 30 was shattered by a single bullet on Saturday, when a member of the...
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Prof Leslie Robinson is dead
April 4, 2007
PROFESSOR Leslie Robinson, the accomplished academician who rose through the ranks to become the first principal of the Mona campus of the University ...
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Car salesman found dead after test drive
April 3, 2007
SANTA CRUZ, St Elizabeth - The decomposing body of a 41 year-old car salesman, Leaford Breary, who has been missing since March 23, was found yesterda...
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Gov’t improves allocation to contractor general
ALICIA DUNKLEY, Observer staff reporter 
April 3, 2007
THE Office of the Contractor General, which had its budget increased from $98.8 million in 2006/7 to $147.6 million in 2007/8, is also to have its sta...
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Pensioner stabbed to death
April 3, 2007
SANTA CRUZ, St Elizabeth - A 73-year-old pensioner is dead and his alleged killer is fighting for life in hospital after what started out as a request...
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Ian Randle to co-publish Bob Woolmer’s book
April 3, 2007
JAMAICAN publisher, Ian Randle is collaborating with South Africa's New Africa Books (NAB) on a book that Bob Woolmer, the Pakistan cricket coach was ...
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Carib gov’ts unhappy with CWC revenue share
Balford Henry | Observer Writer 
April 3, 2007
Finance Minister Dr Omar Davies yesterday said that the nine Caribbean countries hosting Cricket World Cup (CWC) 2007 are not satisfied with the reven...
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Two new board members for Harmonization Limited
Balford Henry | Observer Writer 
April 3, 2007
THE Government on Monday named three more representatives to the board of Harmonization Limited, the joint venture company behind the proposed US$2 bi...
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Agri school spared $1-m fine for illegal dumping
Kimone Thompson, Observer staff reporter 
April 3, 2007
THE Sydney Pagon Agricultural School in Elim, St Elizabeth has been spared the hefty million-dollar fine under the National Solid Waste Management Act...
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Police say death of Kingston diver ‘suspicious’
INGRID BROWN 
April 3, 2007
THE marine police say they are treating the death of a diver, who was fished yesterday morning from Gordon Cay in the Kingston Harbour, as highly susp...
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‘Very active’ hurricane season predicted
AP 
April 3, 2007
DENVER, Colorado (AP) - Scientists have predicted another active hurricane season with up to 17 named storms, nine of which are expected to develop in...
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Jamaica Producers cutting 20 jobs
April 2, 2007
TWENTY employees of Jamaica Producers Group will be out of a job on April 13 as part of the company's restructuring, the firm said in a statement yest...
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NEPA still unsure of Black River fish kill cause
Kimone Thompson 
April 2, 2007
THE National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) last Friday said it was not sure of the cause of the huge fish kill in St Elizabeth nearly three w...
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More tributes to Dr George Phillip
April 2, 2007
TRIBUTES continued to flow yesterday for Dr George Phillip, executive director of Sandals Resort and a director of the Jamaica Observer, who passed aw...

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