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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Hylton’s decision to abort report ‘shocked’ Gorstew
ALICIA DUNKLEY, Observer staff reporter 
January 10, 2007
CHAIRMAN of the Port Authority of Jamaica Noel Hylton has again insisted he had forwarded no report to former Prime Minister PJ Patterson summarising ...
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In Search of the Three-Finger Plantain
Novia McDonald-Whyte | Editor - Lifestyle & Social Content 
January 10, 2007
SINGER Freddie McGregor walked into the offices of Thursday Food last Friday, with what has got to be the most humungous plantain we've ever seen. It ...
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Mac’s Gourmet Market
January 10, 2007
'MAC'S Gourmet Market finally opened its doors last Saturday and has already created a stir. If you've not heard the buzz, it's because you've been aw...
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NWU opposes Air Jamaica merger
Balford Henry | Observer Writer 
January 10, 2007
THE National Workers Union (NWU) told a parliamentary committee reviewing Air Jamaica's fortunes yesterday, that it would not support a merger with an...
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Heat in di place!
January 9, 2007
YESTERDAY'S meeting of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament was theatre at its best and the members of the audience in the gallery were k...
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KSAC planning to tour congested Liguanea area
Claudienne Edwards | Writer 
January 9, 2007
THE Kingston and St Andrew Corporation (KSAC) has decided to re-examine an application from the US embassy to construct additional buildings - includi...
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Force chaplain says more cops seeking counselling
BY VAUGHN DAVIS Observer staff reporter 
January 9, 2007
CHIEF chaplain of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) Dr Vivian Panton is urging members of the force to continue performing their duties without com...
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No more thick smoke from Riverton landfill
January 9, 2007
PERSONS affected by the smoke caused by a fire two Fridays ago at the Riverton City dump should breathe easier starting today, as officials from the N...
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Hylton is new chairman of Harmonization Limited
Balford Henry | Observer Writer 
January 9, 2007
THE Cabinet has appointed Patrick Hylton, group managing director of the National Commercial Bank (NCB) Limited, as the new chairman of Harmonization ...
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Record 3m tourists
BY TANEISHA LEWIS Observer staff reporter 
January 9, 2007
THREE million tourists, most of them escaping the icy chill of the northern climes, visited Jamaica last year to soak up the sun, sand and sea, settin...
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St Mary student held with ammunition
By Carl Gilchrist Observer staff reporter 
January 9, 2007
A Grade 10 student at a St Mary high school is being questioned by the St Mary police after he was held with one 9mm cartridge on the school compound ...
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Beckles to appear in court tomorrow
January 9, 2007
TWENTY-one year-old Rodney Beckles, son of principal of the UWI's Cave Hill campus, Professor Hillary Beckles, will re-appear in the Half-Way-Tree Res...
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The Pied Piper for St James?
January 9, 2007
MONTEGO BAY, St James - The Peace Management Initiative in St James has identified music - band music in particular - as a vehicle for ushering crime ...
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Whitehouse Hotel construction was open to fraud
Balford Henry | Observer Writer 
January 9, 2007
CHAIRMAN of Gorstew Limited, Gordon 'Butch' Stewart, yesterday blamed the lack of a proper monitoring system at the controversial Sandals Whitehouse H...
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‘Grass Yard’ to close this week for repairs
T K WHYTE, Observer correspondent 
January 8, 2007
SPANISH TOWN, St Catherine - More than $6 million is being spent through the Lift Up Jamaica project to provide roofing for the 'Grass Yard' section o...
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Westwood celebrating 125 years
Observer Reporter 
January 8, 2007
Westwood High School in Stewart Town, Trelawny, is celebrating its 125th anniversary this year and is marking the occasion with a series of activities...
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Parents protest staff appointment at Bogue All-Age
Garfield Myers | Observer Writer 
January 8, 2007
Bogue, St Elizabeth - The Ministry of Education is struggling to resolve a quarrel over staff appointments at the Bogue All-Age School in this small f...
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Phillips to brief Cabinet about upsurge in major crimes
Balford Henry | Observer Writer 
January 8, 2007
NATIONAL Security Minister Dr Peter Phillips is to report to the Cabinet next Monday on the current upsurge in major crimes, including murders. By the...
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SMO supports regional programmes to fight HIV/AIDS
Ingrid Brown, Observer staff reporter 
January 8, 2007
SENIOR medical officer for the National HIV/STI Control Programme in the Ministry of Health, Dr Kevin Harvey, believes a collaborative approach in com...

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