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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4-H boss wants children from age five into movement
JIS News 
September 14, 2006
EXECUTIVE Director of the Jamaica 4-H Clubs, Lenworth Fulton has recommended that the entry age of participants into the 4-H Movement be lowered from ...
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Westmoreland council boots JLP member
Mark Cummings | Observer Writer 
September 14, 2006
SAVANNA-LA-MAR, Westmoreland - Hopeton Tulsie, the Jamaica Labour Party's (JLP) councillor for the Friendship Division of the Westmoreland Parish Coun...
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$60 million to repair breakaways at Lime Hall, Parry Town
CARL GILCHRIST, Observer staff reporter 
September 14, 2006
OCHO RIOS, St Ann - Repair work on breakaways along the Lime Hall and the Parry Town main roads is expected to cost the government more than $60 milli...
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Record $1.6 billion collected in hospital fees
Balford Henry | Observer Writer 
September 14, 2006
FEES paid by Jamaicans for the services provided by government hospitals and health centres jumped to a record $1.6 billion last year, according to Mi...
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Two charged with chef’s murder
Observer Reporter 
September 14, 2006
GLENDEVON, St James - Two men were arrested yesterday in connection with Monday's murder of Andre Turner, the 19-year-old chef who was shot and killed...
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The sins of Dennis Morrison
Observer Reporter 
September 14, 2006
Gorstew, one of the partners in the controversial Sandals Whitehouse Hotel project, has blasted Observer columnist Dennis Morrison, accusing him of bi...
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Portia defends her constituency
PATRICK FOSTER, Observer writer 
September 14, 2006
PRIME Minister Portia Simpson Miller has hit back at critics of her South West St Andrew constituency, tossing aside assertions of extreme cases of su...
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Student stabs man at Maldon High
Observer Reporter 
September 14, 2006
MALDON, St James - A 15-year-old student was yesterday arrested for allegedly stabbing a man on the compound of the Maldon High School, days after par...
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A Blue Ribbon cake on a brown bag budget
Novia McDonald-Whyte | Editor - Lifestyle & Social Content 
September 13, 2006
Birthday cake for classmates? Yes, that's what it's called, so be prepared to organise quite a few in your child's school life. "It's not as daunting ...
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Ja consulate raises US$4,000
Observer Reporter 
September 13, 2006
THE Jamaican Consulate in Miami has raised nearly US$4,000 to benefit the Swift Purcell Boys' Home in St Mary and the Missionaries of the Poor. The fu...
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POLICE REPORTS
September 13, 2006
Two shot, one fatally, on Little Kew Road TWO young men were Tuesday shot, one fatally, by gunmen on Little Kew Road in the Kingston 10 area. The iden...
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Fewer Cuban social workers to distribute light bulbs
ALICIA DUNKLEY, Observer staff reporter 
September 13, 2006
THE number of Cuban social workers presently involved in the Jamaica/Cuba Bulb Programme is to be further reduced, according to Kern Spencer, Minister...
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Schoolgirl shot, injured in reprisal attack
Observer Reporter 
September 13, 2006
BOTTOM PEN, St James - A 16-year-old schoolgirl was yesterday shot and injured in this volatile community, in what investigators said could be a repri...
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Another former JLP caretaker joins PNP
Observer Reporter 
September 13, 2006
THE executive of the ruling People's National Party (PNP) has approved the membership of former Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) candidate for West Portland...
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Businessman Raju Khemlani to appear in court tomorrow
Observer Reporter 
September 13, 2006
KINGSTON businessman Raju Khemlani, 55, who is accused of defrauding $15 million from two colleague businessmen, is booked to appear in the Half-Way-T...
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Call for public defender to be given more power
Ingrid Brown, Observer staff reporter 
September 13, 2006
VETERAN attorney-at-law Earl Witter was yesterday sworn in as Jamaica's second public defender, to assume an office that could become more powerful if...
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PM leaves today for Non-Aligned Summit
Observer Reporter 
September 13, 2006
PRIME Minister Portia Simpson Miller is scheduled to leave the island today for the 14th Summit of the Non- Aligned Movement, being held in Havana, Cu...
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NSWMA gets funds for trucks
Balford Henry | Observer Writer 
September 13, 2006
THE Cabinet on Monday approved approximately $1.1 billion (US$17 million) for the purchase of a number of vehicles and equipment to improve the servic...

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