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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Sixth named storm of season forms far out in open Atlantic
AP 
September 5, 2006
MIAMI, USA (AP) - Tropical Storm Florence formed yesterday in the open Atlantic, becoming the sixth named storm of the 2006 hurricane season, and was ...
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Mobile Reserve setting high standards – Pusey
KIMONE THOMPSON, Observer writer 
September 5, 2006
NO job is considered too grand or too menial for them to do. A typical day may find the men and women of the Mobile Reserve Branch of the Jamaica Cons...
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Labour minister bats for productivity-linked wage system
Observer Reporter 
September 5, 2006
LABOUR Minister Derrick Kellier yesterday hinted at plans for a productivity-linked wage system, as he launched National Productivity Week at the Jama...
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Pickersgill praises Air Jamaica’s safety record
Observer Reporter 
September 5, 2006
AIR Jamaica's safety record has earned it a place among 34 airlines in the world that have been accident-free since 1980, a performance which Transpor...
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Downtown, Cross Roads tax offices feel the heat
BY INGRID BROWN Observer staff reporter 
September 4, 2006
THE suspension of motor vehicle licensing and the provision of driver's licence services at the Constant Spring Inland Revenue Centre yesterday placed...
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Audit team sees ‘value for money’ at Whitehouse
Balford Henry | Observer Writer 
September 4, 2006
THE forensic auditors assigned to investigate the controversial Sandals Whitehouse Hotel project from inception to completion have concluded "there is...
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Parents resist plans to sack Maldon principal
September 4, 2006
MALDON, St James - Scores of angry parents yesterday threatened to disrupt classes at the Maldon High School when the school reopens for the new acade...
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Mostly smooth start to school year
BY ALICIA DUNDLEY Observer staff reporter 
September 4, 2006
THE otherwise smooth start to the 2006-7 academic year yesterday was marred by problems at four schools, including the Penwood High School in Kingston...
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No school at Middlesex Corner Primary in Hanover
September 4, 2006
HANOVER'S Middlesex Corner Primary School was not opened yesterday as repair work started during the summer holidays was not completed on time. Howeve...
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Portmore traffic flows fairly easily
September 4, 2006
PORTMORE motorists, despite the reopening of schools, experienced one of their best days yesterday as they travelled from the municipality to Kingston...
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25 teachers enrol in UTech’s new Master’s programme
PATRICK FOSTER, Observer writer 
September 3, 2006
TWENTY-FIVE teachers from primary, secondary and high schools across the island were initiated last Friday, the first cohort of students to read for t...
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Golding says Campbell should give up one of his jobs
Observer Reporter 
September 3, 2006
OPPOSITION Leader Bruce Golding yesterday raised concerns about Senator Colin Campbell continuing as both minister of information and general secretar...
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Mixed reactions to Stone Poll
ERICA VIRTUE and ALICIA DUNKLEY, Observer reporters 
September 3, 2006
THE ruling People's National Party (PNP) is being punished by the electorate for its handling of various crises and scandals, and its declining suppor...
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Cop dies in hospital one week after car smash
Observer Reporter 
September 3, 2006
Superintendent of Police Cornelius Walker, 53, died in hospital yesterday from injuries he received last Saturday in a motor vehicle accident along Pe...
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Men stabbed to death in Westmoreland
Observer Reporter 
September 3, 2006
GENEVA, Westmoreland- Roy Weller, a 73-year-old returning resident and Glenroy Arnett, 31, both of Burnt Savannah, were yesterday stabbed to death by ...
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Henry-Wilson says textbooks will be delivered shortly
Observer Reporter 
September 3, 2006
ALL schools awaiting the delivery of textbooks - which are a week late - should receive their supplies shortly as the books are now on the wharf and w...
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Jamaica publisher gets Lifetime Achievement Award
Observer Reporter 
September 3, 2006
PETER Webley, publisher of the South Florida monthly newspaper, Caribbean Today, is the 2006 recipient of the Caribbean Peer Awards Lifetime Achieveme...
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Gov’t ‘not careless’
ALICIA DUNKLEY, Observer staff reporter 
September 3, 2006
PRIME Minister Portia Simpson Miller says the integrity of the Government's administration of monies in the National Insurance Fund (NIF) cannot be qu...
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Election will be decided on issues, says Golding
Balford Henry | Observer Writer 
September 3, 2006
JAMAICA Labour Party (JLP) leader, Bruce Golding, says the next general election will be decided on issues, primarily that of which party is best equi...
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Paulwell vows to take back Corporate Area constituencies
ERICA VIRTUE, Observer writer 
September 3, 2006
PHILLIP Paulwell last Friday took over the reins of the People's National Party (PNP) Region 3, and immediately promised that his administration would...

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