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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Churches get a say
LLOYD WILLIAMS, Observer writer 
February 16, 2006
A group of Christian lawyers and church leaders are, after all, to have their day before a parliamentary committee to voice their concerns about aspec...
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POLICE REPORTS
February 16, 2006
Boy, 14, on gun rap A 14 year-old school boy was arrested Wednesday at a school in St Ann and charged with breaches of the Firearms Act. According to ...
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Four cops, eight visitors injured in MoBay accident
Observer Reporter 
February 16, 2006
MONTEGO BAY, St James - Four police officers and eight visitors to the island were yesterday hospitalised following an accident along the hip strip in...
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Bolivian president won’t eject US drug agents
AFP 
February 15, 2006
LA PAZ, Bolivia (AFP) - Bolivian President Evo Morales rejected yesterday calls by coca growers to expel US drug agents from the country, saying that ...
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FACT FILES ON GG’S
February 15, 2006
Sir Howard Cooke . His Excellency the Most Honorable Sir Howard Felix Hanlan Cooke, ON GCMG GCVO CD was installed as Governor General of Jamaica at Ki...
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Phillips touts political education
Garfield Myers | Observer Writer 
February 15, 2006
Mandeville, Manchester - The policy priorities sound very familiar. Like the other contenders for leadership of the ruling People's National Party (PN...
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Church warns against gay marriage
PATRICK FOSTER, Observer writer 
February 14, 2006
Jamaica's influential church community yesterday called on Parliament's Joint Select Committee framing the Charter of Rights not to present its report...
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UK says visa changes will protect children
Observer Reporter 
February 14, 2006
THE United Kingdom says the stricter visa rules for children visiting the country is aimed at protecting minors from sexual abuse and exploitation. Th...
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$13.4 million to patch Ocho Rios to Port Antonio road
Observer Reporter 
February 13, 2006
OCHO RIOS, St Ann - The Ministry of Transport and Works is spending $13.4 million to undertake a major road-patching programme covering the main road ...
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Golding pushing for review of Air J’s losses
AL EDWARDS, Caribbean Business Report editor 
February 13, 2006
Opposition Leader Bruce Golding's resolution for a select committee of Parliament to examine Air Jamaica's losses and operational state was last week ...
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Bird flu detected in Italy
AP 
February 12, 2006
ROME (AP) - Italian veterinary and health officials gathered Sunday to plan a response to the country's first confirmed cases of the deadly H5N1 bird ...
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I would want to be a teacher again, says Sir Howard
Alphea Saunders, JIS News 
February 12, 2006
AFFECTIONATELY called "Teacher", Sir Howard Cooke, who retires this week as governor-general after 70 years in public life, says if he had to live his...
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China issues guidelines on AIDS control
AP 
February 12, 2006
BEIJING, China (AP) - China yesterday issued its first official guidelines on how to prevent and control the spread of the AIDS virus, mandating free ...
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Patricia House reports 75-85 per cent drug rehab success
BY TANEISHA DAVIDSON Sunday Observer reporter 
February 11, 2006
FOR 15 years, Patricia House has been gently weaning addicts off narcotics and other substances, mainly crack/cocaine, with varying levels of success ...

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