In the Press - Jamaica
Mugabe agrees to shift election date
HARARE, Zimbabwe — Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has filed an urgent application with the country's top court to push back crucial elections by two weeks, ...
Security company trying to contact victim of dog-bite
THE management of a security company, whose guard dog attacked and bit a woman in Half-Way-Tree, St Andrew, on Monday, says the company has been ...
Gunmen kill slain gang leader's father
GUNMEN yesterday shot dead the father of known gangster Kwame Cunningham, alias 'Jet Li', who was himself cut down on Monday afternoon in downtown Kingston. ...
Diaspora will be heart of Ja's development
ROSE HALL, St James — Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller says the Government is determined to put the diaspora at the heart of the country's ...
MP wants 'liveable wage' back on social agenda
OPPOSITION Member of Parliament Dr Andrew Wheatley wants the national Minimum Wage Advisory Commission to revisit the issue of a "liveable wage", as it starts ...
Former JDF chief appointed acting permanent secretary
FORMER Chief of Defence Staff of the Jamaica Defence Force Major General Stewart Saunders has been appointed acting permanent secretary in the Ministry of National ...
US denies scheduling talks with the Taliban
WASHINGTON, USA (AFP) — The United States has not scheduled talks with the Taliban, the State Department said yesterday, after reports that discussions with the ...
Trinidad hails Observer Table Talk Food Awards
THE inaugural staging of the Jamaica Observer Table Talk Food Awards in Trinidad last weekend has won praise from Trinidadians, with one newspaper saying that ...
Teacher punched in the face by student
A female teacher of the Oberlin High School is now nursing an injury to her face after being punched by a 14-year-old male student at ...
10% drop in serious crimes; Murders down five per cent
SECURITY Minister Peter Bunting yesterday said that "serious and violent crimes" had dropped 10 per cent and proclaimed that it was an indication of progress, ...
This Day in History - June 20
Today is the 171st day of 2013. There are 194 days left in the year. ...
JTA says Thwaites doesn't understand child psychology
MANDEVILLE, Manchester — President of the Jamaica Teachers' Association Clayton Hall has criticised Education Minister Ronald Thwaites for speaking out Tuesday on this year's GSAT ...
Hanna: Jamaica will be compliant with 'Beijing Rules' by 2014
AFTER more than 22 years of being in breach of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child and ...
Gays promise 'hell and powder house' Sunday
AN apparent homosexual group has indicated its intention to stage a counter-protest next Sunday in response to a plan by a church group to stage ...
14-y-o Anchovy High girl allegedly killed by peer during fight
ANCHOVY, St James — A 14-year-old student of Anchovy High school was fatally stabbed allegedly by one of her classmates during a fight on the ...
Walker named ATL managing director
Appliance Traders Limited (ATL) yesterday announced the appointment of Danville Walker as managing director with immediate effect. ...
A minor offence - Campbell Brown declared substance she was using
AFTER two weeks of what she described as "a dark period", the outlook is decidedly getting brighter for embattled Jamaican female sprint star Veronica Campbell ...
Melrose Hill crash victim in critical condition
MANDEVILLE, Manchester —The Manchester police have disclosed that the female victim involved in a crash on the Melrose Hill Bypass Tuesday afternoon is in critical ...
Wires run four miles in St James electricity theft
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) has uncovered a major illegal connection network in Flanker with wires running miles to houses in ...
13-y-o St James student stabbed to death
ST JAMES, Jamaica — A 13-year-old schoolgirl was stabbed to death at school by a fellow student in St James today. ...
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