Brutal murder - Headless body found in Red Hills believed to be that of missing 11-year-old girl

TANEISHA LEWIS, Observer staff reporter lewist@jamaicaobserver.comMonday, September 29, 2008Nordia Campbell (left), mother of 11-year-old Ananda Dean, is consoled by a family friend after looking at the remains of a body believed to be that of her daughter. The body was found in Belvedere, St Andrew. (Photo: Karl McLarty)SCREAMS of anguish bellowed throughout the community of Belvedere in Red Hills,...

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A family grieves for two young children - Boy accidentally kills 3-year-old sister with licensed gun

By KIMONE THOMPSONSunday, September 28, 2008GLEN Green last spoke to his three-year-old daughter Gabrielle yesterday morning. She called him and said she had something to tell him which she couldn't tell anyone else.But before Glen got to hear the secret, he got news that his baby girl, also called Gabby, was dead. She had been shot in the face.A distraught Orinthia McCalla, grandmother of three-year-old...

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Orlando 'bomber' said to be on

BY TYRONE S REID Sunday, September 28, 2008THESE days, Lucille Rodney is longing for one thing. She wants her 'son' Kevin Brown to be reunited with his family.The April 2008 mugshot taken of Kevin Brown, shortly after being taken...

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Kartel, Deva Bratt at odds - Deejays claim rights to 'Portmore Empire'

( L - R ) Deva Bratt, Vybz Kartel - FileIncarcerated deejay Deva Bratt has verbally lashed out at fellow deejay Vybz Kartel, accusing the artiste of stealing his 'Portmore Empire'.In February of this year Deva Bratt, real name Sheldon Smith, was taken into custody in connection with an alleged case of carnal abuse, committed against a 14-year-old girl. He was picked up by police from...

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SPOUSE SHOOTS COP IN NECK - Man was playing with girlfriend's service firearm

A policewoman was admitted to hospital last Friday after she was accidentally shot by her boyfriend who was playing with her service firearm, police told THE STAR yesterday.The incident happened at the common-law couple's Toronto...

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Bail for cop charged with colleague's rape

published: Saturday | September 27, 2008A policeman who is accused of raping a policewoman at her home on August 18, appeared in the Home Circuit Court yesterday.He is 22-year-old Detective Constable Adrian Johnson.He has been granted...

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PM wants new designation for Caricom states Points to peculiar needs, exposure to natural disasters

Saturday, September 27, 2008PRIME Minister Bruce Golding yesterday called for Jamaica and other Caricom states to be recognised as "small vulnerable and highly Indebted middle-income countries", instead of their current international...

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More than $48 m spent on school furniture

Saturday, September 27, 2008Chief procurement officer in the Ministry of Education, Leon Fraser, has disclosed that more than $48 million has so far been spent on the issuance of contracts to manufacture school furniture, some of...

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MORE BEENIE DRAMA - child's mother accuses him of being a deadbeat father

Krista Henry, Staff ReporterAs if Beenie Man does not have enough to deal with, the mother of his five-year-old son, who lives in England, has decided to air her grouses about the deejay over the popular Internet site, YouTube.In...

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Usain BOLTS through Sherwood Content

KERIL WRIGHT Thursday, September 25, 2008 Triple Olympic gold medalist, Usain Bolt, sure knows how to have himself a grand time - on and off the track. Easily the star of his homecoming celebrations held on the weekend at his alma mater, the William Knibb High School in Trelawny, the 22-year-old partied the night away alongside an impressive line-up of Reggae/Dancehall stars and leading street...

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Ja slips 12 places on corruption index

Thursday, September 25, 2008Jamaica has been ranked the 96th most corrupt country in the world by the German-based Trans-parency International (TI), down from an 84th ranking last year.The organisation surveyed 180 countries for...

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JLP politician on murder rap

KARYL WALKER, Crime/Court co-ordinator walkerk@jamaicaobserver.comThursday, September 25, 2008Police will today interrogate Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) politician Lennox Hinds, who was on Tuesday arrested and slapped with murder,...

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Drug conspiracy - Security personnel, customs, port officials in narco trade

published: Thursday | September 25, 2008Glenroy Sinclair, Assignment CoordinatorA recent narcotics intelligence report has linked a number of police personnel, customs officials and employees at the seaports to the growing illegal...

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US$2,100 hotel bill lands foreigner in jail

Wednesday, September 24, 2008MONTEGO BAY, St James - An Estonian man, Stan Puust, a 26-year-old construction worker, is facing charges of obtaining credit by fraud after he found his way into an all-inclusive hotel where he allegedly...

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Cop arrested for rape of colleague

published: Wednesday | September 24, 2008A policeman has been taken into custody for the alleged rape of a woman colleague.Assistant Commissioner of Police Les Green told The Gleaner that the policeman was interviewed yesterday and...

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Falmouth: Comrades call for MP's resignation

FALMOUTH, Trelawny - Approximately 30 People's National Party (PNP) supporters yesterday converged at the constituency offices of North Trelawny Member of Parliament, Dr Patrick Harris, calling for his resignation.The demonstration...

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More PNP resignations - Party dissolves Council of Opposition Spokespersons

Wednesday, September 24, 2008Opposition Leader Portia Simpson Miller (2nd left) listens to a point being made by MP Lisa Hanna while Phillip Paulwell (left), sitting in the seat usually occupied by the leader of Opposition business, and Dr Omar Davies peruse documents in Parliament yesterday. (Photo: Joseph Wellington)THE Opposition People's National Party (PNP), rocked by the resignation of several...

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Beenie to be a granddad - 17-y-o daughter pregnant - Another deejay said to be the father

It appears that Moses 'Beenie Man' Davis is soon to be a grandfather. The deejay's daughter, who turned 17 last week, is rumoured to be pregnant for popular deejay Aidonia. Aidonia has, however, denied that he is the father. When contacted, Aidonia's manager and brother, Lav said, "He is not the babyfather. She is only 16-year-old, so why would Aidonia be involved with somebody that young? Furthermore,...

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Eleven persons killed over the weekend

Kimmo MatthewsMonday, September 22, 2008 Police yesterday reported that a total of 11 persons were killed in separate incidents over the weekend, nine by the gun and two by the knife, keeping the murder tally on track for another...

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Powell won't change coach

published: Tuesday | September 23, 2008 Anthony Foster, Gleaner WriterOlivia 'Babsy' Grange (left), minister of information, youth, culture and sports, escorts Olympians Asafa Powell (right) and Rosemarie White after they arrived at the Norman Manley International Airport yesterday. Powell, 4x100-metre gold medallist, and White, 1,600m relay bronze medal winner, were greeted by other dignitaries....

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Children's advocate probes 13-y-o model contest winner

published: Tuesday | September 23, 2008 The Office of the Children's Advocate has launched a full investigation into the awarding of a 13-year-old girl as the winner of a fashion model competition.Henderson Downer, acting children's...

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PNP fallout begins - Two Phillips supporters quit, another targeted

published: Tuesday | September 23, 2008 Arthur Hall, Senior Staff Reporter The casualtIES from last Saturday's presidential elec-tion in the People's National Party (PNP) have started with a senior member of parliament (MP) relinquishing...

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Oraine dominates New York Fashion Week

published: Sunday | September 21, 2008Oraine reps for Liz Claiborne in a 35-page spread in 'The Claiborne Book'. - Contributed photosNew York Fashion Week is now history, but Pulse and the Caribbean's top-male model, Oraine Barrett, will remember it for some time to come.It was the season when his star shone brighter than ever and, in fact, took a big new upward trajectory. While he was walking the...

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Score settled: Portia whips Peter again in PNP leadership contest

published: Sunday | September 21, 2008Daraine Luton, Staff Reporter- ian allen/staff photographerDELEGATES OF the People's National Party (PNP) reaffirmed Portia Simpson Miller as the party's president in yesterday's elections at the National Arena.Simpson Miller polled 2,332 votes to Dr Peter Phillips' 1,959 in an election in which 4,291 of the 4,438 delegates of the party voted. The result left...

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Students locked out of school

Hundreds of Grade-11 students at the Eltham High School in St Catherine were locked out of the institution yesterday after the school said they were wearing inappropriate uniforms.The students were locked out because the uniforms...

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PNP decider - Divided Opposition party elects president today

BY ALICIA DUNKLEY Observer staff reporter Saturday, September 20, 2008After weeks of mudslinging and bitter internal feuding, an estimated 4,500 People's National Party (PNP) delegates will today decide whether incumbent President Portia Simpson Miller or challenger Dr Peter Phillips will be leader of the 70-year-old opposition party.The face-off, which will be staged at the National Arena in Kingston,...

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How much longer for Trelawny's Divisional Headquarters?

ASKS THE QUESTIONS Mark CummingsThursday, September 18, 2008 A section of the Falmouth Police Station. Security is a high priority in many countries and quite rightly so.In Jamaica, our security forces have long complained about the lack of resources to fight crime and violence, and the generally poor conditions under which they carry out their job.And while efforts have been made by successive...

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'I knew something was wrong' - Body of man found stuffed in car hours after he went missing

COREY ROBINSON, Observer staff reporter robinsonc@jamaicaobserver.comFriday, September 19, 2008 A despondent Keisha Walker (left) is consoled by a female friend outside Madden's Funeral Home in Kingston after seeing the lifeless body of her son's father sprawled on a table inside the morgue. (Photo: Michael Gordon) KEISHA Walker's ear-splitting cries for 'Jiggy' outside Madden's Funeral Home in...

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Golden fever/yellow fever outbreak in Jamaica!!!

It has been reported that there has been a terrible outbreak of Yellow Fever (disambiguation). This particular strain is sometimes known as the American Plague. The outbreak started in Beijing , the Bird's Nest Olympic stadium to...

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Trial in Cuban light bulb case postponed

Wednesday, September 17, 2008The highly anticipated trial of former junior energy minister Kern Spencer and two co-accused on money laundering and corruption charges, was Monday postponed in the Half-Way-Tree Resident Magistrate's Court.SPENCER... disappointed that the trial was unable to get off the groundThe matter was postponed because of a change of lawyer on the part of defendant Rodney Chin...

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Sandside shocked! - Boy's dismembered body found in bag

KARYL WALKER & CARL GILCHRIST, Observer staff reportersThursday, September 18, 2008A dejected Marcia Ffolkes stares aimlessly into space as she reflects on the death of her only child, Aakim Scott, whose dismembered body was found in a bag in bushes in the district of Sandside in St Mary on Monday.SANDSIDE, St Mary - Police in this rural community said yesterday that they believe a breakthrough...

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Do local firms shy away from sports endorsements? Julian RichardsonFriday, September 12, 2008 Against the backdrop of Usain Bolt's rise to international stardom, Jamaican corporate executives have dismissed claims, coming from some circles, that local indigenous entities lack the will to effectively invest in sports marketing.Peter Moses, head of Citibank in Jamaica, and Christopher Williams, managing...

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