While thousands of fans worldwide cannot get enough of Asafa Powell's recent displays of the local 'Nuh Linga' and 'Gully Creepa' dance moves, his two biggest fans, his parents, are not pleased at all.Recent indulgence The Reverend...
Thursday, October 9, 2008
Vybz Kartel finally divorced!
DJ Vybz Kartel a.k.a Addi the Teacha is now officially a single man, joining the ranks of eligible celebrity bachelors, as his divorce has been granted by the Supreme Court of Jamaica. The decree absolute for the dissolution of marriage was granted on September 9, 2008. Attorney-at-law, Seymour Stewart, filed it. XtraNews obtained official documents which stated that the marriage be “dissolved...
Motorised Patrol? Why? - MoBay business community upset at McGregor's transfer
HORACE HINES, Observer West reporterThursday, October 09, 2008 Superintendent Steve McGregor MONTEGO BAY, St JamesThe Montego Bay business community is angry at the police high command's decision to transfer commander of the St James Police Division, Superintendent Steve McGregor from that post to head the Motorised Patrol division, come Monday."I think the whole situation has been very badly handled...
Gramps injured - Morgan Heritage cancels club tour of Europe
Thursday, October 09, 2008 Reggae group Morgan Heritage, which kicked off their world tour earlier this year, has cancelled their highly anticipated club tour of Europe.The six-week sojourn, part of the promotion for the group's critically acclaimed album, Mission In Progress, was scheduled for the beginning of November to the middle of December."We were really looking forward to touring behind the...
Soldier dies in road accident
KIMMO MATTHEWS, Observer staff reporterThursday, October 09, 2008 The mangled wreck of a Jamaica Defence Force jeep beside a Jamaica Urban Transit Company bus with which it collided along Washington Boulevard in St Andrew, yesterday. One soldier died and two others were injured in the accident. (Photo: Lionel Rookwood) A Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) soldier yesterday died and two others injured when...
Shaw in health scare - Finance minister falls ill during meeting with PM, cabinet colleagues
BALFORD HENRY, Observer writer Thursday, October 09, 2008 SHAW... fell ill and had to be admitted to the University Hospital of the West Indies Minister of Finance and the Public Service Audley Shaw gave loved ones and close associates a scare yesterday when he fell ill suddenly and had to be admitted to the University Hospital of the West Indies, Mona.However, members of the Cabinet - who were...
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Welcoming home our Olympianspublished: Sunday | October 5, 2008 Gleaner photographers Norman Grindley and Peta-Gaye Clachar captured scenes from the motorcade which paraded Jamaican Olympians who participated in the recent Beijing Games through the streets of the Corporate Area on Friday, as well as from the sports gala held in their honour at the National Stadium yesterday. At that event,...
Housing fallout - Jamaicans overseas lose homes amid US crisis, crash of local investment schemes
published: Tuesday | October 7, 2008 Shelly-Ann Thompson, Staff ReporterA NUMBER of Jamaicans living in the United States (US) have lost their homes after mortgaging properties and investing the money in risky Jamaican alternative...
'Waite' is over - Arnett coach quits after string of poor DPL results
By Howard Walker Observer staff reporterTuesday, October 07, 2008 Jerome Waite became the first coaching casualty of the Digicel Premier League season when he was replaced by Fabian Davis as head coach at Arnett Gardens yesterday.Waite,...
723 kids missing - Over 1,000 people unaccounted-for since January
KARYL WALKER, Crime/Court co-ordinator Monday, October 06, 2008 Jullene Edwards, 15, missing since September 9. (Photo: CCN) More than 700 children have been reported missing since the start of the year, according to figures released by the Constabulary Communication Network (CCN) last week. The figure represents 65 per cent of the 1,112 persons listed as missing between January 1 and September...
DPP office bungle - Boy charged with carnal abuse is 13, not 11 years old
BY PAUL HENRY Observer staff reporter Tuesday, October 07, 2008 A charge of carnal abuse against a schoolboy was not withdrawn in the Home Circuit Court yesterday because the youth is not 11 years old as was earlier reported by the...
Friday, October 3, 2008
Billions in arms - Police say lottery scam funding weapons purchase in St James
published: Friday | October 3, 2008 Nagra Plunkett, Assignment Coordinator Assistant Commissioner of Police Denver Frater, officer in charge of the Area One Police Division. - Photo by Noel Thompson WESTERN BUREAU:DESPITE POLICE efforts to break the back of the lottery scam in St James, the scheme remains vibrant and is reportedly pumping billions of dollars into the criminal underworld."If you look...
Lottery scammers go regional
Lottery scammers who operated out of St James have reportedly moved their operations to other Caribbean islands because of increased pressures from the authorities here. Police intelligence has revealed that several suspected lottery...
Jamaicans eating less of what they grow
PATRICK FOSTER, Observer writer Friday, October 03, 2008 (L-R) Inter-American Institute for Co-operation on Agriculture representative in Jamaica, Cynthia Currie; permanent secretary in the Ministry of Agriculture, Donovan Stanberry; and Dr Dunstan Campbell, Food and Agriculture Organisation representative in Jamaica, field questions at Tuesday's launch of World Food Day at the ministry's Hope Road,...
Back a yard! - Jamaican Olympians return for week of celebration
Howard Walker, Observer staff reporter Friday, October 03, 2008 Jamaica's Olympians strike a pose in the VIP Lounge at the Norman Manley International Airport yesterday after arriving for the 10-day Olympic Homecoming Celebrations. From left are Dwight Thomas, Veronica Campbell-Brown, Maurice Smith, Kerron Stewart and Richard Phillips. (Photo: Garfield Robinson) TWO-TIME Olympic 200 metres champion,...
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
9-month-old boy dies after being sodomised by male relative
KARYL WALKER, Crime/Court co-ordinator Wednesday, October 01, 2008 A nine-month-old boy is now dead after being viciously sodomised by a 21-year-old male relative in the community of Arnett Gardens in South St Andrew on Monday night.The...
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