Grenada police probing circulation of child porn on social media 12:36 PM
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'I am going to sue'
Wednesday, June 19, 2013
ORALEE Reid, the woman who was attacked and bitten by a guard dog Monday outside a fast-food outlet in busy Half-Way-Tree, St Andrew, says she has every intention to take legal action against the security company and the food establishment. "My lawyer is dealing with that and I can't say much, but I am going to sue them, ...more
Shaw blasts ‘draconian’ amendments to Revenue Administration Act
Wednesday, June 19, 2013
THE Government is expected to use its majority in the House today to push through controversial amendments to the Revenue Administration Act. But the move is likely to result in capital flight, as some business operators have expressed discomfort wit ...more
Gaping ditch causing deep distress to Duhaney Park residents
Wednesday, June 19, 2013
A yawning ditch dug by the National water Commission (NWC) on Baldwin Crescent, Dunhaney Park, in January to facilitate the laying of pipes is causing deep distress for residents of the St Andrew community.
They say apart from being a major breeding ...more
You can't travel on a naturalisation certificate
Wednesday, June 19, 2013
Q: I recently became a United States citizen through naturalisation. Can I travel on my naturalisation certificate when I return to the US?
A: No, you cannot use your naturalisation certificate as a travel document. Since 2007, the United States of ...more
68% of GSAT candidates get 'school of choice'
Wednesday, June 19, 2013
MINISTER of Education Rev Ronald Thwaites says that more than two-thirds (68 per cent) of the students who sat the Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) this year have been placed in the schools of their choice. Just under 30 per cent were assigned to s ...more
Pension fund chairman not aware consent was needed for surplus distribution
Wednesday, June 19, 2013
APPLIANCE Traders Limited (ATL) global chief financial officer, David Davies, yesterday strongly dismissed suggestions that Chairman Gordon 'Butch' Stewart had accused Catherine Barber, former administrator of the ATL Group Pension Fund, of giving aw ...more
Wheatley likens Jamaica to 'Animal Farm'
Wednesday, June 19, 2013
OPPOSITION Member of Parliament (MP) Dr Andrew Wheatley has likened Jamaica's political situation to George Orwell's satirical tale, Animal Farm.
Speaking in the sectoral debate last Wednesday at Gordon House, Wheatley — who represents South C ...more
Phillips: We are mindful of the challenges of the depreciating dollar, but...
Wednesday, June 19, 2013
ROSE HALL, St James — Minister of Finance and Planning Dr Peter Phillips says Government is mindful of the hardships which the sliding dollar is causing for Jamaicans, but noted that all is being done to maintain a competitive exchan ...more
Butcher gets two years for stealing pork
Wednesday, June 19, 2013
A butcher who mysteriously disap-peared after taking just under $1 million worth of pork on credit from farmers in two different parishes was yesterday sentenced to two years in prison.
Forty-nine-year-old Vincent Mason, otherwise called "Chappie", ...more
Take the dog off front-line duty!
Wednesday, June 19, 2013
THE attack on a woman by a guard dog in busy Half-Way-Tree, St Andrew, on Monday evening has angered Jamaica Observer online readers. Oralee Reid was bitten by a pitbull in the vicinity of a popular fast food outlet.
The Observer reported yesterday ...more
PHOTO: Melrose misfortune
Wednesday, June 19, 2013
A woman was badly injured when the Nissan Sunny motor car in which she was travelling collided with an Isuzu truck on the Melrose bypass in Manchester, yesterday. Onlookers said the woman had to be cut from the car and was rushed by the police to the ...more


