Happy birthday for Saturday, May 13, 2023. Today’s chilled-out vibes lend us a more relaxing and enjoyable experience than we’ve had over the past few days. There’s an easiness in the air that’s…
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Get involved in your children’s lives, urges Digicel Foundation CEO
CEO of the Digicel Foundation Charmaine Daniels is urging Jamaican parents to get even more involved in the lives of their children. “I firmly believe that children are the future of our nation….
‘Drastic action’
LUCEA, Hanover — Determined to quash a flare-up of crime, the police charged with protecting residents of this parish have vowed to take “drastic action”. The promise has also come with an appeal…
Leave the dead alone!
PORT MARIA, St Mary – Outraged by the thought that the dead would be disturbed, mayor of Port Maria Councillor Richard Creary (Jamaica Labour Party, Richmond Division) has dismissed calls for Highgate cemetery…
Listen to their voices
Children from the section of Arnett Gardens known as Mexico shared their fears, their dreams, their peeves and their guilty pleasures in a discussion in their community with the Jamaica Observer, in collaboration…
NWA boss clarifies CHEC’s role in highway project
CHIEF executive officer of the National Works Agency (NWA) EG Hunter has sought to clarify recent reports that China Harbour Engineering (CHEC) is taking over some of the projects on the Southern Coastal…
New senators promise to serve the Jamaican people
SENATE newcomers Abka Fitz-Henley and Dr Dana Morris Dixon have given their firm commitment to utilise the opportunity afforded them to sit in the Upper House to serve the Jamaican people. The Government…
Constitution clash
A war of words is brewing between political scientist and civil society advocate Professor Trevor Munroe and Constitutional Reform Committee member Tom Tavares-Finson over the manner in which the Independence Constitution was crafted….
Work on breakaway at Chovey set for completion in two months
WORK is to be completed on the breakaway at Chovey — part of the Junction main road rehabilitation project — in another two months, head of the National Works Agency (NWA) EG Hunter…
Long overdue
CLASSIFYING the pending increase in the salaries of high court judges as “welcome news”, two veteran attorneys from the private bar say it is hoped that senior counsel who have in the past…