Jamaica

Students at the Irwin High School in James are now undergoing counselling following the death of one of their schoolmates on Thursday ... Show more   www.jamaicaobserver.com/2024/04/19/irwin-high-student-dies-stab-wound-attack-schoolmates/

Pregnant with twins, Shelsy Chavez had been looking forward to her father joining her in the USA, at the end of May, for a routine doctor’s visit ... Show more   www.jamaicaobserver.com/2024/04/17/wish-denied-murder/

A mother has been left numb and heartbroken following the shooting death of her 23-year-old daughter in an alleged domestic dispute in the United States on ... Show more   www.jamaicaobserver.com/2024/04/14/mother-heartbroken-daughter-killed-domestic-dispute-us/

Reigning 400m world champion Antonio Watson has expressed his eagerness to break the sub-44 barrier this season, believing that once he is injury-free ... Show more   www.jamaicaobserver.com/2024/04/19/just-getting-started/

The Ministry of Justice says the government will be appealing the court ruling against the extension of Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Paula Llewellyn’s ... Show more   www.jamaicaobserver.com/2024/04/19/govt-appeal-constitutional-court-ruling-dpps-extension/

Today's Clovis Toon, April 19, 2024

Police and gunmen engaged in a shootout Thursday afternoon at the Mystic Plaza on Hagley Park Road, St Andrew, thwarting what authorities believe was a robbery ... Show more

In the first half, West Ham presented Leverkusen with real problems, and after the restart Alonso's team took control of the game ... Show more   www.kicker.de/west-ham-gegen-leverkusen-2024-europa-league-4913607/ticker

A freak accident on Tuesday evening claimed the life of a motorcyclist and resulted in the injury of his common-law partner after the biker was attacked by ... Show more   jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20240417/dog-attack-leads-deadly-st-andrew-motorcycle-crash   #GLNRToday

The man convicted of the murder of 15-year-old schoolgirl Shineka Gray in 2017 has been sentenced to life imprisonment with no possibility of parole until he ... Show more   www.jamaicaobserver.com/2024/04/12/shineka-grays-killer-sentenced-life-prison/

The St Elizabeth Police have arrested two people who reportedly stole an 800 pound bull from its owner in Thatchfield in the parish last weekend.www.jamaicaobserver.com/2024/04/17/cops-retrieve-stolen-800-pound-bull-st-elizabeth-two-custody/

A St Thomas poultry farmer who struggled to keep his small business afloat due to a lack of capital and resources, had his fortunes changed dramatically when ... Show more   www.jamaicaobserver.com/2024/04/12/chicken-farmer-wins-2-2m-izizzi-jackpot/

The Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) wants People's National Party (PNP) Westmoreland Western aspirant Ian Hayles to withdraw and apologise for marking claims about ... Show more   jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20240419/jlp-chides-ian-hayles-over-water-tank-distribution-claims-demands-apology   #GLNRToday

A love triangle is the alleged cause of the latest flare-up of violence among some Corporate Area schools, resulting in at least three students sustaining ... Show more   jamaica-gleaner.com/article/lead-stories/20240419/schoolers-brawl   #GLNRToday

Lose? Bayer Leverkusen is still not doing that. Xabi Alonso's team struggled for a long time in the second leg of the Europa League quarter-finals at West Ham ... Show more

Five Corporate Area high school principals have condemned a street brawl among students from their schools, in which a number of them were injured ... Show more   www.jamaicaobserver.com/2024/04/19/unacceptable-20240419-0334-543560/

Five Corporate Area high school principals have condemned a street brawl among students from their schools, in which a number of them were injured ... Show more   www.jamaicaobserver.com/2024/04/19/unacceptable-20240419-0334-543560/

Junior Foreign Affairs Minister Alando Terrelonge says a member of his team was responsible for posting a photo to his Instagram account with images of former ... Show more   #GLNRToday

A policeman was fatally shot in St Ann on Monday night. He has been identified as Constable Ricardo Fairclough. It is reported that he was responding to a ... Show more   #GLNRToday

Shadow Minister of Information and Public Communication, Nekeisha Burchell is urging the government to quickly implement a social media policy with stringent ... Show more   www.jamaicaobserver.com/2024/04/17/urgent-need-clear-govt-social-media-policy-opposition-says/

Opposition Spokesman on Finance Julian Robinson is urging Finance Minister Dr Nigel Clarke to get Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ) to name the owners of two ... Show more   #GLNRToday

Senior teacher at Alpha Infant School Sabrina Raymond-Hunter has endorsed the ‘ICHEETAH’ robot, a smart educational AI-powered tool that will advance the way ... Show more   www.jamaicaobserver.com/2024/04/18/senior-teacher-endorses-robots-assisting-school/

State Minister in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Alando Terrelonge, says he regrets a series of posts made to his social media platforms in ... Show more   www.jamaicaobserver.com/2024/04/17/terrelonge-says-regrets-posts-blocking-faces-former-jcan-prime-ministers/

World Championships relay medallists Ackeem Blake and Ryiem Forde as well as Kemba Nelson and Alana Reid have been included on the Jamaican team that will ... Show more

Adidas’ reported $5.9-billion offer to sponsor Jamaica’s athletics programme is the latest in a decade-long courtship of the Jamaica Athletics Administrative ... Show more   www.jamaicaobserver.com/2024/04/12/decade-long-chase/

Stung by an anonymous message circulated via WhatsApp about the National Identification System (NIDS), Cabinet member Dr Dana Morris Dixon made an unscheduled ... Show more   www.jamaicaobserver.com/2024/04/18/absolutely-false/

Following Shanoya Douglas’ outstanding performances for Muschett High School at the ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys’ and Girls’ Athletics Championships (Champs) and ... Show more   www.jamaicaobserver.com/2024/04/11/smythe-eyes-world-u20-win-shanoya-douglas/

Dinthill Technical High School won the 11th Jamaica Best School Band competition on Sunday at Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts ... Show more   www.jamaicaobserver.com/2024/04/16/dinthill-bands-it/

Dancehall Emperor Shabba Ranks landed in the island today, a source confirmed to The Gleaner. "He came in at Montego Bay at 10 this morning with his wife ... Show more   jamaica-gleaner.com/article/entertainment/20240410/shabba-ranks-lands-jamaica   #GLNREnt

A 37-year-old Jamaican, Sereika Savariau, on Tuesday pleaded guilty in a US District Court to creating a series of fraudulent debt relief companies that ... Show more   www.jamaicaobserver.com/2024/04/19/jamaican-facing-30-years-us-prison-debt-relief-scam/

Mona High School in St Andrew has been closed today and Friday amid ongoing violence among students of several Corporate Area schools ... Show more   jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20240418/mona-high-closes-amid-corporate-area-school-violence   #GLNRToday

The Long Hill bypass in St James will be developed into a four-lane dual carriageway, the National Road Operating and Constructing Company revealed on Tuesday ... Show more   jamaica-gleaner.com/article/lead-stories/20240418/four-lanes-toll-long-hill-bypass   #GLNRToday

If the Andrew Holness administration enacts legislation making Portmore a parish without direct consultation with its residents ... Show more   jamaica-gleaner.com/article/lead-stories/20240415/fitz-jackson-makes-pledge-portmore   #GLNRToday

An insurance agent employed to Sagicor insisted on Wednesday that he had numerous meetings with murder accused Omar Collymore and his now-deceased wife Simone ... Show more   www.jamaicaobserver.com/2024/04/18/agent-says-collymore-knew-multimillion-dollar-insurance-policies/

The bad road conditions across Hanover have spurred Mayor of Lucea Sheridan Samuels to come up with the idea of naming the potholes along the roadways in ... Show more   jamaica-gleaner.com/article/lead-stories/20240415/mayor-calls-potholes-be-named-honour-mps   #GLNRToday

Earlier this month, Jamaica’s Taino chief, Kasike Kalaan Nibonrix Kaiman, gave a presentation titled, ‘Stories as medicine: Taino and African Healing and the ... Show more   jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20240418/jamaicas-taino-chief-speaks-abroad-stories-medicine   #GLNRToday

Former Prime Minister PJ Patterson marks his 89th birthday today, just over 18 years after he retired from a life of public service that saw him create history ... Show more   www.jamaicaobserver.com/2024/04/10/pj-patterson-marks-89th-birthday-today/

An insurance agent had a difficult time giving evidence on Tuesday in the Home Circuit Court as he shared that he had a close relationship with Simone ... Show more   www.jamaicaobserver.com/2024/04/17/collymores-insurance-policies-worth-200-million/

Today's #LasMay editorial cartoon. See more cartoons: jamaica-gleaner.com/cartoon

A teacher has been hospitalised with chest and upper-left side wounds after gunmen smashed open a window to her St Andrew home and opened fire in the wee hours ... Show more   jamaica-gleaner.com/article/lead-stories/20240416/teacher-shot-home-attack   #GLNRToday