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// Search HOME NEWS BUSINESS SPORT LIFESTYLE ALL WOMAN REGIONAL NEWS ENTERTAINMENT ENVIRONMENT HEALTH AUTO Editorial Columns Career Food TeenAGE Letters AutoClovis Toons Page2 E-PaperWeather Supplements Football Study Centre Jnr Study Centre A-ZRSS Feeds Contact Us Feedback Privacy Policy Change Consent Site Map Terms and Conditions Editoral Code of Conduct Mobile ObserverAdvertisingePaper Sign In Username @ PasswordSubscribe LoginSearch here Mobile Site | About Advertise with us A-Z E-Paper Buy Photos Site map Privacy Policy Terms & Conditions Blackberry App Contact Us | Newsletter | E-Paper e Paper ||Home |News |Business |Sport |Lifestyle |All Woman |Webinars |Regional COVID-19|Entertainment |Health |ClassifiedsPLACE AN AD Miscellaneous Real Estate Motor Vehicles Jobs Editorial | Columns | Career | Food | teenAGE | Letters | Auto | Clovis Toons | Page2 | E-Paper | Supplements | FootballVictoria Jubilee Hospital gets equipment to boost neonatal services 12:13 pm Education ministry seeks to give voice to the youth, says Morgan 12:02 pm 13-y-o Jessica Brooks is missing 11:34 am UK races to test, vaccinate as virus variant threatens plans 11:11 am COVID-19: Here’s what you need to know today 10:47 am 5 more deaths, 83 new COVID-19 cases 10:45 am RECORD BREAKER! 12:01 amJavier Brown of Jamaica College (JC) broke the Class One 400m hurdles record of 49.94 seconds when he ran 49.86 seconds to win the final event on day four of the...RECORD BREAKER!Johnson Smith names AJ Nicholson in threatening e-mail issue 12:01 amSENATE majority leader Senator Kamina Johnson Smith yesterday confirmed that the threatening series of e-mail she had referred to in her Senate statement last month originated with former...Johnson Smith names AJ NiRoberts on fraud rap 12:01 amMUSIC producer and politician Patrick Roberts is scheduled to appear in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court in Half-Way-Tree to answer fraud charges on Thursday, June...Roberts on fraud rapTrelawny assigned another fire truck after only unit destroyed in blaze 4:10 amFALMOUTH, Trelawny — Commissioner of the Jamaica Fire Brigade (JFB) Stewart Beckford says another unit has been assigned to the Falmouth Fire Station to replace the one which was...Trelawny assigned anotherTriple delight! 12:01 amGARRIEL White of Hydel High ran a personal best 57.65 seconds, the third-best time in the world by an Under-20 female, to win the 400m hurdles Open on yesterday’s fourth and penultimate...Triple delight!’She was more than a mom!’ 12:01 amElizabeth Palmer, the mother of Jamaican World Championships 4x400m relay silver medallist Akeem Bloomfield, lost her battle with cancer on Thursday.’She was more than a mom!Study Centre Ad Spot Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Praesent feugiat, urna quis pulvinar molestie, elit velit luctus velitToday’s Headlines Today’s NewsMurder suspect trying to flee island by boat held in Clarendon 12:46 pm Today’s NewsVictoria Jubilee Hospital gets equipment to boost neonatal services 12:13 pm Today’s NewsEducation ministry seeks to give voice to the youth, says Morgan 12:02 pm Today’s News13-y-o Jessica Brooks is missing 11:34 am LATEST NEWS Murder suspect trying to flee island by boat held in Clarendon 12:46 pm KINGSTON, Jamaica — Sonniman ’Shortman’ Walker, a murder suspect was yesterday held in Rocky Point, Clarendon attempting to flee the island by boat to Haiti. Read More Victoria Jubilee Hospital gets equipment to boost neonatal services 12:13 pm KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Victoria Jubilee Hospital (VJH) has received medical equipment valued at over $2.5 million which will boost neonatal services offered at the...Read MoreEducation ministry seeks to give voice to the youth, says Morgan 12:02 pm KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information is seeking to include the voice of the youth in its decision making processes. Read More 13-y-o Jessica Brooks is missing 11:34 am HANOVER, Jamaica — An Ananda Alert has been activated for 13-year-old Jessica Brooks, of Woodland in Hopewell, Hanover, who has been missing since Friday, May... Read MoreMore Latest News » ADVERTISEMENTBuy Today’s Paper Front page forRead today’s ePaper Today’s Toon Today’s CartoonPrevious Cartoons » Page2 Check out more Page2 NEWS NIA calls for probe into contract award to CHEC for MoBay bypass 7:50 pm HEAD of the corruption watchdog agency, National Integrity Action (NIA), Professor Trevor Munroe has called on the Integrity Commission to launch a probe into the award... Read MoreNew initiative launched to reach kids not attending classes 9:20 pm THE Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA) on Thursday launched an initiative targeting 136 schools across the island, to identify and provide intervention...... Read More Twin MDs battle entrenched racism in medical world 4:50 pm OHIO, United States (AP) — The inseparable sisters always stood out — identical twins from Twinsburg, Ohio, whip-smart students from the side of town with...... Read More Lawyer wants 13-y-o charged for defaming client accused of buggery 4:20 am Shantez Stewart, the attorney representing two of six males accused of buggering a 13-year-old girl in St Ann, says one of his clients intends to file a defamation suit...... Read More Councillor wants urgent action to tame crime in Kingston Central 4:30 pm RAE Town, Kingston Central, Councillor Rosalie Hamilton has called for stronger police action in the constituency in light of the increased gang violence in that...... Read MoreMore News » VideosVIDEO: Just for Mom Thursday, May 6, 2021VIDEO: Rojea needs help! Thursday, May 6, 2021VIDEO: At least one man dead in Clarendon crash Tuesday, May 4, 2021VIDEO: Now Open: Pop Up Poke Thursday, April 29, 2021VIDEO: August Town turns to water war to bring back the vibes Monday, April 26, 2021VIDEO: Grit amid grief Sunday, April 25, 2021More Videos » ADVERTISEMENTSPORT ’I came here to dominate,’ says Champs debutant Lavanya Williams 10:40 pm Lavanya Williams of Rusea’s High did not have the same beginning to her Inter-secondary Schools Sports Association... Read More RECORD BREAKER! 10:40 pm Javier Brown of Jamaica College (JC) broke the Class One 400m hurdles record of 49.94 seconds when he ran 49.86 seconds to win the final event on day...... Read More ’She was more than a mom!’ 9:20 pm Elizabeth Palmer, the mother of Jamaican World Championships 4x400m relay silver medallist Akeem Bloomfield, lost her battle with cancer on...... Read More Triple delight! 8:50 pm GARRIEL White of Hydel High ran a personal best 57.65 seconds, the third-best time in the world by an Under-20 female, to win the 400m hurdles Open on yesterday’s...... Read MoreADVERTISEMENTMore Sports » ADVERTISEMENTBUSINESSKalilah Reynolds Media enters agreement with the Jamaica Observer 5:10 pm Kalilah Reynolds Media Limited (KRM) and the Jamaica Observer Limited (JOL) are pleased to announce an agreement that will see daily content from KRM... Read More GraceKennedy delivers strong first quarter of 2021 6:40 pm The GraceKennedy (GK) Group is reporting strong results in the first quarter of 2021. For the three months ended March 31, 2021, the GK Group achieved... Read More Fontana reports 333.7% jump in profits for March quarter 3:50 am Fontana has recorded another positive quarter with net profit jumping by 333.7 per cent to $72.9 million for the March quarter,... Read MoreMore Business » Friday, May 14, 2021 04 07 14 33 34 J$272,500,000 04 ENTERTAINMENT Singer Triple Blaxxx gives praises 8:00 pm AS part of the Flames music camp during the 1990s, Sugar Black flew the banner of Rastafari...