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Alexis Ohanian, co-founder of Reddit and husband to Serena Williams, has announced a new invitational track event for the world’s top female sprinters which ... Show more   www.jamaicaobserver.com/2024/04/23/alexis-ohanian-announces-highest-paying-womens-track-event/

Bloodied but unbowed. Jamaica’s first woman Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Paula Llewellyn walked away from the job Sunday ... Show more   www.jamaicaobserver.com/2024/04/22/paula-llewellyn-walks/

Jamaica Labour Party leader Prime Minister Andrew Holness is being urged to go to today’s meeting of the party’s Central Executive with political guns blazing ... Show more   jamaica-gleaner.com/article/lead-stories/20240421/holness-urged-clean-house   #GLNRToday

House Speaker Juliet Holness has tabled the attorney general’s opinion on the tabling of reports from the auditor general and the Integrity Commission ... Show more   #GLNRToday

Member of Parliament for Clarendon North Central, Robert Morgan, has resigned as the head of the public relations committee of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) ... Show more   jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20240421/robert-morgan-resigns-public-relations-chairman-jlp   #GLNRToday

Reports reaching Observer Online are that several schools within and around the boundaries of a recently imposed curfew in sections of St Catherine have ... Show more   www.jamaicaobserver.com/2024/04/22/st-catherine-schools-turn-online-classes-due-tension-area/

Jamaica Labour Party stalwart and former Cabinet Minister Derrick Smith says the changes coming out of Sunday’s Central Executive meeting are not enough ... Show more   jamaica-gleaner.com/article/lead-stories/20240423/not-enough   #GLNRToday

Great technical execution, great performances all around, visual presentation spot on and glitch free, and a gigantic stage that rivals any major music event ... Show more   www.jamaicaobserver.com/2024/04/22/high-praises-fun-sonheadliner-kirk-franklin-brings-dance-party/

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

Opposition Leader Mark Golding says the parliamentary Opposition may ask the court to compel House Speaker Juliet Holness to release the legal opinion of the ... Show more   jamaica-gleaner.com/article/lead-stories/20240420/golding-threatens-legal-action-over-shielded-ags-opinion   #GLNRToday

The Constitutional Court ruling on Friday in relation to the extension of the tenure of Director of Public Prosecutions Paula Llewellyn is the latest in a ... Show more   www.jamaicaobserver.com/2024/04/21/court-defeats-raise-questions-legal-advice-given-pm/

Opposition lawmaker Phillip Paulwell raises concern that tributes are being made to retired Clerk to the Houses of Parliament Valrie Curtis without her being ... Show more   #GLNRToday

As Government and Opposition legislators prepare to get back to work in Gordon House today, the people’s representatives have unfinished business as they had ... Show more   jamaica-gleaner.com/article/lead-stories/20240423/jfj-says-holness-should-withdraw-curtis-letter-today-make-public   #GLNRToday

The Minister of Culture, Olivia Grange, says he has been left saddened by the death of Bishop Dr Ronald Blair, who passed away today at age 86 ... Show more   jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20240419/grange-saddened-death-bishop-ronald-blair   #GLNRToday

Opposition Leader Mark Golding says Attorney General Derrick McKoy and Justice Minister Delroy Chuck should resign for saying Paula Llewellyn remains director ... Show more   jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20240421/golding-demands-resignation-justice-minister-attorney-general-over-dpp-crisis   #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

Residents of Trelawny Southern have thrown their support behind former independent councillor, now prospective candidate for the People’s National Party’s ... Show more   jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20240422/residents-support-patmores-bid-represent-trelawny-southern   #GLNRToday

Prime Minister Andrew Holness has expressed disappointment over the length of time the first artisan village in Falmouth, Trelawny ... Show more   www.jamaicaobserver.com/2024/04/22/pm-officially-opens-long-overdue-artisan-village-falmouth/

Minister of Education and Youth, Fayval Williams, has revealed that she is awaiting a report from the board of the St James High School in relation to a matter ... Show more   www.jamaicaobserver.com/2024/04/23/education-minister-awaiting-report-st-james-high-school-board-regards-student-expulsion/

Constitutional expert Dr Lloyd Barnett has described as “unfortunate and sad” the so-called letter saga in which Speaker of the House of Representatives ... Show more   jamaica-gleaner.com/article/lead-stories/20240418/curtis-holness-may-have-resolve-issue-through-mediation-barnett   #GLNRToday

The Constitutional Court handed down a decision yesterday that the extension given to the director of public prosecutions (DPP) last year was unconstitutional ... Show more   jamaica-gleaner.com/article/lead-stories/20240420/opposition-expressed-grave-concern-first-reading-bill   #GLNRToday

Senior Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions Claudette Thompson has been appointed acting DPP, replacing Paula Llewellyn who has stepped aside over a ... Show more   #GleanerMinute

Jurgen Klopp said his decision to trust the depth of his squad had been rewarded after a 3-1 win at Fulham on Sunday took Liverpool level on points with ... Show more   www.jamaicaobserver.com/2024/04/22/klopp-backs-massive-quality-liverpool-squad-launch-title-fight/

Three weeks into his new job as police commissioner, Dr Kevin Blake declared his intention to arrest Jamaica’s nagging problem of public disorder and sent a ... Show more   www.jamaicaobserver.com/2024/04/10/public-order-push/

The Jamaica Labour Party's fight for the Kingston and St Andrew Municipal Corporation has reached the Supreme Court as its losing candidate for the Kintyre ... Show more   jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20240409/jlps-fight-ksamc-reaches-supreme-court-0   #GLNRToday

A government agency is refusing to disclose the names of two entities with which it has entered into contracts costing taxpayers hundreds of millions of ... Show more   jamaica-gleaner.com/article/lead-stories/20240414/stifling-transparency   #GLNRToday

The Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ) says it will be seeking “guidance” from the country’s data protection regulator, which has contradicted its claim that the ... Show more   jamaica-gleaner.com/article/lead-stories/20240421/taj-seek-guidance-office-information-commissioner-disputes-dpa-block   #GLNRToday

🔊SOUND ON🔊 The Opposition says it is appalled, though not surprised, by Information Minister Robert Morgan's pushback against public debate over whether House ... Show more   jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20240410/opposition-rebukes-morgan-dismissal-juliet-holness-valrie-curtis-reprimand   #GLNRToday

Music producer Tarik “Rvssian” Johnson is quite upbeat about his involvement in the Supreme Ventures Money Time campaign, which launched a little over a month ... Show more   www.jamaicaobserver.com/2024/04/10/money-time-vibes/

Information Minister Robert Morgan has described as “immaterial”, public debate over whether House Speaker Juliet Holness should withdraw a letter of reprimand ... Show more   jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20240410/morgan-dismisses-critics-holness-ex-clerk-reprimand-withholding-ag-opinion   #GLNRToday

Former Clerk to the Houses of Parliament Valrie Curtis has said she will accept nothing less than a public withdrawal by House Speaker Juliet Holness of a ... Show more   jamaica-gleaner.com/article/lead-stories/20240416/curtis-breaks-silence   #GLNRToday

Jamaica's data protection regulator says the law does not prevent releasing the names of parties to a contract, contradicting Tax Administration Jamaica which ... Show more   jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20240419/data-protection-regulator-contradicts-taj-says-law-supports-transparency   #GLNRToday

Vice-Chairman of National Road Safety Council (NRSC) Dr Lucien Jones has added his voice to those urging young male drivers to take better care on the roads ... Show more   www.jamaicaobserver.com/2024/04/10/careless-young-men-cause-many-road-crashes-says-jones/

The attorney general’s denial of an access to information request for the advice provided to Parliament on how to handle reports by the auditor general is not ... Show more   jamaica-gleaner.com/article/commentary/20240412/editorial-go-court-ag-opinion   #GLNROped

Now in the winter of his political career, Fitz Jackson, the seven-term member of parliament for St Catherine Southern, has found a spring ... Show more   jamaica-gleaner.com/article/lead-stories/20240414/fitz-jackson   #GLNRToday

Two weeks after the House of Representatives completed its debate on the Appropriations Act, more commonly known as the Budget ... Show more   jamaica-gleaner.com/article/lead-stories/20240410/budget-backtrack   #GLNRToday

Education Minister Fayval Williams today revealed that her Ministry is investigating another private facility that caters to foreign children in Jamaica ... Show more   jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20240417/education-ministry-investigating-another-private-school-foreign-children   #GLNRToday

Lucea Mayor Sheridan Samuels has issued an appeal to political representatives to help residents of the parish who are being impacted by the current drought ... Show more   www.jamaicaobserver.com/2024/04/15/drought-crisis-level-says-lucea-mayor/

Transport Minister Daryl Vaz has expressed relief that the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) driver who was on Thursday morning stabbed by a passenger is ... Show more   jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20240411/update-vaz-expresses-relief-stabbed-jutc-driver-not-seriously-injured   #GLNRToday

The bilateral aviation agreement between Jamaica and the Dominican Republic has fostered increased cultural exchange in tourism and increased commercial trade ... Show more   jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20240418/jamaica-dominican-republic-bilateral-aviation-agreement-yielding-significant   #GLNRToday

Minister of Transport Daryl Vaz says he is deeply saddened by the passing of three employees of the Jamaican Urban Transit Company ... Show more   jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20240408/vaz-saddened-passing-jutc-workers   #GLNRToday

House Speaker Juliet Holness is facing the heat over her failure to make public Attorney General (AG) Derrick McKoy’s opinion on the tabling of reports after ... Show more   jamaica-gleaner.com/article/lead-stories/20240409/ag-denies-ati-request-leaves-speaker-release-opinion   #GLNRToday

Justice Minister Delroy Chuck says his ministry has not been able to spend funds allocated by the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service ... Show more   jamaica-gleaner.com/article/lead-stories/20240415/chuck-desperate-justice-ministry-spend-available-funds   #GLNRToday

The Government is providing support to farmers affected by the current drought conditions. Prime Minister, Andrew Holness ... Show more   jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20240410/support-farmers-impacted-dry-conditions   #GLNRToday

Mayor of Montego Bay, Councillor Richard Vernon, says track and field events will return to the Montego Bay Sports Complex soon ... Show more   jamaica-gleaner.com/article/sports/20240413/mayor-vernon-track-and-field-will-return-mobay-sports-complex-soon   #GLNRSports

A departure from “convention” in the establishment of committees at the Kingston and St Andrew Municipal Corporation triggered a heated debate during its ... Show more   jamaica-gleaner.com/article/lead-stories/20240410/political-rift-mars-ksamc-sitting   #GLNRToday

After nearly three decades working in Jamaica’s Parliament – the last three years as its Clerk – Valrie Curtis retired yesterday ... Show more   jamaica-gleaner.com/article/commentary/20240407/editorial-valrie-curtis-matter-alive   #GLNROped

The JLP fight for the Kingston and St Andrew Municipal Corporation has reached the Supreme Court as its losing candidate for the Kintyre Division has alleged ... Show more   #GleanerMinute

Justice Minister Delroy Chuck has stressed that the success of the Supporting Victims of Violence (SVOV) Activity programme rests on victims of abuse ... Show more   jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20240412/do-not-be-lonely-victim-abuse-violence-chuck   #GLNRToday

As the day comes to a close, Minister of Tourism Edmund Bartlett and Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Olivia Grange ... Show more   #ReadyFiDiRoad   #GLNREnt   #CarnivalInJamaica

Executive Director of the Jamaica Environment Trust (JET) Dr Theresa Rodriguez-Moodie is accusing the authorities of paying lip service to important ... Show more   jamaica-gleaner.com/article/lead-stories/20240411/jcans-constantly-burnt-govts-dumped-riverton-promises-says-jet-boss   #GLNRToday

Thick smoke blanketed sections of the capital city, Kingston and parts of St Andrew on Wednesday following a major fire at the Government’s Riverton City Dump… ... Show more   #GleanerMinute

Transport Minister Daryl Vaz says operations are back to normal at the Jamaica Urban Transit Company Limited (JUTC) while negotiations between the company's ... Show more   jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20240405/normalcy-restored-jutc-union-negotiations-continue   #GLNRToday

Deputy Prime Minister Dr Horace Chang has indicated that land at Albion Heights in St James would be transferred to the Rastafari Coral Gardens Benevolent ... Show more   jamaica-gleaner.com/article/lead-stories/20240403/land-transfer-rastafari-community-imminent-says-chang   #GLNRToday

Minister of Transport Daryl Vaz is appealing to Jamaicans to exercise greater care and precision while traversing the nation's roads amid recent fatal crashes ... Show more   jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20240404/vaz-bemoans-fatal-crashes-calls-increased-police-enforcement   #GLNRToday

Head of the Anglican Church in Jamaica and the West Indies, Dr Howard Gregory, has called for the Government to make the Caribbean Court of Justice Jamaica’s ... Show more   jamaica-gleaner.com/article/lead-stories/20240404/rev-gregory-urges-govt-make-ccj-final-court-appeal   #GLNRToday