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Plastic surgery conference coming to MoBay month-end
Published: 21/08/2019Plastic surgeons from across the Caribbean are scheduled to meet in Montego Bay on August 30 for a major conference.According to Dr Guyan Arscott, senior plastic surgeon at the University Hospital of ... Read moreSource: www.jamaicaobserver.com -
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Man held with forged $50-m limit credit card to be sentenced
Published: 21/08/2019A man who was held with a forged $50-million limit credit card when he went to a liquor store to purchase goods after previously buying $200,000 worth of liquor is to be sentenced in the Kingston and ... Read moreSource: www.jamaicaobserver.com -
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Would-be robbers found hiding in AC vent remanded
Published: 21/08/2019THREE men found hiding in an air-conditioning vent on the roof of a supermarket, which they had broken into after knocking out a section of the wall, were yesterday remanded for sentencing in the King ... Read moreSource: www.jamaicaobserver.com
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Prospective homebuyers urged to plan effectively
Published: 21/08/2019IN light of the Government's thrust to supply the demand for affordable housing, Housing Agency of Jamaica (HAJ) is encouraging individuals to plan effectively to purchase a home.“We want to enc ... Read moreSource: www.jamaicaobserver.com -
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Scot-free No charges for 'careless' stunt driver
Published: 21/08/2019THE confessed driver of a motor car who was captured recklessly stunt driving in a video that went viral last week got off scot-free after surrendering to the police.In fact, all Dennis Dietrih did ye ... Read moreSource: www.jamaicaobserver.com -
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Surgeons advocating more public awareness of services here
Published: 21/08/2019Surgeons are pushing for the ramping up of public awareness of the treatment options in plastic and bariatric surgeries that are available in the public sector, and for more emphasis to be placed on t ... Read moreSource: www.jamaicaobserver.com
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'CHEC' FIRST! China Harbour warns against scams using the company's name
Published: 21/08/2019China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) is warning that scammers are using its name in an effort to dupe people out of their goods and money and is urging the public to contact the company's office f ... Read moreSource: www.jamaicaobserver.com -
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500-year-old mummy of Incan girl returns to Bolivia
Published: 21/08/2019LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — A 500-year-old mummy of an Incan girl has been returned to Bolivia 129 years after it was donated to the Michigan State University Museum (MSU), marking what an official s ... Read moreSource: www.jamaicaobserver.com -
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Study links fluoridated water during pregnancy to lower IQ
Published: 21/08/2019WASHINGTON, DC, United States (AFP) — A study published Monday linked consumption of fluoridated tap water during pregnancy to lower IQ scores in infants, a finding at odds with decades of publi ... Read moreSource: www.jamaicaobserver.com
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Electronic Business Registration Form (eBRF) aiding public sector reform
Published: 21/08/2019Principal director of the Public Sector Transformation and Modernisation (PSTM) Programme, Office of the Cabinet, Wayne Robertson says the recently launched Electronic Business Registration Form (eBRF ... Read moreSource: www.jamaicaobserver.com -
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Jamaicans help mark 230th anniversary of the storming of the Bastille, French National Day
Published: 21/08/2019WAY back in 1789 France, an angry crowd stormed the Bastille, a state prison in Paris known for housing anti-government prisoners. The crowd wanted ammunition to support their cause. Read moreSource: www.jamaicaobserver.com -
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Haitian legislators to resume debate on impeaching president
Published: 21/08/2019PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti (CMC) — The Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies Gary Bodeau says legislators will seek to resume their attempt today to debate a motion aimed at impeaching President Jovenel ... Read moreSource: www.jamaicaobserver.com
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T&T PM urges university to help chart country's future
Published: 21/08/2019PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) — Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley yesterday called on the University of Trinidad and Tobago (UTT) to develop research and programmes that will help the oil-rich twin ... Read moreSource: www.jamaicaobserver.com -
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Italy in limbo after PM attacks Salvini, resigns
Published: 21/08/2019ROME, Italy (AFP) — Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte resigned yesterday after lashing out at far-right Interior Minister Matteo Salvini for pursuing his own interests by pulling the plug on ... Read moreSource: www.jamaicaobserver.com -
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White House mulling tax cut to avoid recession — report
Published: 21/08/2019Washington , United States (AFP) — The White House is considering cutting taxes or reversing tariffs to head off a recession, US media reported on Monday, despite President Donald Trump's insist ... Read moreSource: www.jamaicaobserver.com
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Cut out the 'acting' at education ministry — new JTA head
Published: 21/08/2019MONTEGO BAY, St James — Newly installed president of the Jamaica Teachers' Association, Owen Speid, has echoed the call for the Government to appoint a full-time minister of education.Minister w ... Read moreSource: www.jamaicaobserver.com -
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28 outstanding students among 600 to benefit from fund
Published: 21/08/2019WITH a 50 per cent increase in funding over last year's $40-million allotment, more than 600 students will this year benefit from NCB Foundation's Scholarship and Grants fund, which stands at $60 mill ... Read moreSource: www.jamaicaobserver.com -
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All for charity - Delightful Solar party lights up Tropical Bliss Beach
Published: 20/08/2019Antidote Entertainment, producer of Solar All-Inclusive Breakfast Party, recently served up a delightful sixth edition of the charity event, which raises much-needed funds for Cornwall Regional Hospit ... Read moreSource: jamaica-star.com
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OH, WHAT A STINK - Chedwin Gardens residents want pig pen removed from their housing scheme
Published: 20/08/2019Residents of the Chedwin Gardens Housing Scheme in St Catherine are now at their wits' end as they fear that complaints about an unauthorised pig pen in the community have fallen on deaf ears. The pen ... Read moreSource: jamaica-star.com -
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Uncle Son’s ‘power water’ was second to none
Published: 20/08/2019Annette Campbell and Augustus Bowers remembered "waking up to the sound of a squealing pig or a 'meh-eh-ehing' goat'" as their uncle, Gladstone 'Uncle Son' Stubbs, a master butcher, carried out his we ... Read moreSource: jamaica-star.com
