Making back-to-school a bit easier for children of Waterhouse

Wakanda News Details

Making back-to-school a bit easier for children of Waterhouse

The back-to-school process was made a little easier for scores of children in inner-city Waterhouse, St Andrew, courtesy of VIP Records, Twinkle Star Recording and One Go Record, at a recent presentation of school supplies. Jamaica Observer chief photographer Joseph Wellington captured the highlights.

Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com

You may also like

Crown says why Sanja Elliott cannot be believed

THE $400-million Manchester Municipal Corporation (MPC) fraud trial ended on Friday, May 15, 2020 with the conviction of main accused 35-year-old Sanja Elliott, the corporation's former deputy superintendent of road and works; his wife, Tasha-gaye Goulbourne-Elliott; two former employees of the

fave

Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com

Hello mi neighbour | Activate the spirit of philanthropy

However, some bright sparks, in the midst of this pandemic, pandemonium and panic, are persons who will give every penny they own to help improve the lot of another

fave

Source: Jamaica Gleaner

The most wanted man

Christopher Columbus was a shameful villain, he is wanted by the native people of the Americas.He came to steal, loot, rape, and murder, in the name of his queen, his country and his god.He met a humble and happy people who were satisfied with their culture yet, he said he discovered.He came from

fave

Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com

St Kitts PM reiterates intention to step down at the end of second term

BASSETERRE, St Kitts (CMC) Less than a month after he led the coalition Team Unity into office for a second consecutive term, Prime Minister Dr Timothy Harris has reiterated his desire to step down at the end of this current five-year term.

fave

Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com

Eight contenders battle for WTO leadership

GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) Three last-minute contenders yesterday joined the race to become the next head of the beleaguered World Trade Organization (WTO), meaning eight candidates in total are vying for the daunting position.

fave

Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com

Gov't pays out millions in judgements and settlements

ATTORNEY General Marlene Malahoo Forte says the Government has paid out just under $287 million in judgement debts for the 2019/20 financial year.Making her contribution to the 2020/21 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on June 30, Malahoo Forte also said more than $177 million was

fave

Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com

Freemasons donate to children's homes

A week after donating a total of $2 million to the Jamaica Cancer Society and the Heart Foundation of Jamaica, Freemasons Association of Jamaica on Monday presented $500,000 each to the National Children's Home and The Wortley Home for Girls. The presentations were made by Thomas Smith, deputy

fave

Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com

8 more imported COVID-19 cases but recovery remains high

EIGHT more people have tested positive for the novel coronavirus, bringing Jamaica's number of cases to 715.Five more people have also recovered from the virus since Wednesday and have been released. This brings the number of recovery cases to 560, giving the island a 78.3 per cent recovery rate.

fave

Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com

The suggestion by Quality Incorporations VII Ltd Director Krishna Vaswani is that the Government starts reopening the economy in parishes where there are few cases of the novel

fave

Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com

Tourism faces minimum US$1. 2-trillion hit from virus, says UN

GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) The novel coronavirus crisis could cost global tourism and related sectors from US$1.2 to US$3.3 trillion in lost revenue, the United Nations said yesterday.Lockdown restrictions to control the spread of COVID-19 have hammered the tourism sector particularly hard, the UN

fave

Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com

Next six months will not be easy, says PAHO director

AS the region of the Americas reports 100,000 cases of COVID-19 a day, director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Carissa F Etienne is calling for strong coordination across countries, evidence to guide leaders' actions, and for people to protect themselves and others.

fave

Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com

5 shot, two fatally, in Greenwich Town

The Western Kingston Police are investigating a gun attack that left two dead and three injured last night in Greenwich

fave

Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Where is my pension?

A 63-year-old Westmoreland man who served as a district constable for 26 years says he and some of his colleagues have been forced to retire without any written explanation or compensation and is calling on Minister of National Security Dr Horace Chang to address the matter.

fave

Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com

Foreign students must leave US if classes go online

WASHINGTON, DC, United States (AP) International students will be forced to leave the US or transfer to another college if their schools offer classes entirely online this fall, under new guidelines issued yesterday by federal immigration authorities.

fave

Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com

‘Murder emergency’ as gangs spread wings - SOEs blanket Kingston as Gov’t vows to protect highway project from extortionists

The entire capital is now blanketed under SOEs as the Government moved to include Kingston Western and Central, pushing to 10 the total number of police divisions under emergency

fave

Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Vendor shot dead at Falmouth 'bend down' market

FALMOUTH, Trelawny Investigators assigned to the Falmouth Police Station who are probing yesterday's killing of a vendor at the Falmouth 'bend down' market are seeking another vendor with whom he allegedly had a physical confrontation hours before being gunned down.The dead man has been identified

fave

Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com

Jamaicans praise treatment at quarantine facility

(Jamaica Observer) Comfortable rooms, on time meals, lots of food, pleasant and professional staff, are some of the descriptions repeated by individuals quarantined at the Jewels Paradise Cove Hotel in this north eastern Jamaica

fave

Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper

St Mary residents thankful as quarantine ends

RESIDENTS of Dover and Enfield — two of the St Mary communities recently placed under lockdown to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) — expressed joy at yesterday's end of the two-week

fave

Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com

British pubs, US beaches reveal summer virus dilemma

LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) Drunken celebrations on English pub reopening night and US beach closures prompted a global rethink yesterday of coronavirus measures during the summer holiday season.Hopes of the sun making the new disease go away are fading as the United States racks up record daily

fave

Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com

'They don't have to report to anyone'

HEAD of the Independent Jamaica Council for Human Rights (IJCHR) Dr Lloyd Barnett yesterday poured cold water on a suggestion by a deportee that the Government monitor Jamaicans with criminal backgrounds who have been involuntarily sent back to the

fave

Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com

Sister Angella Harris a ‘gentle giant of a woman’

Veteran educator and Franciscan Sister Angella Harris was yesterday hailed as a woman steeped in grace and humility as family, friends, and colleagues and several persons whose lives she touched joined in a memorial service to salute

fave

Source: Jamaica Gleaner

COVID test blunders

Patients were also told that if their last COVID-19 test result was negative, they would be tested on June 3, but sent home for isolation, and that a follow-up on their progress would be done by the regional health authority responsible for the community or parish in which they

fave

Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com

Jamaica: Dad longs for lost child 14 years later

(Jamaica Gleaner) ALTHOUGH IT has been 14 years since his five-year-old daughter was mowed down by a gunshot as she stood waiting on her dad, the pain is still fresh for Sheckton

fave

Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper

St Lucia announces campaign in support of Caricom

CASTRIES, St Lucia (CMC) St Lucia recently announced the launch of a campaign that is aimed at increasing visibility and understanding of the 15-member regional integration movement, Caricom.The Regional Integration Unit (RIU) in the Office of the Prime Minister said it is collaborating with the

fave

Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com

Opposition still unhappy with PM's response to Holywell issue

LEADER of the Opposition Dr Peter Phillips said yesterday that the People's National Party (PNP) of which he is president, is not satisfied with the Government's response to the issue involving the bid to lease land close to the Holywell Park in St Andrew to Cabinet minister Daryl

fave

Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com

Aleisha Salmon, a grade 12 student at Meadowbrook High, told the Jamaica Observer that since the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) forced the physical closure of schools, she has been worried and fearful as she is not certain what will obtain with the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examinations

fave

Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com

Kings House Avenue in St Andrew to be closed this weekend

The National Works Agency (NWA) is advising commuters that Kings House Avenue in St Andrew will be closed to through traffic this

fave

Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Jamaican dancer Dr L'Antoinette Stines seeks US$150k in suit against Jay-Z, Beyonce

(Jamaica Observer) Jamaican choreographer Dr L’Antoinette Stines is seeking in excess of US$150,000 in her suit against entertainment mogul Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter and his pop music superstar wife

fave

Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper

Jamaica: Funeral for Jodian Fearon to be held tomorrow

(Jamaica Observer) THE funeral for Jodian Fearon, the 23-year-old woman who died after being denied access to health care in April, is scheduled for

fave

Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper

Jephthah Ford charged with wounding, granted $100,000 station bail

Ford was arrested and charged by the Half-Way-Tree police this

fave

Source: Jamaica Gleaner

More from Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com

Finally!

57 children among Jamaica's 505 COVID-19 cases

Bernard Lodge development on target despite COVID-19

T&T students in Jamaica to return home on special flight

Government exploring other dates for CXC exam

Protocols in place for quarantine of diplomats

No frolicking on Labour Day weekend; curfew tightened

Ja reopening

UDC still seeking offers to manage Sumfest site

People fail to observe social distancing in collection of CARE grant

Coffee exporters seek Gov't help to mitigate COVID-19 fallout

PNP councillor calls for more money to fix parochial roads

This Day In History - May 12

JN bolsters nurses' fight against COVID-19

Supreme Ventures takes Read Across Jamaica Day to social media

Buses for transport of front-line workers loaned to WRHA

US warned of risk

Wear more cloth masks, Dr Whylie urges public

Greene: Western Jamaica coping in fight against COVID-19

Tropics View Hotel is temporary quarantine centre

Unicomer donates hospital beds valued over $3m

HOPE FOR STRANDED J'CAN

FOOD...is still the call by St Mary residents on lockdown

Bartlett: Right steps being made to bring tourism back

This Day in History - May 11

Not all clergymen saying amen to new church protocols

Gravedigger 'stuck' in St Mary lockdown

Locked down and disconnected

Still possible to obtain US visa emergency appointment, but...

Company supports group using 3D printers to make face shields

Nurses, our heroes

Bar backlash

COVID-19 recoveries climb to 100

Farm worker waiver balances the assumption of risk and liability

CARE crush forces remittance agency to open windows at National Stadium

Canadian ganja dreams go up in smoke

Urban planners' expertise missing from COVID-19 response

This Day In History - May 13

Jamaican medical student in Cuba readies for Spanish Town Hospital mission

A young farmer's desire to speak with Audley Shaw

Indian community gives packages to St Mary people

Cruise crew still want to come home, despite horror stories

Sunday Brew — May 17, 2020

Digicel's 'Shake to Win' boosts MoBay charities

NCEL to launch new online course for principals, vice-principals

Exam headache!

PM, Clarke copied as Gaming Assn acts on eve of court hearing

Can vitamin D protect you from COVID-19?

No dominoes at church!

Jamaicans praise treatment at quarantine facility

Literature Facts

Blackfacts BETA RELEASE 11.5.3
(Production Environment)