Parents of students writing the 2016 CSEC, CAPE and CXC examination are expressing their joy over their sons and daughters results on Face book. But according to the CXC regional registrar Glenroy Cumberbatch who announced the results on Friday, Mathematics, English and Sciences are posing serious...
Prime Minister Gaston Browne has warned his dissenting senators that if their concerns with the Corporate Governance Provisions Bill 2016 are not considered “real” they will be expected to “pass it or resign”. At the same time, Browne agreed that “no punitive action will be taken”...
A man who was allegedly caught transporting 345 pounds of ganja last week was yesterday refused bail in the Kington and St Andrew Parish Court. Solomon Henry, a resident of Fairfox Avenue in Havendale, St Andew, is facing charges of possession of ganja, dealing in ganja,...
JAMAICA’S newest Super Lotto winner yesterday picked up his cheque for $250 million (US$1.99m) and told the Jamaica Observer that he was going back to work before heading home. Identifying himself simply as A Murray (not his real name), he was casually dressed in khaki pants,...
WASHINGTON, United States (CMC) – A number of United States-based Caribbean organisations have joined a campaign to exonerate Jamaica’s first national hero, Marcus Garvey. The Washington-based Institute of Caribbean Studies (ICS), said Caribbean Diaspora organisations signing on the campaign include Caribbean Georgia; Caribbean American Advancement Foundation;...