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;...
THREE men are dead and another three were battling for life last night following a drive-by shooting on Lincoln Avenue in South St Andrew yesterday. Police said that Kenardo Hutchinson, Odane Abbot, Morais Harris and their friends were playing a game of dominoes when the gunmen...
Basseterre, St. Kitts – Thieves hit a number of homes and businesses over the past few weeks, making off with flat screen TV’s, cash, furniture, alcoholic and non alcoholic beverages worth hundreds of dollars stolen. A Cayon Street businessman secured his property on August 8th and...