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- Lawyer urges colleagues to offer crime-fighting solutionsDefence attorney Peter Champagnie yesterday urged his colleagues in the legal fraternity to offer crime-fighting solutions as the country continues to grapple the problem of murder.Champagnie, who was speaking at the opening of the Home Circuit Court, made the call against the background of the murder last weekend of attorney Sashakay Fairclough in Ocho Rios, […]
- JET responds to Noranda employees after demonstrationThe Jamaica Environment Trust (JET) is holding its position that mining should not be allowed in the adjoining sections of the Cockpit Country Protected Area (CCPA) following a demonstration by Noranda employees outside the environmental watchdog's office on Constant Spring Road in St Andrew yesterday morning.
- Cancer doesn't discriminate, so Walk For The Cure, CIBC FirstCaribbean boss urgesThe eighth staging of the CIBC FirstCaribbean International Bank (CIBC FCIB) 'Walk For The Cure' is set to take place on Sunday, September 29 at Hope Botanical Gardens in St Andrew.Walk For The Cure, one of the Caribbean's largest fund-raising and educational initiatives for cancer, is aimed at increasing cancer awareness across 16 Caribbean territories.
- Smouldering disputeDays after Carreras Limited, Jamaica's sole licensed distributor of cigarettes, warned that pending tobacco regulations being planned by the Ministry of Health and Wellness could seriously affect the legal cigarette trade, the Jamaica Coalition for Tobacco Control (JCTC) is urging the ministry to push ahead with its proposals.According to the JCTC, it fully supports the […]
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- FATAL CRASHFLANKER, St James — A three-vehicle collision on a section of the elegant corridor which runs through Flanker left two drivers dead and about 15 students injured yesterday afternoon.The identities of the deceased were not ascertained at press time.
- Noranda workers counter criticisms of bauxite mining rightsFactions on either side of the disputed issue of bauxite mining close to the Cockpit Country Protected Area (CCPA) could face off outside Gordon House in Kingston today when Parliament sits, the Jamaica Observer has learnt.
- This Day In History – September 17Today is the 260th day of 2019. There are 105 days left in the year.TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT 2004: Mexico's President Vincente Fox and Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi sign a free trade agreement to ease Mexico's reliance on the US while encouraging Japan to move factories there. OTHER EVENTS
- 'Worse than Gilbert'NASSAU, The Bahamas — Mere days after making it out of Marsh Harbour in Abaco Islands, a Jamaican sat among a group of volunteers who was sorting donations for victims of Hurricane Dorian in the capital city of The Bahamas. It was September 12 — the 31st anniversary of Hurricane Gilbert's devastation of Jamaica.
- Today's horoscope — September 17, 2019HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Tuesday, September 17, 2019: This year, your innate skills emerge or evolve. You develop an even stronger sense of control and power. Your perspective on money evolves. Many people gravitate toward you, but others sense your power and back off. If single, you will need to let go of a need to […]
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- Source: 'High probability' Saudi attack launched from Iranian base near Iraq September 17, 2019Saudi and US investigators have determined "with very high probability" that the weekend attack on the Saudi oil industry was launched from an Iranian base in Iran close to the border with Iraq, according to a source familiar with the investigation.
- Trump is trapped between two impulses on Iran September 17, 2019President Donald Trump is stuck in a political box -- largely of his own making -- on Iran, a predicament that becomes more intractable with each alarming cycle of escalation.
- UK Supreme Court showdown begins over Brexit
- A high-stakes Brexit court case could force the Queen to pick a side September 17, 2019The United Kingdom, once a beacon of political and diplomatic stability, has descended into chaos since it voted to leave the European Union in 2016.
- Botched Kavanaugh story the latest in series of blunders from Times' Opinion section September 17, 2019The New York Times was reeling on Monday after its Opinion section fumbled a high-profile story about an allegation of sexual misconduct against Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, drawing widespread criticism and condemnation of the newspaper.
- 3 teens killed in shootout with Georgia homeowner September 17, 2019A Georgia homeowner shot and killed three masked teens as they approached his residence with their faces covered, authorities said.
- The 10-year-old girl who contracted a brain-eating amoeba while swimming has died September 16, 2019A Texas girl has died after battling a brain-eating amoeba for more than a week, according to her family and school.
- China will release 10,000 tons of pork from its national reserves September 17, 2019China will release 10,000 metric tons of pork from its central reserves this week in a bid to stabilize soaring pork prices and cope with a swine fever crisis that has wiped out roughly one third of its pigs.
- Epstein accusers won't receive damages and plea deal won't be tossed, judge rules September 17, 2019A federal judge in Florida handed down a loss Monday to Jeffrey Epstein's accusers, who have for years been trying to get payments and undo Epstein's 2007 plea deal in a sex trafficking case.
- Israelis return to polls to decide Netanyahu's fate September 17, 2019Israelis will vote on Tuesday in the second national election in five months, after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu failed to form a governing coalition following weeks of negotiations.
