The Editor Speaks : Insurance
It doesn’t matter what type of insurance premiums you pay for, e.g. motor, life, property, health, they are high and they go on rising. No matter what the insurance companies claim how they are there for you, they are in…
Ben Wallace gets probation for DUI, gun charges
PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — Detroit Pistons center Ben Wallace was sentenced Tuesday to a year of probation but avoided jail time on drunken driving and gun possession charges stemming from a September traffic stop in suburban Detroit. Oakland County Circuit…
Man arrested in connection with stabbing
Police have arrested a man after a nightclub stabbing at the weekend. A 36 year old man needed hospital treatment after he was attacked at Club 7 on Saturday. A spokeswoman for the RCIPS said: “A 20-year-old man has been…
Nomination day in Jamaica
More than 150 candidates are expected to formally indicate their interest in contesting the December 29 general election. The incumbent Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) and the main opposition People’s National Party (PNP) said they will each put forward candidates to…
Tortuga honoured at business awards
Miami, Fla., – Marcus and Monique Simmonds, owners of Tortuga Rum Cake Company/Tortuga Imports, Inc. were honoured as finalists in the 2011 Jamaica Observer Business Leader Awards, held November 30 at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in Kingston. Started in 1996,…
Japan launches its 2nd spy satellite this year
TOKYO (AP) — Japan successfully put a spy satellite into orbit on Monday and expects to complete its network of intelligence-gathering satellites with another launch next year. Japan’s space agency, JAXA, said the launch from the remote southern island of…