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Hundreds of Michigan communities ban marijuana businesses

Published:Friday | February 1, 2019 | 11:17 AM

DETROIT (AP) — More than 250 Michigan communities have banned marijuana businesses just two months after the state became the first in the Midwest to legalise the drug for recreational use. Some cities and townships have enacted temporary...

Court rules motion of no confidence against Guyana government valid

Published:Friday | February 1, 2019 | 11:03 AM

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Acting Chief Justice Roxanne George-Wiltshire Thursday ruled that the motion of no confidence that brought down the David Granger led coalition government is valid. This paves the way for fresh regional and general...

Olympic champion among 12 Russian athletes guilty of doping

Published:Friday | February 1, 2019 | 12:00 AM

Twelve Russian track and field athletes, including 2012 Olympic high jump champion Ivan Ukhov, have been found guilty of taking part in state-backed doping...

Opposition calls for action to calm foreign exchange market

Published:Friday | February 1, 2019 | 10:30 AM

The Opposition People’s National Party is calling for the Minister of Finance and the Governor of the Bank of Jamaica to immediately address the cause of the ongoing rapid devaluation of the Jamaican dollar.  According to the Opposition...

Stamp Duty downtown Kingston office remains closed

Published:Friday | February 1, 2019 | 10:02 AM

Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ) is reporting that the Stamp Duty and Transfer Tax Office located in downtown Kingston will remain closed today. The office was expected to reopen today after being closed since Tuesday to facilitate...

Gaming licences to be renewed by March 31

Published:Friday | February 1, 2019 | 9:57 AM

The Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Commission (BGLC) is calling for all owners and operators of gaming machines to renew their licences by March 31, 2019. Director of Licensing at the BGLC Maurice Thompson says sanctions for non-compliance...

Vanessa Kirkland Trial | Witness details robbery by men in Suzuki vehicle

Published:Friday | February 1, 2019 | 9:44 AM

A witness, who yesterday testified to being robbed in Portmore, St Catherine by men travelling in a blue Suzuki motor car, is this morning expected to continue to give testimony when the Vanessa Kirkland murder trial resumes in Kingston's Home Circuit Court.
 

Thousands fired after garment industry protest in Bangladesh

Published:Friday | February 1, 2019 | 9:12 AM

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — More than 5,000 Bangladesh workers who demanded higher wages have been fired by factory owners, and hundreds face police charges in the world’s second-largest garment export industry after China, an activist...

1/3 of UK firms consider moving abroad over Brexit, business survey finds

Published:Friday | February 1, 2019 | 9:07 AM

LONDON (AP) — Nearly a third of U.K. firms may shift their operations abroad because of Britain’s pending departure from the European Union, a survey of 1,200 company directors suggested Friday, as the political stalemate over a Brexit...

Ensuring the safe, accurate and legal dispensing of medications in Jamaica

Published:Friday | February 1, 2019 | 12:38 AM

THE EDITOR, Sir: The Pharmaceutical Society of Jamaica wishes to remind our patients and the ­general public of the important role of pharmacists in helping to ensure the safe, accurate, and legal dispensing of medications and the provision of...

Editorial | Having faith in the walk-back

Published:Friday | February 1, 2019 | 12:00 AM

Notwithstanding the certitude with which his permanent secretary, Sancia Bennett Templer, spoke before Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC), we concede to Prime Minister Andrew Holness that it was never his intention that the managers...

Letter of the Day | A trinity of wickedness

Published:Friday | February 1, 2019 | 12:00 AM

THE EDITOR, Sir: The nation is being murdered from all angles! Just as we are lifting the lid off the state of emergency (SOE) and crime is breathing a sigh of relief, to come back bigger and better, we are once again on the celebrated list of...

Johnson going after bigger markets, more profit for Sagicor Bank

Published:Wednesday | February 6, 2019 | 11:03 AMHuntley Medley/Senior Business Writer

On January 29, Chorvelle Johnson completed her first year as head of Sagicor Bank, the banking outfit now k

George Davis | What is the best way to kill violent crime?

Published:Friday | February 1, 2019 | 12:37 AM

As we ruminate on the decision of the court to convict and sentence Police Constable Collis ‘Chucky’ Brown on charges of murder and consp

Peter Espeut | Abortion is more than a religious issue

Published:Friday | February 1, 2019 | 12:36 AM

In its editorial yesterday, the Jamaica Observer reveals that it views abortion as a religious issue – “Once the debate enters the realm

Returning home for Dennis Brown’s birthday

Published:Friday | February 1, 2019 | 12:00 AM

If Dennis Brown was still alive, how would he have spent his 62nd birthday today?

Shervina Small is passionate about special needs children

Published:Friday | February 1, 2019 | 12:00 AM

SPANISH TOWN, St Catherine: Shervina Small, founder/principal of the Faith Education Centre in Willodene, St Catherine, is devoted to the education of special-needs children. According to Small, teaching children with special needs is a passion she...

Central High girl didn’t die from dengue – doc

Published:Friday | February 1, 2019 | 12:00 AM

Blood tests have ruled out dengue as the cause of death of 14-year-old Central High School grade nine student Areel Foster. The student, who died on January 16, was believed to succumbed to the mosquito-borne disease. Medical officer of health for...

Huawei rival Nokia profits from demand for 5G networks

Published:Friday | February 1, 2019 | 12:00 AM

Telecoms gear provider Nokia reported Thursday a rise in fourth-quarter earnings, thanks to strong demand for new-generation mobile networks, the so-called 5G systems that have been the focus of a high-stakes dispute between the United States...

Bitter cold, natural gas shortages shutter auto plants

Published:Friday | February 1, 2019 | 12:34 AM

Auto plants and other big energy users throughout southeast Michigan are shutti

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