O-WRAP: Corned beef banned… 5 correctional officers arrested… Escapee gets 6 months
In case you missed it, here are OBSERVER ONLINE’s top 10 stories for today.1. Stop consuming corn beef!. Full story here 2. Missing British woman foundFull story here3. PNP Patriots proposes taxes on sweet and carbonated beveragesFull story here4. Security ministry says 5 correctional officers, 3 inmates charged in new prison crack downFull story here5. Court introduces criminal bench bookFull story here6. ONLINE POLL RESULTS: NHT should not be treated as a financial institution Full story here7. Denham Town lock-up escapee sentenced to six months Full story here8. Man in custody after police discover sub-machine gunFull story here9. Road fatalities down 33%Full story here10. Three arrested after theft, slaughter of medicated animalsFull story here
The Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries has imposed an immediate import ban on corned beef originating from Brazil
The Corporate Communications Unit (CCU) of the Jamaica Constabulary Force confirmed that 37-year-old Janina Harris of Manchester, England, who went missing last Friday, has been found.
People’s National Party (PNP) affiliate, the Patriots are demanding that the Government present a new tax deal to the Jamaican people.
The Ministry of National Security today reported that five correctional officers and three inmates have been charged on allegations that they acted in consort with staff and individuals outside of the correctional facilities.
The Jamaica judiciary is introducing a “criminal bench book” to help judges in crafting summations to juries in criminal matters.
Over eighty per cent of 2,867 respondents to an OBSERVER ONLINE poll said they do not agree with Prime Minister Andrew Holness that the National Housing Trust (NHT) should be treated as a financial institution.
Twenty-three-year-old Theodore Lawrence otherwise called Theo, who was one of the prisoners who cut their way out of the Denham Town Police Station lock-up last September was on Thursday sentenced to six months.
A man was yesterday taken into custody after the police discovered a sub-machine gun during a raid in St Catherine.
The police are reporting a 33 per cent decrease in the number of road fatalities since the start of the year.
The public is being warned to exercise caution when purchasing goat meat and pork following this morning’s slaughter of four stolen goats and a pig, which the Praedial Larceny Prevention Unit (PLPU) of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) said were earlier medicated.
