O-Wrap: Lady Cooke dies… PNP councillor shot… Athletes arrive for Racers Grand Prix
In case you missed it, here are OBSERVER ONLINE’s top 10 stories for today:
1. PNP councillor shot, assistant deadPeople’s National Party (PNP) councillor for the Greenwich Town division in South West St Andrew, Karl Blake, has been shot.
2. Former GG’s wife, Lady Cooke, is deadLady Cooke, wife of the late former Governor General Sir Howard Cooke, died at the Andrews Memorial Hospital today. She was 100 years old.
3. C’bean records increase in HIV/AIDS cases, major rise in Jamaica, CubaThe United Nations Special Envoy on HIV to the Caribbean Dr Edward Greene is warning of an increase in HIV/AIDS infections in the Caribbean.
4. Montague believes JCF, INDECOM are ‘best friends’National Security Minister, Robert Montague, says the Memorandum of Understanding to be signed between the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) and the Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) is at an advanced stage and will be ready for signing in short order.
5. PNP condemns killing of Greenwich Town divisional secretaryDetectives assigned to the May Pen police are investigating the shooting death of 60-year-old Aaron Williams, otherwise called ‘Ronnie’, of Raymonds district, Clarendon who was fatally shot by an unknown assailant at Hayes in the parish this morning.
6. St Andrew farmer shot deadThe police are reporting that a farmer of Tower Hill district in Mavis Bank, St Andrew was shot dead by unknown assailants in his community yesterday.
7. Athletes arrive for Racers Grand PrixSouth Africa’s 400-metre world record holder Wayde Van Niekerk along with the emerging Akani Simbine arrived at the Norman Manley International Airport this morning to compete at the JN Racers Grand Prix on Saturday. Australia’s World and Olympic sprint hurdles champion Sally Pearson also arrived today.
8. Disgruntled employee kills five in Florida, takes own lifeA man who had been fired in April from his job at a Florida company opened fire Monday at the Orlando business, killing five people before taking his own life, authorities said.
9. Police kill man, seize firearm in St MaryThe police is reporting that a man was fatally shot and another injured during an alleged confrontation with the lawmen in an area known as Coney Island in Annotto Bay, St Mary yesterday.
10. 147 road fatalities since the start of the yearSince the start of the year, 147 people have died in traffic crashes, prompting the RSU to re-issue the call. Pedestrians, motorcyclists, passengers and drivers of private motor vehicles have recorded the highest number of fatalities to date.