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BY KIMONE FRANCIS Observer staff reporter— Commissioner of Police George Quallo responds to a General Salute at his swearing-in ceremony held at the Police Officer’s Club in St Andrew last April. Quallo has decided to retire following discussions with the Police Service Commission. (Photo: Observer file) — POLICE Commissioner George Quallo has decided he will leave the job in a matter of weeks. According to sources close to Quallo, the commissioner, who has been under fire in recent weeks, … Read entire article »

BY DEANDRA MORRISON Online reporter—-  St Jago High students walk by a police vehicle outside the school yesterday after armed men jumped a wall at the school in an effort to elude police. (Photos: Naphtali Junior) — Teachers and students at St Jago High School in Spanish Town, St Catherine, were forced to seek refuge in the school’s auditorium after gunmen ran through the school compound in a bid to escape from the police. In light of the incident, … Read entire article »

By Bryan Miller/Gleaner Writer— Barbara Dandy, dean of discipline at the Godfrey Stewart High School in Savanna-la-Mar, Westmoreland.— The high level of indiscipline being exhibited in schools by students is very indicative of what to expect when they leave and head out into society, believes Barbara Dandy, dean of discipline at the Godfrey Stewart High School in Savanna-la-Mar, Westmoreland. With 148 persons murdered in Westmoreland in 2017 and 11 killed in the parish so far this year, Dandy noted … Read entire article »

By Cecelia Campbell-Livingston— A Jamaican man who was reportedly on the run from New Jersey law enforcement authorities in the United States for 13 years, was captured in Kingston on Tuesday. Forty-eight-year-old Davey Scott, a fugitive of Bergen County in New Jersey, was reportedly captured by US Marshalls. According to a report from acting Bergen County Prosecutor, Dennis Calo, Scott has been living and working as a disc jockey under the name ‘DJ Tallman’. Scott was listed in the Bergen … Read entire article »

 Edmund Bartlett — MINISTER of Tourism Edmund Bartlett has announced plans to establish a major entertainment center in Montego Bay to enhance offerings in the tourism industry. The project, which will receive financial support from the Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF), is set to begin construction later this year and be completed by 2020. Speaking at the launch of Reggae Month on Tuesday at Ribbiz Ultra Lounge in Kingston, the tourism minister said, “During this fiscal year I will … Read entire article »

By Jodi-Ann Gilpin/Gleaner Writer Dr Suzanne Soares-Wynter (right), clinical nutritionist, Caribbean Institute for Health Research, University of the West Indies, has the attention of Deborah Chen (left), executive director of the Heart Foundation of Jamaica; Dr Andrene Chung (second right), consultant cardiologist, Heart Foundation; and Dr Tamu Davidson, director of the Non-Communicable Disease Unit of the Ministry of Health, during the launch of Heart Month at the Spanish Court Hotel in New Kingston on Tuesday.— The Heart Foundation … Read entire article »

Jason Cross/Gleaner Writer—- Governor General Sir Patrick Allen (centere) chats with Sarah Newland-Martin, administrator/general secretary of Kingston YMCA; and Professor Trevor Munroe, executive director of the National Integrity Action, at the Rotary Club of Kingston luncheon at the Spanish Court Hotel in New Kingston, yesterday.—- A study, to be officially published soon, has revealed that more Jamaicans are less willing to accept or pay bribes. Speaking yesterday at a Rotary Club Luncheon at the Spanish Court Hotel in … Read entire article »

 By Janet Silvera/Senior Gleaner Writer— Tammy Browne, who runs the Animal Haven of Love in St James, rescues stray dogs and finds homes for them locally and overseas.— Seen as vermin by many Jamaicans, mongrel dogs are often kicked, starved, and forced to steal to survive in a country where poodles are family members, Rottweilers are security guards, and pit bulls are status symbols. One woman is leading a change with her Animal Haven of Love in St James, … Read entire article »