2013

St Catherine, Jamaica -- A visit to the home of a dead friend Sunday night, could have been fatal for three men who were shot and injured by a gunman in an Above Rocks, St Catherine community. Observer Online has learned that the three…

Kingston, Jamaica - The government has signed an agreement that will see $250 million being pumped into the infrastructural development of 23 high schools and community based sporting facilities across the island. The high school sports…

New York, United States (AP) — Fire officials say a 19-year-old New York University student may have been trapped between two buildings for as long as two days. The victim, Asher Vongtau, was rescued at 6:25 pm Sunday. A fire department…

(CNN) U.S. military and intelligence agencies pushed doctors working in military detention centers to violate medical ethics by taking part in the mistreatment of prisoners by interrogators, medical and legal experts conclude in a new…

(CNN) A plane carrying 18 people crashed Sunday, killing eight, while landing in Bolivia, according to state news agency ABI. Ten other people were injured in the crash at the Riberalta airport, 1,000 kilometers (about 620 miles) from La…

Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- Afghan President Hamid Karzai has criticized the timing of the U.S. drone strike that killed the leader of the Pakistani Taliban last week, his office said in a statement. Karzai made the comments when he met…

Nelson Spring, Nevis – November 1st, 2013. Nevis’ leading Real Estate Developer, Mr. Deon Daniel, has copped a regional award as Developer of the Year 2013. The award to Mr. Daniel, was announced early last month during the 19th…

Kingstown, St. Vincent and the Grenadines - Vincentian Magistrate Rechenne Browne-Mathias after presenting the Child Justice Bill to the second working session of the National Juvenile Justice Reform Project Training Conference yesterday…

Port-of-Spain, Trinidad - England Women defeated West Indies Women by seven wickets to take a one nil lead in their three match One Day International series (ODI) on Friday after their opening encounter on Tuesday was abandoned because of…

(Sports Page) Matches continued in the Malcolm Guishard Basketball league over the weekend. The Dynamics team not only won their first game but won quite convincingly. There were two matches on Saturday 2nd November and in the first game,…

(Sports Page) It would appear as if the statements made by Errol JABAL Tyson, one of the Coaches for the Brantley Bronx Crisis team, are holding their weight in gold. After an initial lack luster performance in their earlier games, the…

Basseterre, St. Kitts -- A local teenager grabbed a cruise ship worker's purse as she walked near the Garden Housing in Mc Knight on Friday 1 November 2013. According the worker, the youth ran up behind her and grabbed her purse which she…

Deputy Prime Minister, the Hon Dr Earl Asim Martin, has said that the opening on Friday November 1 of the PEP School of Cosmetology and Salon at the Newtown Community Centre was a clear indication that the People Employment Programme (PEP)…

(ZIZ) On Thursday 24 October 2013 a wanted poster was sent to the various media houses in the Federation informing them that Jermaine Iqubal Niles was wanted for the offences of Wounding and Obstruction which were committed on 1 July 2013.…

Charlestown, Nevis -- The Nevis Renal Society hosted its second annual Gala awards dinner at the OCCASIONS on the evening of Saturday 2nd November. President Alexa Pemberton noted that her Association has been lobbying for a Dialysis Unit…