The saga continues

A 44-year-old woman, identified as Eleanor Bailey, was Wednesday night stabbed to death following a dispute with another woman along Duhaney Drive in Duhaney Park, Kingston 20.

LONELINESS, love for his children and his woman, introspection, and a deep hatred for the police and politicians are the major highlights of the diary of slain Stone Crusher Gang leader Cedric Murray.

Appleton Estate Reserve, the premium drink from J Wray and Nephew (JWN), is the signature cocktail for the Jamaica Observer's celebration of Fashion's Night Out (FNO) which takes place next Friday, September 10.

SCORES of nurses yesterday stayed off the job for the second day, forcing public hospitals to scale down operations to offer emergency services only.

POLICE yesterday arrested three suspects in connection with Tuesday's brazen robbery of the Bijoux jewellery store on Knutsford Boulevard in New Kingston.

GENERATION 2000 (G2K), the young professional affiliate of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP), yesterday deflected questions about the party's role in the Manatt, Phelps & Phillips affair, and instead called on the Opposition People's National Party (PNP) to answer questions about a deal over which the Office of Contractor General (OCG) has raised eyebrows.

THE Ministry of Labour and Social Security yesterday asked supermarkets, wholesalers, shopkeepers, merchants and other business owners to be on the lookout for fraudulent PATH cheques.

FORMER United States President Bill Clinton will deliver a public lecture at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in New Kingston on October 25, according to a news release from the organisers, Whisky Productions.

A soldier carry uprooted marijuana plants for destruction following a raid of a clandestine plantation Wednesday at La Union province in northern Philippines. Authorities allegedly uprooted and burned some 499, 000 fully grown marijuana plants and destroyed 88,000 of its seedlings in the three-day operation with an estimated market value of the haul to be US$2.26 million. (AP Photo)

BUXTON, North Carolina (AP) — Hurricane Earl packed winds near 125 mph (200 kph) as it blew toward North Carolina yesterday, putting the Eastern Seaboard all the way to Canada on alert for a Labour Day weekend pounding by waves, gales and rain.

THE body of Corporal Vincent Bent was yesterday pulled from the Rio Cobre in the vicinity of the Gordon Pen community in St Catherine, hours after the policeman fell into the water while chasing a group of gunmen along the slippery bank.