The Bank of Jamaica’s $5,000 banknote was placed in circulation yesterday.The note has the following security features:Front1. Fine engraved lines on the portrait of Hugh Lawson Shearer, former prime minister of Jamaica (1967-1972)
A Guyanese national who was caught trying to import cocaine into the island by inserting pellets into her vagina and anus will spend the next year behind bars after she was sentenced in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday. A Guyanese national who was caught trying to import cocaine into the island by inserting pellets into her vagina and anus will spend the next year behind bars after she was sentenced in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday.
Charged with possession of, dealing in and taking steps to import one pound of cocaine (0.45kg) is 24-year-old Ashanti Bryan.
Three men charged in connection with the theft of 120 Blackberry phones from Claro, are to face trial in November for the charge of receiving stolen property. Three men charged in connection with the theft of 120 Blackberry phones from Claro, are to face trial in November for the charge of receiving stolen property.
Charged are Michael Manning, 29, an operations network manager at Claro, Romico Slack, 24, an IP and Data Engineer also employed to Claro and 25-year-old Ricardo Bedwood,a banker employed to the National Commercial Bank.
The men appeared in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate’s Court on Monday and a trial date of November 24 was agreed on.
Local artistes are contributing to the foreign exchange drain by registering thousands of songs overseas, a Sunday Observer probe has found.
Overseas registration is so prevalent that many artistes catalogue their entire discography with the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) or the Performing Right Society (PRS) in the UK, instead of the Jamaica Music Society (JAMMS) and the Jamaica Association of Composers and Authors and Publishers (JACAP).
It results in royalties derived from local radio play and show performances being sent overseas.
Triple Olympic and World champion Jamaican Usain Bolt ran the fourth fastest 200 metres in history today despite a wet track and cold conditions at the Brussels Golden League meeting in Belgium.
Bolt never got close to his world record of 19.19 seconds in Berlin last month, but clocked a decent 19.57 to win in bad conditions for a meet record.
THE TOLL Authority of Jamaica has followed through with its proposal to increase toll rates for the use of Highway 2000.
The new rates, which took effect at midnight, Saturday, caught many motorists by surprise and showed up the lack of preparedness of the authority to implement its new fee structure.
At the Vineyards Plaza in St Catherine, The Sunday Gleaner found that only the fee for class three vehicles was mounted on the display board
SAVANNAH-LA-MAR, Westmoreland -
The Peoples National Party’s (PNP) Bernard Vanriel who was last month sworn in as the new Councillor for the Cornwall Mountain division, is likely to be named on several committees at next Thursday’s regular monthly meeting of the Westmoreland Parish Council.
“He will most likely be named on the poor relief committee as well as the health and water and infrastructure committees,” said Sav-la-mar’s mayor, Bertel Moore, who chairs the Westmoreland Parish Council.
SAVANNA-LA-MAR, Westmoreland -
The Department of Correctional Services yesterday gave the 14-year-old daughter of one of its inmates at the St Catherine Adult Correctional Centre money to buy clothes and books for the new school year.
According to Comissioner of Corrections June Jarrett, yesterday’s gesture was made possible through a new unit launched by the correctional services two months ago to assist children whose parents are imprisoned, with a view to prevent them from falling prey to criminal activities.
“In this unit, we have social workers who assist the children with counselling,” Jarrett told the Observer West. “Our duty is to ascertain the welfare of the children”.
Jarrett, who used her personal cash for yesterday’s donation, expressed the need to launch a project to generate cash for the new initiative in light of the fact that several other children are being assessed.
She said the Westmoreland student was selected after interviewing inmates. “When contacted we found out that the child needed books, a bag and shoes to go back to school. So yesterday during a visit I handed over money to the grandmother of the child. We were accompanied by social workers and probation officers from area,” she said.
The young student, whose father is serving a 10-year sentence for a charge of manslaughter, was grateful.
“I am so very happy for what you have done for me and
I hope this happiness and joy will be spread to other children,” she said.
Her grandmother was so overwhelmed that she could not hold back the tears.
Meanwhile, to complement to the new welfare unit, the Department of Correctional Services last week staged a parenting seminar at Fort Augusta for inmates who will be released within the next three months.
[Press]
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