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ST JAMES, Jamaica — Observer Online has learned that an Electoral Office of Jamaica (EOJ) vehicle transporting ballot boxes in South St James overturned into a precipice in the Catadupa area while en route to an electoral centre in Cambridge. Fortunately, no major injuries have been reported as a result of the incident. In the division, the People's National Party's Kenroy Gordon is contesting against the Jamaica Labour Party's Bernard...

ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica - A man who police spotted with an illegal firearm in Middle Quarters, St Elizabeth on Monday night, has been charged with possession of a prohibited weapon. He is 49-year-old Leon Taylor, otherwise called ‘Ganja Baby’ of New Town district in Black River in the parish. Reports reaching Observer Online are that around 8:00 pm, a police team on mobile patrol in the area observed a man...

WESTMORELAND, Jamaica— People’s National Party (PNP) councillor elect for the Savanna-la-Mar division Julian Chang is now doing a victory lap in her division after creating an upset by unseating incumbent Jamaica Labour Party councillor Lee Simpson. The motorcade which is now in the community of Russia sees Simpson’s picture plastered onto a casket and being carried in a chariot driven by the Honeghan’s funeral Home, in the parish. Chang, who...

The Marley brothers Steven, Julian, Ky-Mani and Damian are scheduled to perform at Jo Mersa Marley Birthday Celebration on Saturday, March 9 in Nine Miles, St Ann. Joining them will be a star- studded line-up of acts including Jahshii, Lutan Fyah, Kabaka Pyramid, Jesse Royal, Bugle, Spragga Benz, YG Marley, Mystic Marley, King Cruff, Jahmiel, Christopher Ellis, Jermere Morgan and Black Am I. Jo Mersa Marley passed away on December...

A number of Jamaicans and Caribbean nationals are to be recognised at the third staging of the Atlanta Caribbean Community Awards on March 9. Scheduled to be held at 8020 Rockbridge RD, S.W. Lithonia in Georgia, the event will honour the works and achievements of individuals whose contributions have impacted lives positively. The event is organised by Jamaican Robert Shaw, a veteran media practitioner and Wesley Graham, who was born...