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ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica — St Elizabeth schoolteacher and former People’s National Party (PNP) aspirant for the Lacovia Division, Oshane Gayle, was freed of an assault charge on Monday. The charge stemmed from the alleged board-beating of his then-pregnant spouse last October. Gayle, represented by attorney-at-law Thomas Levene, appeared in the St Elizabeth Parish Court in Santa Cruz. Levene told Observer Online that his client was acquitted after the complainant, Gayle’s ex-spouse and...

HANOVER, Jamaica - A chef at a popular hotel in Hanover was shot and killed by gunmen on Norman Manley Boulevard near the resort on Monday night. He has been identified as 48-year-old Rohan Simpson, otherwise called ‘Tyson’, from Cave district in Westmoreland. Reports reaching Observer Online are that around 10:20 pm, Simpson had just finished working and had gone outside the hotel where he reportedly moved his private motor...

TRELAWNY, Jamaica - A policeman has been arrested and charged following allegations that he had sexual relations with a 14-year-old girl in Trelawny. The cop, 44-year-old Dewhyn Brown from the parish, was charged on Monday following a ruling from the office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP). Brown is charged with five counts of sexual intercourse with a person under 16 and five counts of grievous sexual assault. Information...

Wildfire Records out of Philadelphia has a busy 2024 in store, with three compilation albums scheduled for release in the first quarter of the year. The albums are Champions in Action, Ready fi di World and Champion Album. Earl Messam, founder and head of that company, told Observer Online that many of the songs are by artistes he has worked with for some time, as well as upcoming acts from...

Retailers across the island say sales were low over the recent Christmas season compared to previous years. Though stores ramped up sales promotions and offered discounts during the holiday period, inflation and the fact that Christmas Eve (traditionally the day with the highest consumer traffic) fell on a Sunday were cited among the reasons for the poor sales. Anthony Pearson, principal of Lloyd’s Department Store in Montego Bay, St James...