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If you have trouble reading this e-mail, please [click here]( Thursday, June 09, 2022 [Brittny]( [News]( [Sport]( [Business]( [Entertainment]( [Lifestyle]( [All Woman]( [Editorial]( [Cartoons]( NEWS [Image] [Jamaica loses another gem]( Born on August 5, 1946 with deformed legs, Sarah Newland-Martin never cared that she was disabled, and for 75 years she showed Jamaica that a physical disability was not an impediment to excellence. Her outstanding achievements grabbed natio... [read more]( [Image] [MP urges gangster, police summit]( A Government junior minister is suggesting that the police have a sit-down with gangsters in order to counter spiralling crime and murder in St James. Homer Davis, the minister without portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister, made the prop... [read more]( [Image] [Lawyers liken Malahoo Forte’s pronouncements on Bail Act to Pandora’s box]( A veiled suggestion that the State is contemplating legislative changes to deny bail to individuals on gun and murder charges, although since withdrawn, has resurrected fears in several quarters with at least one attorney warning that the move wo... [read more]( SPORT [Image] [Consequences coming]( Sports Minister Olivia “Babsy” Grange has offered apologies and promised consequences following the Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission (JADCO) foul-up that resulted in the non-ratification of the world under-20 women’s 4x100m record set by Jamaica at... [read more]( BUSINESS [Image] [Director re-election voted down at FirstRock meeting]( Kisha Anderson’s re-election as a director of FirstRock Capital Holdings Limited (FRCH) was voted down by management company FirstRock Capital Resources Limited (FRCR) at FRCH’s annual general meeting (AGM) held last Thursday. FRCR holds one mi... [read more]( LIFESTYLE [Image] [Thursday, June 9, 2022]( ... [read more]( [Image] [Taste of Summer]( What to prepare when it’s so hot that the very thought of turning on the cooker generates additional heat? Butcher Block had to dig deep this week to find three recipes that were tasty, easy to prepare, filling without being too heavy, and visua... [read more]( [Image] [Kingston Reggae Garden is Making a Splash!]( If “beginner’s luck” was personified, it would manifest as St Andrew-based Belgian expats David Janssen and Cindy Reliszko — the couple behind Kingston Reggae Garden. Since their first visit to the island in 2008, the couple visited annually be... [read more]( ENTERTAINMENT [Image] [Festival Song Contest off, again]( FOR the third time in its 56-year history, the Jamaica Festival Song Competition has been struck off the calendar of events for the island’s Independence celebrations which culminates on August 6. Olivia “Babsy” Grange, minister of culture, gend... [read more]( ALL WOMAN [Image] [Basic school students fêted for National Children’s Day]( THE Sagicor Foundation fêted students, staff and parents from its Adopt-A-School Programme to a fun day filled with games, anim al petting, lots of treats and other activities at Hope Zoo, St Andrew, on National Children’s Day, May 20. The sch... [read more]( COLUMNS [Image] [Is the Ministry of Health taking privacy rights seriously?]( The Ministry of Health (MOH) recently published a press release stating that the Attorney General’s chambers has advised that, based on regulation 20 of the Pharmacy Regulations, the transmission of prescription for drugs through electronic means... [read more]( TODAY'S CARTOON [Image]( Sponsored ad This email was sent to {EMAIL} [why did I get this?]( [unsubscribe from this list]( [update subscription preferences]( Jamaica Observer Limited · 40 - 42 1/2 Beechwood Avenue · Kingston Kgn 05 · Jamaica