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If you have trouble reading this e-mail, please [click here]( Thursday, June 30, 2022 [Brittny]( [News]( [Sport]( [Business]( [Entertainment]( [Lifestyle]( [All Woman]( [Editorial]( [Cartoons]( NEWS [Image] [Crime choking country]( A just-released study on case management and psychological services to vulnerable children, adolescents, unattached youth, and victims of violence has driven home the extent of the strain from crime and its consequences on the pockets of both the... [read more]( [Image] [Death penalty is merely ‘blood on top of blood’]( The head of one of the country’s human rights groups has described the death penalty as just more “blood on top of blood” and is urging the State to let reason prevail over emotions in the case of Rushane Barnett, the man charged with the murder ... [read more]( [Image] [Report: Psychological services to children, adolescents lacking]( STATE agencies providing case management and psychological services to children and adolescents are juggling twice the number of children they should be serving, based on international standards, a newly released European Union-funded study says.... [read more]( SPORT [Image] [So close!]( Jamaica missed out on a chance to reach the Under-20 men’s Fifa World Cup after losing 0-1 to Dominican Republic in the Concacaf Championship quarter-final match at the Olimpico Metropolitano stadium in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, on Wednesday. An... [read more]( BUSINESS [Image] [BOJ attacks inflation by pushing interest rates to highest level in seven years]( THE Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) intensified its fight against inflation on Wednesday, raising its key interest rate by 0.50 per cent, taking it to a seven-year high 5.50 per cent. The decision was arrived at by unanimous vote of the central bank’s mo... [read more]( LIFESTYLE [Image] [Tacbar @ Devon House]( Serial entrepreneur PJ Wright, along with business partner Carlton Hume, has added yet another innovation to his to-do list and the city has fully embraced it. Barely a month-old Tacbar Jamaica, located at Devon House where Opa once operated, is ... [read more]( [Image] [Chef Bobby Walker’s Crawfish & Mussels Medley]( Gastronomy was at its finest at the June 10-12 staging of Jamaica’s first premium luxury camping experience — CampLuxe. Amongst those supporting the weekend event, which was held at Frenchman’s Cove Resort in Portland, was Rainforest Caribbean. This ... [read more]( [Image] [Bodega Gimenez Riili]( With its capital Buenos Aires a bustling metropolis (think: Paris meets New York), Argentina’s wine business hub Mendoza is a stark contrast and located nearly 750 miles to the west. Dominated in spectacular fashion by the Andes mountains, this t... [read more]( ENTERTAINMENT [Image] [Amalgamation makes return]( AFTER a two-year absence from the local stage due to the pandemic, Amalgamation, the international dance festival presented by Plié for the Arts, is scheduled to return to the Little Theatre in St Andrew on August 9 and 10. According to artistic... [read more]( ALL WOMAN [Image] [Wife material?]( THE Good Wife’s Guide of 1955, published in Housekeeping Monthly , implored women, in 18 steps, to basically know their place, have dinner ready, clear away clutter, greet the man always with a smile, never complain, and make their... [read more]( COLUMNS [Image] [The policing of black hair]( “Discrimination against natural black hair violates an individual’s dignity and humanity.”— Rebecca Lucero. Black hair continues to be policed. Shockingly, the policing of black hair is not being done by our former European colonisers but by tho... [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