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If you have trouble reading this e-mail, please [click here]( Monday, August 22, 2022 [Brittny]( [News]( [Sport]( [Business]( [Entertainment]( [Lifestyle]( [All Woman]( [Editorial]( [Cartoons]( NEWS [Image] [Streets of peril]( For years road safety experts, policymakers and law enforcers have pointed the finger of blame at reckless motorists and other road users as carnage on the nation's streets continued to accelerate. Now, some of those individuals are highlight... [read more]( [Image] [Misplaced criticism]( Health practitioners have defended the Jamaica Observer's publication of a reckless trend among young people who mix medication containing diphenhydramine with white rum, icy mint candy, and clear carbonated soda to make a high-inducing drink. P... [read more]( [Image] [Farewell, 'Pancho']( MANDEVILLE, Manchester — Mourners who gathered for the thanksgiving service for the life of 52-year-old Councillor Cleon "Pancho" Francis on Sunday remembered him for his dedication to the Knockpatrick Division and his bipartisan approach as a po... [read more]( SPORT [Image] [Gold bounty]( Jamaicans won 12 medals on Saturday's second day of the North American, Central American and Caribbean Athletic Association (NACAC) Open at the Grand Bahama Sports Complex in Freeport, Bahamas, a haul that included individual gold medals from... [read more]( BUSINESS [Image] [More price reductions should be coming, says JMEA head]( FABIAN Brown, businessman and chief executive officer (CEO) of Value Added Services, has commended Jamaica Broilers for reducing the price of chicken by $12.50 per kilo and has encouraged other providers of products and services to follow its lea... [read more]( LIFESTYLE [Image] [Beyond Time & Space]( Jamaican visual artist Jasmine Thomas-Girvan is one of five Caribbean artists included in a groundbreaking art education project, The Transatlantic Slave Trade, launched on Thursday, August 11, across the United Kingdom. Thomas-Girvan's focus was... [read more]( [Image] [SO2 - August 21]( First... Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport Olivia "Babsy" Grange made her reality TV debut on Bravo's The Real Housewives of Atlanta. Grange makes a cameo on Episode 14: Montego Baes, which showcases the housewives' trip to Ja... [read more]( [Image] [How Life Insurance Protects Your Bottom Line]( A topic that often gets brushed aside is the very critical one of life insurance. Everybody gets the importance of insuring their vehicles, their businesses, their homes: the things that directly impact their livelihood. But life insurance is in ... [read more]( ENTERTAINMENT [Image] [No 'play-play' legacy]( ALTHOUGH her father has written and directed some of Jamaican theatre's classic plays, TK Dawkins is passionate about preserving his legacy and ensuring her generation has an awareness of Basil Dawkins' work. She is director for his latest produ... [read more]( ALL WOMAN [Image] [New Scottish law makes period products free for all]( LONDON, UK (AP) — A law has taken effect in Scotland to ensure period products are available free of charge to anyone who needs them. The Scottish government said it became the first in the world to legally protect the right to access free perio... [read more]( COLUMNS [Image] [Power of hindsight]( I understand the ire of individuals who bellow, "A plague on the houses" of former prime ministers P J Patterson and Bruce Golding, as well as former People's National Party (PNP) president and Opposition Leader Dr Peter Phillips. In recent week... [read more]( TODAY'S CARTOON [Image]( 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