Morning Bites: 5 things to know for Monday: Heritage Week; Fern Gully; UK Asylum seekers; Today's Weather; Clovis Toon; Breaking News and more

Morning Bites: 5 things to know for Monday, October 9, 2023 Jamaica marks National Heritage Week Jamaicans will this week observe National Heritage Week 2023 from October 9 to 16 under the theme ‘Celebrating a Proud Heritage… Resilient and Strong’. National Heritage Week is observed annually during the week leading up to the third Monday in October which is observed as National Heroes Day, a public holiday. This year [more than 120 Jamaicans will be conferred with national honours]( for outstanding service in various fields during the annual awards ceremony at King’s House. Fern Gully main road closed The Fern Gully main road in St Ann is to be closed for six weeks, starting today, for repairs by the National Works Agency (NWA). According to the NWA, the roadway has deteriorated. The badly rutted surface of the targeted section of the road will be removed and replaced with asphaltic concrete. The road is also to be marked and raised pavement markers (Cats Eyes) installed, the agency said. During the closure, the alternative routes will be Breadnut Hill for vehicles entering and exiting Ocho Rios. The Chalky Hill main road should be used by large trucks and can also be used by vehicles travelling westerly from Moneague to St Ann's Bay and beyond. Motorists may also use the North/South Toll Road. WARE' to highlight Jamaica’s ‘Spanish Walls’ to mark Heritage Month October, which is celebrated as Heritage Month, is of special significance to the Wattle and Red Earth (WARE) Collective which has [chosen to bring focus on Jamaica’s rich architectural heritage]( history, and artistic expression through the further development of its Living Museum of Jamaican Heritage. WARE director and architect, Peter Francis, who is also a lecturer in architectural history, said it is important to celebrate the ingenuity of the ‘Taino’ (indigenous Jamaicans) who, he noted, constructed dwellings using what he described as a Spanish Wall Technique. Advertisement Bahamas hosts Caribbean Week of Agriculture The annual [Caribbean Week of Agriculture]( (CWA) is taking place in the Bahamas. It starts today and runs until October 13. The week of activities is being held under the theme “Accelerating Vision 20 by 2025” and will include seminars, expositions and a trade show. The CWA provides a forum for the key decision-makers in the public and private sectors within the Region to highlight the importance of agriculture and rural life to the economic, social and environmental stability of Member States. Court to rule if it’s lawful for Britain to send asylum-seekers to Rwanda The British government’s contentious policy to stem the flow of migrants faces one of its toughest challenges this week as the UK Supreme Court weighs whether it’s lawful to [send asylum-seekers to Rwanda](. The Conservative government is challenging a Court of Appeal ruling in June that said the policy intended to deter immigrants from risking their lives crossing the English Channel in small boats is unlawful because the East African country is not a safe place to send them. Three days of arguments are scheduled to begin today with the government arguing its policy is safe and lawyers for migrants from Vietnam, Syria, Iraq, Iran and Sudan contending it’s unlawful and inhumane. TODAY'S WEATHER FORECAST Brace for more showers today. According to the Meteorological Service of Jamaica, in the morning, isolated showers and thunderstorms are expected mainly across southern and northeastern parishes. In the afternoon, scattered showers and thunderstorms are anticipates across most parishes. ICYMI: WHILE YOU WERE SLEEPING NWA says private sector has not responded to tender to replace collapsed Troy Bridge It appears that residents of Troy on the border of Trelawny and Manchester who have been without a bridge for more than two years, will [have to wait a while longer before the structure is replaced](. Israeli hostage crisis in Hamas-ruled Gaza becomes a political trap for Netanyahu The capture of dozens of Israeli soldiers and civilians — elderly women, children, entire families — by Hamas militants has stirred Israeli emotions more visceral than any crisis in the country’s recent memory and [presented an impossible dilemma for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s far-right government](. Nurse killed in Trelawny crash A woman lost her life when [the vehicle she was driving collided with a truck]( along the Rio Bueno main road in Trelawny on Sunday evening. CLOVIS TOON TODAY IN HISTORY Obama wins Nobel Peace Prize On this day in 2009, US President Barack Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize for what the Norwegian Nobel Committee called “his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples.” For more stories, visit our website at www.jamaicaobserver.com or [sign up for our e-paper](. [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Website]( Copyright © 2023 Jamaica Observer, All rights reserved. Our mailing address is: 40 - 42 1/2 Beechwood Avenue Kingston 5 Want to change how you receive these emails? You can [update your preferences]( or [unsubscribe from this list](.