Memories of a 2014 robbery incident at Hellshire in Portmore, St Catherine, that almost turned deadly for 65-year-old taxi operator Leon Powell came rushing back to him last Tuesday.During a peaceful protest at the Naggo Head taxi stan...

One of Jamaica's major tourism players has expressed confidence that the industry is on the cusp of a turnaround from the heavy blow inflicted by the novel coronavirus pandemic, and has pointed to cooperation between the public and priv...

For Marvette Brown, ensuring that her autistic 13-year-old son Camar functions efficiently when she is no longer around, is a goal she aims to achieve. In an interview with the Jamaica Observer to mark Autism Awareness Month, Brown sai...

The Jamaica Observer's Entertainment Desk presents the second in a series titled 40 Days of Marley to commemorate the 40th anniversary of his passing.ON the morning of May 11, 1981, Marcia Griffiths decided to visit friend and fellow ...

MANDEVILLE, Manchester - There continues to be a high take-up of the novel coronavirus AstraZeneca vaccine, with the southern region exceeding its daily expectations by over 50 per cent in the roll-out to priority groups.Southern Region...

Despite not being physically with the team on a consistent basis, Jamaican-born Windward Islands Volcanoes Head Coach Andrew Richardson says, with the help of his assistant coaches, he is doing all he can to keep his cricketers in tip-t...

The police are set to roll out a set of measures that they hope will help reduce acts of violence against women, according to Major General Antony Anderson.General Anderson, who is the police commissioner, did not elaborate on the meas...

Cheruth Wright is a businesswoman who enjoys encouraging women and sharing the gospel. She is also a survivor of child sexual abuse.As with most children experiencing sexual abuse, Wright didn't have the words to understand what was hap...

The kidnap and murder of 20-year-old Khanice Jackson last week and the disappearance of 21-year-old The University of the West Indies (UWI) student Jasmine Deen more than a year ago have heightened fear among blind and visually impaire...

MANDEVILLE, Manchester - Funeral director of Patmore's Funeral Home in Lowe River, Trelawny, Paul Patmore is appealing for members of the funeral industry to be prioritised for the roll-out of the COVID-19 vaccine as he says undertakers...

The top club football competitions across Europe make a return this weekend following a break for the first three rounds of the 2022 World Cup qualifiers.Event # 1 - EPL - Leicester vs Manchester City - 11:30 amLeicester City welcome Ma...

Today is the 93rd day of 2021. There are 272 days left in the year.TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT1962: "Out of Many, One People" is chosen as Jamaica's motto for Independence.OTHER EVENTS1512: Beyazid II, Sultan of Turkey, abdicates in favour of son...

WASHINGTON (AP) - A Capitol Police officer was killed Friday after a man rammed a car into two officers at a barricade outside the US Capitol and then emerged wielding a knife. It was the second line-of-duty death this year for a depart...

JERUSALEM (AP) - Christians in the Holy Land marked Good Friday without the mass pilgrimages usually seen in the days leading up to Easter because of the coronavirus, and worshippers in many other predominantly Christian countries where...

TOURISM Minister Edmund Bartlett has cautioned global leaders that any requirement for proof of vaccination for travel, which does not take into account the unequal access and distribution of COVID-19 vaccines globally, could be conside...

Jamaica should be in a position to continue its COVID-19 vaccine drive into April with approximately 121,000 doses expected to arrive in the island in the coming weeks.Chairman of the National Health Fund (NHF) Howard Mitchell on Wednes...

ST GEORGE'S, Grenada (CMC) - A Jamaican who entered the country earlier this month has been confirmed as the island's first case of the United Kingdom strain of the novel coronavirus.Acting Chief Medical Officer Dr Shawn Charles said on...

SOME supermarket operators say they are experiencing a decline in bun sales while others are seeing an increase, when compared to last year, as the nation observes a second Easter holiday during the novel coronavirus pandemic.The Jamaic...

Tomorrow is the 92nd day of 2021. Thereafter there will be 273 days left in the year.TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT1982: Several thousand troops from Argentina seize the disputed Falkland Islands, located in the south Atlantic, from Britain. (Britai...

KINGSTON, Jamaica- Acting Chief Education Officer, Dr Kasan Troupe, says  the necessary preparations are being made to facilitate students with special needs, who will be sitting the May 26 Ability Test component of the Primary Exit Pr...

Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton has defended the Government's approach to testing, insisting that the solution to the COVID-19 crisis in Jamaica is not mass evaluation, as after a certain point more testing does very ...

APPLICATIONS are now being accepted from high school students or recent graduates ages 16-18 years old to represent Jamaica at the 2021 Virtual National Youth Science Camp (NYSCamp). More than 100 students from the United States and sel...

Approximately 50 academic and ancillary staff at Iris Gelly Primary School, in the tough inner-city community of Arnett Gardens, on Wednesday received Easter gift packages from Rainforest Seafoods.Director of marketing and corporate af...

A massive search is now under way for the main suspect in the killing of 36-year-old Police Constable Jermaine Bennett on Main Street in Gregory Park, St Catherine, on Tuesday.Head of the St Catherine South Police Division Senior Superi...

SHOCKED residents of Christian Gardens in St Catherine say 50-year-old Robert "Backra" Fowler - the man who police say has confessed to the murder of accounts clerk Khanice Jackson - had duped them for years, as he never exhibited b...

Police search a vehicle on Eastwood Park Road in St Andrew during last Saturday'slockdown to slow spread of the novel coronavirus. (Photo: Naphtali Junior)  

August Town Primary School students Ariel Willis (left) and her cousin Jhanelle Grant get some school work done by accessing the Internet from the top of a truck inside their yard on University Road, August Town, St Andrew, Tuesday. (Ph...

KerryAnn Coombs, principal of St Thomas Technical High School, sits on a lawn mower donated to the school by past students recently. (Photo: Llewellyn Wynter)

Today is the 91st day of 2021. There are 274 days left in the year.TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT2001: Former Yugoslav leader Slobodan Milosevic surrenders after a 26-hour stand-off against police looking to arrest him for charges linked to a decade...

With the Government piloting its E-commerce National Delivery Solution (ENDS) last weekend, information, telecommunications and technology provider Flow Business Jamaica is encouraging the owners of small businesses to embrace digital ...

JAMAICANS at home and the Diaspora, where the product is available, have for several years been eating Easter bun with cheese which has now become a tradition.From running to the kitchen for a slice of bun and cheese during Easter, to s...

COVID-19 patients at the Kingston Public Hospital (KPH) are being provided with turmeric tea in a bid to boost their immune system.The Jamaica Observer first reported on the weekend that the hospital was providing turmeric tea to its C...

CHICAGO, United States (AP) - For Christians across the United States, Easter services on Sunday will reflect an extra measure of joy as the nation experiences rising optimism after a year of pandemic. Even if still observing restrictio...

Did you have an encounter with the novel coronavirus? Veteran journalist Desmond Allen, who got the virus but got over it, invites you to share your experiences with him and encourage others to face this dreaded enemy. Tell us how you a...

MINNEAPOLIS, United States (AP) - The convenience store cashier who sold cigarettes to George Floyd and was handed a counterfeit $20 bill in return took the stand Wednesday at Officer Derek Chauvin's murder trial as prosecutors laid out...

WITH the island under heightened weekend and holiday curfew measures through to April 12 as part of the ongoing COVID-19 response, a group of women in the Corporate Area, who depend on prostitution for a living and have been feeling the...

THE labour and social security ministry says it is not aware of any fraudulent activity regarding use of the Programme of Advancement Through Health and Education (PATH) cash cards of deceased beneficiaries, and that unused funds for th...

VICE chancellor of The University of the West Indies Professor Hilary Beckles, amidst criticism from quarters over the management of the university, says the institution, though "not perfect", has "proven itself" and is "worthy of the r...

THE Judiciary of Jamaica has advised that the closure of the St Thomas Parish Court has been extended for another week due to COVID-19. The building has been deep cleaned and operations are scheduled to resume on Tuesday, April 6, 2021....

MONTEGO BAY, St James - Residents of Montego West Village were annoyed over the smoke nuisance caused from yesterday morning's fire at the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA)-operated Retirement landfill in St James.One ir...

LAST Saturday before the islandwide lockdown took effect, senior citizen Gwendolyn Gillespie Brown ran out of cooking gas at her home in Portmore, St Catherine, and she could only depend on one individual to help put her pots back on th...

The police yesterday said the man charged with murder in the death of 20-year-old Khanice Jackson confessed that he strangled her on Wednesday, March 24, 2021 with a piece of rope, hid her body inside his house in Portmore, St Catherin...

Governor General Sir Patrick Allen has expressed regret and sadness at the passing of William Charles McCalla, a justice of the peace and husband of former Chief Justice Zaila McCalla. The governor general described McCalla as a humble...

JUST over $5.5 billion in loans and grants are expected to be disbursed to some 13,325 applicants by the Students' Loan Bureau (SLB) during 2021/22.These form part of the overall 13,858 eligible applicants on whose behalf the SLB will b...

MONTEGO BAY, St James - Chief executive officer (CEO) of Royal Caribbean Group, Richard Fain, says a number of test cruises carried out during the novel coronavirus pandemic and also prior to the start of vaccination programmes by count...

Today is the 90th day of 2021. There are 275 days left in the year.TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT1995: Tejano singing star Selena, 23, is shot to death in Corpus Christi, Texas, by founder of her fan club. Yolanda Saldivar is later convicted of murd...

HEALTH and wellness coach Natalie Murray is a strong believer in the adage that nothing happens before its time. "I also believe that everything happens exactly the way it is supposed to when you trust and believe," she told JIS News. T...

THE Pringle Home for Girls in Carron Hall, St Mary is to get a $3-million resource centre, the initiative of author Mary White, a native of the community.Work has already started to revamp the library at the home, and upgrade it into a ...

A number of small and medium-sized businesses have been forced to downsize or close operations altogether as a result of the pandemic, while others, depending on the products or services they offer, have been thriving, albeit unexpected...

THE National Water Commission (NWC) says its customer census mapping project will continue this week in the parish of Westmoreland.The project involves a door-to-door survey of existing and potential NWC customers and mapping them using...