If her parents never had confidence in her, Krishna Jayasankar would not have travelled to Jamaica.But for the last six months, this north Caribbean island has been her energiser at dawn, her strength by midday, and her pillow at night...

A disagreement over permission to play football led a 15-year-old boy to flee his home for a few days.In another case a 14-year-old ran away from home as the sight of his mother crying, because she was facing financial difficulties and ...

MICHAEL Sutherland has no biological children, but he has moulded the minds and positively transformed the lives of numerous who have crossed his path.Over the course of his 28 years as an educator Sutherland has mentored many students ...

Vice-president (VP) of the young professional arm of the governing Jamaica Labour Party (JLP), Generation 2000 (G2K), Tia Ferguson, is calling for an end to the stigma surrounding mental-health issues.Ferguson cited that the recent case...

MONTEGO BAY, St James - Following his tour of the Mount Salem Zone of Special Operations (ZOSO) on Friday, Opposition Leader Mark Golding has fully supported some of the residents' call for a more rapid rotation of members of the securi...

WHEN Elorine Smith heard that a motor car and a minibus had collided in the Bog Walk Gorge on June 8, she called her mother, Valerie Ennis, to alert her to the possibility of a traffic delay.Ennis, who lived in Angels, St Catherine, had...

TWO weeks after confirming that there were enough COVID-19 vaccine doses to complete the process for individuals who received their first shot in March and April, the Ministry of Health and Wellness has made an about-turn regarding that...

Give scholarships to study nursingIt cannot be overstated how dire the situation is in respect of the shortage of medical personnel, especially nurses, in Jamaica's health care system. That shortage, too, has been compounded by indiffer...

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport Olivia "Babsy" Grange waves a flag associated with the Rastafari faith, as reggae superstar Bunny Wailer's funeral procession made its way along Industrial Terrace in Kingston on Thur...

Minister of National Sercurity Dr Horace Chang examines a tablet attached to this police service vehicle, witnessed by Commissioner of Police Antony Anderson (centre), during the handing over of 47 - L200 Mitsubishi pickup trucks and 73...

FOR some men, fatherhood is a step in a new direction that requires a necessary and healthier lifestyle. Today, in recognition of Father's Day, four dads share what potentially harmful practices they had to say goodbye to when they said...

WHETHER it's because some people believe they can handle emotional distress and mental health problems on their own or due to the stigma associated with seeking help, many people will never access therapy in their lifetime.But businessw...

Attorney-at-law Essence Munroe-Douglas is calling on legislators to create laws that specifically target elder abuse.Munroe-Douglas was speaking at a virtual panel discussion for World Elder Abuse Awareness Day, hosted by the National C...

MANDEVILLE, Manchester - When Local Government Minister Desmond McKenzie stepped into the newly constructed ward at the Manchester Infirmary last Friday, he was amazed at the modern look of the facility.The $48-million facility, outfitt...

AS telemedicine becomes more popular you may be wondering about the illnesses that can be treated by it. The answer: Most of them. Once they are not emergent (in the process of coming into being or becoming prominent), most illnesses ca...

AS an associate teaching professor who teaches a very large human sexuality class at University of Washington, I benefit from frequent access to young people's inner thoughts and desires surrounding relationships and sex. Recently, I ad...

Excelsior High student Kerece Brown is in limbo after being accepted by The University of the West Indies' (UWI) Law School, yet cannot find the more than $1 million to pay for tuition. The 19-year-old sixth-form student told the Jamai...

Recent climate events and the novel coronavirus pandemic have underscored the urgent need for local sustainable food production. It is for this reason that INMED Partnerships for Children, a global humanitarian development organisation...

DESPITE emigrating to South Florida 32 years ago, Jamaica has never been far from broadcaster Jeremiah Campbell's thoughts.He has spearheaded several donations of medical and back-to-school giveaways to the island since 2013.Days after ...

A Northern Caribbean University (NCU) professor is calling on the Government to provide medical assistance for individuals who have committed sexual crimes against children as she believes that such persons are mentally ill.This comes a...

AT the end of May, Scotiabank branches located in Christiana, Falmouth, Portmore, Port Antonio, Port Maria and St Ann's Bay were converted to the digital model, which essentially means many day-to-day transactions, including cash transa...

MEMBERS of the Caribbean Community of Retired Persons (CCRP) - a non-profit membership organisation for people 50 years or older - are welcoming the opportunity of accessing home and auto insurance at a reduced cost, courtesy of a partn...

SHOULD retirees downsize their homes? The answer is dependent on a number of factors. Downsizing refers to the practice of trading a larger home for a smaller one that costs less and has lower maintenance costs.According to a 2018 study...

THE Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) Representative to Jamaica, Bermuda and the Cayman Islands is encouraging caregivers and family members to exercise patience with the elderly. The call for kindnes...

COMMON conditions in older age include hearing loss, cataracts and refractive errors, back and neck pain and osteoarthritis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, diabetes, depression, and dementia. Furthermore, as people age they are ...

Adultery? Thou shalt not die,Die for adultery!No, the wren goes to't,And the small gilded flyDoes lecher in my sight,Let copulation thrive.- ShakespeareAdultery...that word always conjures up scenes of illicit romance, stolen moments, h...

The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) says that, while it has no objection to Portmore becoming the 15th parish, there will be need for changes to the organisational and management structure of its police divisions.Deputy Commissioner of...

FERRIS CROSS, Westmoreland - George Wright, the parliamentarian at the centre of a domestic abuse controversy, yesterday said he supports the Sexual Harassment Bill tabled in the House by Gender Affairs Minister Olivia "Babsy" Grange an...

The United States Embassy in Kingston will be closed today after President Joe Biden yesterday signed a bill that was passed by Congress to set aside Juneteenth, or June 19, as a federal holiday."As the 19th of June falls on a Saturday,...

Two major players in the energy market have joined the call on the Government to terminate the Right Of First Refusal (ROFR) clause in the electricity licence which it issued to Jamaica Public Service (JPS) company in 2016.Yesterday, Ja...

Justice Minister Delroy Chuck has tabled a Bill in the House of Representatives to validate millions of dollars in legal aid fees to be paid by his ministry to lawyers representing members of the King Valley Gang who were tried in the S...

There has been deafening silence from the police following allegations that a taxi driver was kidnapped in St Catherine on Tuesday and that a demand for $400,000 has been made for his release.Jamaica Observer sources say early Tuesday ...

Abijah Livingston delivers a tribute in song to his father, Neville O'Riley Livingston, at yesterday's celebration of the life and legacy of the man known in Jamaica and around the world as Bunny Wailer or Jah B, a member of the famous ...

Local Government Minister Desmond McKenzie (left) points out the damage to this gully beside Horizon Adult Remand Centre, which is in his Kingston Western constituency, to Matthew Samuda (second left), minister without portfolio in the ...

A tricycle proves the perfect mode of transportation for this woman and a little girl on PenwoodRoad in the Waterhouse community in St Andrew. (Photo: Joseph Wellington) 

FALMOUTH, Trelawny - Businessman and senior justice of the peace (JP) Hugh Gentles was yesterday installed as custos otulorum of Trelawny and immediately stated his intention to build a vibrant and effective unit of JPs in the parish."M...

MANDEVILLE, Manchester - Eighteen at-risk communities in this south-central parish are being targeted by the Manchester Peace Coalition in an effort to showcase good fathers this Sunday, which is celebrated as Father's Day.Dr Clifton Re...

TOURISM Minister Edmund Bartlett says that tourism sector employers will start contributing to the new Tourism Workers' Pension Scheme (TWPS) in January 2023, at a rate of five per cent per annum.He told the House of Representatives Tue...

John Eaves, the Atlanta-based grandson of a Jamaican immigrant, has thrown his hat in the ring for the Democratic nomination for secretary of state of Georgia, which became a hot seat in the 2020 US presidential elections.Eaves, who is ...

Jamaican Professor Wycliffe Lofters, known for his illustrious career as an oncologist who specialised in breast and colon cancers, died in Canada earlier this month, aged 78, the family announced.After leaving Cornwall College in Mont...

Shawna Marie Sinclair and Nicholas Folkes have become the first two members of the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) to be admitted to the Connecticut-based United States Coast Guard Academy.The achievement threw Jamaica further into the spo...

Award-winning business process outsourcing (BPO) company itel yesterday announced a rebranding of its image ahead of its planned strategic expansion into nearshore markets this summer.Founded by Jamaican Yoni Epstein, the company - whic...

For over 40 years, talk of Walter Rodney has sparked divisive debate in his native Guyana. Last week's announcement by the country's Government that it would amend his death records and afford him overdue national recognition is relief ...

JAMAICA is poised to benefit from the United States donation of an initial 25 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines that have been earmarked for deployment globally, to assist in easing challenges with access being experienced by a number ...

ONE lucky Izzizi lottery customer walked away from the PayDay West Ltd store a millionaire when the two $100 4Play tickets he purchased raked in $600,000 each, racking up a total prize of $1,200,000. The winner, a second-time Izzizi cus...

PORT MARIA, St Mary - A student in search of bottle caps to complete a project may not be able to find 100 bottle caps at home, but he or she would have found 167 at the Pagee Beach clean-up in Port Maria earlier this week. On Wednesday...

Today is the 169th day of 2021. There are 196 days left in the year.TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT2010: BP removes chief executive Tony Hayward from day-to-day oversight of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill crisis, a day after he was pummelled by US lawm...

THE plastic separation project in Drax Hall Manor, St Ann, is progressing well with more than 360 bags of plastic bottles collected since the start of the pilot in February 2020.The community is the first in the parish to participate in...

PARAMARIBO, Suriname (CMC) - Suriname Thursday announced a complete lockdown on Sundays and holidays until July 5, as the Dutch-speaking Caribbean Community country and other member states recorded deaths linked to the COVID-19 over the...

MORANT BAY, St Thomas - Over the next two weeks a group of 36 volunteers from Utah, USA, will work on several projects that will increase security at a local school, help preserve vital aspects of the parish's culture and provide short-...