Today is the 194th day of 2021. There are 171 days left in the year. TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT1995: A jury in Panama declares former President Manuel Antonio Noriega innocent of the murders of nine army officers who participated in a 1989 coup...

MANDEVILLE, Manchester - For at least five years, residents of College View, a community located south of the Mandeville town centre, have been facing the deteriorating condition of their main road with no indication of when it will be ...

PORT MARIA, St Mary - A man caught on camera stealing from a store was among the roughly 150 applicants whose hope of joining the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) did not end well during a recent recruitment drive in this parish. Others...

ADELPHI, St James - Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Security Dr Horace Chang has questioned the motive of people who criticise the Government's effort to redevelop urban centres, some of which have, over the years, decaye...

Florida, (AP) - Sixty years before Juan Mora's Florida condo building came crashing down, killing him and at least 89 others, he was among hundreds of Cuban exiles who signed up for a covert, CIA-funded operation to overthrow Fidel Cas...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, (CMC) - The Seismic Research Centre (SRC) of the The University of the West Indies (UWI) has reported that three earthquakes rattled two Caribbean countries yesterday, but there were no immediate reports of inju...

PARIS, France (AP) - French President Emmanuel Macron yesterday ordered all French health-care workers to get virus vaccine shots by September 15 and urged all of his compatriots to get vaccinated as soon as possible to fight resurgent ...

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AP) - Rioting triggered by the imprisonment of former South African President Jacob Zuma escalated yesterday as shopping malls in Johannesburg were looted, major roads were blocked by burning tires and the po...

HAVANA,Cuba (AP) - Large contingents of Cuban police patrolled the capital of Havana yesterday following rare protests around the island nation against food shortages and high prices amid the novel coronavirus crisis. Cuba's president s...

OCHO RIOS, St Ann - Shell-shocked members of a St Ann family are appealing for police detectives to intensify their probe into what they consider to be targeted attacks which have left two cousins dead and another relative the recipient...

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has joined in mourning the death of Jamaican-born Sislin Fay Allen, Britain's first black policewoman who died last week, aged 83, at her home in Ocho Rios, St Ann."Mr Speaker, I'm sure the whole Hou...

Thanks to Jamaica's internationally famous sculpture Basil Watson, the island is on show from now until Independence at the Ansin Family Art Gallery in the Miramar Cultural Center Arts Park, Florida, Miami's Community News said.Watson's...

THE Western Regional Health Authority is yet to respond to a gruesome discovery in which the decomposing body of a man killed by the police was left outside an old morgue at Noel Holmes Hospital in Hanover for two days.The deceased man ...

QUICK on her feet, new Nigerian High Commissioner to Jamaica Maureen Tamuno, who assumed the post less than a month ago, is already laying the groundwork to help boost tourism and investment in Jamaica.She told the Jamaica Observer in a...

THE new Nestlé for Healthier Kids website, a digital platform that provides students, parents and teachers with access to free health education and resources, was announced by Nestlé Anglo Dutch Caribbean (ADC) recently.Nestlé said i...

HOPE remains that the 15 Honduran crew members from the missing Falling Star lobster fishing vessel could be on a 12-man raft and a 12-man skiff that were on the vessel when it disappeared in rough seas last Tuesday.This was the optimis...

THOUGH there were speculations in some quarters at the onset of the novel coronavirus pandemic last year that containment measures - lockdowns, curfews and work-from-home orders - would lead to more babies being born this year, several ...

DESPITE August Town, St Andrew, being designated a zone of special operations (ZOSO), the peace residents celebrated two months ago has been disrupted as gunmen kill and injure citizens - the latest victim being 33-year-old Dadrian Shea...

SAVANNA-LA-MAR, Westmoreland - Determined not to be defined by the volatile community of Russia in which he lives, 18-year-old Kriston Chambers has added 4-H Club Male Youth Ambassador of the Year to his already very long list of accomp...

FOLLOWING a "clarification" meeting between the Central Committee of the Jamaica Police Federation and technocrats at the Ministry of Finance last Thursday in relation to the 2021/23 salary negotiation package for rank-and-file members ...

When the marketing gurus at Appliance Traders Limited (ATL) were going over plans for their promotional strategy to combat the summer heat, they stumbled upon a striking discovery -that air conditioners could also be a vital weapon in c...

Today is the 193rd day of 2021. There are 172 days left in the year.TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT1960: France agrees to independence of Dahomey, Niger, Upper Volta, Ivory Coast, Chad, Central Africa and the Congo.OTHER EVENTS1856: American adventur...

SAVANNA-LA-MAR, Westmoreland - The National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) has lost count of the illegal dump sites that are increasingly popping up in this parish, but they are determined to get rid of them. Leona Bennett, se...

MONTEGO BAY, St James - After a broadside against calls for a red light district from the president of the Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Government Senator Charles Sinclair has called on the St James Municipal Corporatio...

MAY PEN, Clarendon - The National Works Agency's (NWA) failure to effectively clean and maintain drains is undermining work being done by local representatives trying to prevent flooding in their divisions, says former mayor of May Pen,...

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - Hundreds of Haitians sought solace in prayer at Sunday church services as a political power struggle threatened to further destabilise their fragile country after the assassination of President Jovenel Moïs...

CONSULTANT obstetrician and gynaecologist Dr Michael Abrahams believes that special focus should be placed on children's socialisation, especially that of young males who fail to understand the idea of consent."Our kids need to understa...

The French overseas missions are finding novel ways of celebrating their National Day- Bastille Day this Wednesday - because of the novel coronavirus pandemic. But the beneficiary of this will be the Bustamante Hospital for Children in...

LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) - As famous for his thrill-seeking lifestyle and publicity stunts as for his vast business empire, Richard Branson can now check "astronaut" off his to-do list after successfully completing his first space f...

QUEEN'S Counsel Peter Champagnie is calling for the Coroner's Court to be abolished, labelling it as outdated and irrelevant in the context of today's society."I am fast coming to the view that the Coroner's Court is an anachronism. I b...

You could use a finger to carve out shapes and letters on furniture. It's a dust dilemma for residents of Cottage Pen in St Thomas, due to the roadwork along the 27-kilometre corridor between the Morant Bay roundabout and Cedar Valley i...

JAMAICANS could one day make purchases online from local businesses, sit back at home and look upward as their orders descend onto their premises from drones, also known as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).Though this would be a major st...

CHEMICAL and biomedical engineer Dr Rene Williamson was injured in what he said was an attack by a member of the Jamaica Constabulary Force on Friday.Dr Williamson, affectionately called Zazou, told the Jamaica Observer that on Friday m...

Highly respected Jamaican-born obstetrician and gynaecologist, Dr Millicent Comrie, has been recognised by the Carnegie Corporation of New York for her exemplary contribution to American life.Dr Comrie, director of Brooklyn Heights Wom...

He eyed the clock repeatedly, paced the floor and checked his e-mail for two hours straight. That was 24-year-old Kemar Setal on Monday, as he awaited the Norman Manley Law School pass list which eventually came about 11:40 am. In that...

FOR half an hour, 29-year-old Romaine Wright lay on the roadside in Swamp Road, St Thomas, after being shot twice by thugs about 8:20 pm last Wednesday. The mother of his children stood over his body desperately making multiple calls to...

WHILE outrightly condemning the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moise, retired Jamaica prime minister and Caribbean region elder statesman, P J Patterson, has expressed concern about how the French-speaking country will proce...

After months of diligently purchasing the same four numbers in the Izizzi 4PLAY lottery, one lucky Manchester resident and his family are celebrating a big win of $2.1 million. Kevin Williams, the owner of Kello's Bar & Gaming in A...

CORPORAL Andrew Williams, who has been doing a tablet drive for grade five students across Jamaica through his non-profit organisation Positive Initiative, is pleading with Jamaicans to get on board for the sake of the children.Williams...

THE increasing prevalence of new coronavirus variants is raising questions about how well protected those who've already had their COVID-19 shots are against evolving forms of the SARS-CoV-2 virus.Here, microbiology and infectious disea...

MONTEGO BAY, St James - In a push to position Jamaica to profit from the lucrative psychedelics industry, CanEx Jamaica will be staging the inaugural CanEx Psychedelics Summit, sponsored by Silo Wellness and Ridgetop Lighting at the Jew...

WITH a shared dream of equipping the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at the University Hospital of the West Indies and empowering its staff, the Caring for Miracles Foundation and the Malia Brown Foundation have joined forces to sup...

PRESIDENT of the Jamaica Independent Schools Association, Dr Faithlyn Wilson, is making an impassioned plea for the assistance given to students to shoulder the impact of novel coronavirus pandemic to be extended to students in private ...

Leading Jamaican law firm Myers, Fletcher & Gordon (MFG) transitioned its leadership on July 1, 2021, when commercial attorney Peter Goldson completed his tenure as the firm's managing partner and passed the baton to fellow partner...

The top student in technology giant Huawei's educational exchange programme has hailed it as having a considerable impact on her overall studies.In fact, Jheanel Brown was estatic to have been included in Huawei's Seeds for the Future,...

HYPERTENSION, which is the medical term for high blood pressure, is often referred to as the silent killer.This is because one might not necessarily know their blood pressure is high since most people have no signs or symptoms.According...

THOUGH it is widely held that hypertension is more common in men than women, the reality is very different in Jamaica.In fact, consultant cardiologist Dr Andrene Chung told the Jamaica Observer in a recent interview that women outstrip ...

AS a doctor and lecturer I wear many hats - that of healer, teacher, confidante, mentor, friend, and cheerleader.I spend many hours listening to and talking, laughing, and dreaming with my patients and students. They have taught me so m...

As Jamaica experiences increasingly severe impacts of climate change and food insecurity, more farmers are turning toward environmentally and financially sustainable farming practices.More specifically, commercial farmers and those inte...

" Kidpreneurship in action" is the phrase that Nicole Haughton Wright likes to use to describe her two young children, Gray and Summer Wright, the inspiration behind her first book - An Introduction to Kidpreneurship: A Parent's Guide...