MANDEVILLE, Manchester - Vice-chairman of the National Road Safety Council Dr Lucien Jones says there is a need for the implementation of a safe systems approach following yesterday's market truck crash in Manchester, which left four de...

The Ministry of Tourism has officially invited 25-year-old Tijana Stojkovic and a guest of her choosing to Jamaica with an all-expense paid trip which will see them treated to top-notch service across four parishes, staying at five hot...

With confirmation coming yesterday that the Delta variant of the novel coronavirus has been identified in the island, Minister of Education Fayval Williams says plans for the reopening of face-to-face classes next month will need adjust...

A number of residents living in New Haven and Gordon Town, in St Andrew, say they escaped the worst effects of Tropical Storm Grace on Tuesday despite the heavy rains and strong winds.The Gordon Town main road suffered extensive damage ...

LUCEA, Hanover - The National Works Agency (NWA) is reporting that the snail's pace movement of Tropical Storm Grace across Jamaica's north-western coast has left the western end of the island with a repair bill which could run into mil...

A number of the island's church leaders will this morning appear at a news conference with Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton at which the religious community's response to the controversial issue of COVID-19 vaccination...

A major investigation is now under way into the fatal shooting of a police corporal in Central Village, St Catherine, yesterday.Up to press time there was an unusual silence from the police communications unit on details of the shooting...

PENNSYLVANIA, United States (The Conversation) - Parts of Haiti were reduced to rubble by a powerful earthquake that hit the impoverished nation on August 14, 2021, resulting in a death toll that has climbed rapidly to nearly 2,000 with...

FOR residents of Weise Road in Bull Bay, St Andrew, it was a case of deja vu on Tuesday when heavy rains associated with Tropical Storm Grace caused a section of the Chalky River to overflow its banks, dumping up to four feet of silt an...

Today is the 231th day of 2021. There are 134 days left in the year.TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT1993: Merlene Ottey produces an exhilarating run of 21.98 seconds to win the 200m at the IAAF World Championships held in Stuttgart, Germany. OTHER EV...

Professor of public health and ageing at The University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, Dr Denise Eldemire-Shearer, has pointed to trypanophobia - the fear of needles - as one of the major factors causing several Jamaicans to refuse to...

PRESIDENT of the Jamaica Independent Schools' Association (JISA), Dr Faithlyn Wilson, says while Government's plans for the reopening of schools in September remain hazy, JISA is pressing for special considerations, especially for child...

CORAL SPRING, Trelawny - The uncertainty surrounding the reopening of school in September - stemming from the ongoing novel coronavirus crisis - could be exacerbated if Government does not expedite negotiations with teachers for a new a...

SAVANNA-LA-MAR Westmoreland - The health ministry's efforts to encourage take up of the COVID-19 vaccine did little to change Jason Hibbert's mind. The tradesman from Petersfield in Westmoreland only decided to take the jab because he t...

HAVANA, Cuba (AFP) - Cuba published on Tuesday its first cybersecurity law, a move critics dismissed as a tool to limit political and civic freedoms on the Caribbean island.The law, published in the official Gaceta newspaper, comes just...

UNITED NATIONS - The United Nations says it's sending about a third of its 300 international staff in Afghanistan to Kazakhstan to work remotely, on a temporary basis, in light of "the volatile situation in the country".UN spokesman Ste...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Thursday, August 19, 2021:You are intelligent, courageous and independent. You are also stylish. People love your warm optimism. Although you are a dreamer, you are also intuitive and analytical. This year your person...

JAMAICA received a battering from Tropical Storm Grace yesterday as heavy rains and winds associated with the cyclone toppled trees, utility poles and flooded roads, leaving some motorists and pedestrians stranded in sections of the Cor...

FREETOWN, Clarendon - The startling image of a Toyota Coaster bus halfway engulfed by flood waters provided a glimpse of how this parish has been affected by Tropical Storm Grace which continued to dump heavy rains on the island up to...

AT least four people narrowly escaped injury in two eastern parishes yesterday as Tropical Storm Grace dumped rain and lashed the island with gusty winds.In Bull Bay, St Thomas, a woman had to be pulled from a car that had lost its batt...

LES CAYES, Haiti (AP) - Heavy rain from Tropical Storm Grace forced a temporary halt yesterday to the Haitian Government's response to the deadly weekend earthquake, feeding the growing anger and frustration among thousands who were lef...

Tropical Storm Grace slow-marched across Jamaica's northern coast yesterday, dumping more than three inches of rain on mostly eastern and central parishes resulting in flooding and damage to infrastructure which local authorities will ...

MANDEVILLE, Manchester - Vendors at Melrose Yam Park are demanding that the Manchester Municipal Corporation moves swiftly to address concerns outlined by the local health department which ordered the facility closed.The placard-beari...

Today is the 230th day of 2021. There are 135 days left in the year.TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT1964: South Africa is banned from participating in the Olympic Games in Tokyo for refusing to renounce its apartheid policies. OTHER EVENTS1649: Turke...

Steve Morris, Health inspector Westmoreland"I believe that the Maroons should have the right to be an autonomous society in Jamaica. This will ensure the preservation of our culture for generations to come. Even though they may look lik...

Dear Mr Brown:I used a representative who left out one of my bank statements for my application for a study permit. The application was eventually denied. I am wondering if I can apply again for the permit. I need help in doing so.- BRD...

MORE than 1,000 students from vulnerable communities across the country are today expressing gratitude for much-needed financial aid and back-to-school support from natural gas provider New Fortress Energy (NFE), through its foundation,...

SAVANNA-LA-MAR, Westmoreland - There are mixed reactions from commuters in this parish about the 15 per cent increase in taxi and bus fares, which took effect yesterday. Some believe the hike is ill-advised while others said it is long ...

Xbox is heading to gamescom 2021 later this month. The gaming brand announced that they will be joining the fully virtual event, where it can be viewed anywhere in the world.Xbox will be showcasing the latest updates and gameplay for so...

MONTEGO BAY, St James - Some 40 temporary workers will this month join the vector control team in St James as part of the parish's rigorous efforts to stem the spread of dengue fever and other mosquito-borne diseases.The team will assis...

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - Earthquakes have been wreaking havoc in Haiti since at least the 18th century, when the city of Port-au-Prince was destroyed twice in 19 years. Saturday's powerful quake killed hundreds and injured thousands...

NEW YORK, United States (AP) - The Stop Inn isn't hiding that it plans to comply with the city's new edict on the novel coronavirus - that all patrons dining indoors at restaurants, browsing art at museums or sweating it out at gyms mus...

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Gordon "Butch" Stewart, the late chairman of the Jamaica Observer, became the latest inductee into the Caribbean Media Hall of Fame when he was welcomed into the hallowed body at a virtual ceremony yesterday at the start of the 52nd Ann...

SEVERAL commuters travelling from Half-Way-Tree to Papine in St Andrew, who are accustomed to paying just $100, say taxi operators demanded $150 for fare yesterday morning, which resulted in altercations between passengers and drivers i...

PORT-SALUT, Haiti (AFP) - Rescuers in Haiti used heavy equipment and their bare hands yesterday to hunt for survivors under buildings flattened two days ago by a massive earthquake that killed more than 1,400 people, while an approachin...

After an 18-month halt in cruise shipping since March last year due to the novel coronavirus pandemic, tourism stakeholders beamed with joy yesterday as they welcomed overly relieved and excited passengers of the Carnival Sunrise cruise...

WHILE business owners were thrilled about the arrival of the Carnival Sunrise cruise ship at Turtle Bay pier in Ocho Rios, St Ann, yesterday morning, a number of bus operators complained that measures were implemented which prevented th...

More than 270 Jamaicans have been awarded Chevening Scholarships since Jamaica's first cohort in 1984. Founded in 1983, Chevening is the United Kingdom Government's global scholarship programme aimed at developing global leaders through...

Following the seizure of a shotgun found under a rubbish heap near the Meadowrest Memorial Gardens in St Catherine last Friday, a Jamaica Observer source close to the burial site has appealed to the police to increase their presence in...

Jamaica has been bracing for tropical storm conditions since last night as Tropical Depression Grace wound its way around the northern Caribbean.In its final bulletin yesterday evening, Jamaica's Meteorological Service said that Grace w...

A push is coming from the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ) for the Government to get tough on people who refuse to be vaccinated against the novel coronavirus. Keith Duncan, president of the PSOJ, made the call yesterday no...

Today is the 229th day of 2021. There are 136 days left in the year.TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT1991: Italy repatriates the last of an estimated 18,000 Albanian refugees who arrived in southern Italy by boat earlier in the month. The Italian Gover...

State minister in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Robert Morgan, has expressed gratitude to the National Baking Company Foundation for its donation of 20,000 snacks towards the support of the recently concluded island...

PORT MARIA, St Mary - Work will begin early next year on the long-overdue Port Maria Police Station, minister without portfolio in the Ministry of National Security Matthew Samuda has promised. Ground was broken twice for the project ov...

WASHINGTON, DC, United States (AP) - President Joe Biden said yesterday that he stands "squarely behind" his decision to withdraw US forces from Afghanistan and that the Government's collapse was quicker than anticipated. Speaking about...

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AFP) - Ivory Coast began a roll-out of vaccinations against Ebola yesterday, after the country recorded its first known case of the disease since 1994, the health ministry said."Health workers, close relatives and ...

FALMOUTH, Trelawny - The Sunday morning service at St Peter's Anglican Church in Falmouth was briefly interrupted yesterday when a representative of the Trelawny Health Department entered the building and requested that the pastor, who ...

THEY say behind every dark cloud is a silver lining, but though residents of Tinsbury, St Mary, experienced a silver lining last Friday in the form of a back-to-school treat and care packages for the elderly, the dark clouds of poor roa...

TWENTY-FIVE-YEAR-OLD Kashieka Lawrence, president of JN Circle, St James, is determined not to allow her circumstance to define her. She is also determined to eke out a path that will not only enhance her life, but also the lives of oth...