Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton has rejected criticisms that the Government has bungled the management of the third surge of novel coronavirus cases that has gripped the country over the past several weeks."We have a...

Cops inspect this police service vehicle after it crashed into a car (shown in other photo) and overturned on Truman Avenue in Richmond Park, St Andrew, yesterday. The police vehicle was reportedly carrying two men detained by the cops ...

As Prime Minister Andrew Holness and his Cabinet continue to mull over the possibility of making COVID-19 vaccines mandatory, two of the region's leading legal minds have said that there is nothing in law which would prevent the Admini...

The health and wellness ministry says it will, as of tomorrow, suspend administering first doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine as it tries to ensure that there are enough shots available for Jamaicans whose second dose will become due ...

OCHO RIOS, St Ann - A major investor in the island's tourism industry, Richard Salm, died in a motor vehicle crash Wednesday afternoon in this northern parish, where he started Royal Decameron Resort at Runaway Bay.Reports from the St A...

BLACK RIVER, St Elizabeth - For many people in St Elizabeth South Western (SW), Ewan Stephenson was thought of more as a friend than a politician seeking their votes.Stephenson, who represented the Opposition People's National Party (PN...

With more companies now issuing mandates that their employees become fully vaccinated against the novel coronavirus in order to keep their jobs, general secretary of the National Workers' Union (NWU) Granville Valentine yesterday said i...

WHAT started as a childlike mistake ended in a surprise million-dollar windfall for eight-year-old Abri, her mother Krystal and the rest of the family.They were bowled over when the Grade Three student received a call from Digicel 'Mek ...

PORT ANTONIO, Portland - Hours after the police here urged eight "persons of interest", to come to the Portland Police Station for a discussion, three were taken into custody. The move is part of a wider effort to put a damper on crime ...

PORT ANTONIO, Portland - Locally elected authorities in this parish yesterday put their monthly meeting on hold to accommodate a COVID-19 vaccination blitz that was under way.The motion was moved by councillor for the Port Antonio Divis...

SANDALS Resorts International continues to assist its team members during the novel coronavirus pandemic.The latest initiative took place on Tuesday when hundreds of team members from Sandals Montego Bay benefited from a special back-to...

MAY PEN, Clarendon - Residents in southern Clarendon on Wednesday blocked the Alley Bridge to call attention to the dilapidated structure which they say deteriorates even more with each heavy shower of rain. Tired of having to pay extra...

Today is the 253rd day of 2021. There are 112 days left in the year.TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT2004: The Jamaican Government urges 500,000 people to evacuate as Hurricane Ivan approaches, one of the strongest storms on record. OTHER EVENTS1654: ...

THE Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) says disruptions to maternal and newborn care have worsened in this second year of the novel coronavirus pandemic, and is imploring pregnant and breastfeeding women to get vaccinated against C...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) - Police quashed protest action against mandatory COVID-19 vaccination at the Queen's Park Savannah (QPS) here yesterday morning.A statement from the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS) said that arou...

WASHINGTON, DC, United States (AP) - In his most forceful pandemic actions and words, President Joe Biden yesterday announced sweeping new federal vaccine requirements affecting as many as 100 million Americans in an all-out effort to i...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Friday, September 10, 2021: You are confident and easygoing. You have a natural warmth when dealing with others. You have common sense, grit and determination. Many of you have high ideals. This is a happier year! The...

THE Government yesterday announced plans to respond to the country's vulnerable border landscape issues with a national border security policy and strategy.Permanent secretary in the Ministry of National Security, Courtney Williams, tol...

MANY who preach doom for individuals who are in support of vaccines to guard against COVID-19 listened attentively to Prime Minister Andrew Holness yesterday as he tried to convince them that, no matter the brand, they were made through...

LAST month when the daily COVID-19 body count and cases spiralled and frightening images of overflowing hospital wards and patients bedding down on floors flooded the media, 36-year-old Jamaican, Elizabeth, who was isolated at home, wat...

DOZENS of Jamaicans and friends gathered last Saturday in Paterson, New Jersey, Unites States to witness the renaming of one of the major streets in that city to recognise the outstanding contribution that Jamaicans have made to the cit...

MANDEVILLE, Manchester - The three people charged with murder in relation to the last November's stabbing of 63-year-old businesswoman Marcia Chin-you had their bail extended when they appeared in the Manchester Parish Court, yesterday....

MANDEVILLE, Manchester - Operations at the relocated Mandeville Regional Hospital outpatient department progressed so smoothly yesterday that some patients are hoping that the facility remains at the Mandeville Seventh-day Adventist (SD...

PRESIDENT of the Jamaica Teachers' Association (JTA) Winston Smith is calling on the Government to develop and put its weight behind a national project to enhance education, including significantly better remuneration for teachers, and ...

PRIME Minister Mia Mottley has assured Barbadians that her Government will not be pressured into another lockdown of the country, arguing that it would result in a withdrawal of international flights for possibly the rest of the year an...

THE GraceKennedy (GK) Group, in collaboration with the Private Sector Vaccination Initiative (PSVI), hosted a COVID-19 vaccination blitz at its headquarters in downtown Kingston on Tuesday, which saw 570 people receiving either their fi...

PRESIDING Bishop of the Holiness Christian Church in Jamaica Rev Dr Alvin Bailey has criticised the Government "for not optimising the opportunities to convince the Jamaican public to adhere to the established COVID-19 protocols and to ...

Today is the 252nd day of 2021. There are 113 days left in the year.TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT1991: Saudi Arabia releases 400 Iraqi citizens held in the kingdom in exchange for a Saudi prisoner of war and a Saudi woman held in Iraq. OTHER EVENT...

THE Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) is encouraging residents of member countries to verify information they receive about the novel coronavirus pandemic and vaccines and not fall prey to misinformation.Speaking during PAHO's rec...

GENEVA, Switzerland (AP) - Rich countries with large supplies of COVID-19 vaccines should refrain from offering booster shots through the end of the year and make the doses available for poorer countries, the head of the World Health Or...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Thursday, September 9, 2021: You are imaginative, open-minded and modern. However, whatever you do, you do with careful precision. You are a gentle person who has compassion for others. You have a good balance between...

Quiet at CurryCoronation Market in downtown Kingston, which is usually buzzing with activity, was quiet yesterday as vendors and consumers obeyed the no-movement day ordered by Government to slow spread of the novel coronavirus.Work con...

The theft of copper cable has robbed students in Padmore district, Red Hills, St Andrew, of Internet connectivity, a setback that could see low participation in online classes over the next few weeks. Reports reaching the Jamaica Observ...

OPERATIONS of the Mandeville Regional Hospital Outpatient Department will be relocated to the Mandeville Seventh-day Adventist Church Hall, 3A Caledonia Road, Mandeville, as of today, September 8.The Southern Regional Health Authority, ...

BY ANTHONY LEWISSAVANNA-LA-MAR, Westmoreland - Concerned that the Government-mandated no-movement days are doing more harm than good, the Westmoreland Chamber of Commerce and Industry has put forward suggestions on how to reduce congest...

PRIME Minister Andrew Holness says there is potential for increased investment and collaboration between Jamaica and African nations, especially in agro-industry and logistics.He said that there are also opportunities for scientific res...

OPPOSITION spokesperson on education and training Dr Angela Brown Burke says she is concerned that students and teachers were burdened with additional challenges during the first two days of the new academic year, which fell within the ...

Relatives and friends of two of the three men who died in a septic tank at Moneague College in St Ann on Monday afternoon were inconsolable yesterday as they reflected on the tragedy that robbed them of their source of inspiration, joy,...

MANDEVILLE, Manchester - Claims that work on the May Pen to Williamsfield leg on the east-west corridor of Highway 2000 resulted in flooding in a number of Clarendon communities during the passage of Tropical Storm Ida a few weeks ago a...

OCHO RIOS, St Ann - Forced to lay off about a third of his workforce at Ocean's 11 when COVID-19 upended the economy, former Member of Parliament for St Ann North Eastern Manley Bowen is hoping last month's reopening of the cruise shipp...

Dear Mr Brown:I would like to know when Canada will open its borders to visitors. It has been over a year and a half, since the pandemic started, that I have not been able to visit my family and friends.-DMDear DM:International travelle...

Q. What does it mean when the National Visa Center (NVC) sends a letter to me stating I am "documentarily qualified"?A: Once your immigrant visa case becomes current, NVC will request the necessary documents to continue the processing ...

Suicidal patients, enraged relatives and the anguished shrieks of grief-stricken parents whose children have died is the legacy of the over 18-month-long fight against COVID-19 in the island's public hospitals that one nurse says she, ...

HAUGHTON COURT, Hanover - The Hanover police division was yesterday plunged into mourning following the sudden death of Inspector Michael Brown who collapsed on the job. It is understood that Brown, who served the Jamaica Constabulary F...

THE Victoria Mutual Group (VM), in partnership with the Private Sector Vaccine Initiative (PSVI) and the Ministry of Health & Wellness, staged a COVID-19 vaccination blitz on Saturday, which saw close to 500 people being inoculated ...

THE Jamaica Customs Agency has embarked on the second phase of its Authorised Economic Operator (AEO) programme with the recent launch of the exporter component.The AEO programme is a supply chain security programme that deals with impl...

MANDEVILLE, Manchester - Motorists eager for the completion of work on the US$188-million May Pen to Williamsfield leg of Highway 2000's east-west corridor will have to wait longer as the project has been extended to January 2023.The pr...

STONEHENGE, St James - In the quiet, rural community of Stonehenge, a one-man battle to save the environmental has raged for four years. Sixty-five-year-old Basil Edwards collects plastic waste and transforms it into craft, jewellery, a...

THE National Family Planning Board (NFPB) is appealing to residents in gated communities to facilitate interviewers when they come to conduct the 2021 Reproductive Health Survey (RHS).The survey is being conducted by the Statistical Ins...

THERE is no charge to tourism workers to participate in the Tourism Workers Vaccination Drive, according to Clifton Reader, co-chair of the Tourism Vaccination Task Force.He was responding to reports in the local news media that the wor...