IRONSHORE, St James - The police appear to treading cautiously in building their case against a key player of Pathways International Kingdom Restoration Ministries, where two congregants were killed on Sunday, allegedly as part of a biz...

The Caribbean and Latin American region is being urged to keep its COVID-19 surveillance systems on high alert, notwithstanding the drop in cases in some countries, and an increase in vaccination coverage.Addressing the Pan American Hea...

Family and friends of the two girls who were abducted last week now fear that real chances of getting justice have slipped through their fingers after the now eight-day hunt for Davian Bryan - the man police named as the suspect in the...

A number of church leaders yesterday denounced the gruesome acts committed at Pathways International Kingdom Restoration Ministries in St James on Sunday and urged Jamaicans to be mindful of demonic strongholds and put their faith in Go...

OCHO RIOS, St Ann - For the past five weeks Simone Cuthbert has been left to ask one painful question, "What about Damion?"Damion Scott was the third victim in the tragic September 14 motor vehicle crash on Laughlands Highway in St Ann....

The International Council of Pentecostal Bishops (ICPB), a Canada-based religious organisation, appears to have dropped Kevin Smith, the pastor of Pathways International Kingdom Restoration Ministries in St James, from its membership.U...

HEART Institute of the Caribbean (HIC), Jamaica's only heart hospital, is embarking on a multimillion-dollar expansion that will give Jamaicans increased access to first-world cardiovascular care.The institution, which is also the premi...

PORT MARIA, St Mary - All suppliers doing business with the St Mary Municipal Corporation (SMMC) must have a valid trade licence by November 1.This was announced by corporation's chairman and Mayor of Port Maria Richard Creary during it...

MONTEGO BAY, St James - Councillor for the Rose Hall Division Anthony Murray has called for more support for the police to allow them to tackle the crime problem in the Barrett Town area of his division."Barrett Town area needs proper p...

A more than two-year-long campaign by businessman and sports enthusiast Clive "Busy" Campbell to build a house for 66-year-old former national footballer Miguel Blair has started to bear fruit through a partnership involving Food For th...

Today is the 294th day of 2021. There are 71 days left in the year.TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT1865: George William Gordon - later Jamaican national hero - is sentenced to death.OTHER EVENTS1797: The US Navy frigate Constitution, also known as Old...

Traditionally, paper is used to celebrate a five-year anniversary. So, it's fitting that for this year's staging of Design Week JA, its fifth anniversary, the theme is Eco (is) Essential. Understanding that the country is still in a pan...

On October 11, 2021 Jamaica Observer Limited published an article with the following statement:Ecomarine Energy Company Limited and EcoPetroluem Limited have also been barred from carrying out commercial business similar to WIPL or Isla...

The grandson of the elderly woman who was found dead at her home in Allside district, Warsop, Trelawny, on Monday, October 18 has been charged with murder.Charged is 26-year-old Jermaine Powell, otherwise called Man, of Allside distric...

MAY PEN, Clarendon - The National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) has been taken to task over its inefficiency in Clarendon, with frustrated councillors grilling the agency's representative as they sought a solution. During her...

President of the Jamaica Teachers' Association (JTA) Winston Smith says he is not surprised by the less than stellar performance of Jamaican students in this year's Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) sitting.Following the release of t...

Jamaica continued its dominance at the annual World Travel Awards taking the Caribbean's Leading Destination and Caribbean's Leading Cruise Destination trophies at this year's staging in Dubai.The country was also victorious in two new ...

MONTEGO BAY, St James - With tests showing a worrying mosquito nuisance and indications there is a massive infestation of rodents, the St James Health Department will be undertaking two major programmes to rid the parish of these diseas...

MAY PEN, Clarendon - At least one councillor from the Clarendon Municipal Corporation has expressed disappointment that funding is yet to be disbursed from central government for the rehabilitation of roads severely damaged by flood wat...

October has been designated Small Business Month across the operations of C&W Communications in the Caribbean.The company, which operates the business-focused brands Flow Business, BTC Business, and C&W Business in select market...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, (CMC) - Barbados legislators yesterday elected 72-year-old Governor General Dame Sandra Prunella Mason to be the first-ever president as the island moves to end its political relationship with Britain and adopt a r...

Lagos , Nigeria (AP) - In Ghana, home to a diverse array of religions, leaders of major churches have united in denouncing homosexuality as a "perversion" and endorsing legislation that would, if enacted, impose some of the harshest ant...

Residents of Rae Town engage in a friendly game of "water war" on Paradise Street in the community on Monday which was celebrated as National Heroes' Day and which was designated a no-movement day under the Disaster Risk Management Act....

OCHO RIOS, St Ann - Adamant that her husband died due to a shortage of oxygen at the country's public hospitals in August, a nurse is endorsing a call for the Government to facilitate an independent investigation into the shortage of th...

Eight male members and the pastor of Pathway International Kingdom Restoration Ministries in St James, where two people were killed on Sunday night in a bizarre ritual, remain in police custody as detectives contemplate what charges th...

Parliamentarians say they and other public sector employees are alarmed at the intrusiveness of the new voluntary declaration of assets form being implemented by the Integrity Commission, and that the commission needs to justify the add...

Q: I've had a non-immigrant B1/B2 visa in the past, but it is expired. Is it possible to get a visa without having to wait many months for an in-person appointment?A: Yes, absolutely! You may be eligible for the Interview Waiver Program...

Following last week's abduction of two young girls in St Thomas, allegedly at the hands of a man before the court on a rape charge, a call is again being made for Government to make the Sex Offender Registry open to the public."The publ...

OPPOSITION Leader Mark Golding yesterday issued a strong defence of his proposal for a $12,000 per week national minimum wage, saying that the increase would help to address some of the issues of poverty facing the country."There has no...

CHIEF Justice Bryan Sykes is to this morning indicate whether a further hiatus is in the wings for the trial of the 32 men and one woman accused of being members of the St Catherine-based Klansman gang, which was yesterday adjourned for...

OXFORD, Manchester - Residents living near the Manchester/ Trelawny border on the Oxford to Troy main road are using ingenious but risky ways to commute following the collapse of a bridge two months ago.Councillor Rohan Kennedy (People'...

ALEXANDRIA, St Ann - Dexie Bailey is hoping the COVID-19 vaccine will open doors for him to walk through straight to America. He took the jab last Thursday, a step towards his goal of being employed as a farm worker."A good likkle time ...

THE auditor general's position as one of five commissioners on the Integrity Commission, and her office's constitutional mandate as it relates to auditing of government entities was a point of contention at the first meeting of the parl...

MANDEVILLE, Manchester - Vendors eager to return to their livelihood in the Melrose Yam Park will have to wait at least another month for the completion of rehabilitation work on the facility which was closed by the health department tw...

Today is the 293rd day of 2021. There are 72 days left in the year.TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT2011: Moammar Gadhafi, Libya's dictator for 42 years until he was ousted in an uprising-turned-civil war, is killed as revolutionary fighters overwhelm ...

A woman who evaded a police dragnet in September after allegedly stabbing her 42-year-old sister, Josephine Martin, to death during an argument at a premises on Little Kew Road in St Andrew remains on the run, despite concentrated effor...

SAVANNA-LA-MAR, Westmoreland - Councillors and staff at the Westmoreland Municipal Corporation (WMC) all showed up last Thursday morning excited to see a new water truck parked in front of the building.This brings to two the number of t...

MAY PEN, Clarendon - The Clarendon Municipal Corporation (CMC) is working alongside the parish's health department to devise a strategy to get the homeless and mentally ill vaccinated. The corporation's CEO Rowhan Blake made the disclos...

PORT MARIA, St Mary - As of November 1, anyone physically attending meetings at the St Mary Municipal Corporation (SMMC) will need to provide proof of vaccination or provide a negative antigen test for COVID-19. Port Maria's mayor and c...

MONTEGO BAY, St James - The collection of solid waste by Western Parks and Market (WPM) was again a cause of contention in the St James Municipal Corporation (SJMC) as councillors clashed upon hearing the monthly report shared by WPM's...

New Fortress Energy partnered with Food For the Poor to construct and install hand-washing stations at 10 primary schools in St Catherine and Clarendon to strengthen preparations for the reopening of face-to-face classes.The schools in ...

THE United States Embassy, in partnership with the Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MBCCI), hosted a two-day virtual forum under the theme 'Effective Business Recovery Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic'. The event, held on Octob...

Dear Mr Brown,I am married to a Canadian citizen who is much older than me. I am in my early 30s, while he is in his 70s. I have confidence in our relationship and that he will be able to sponsor me. I also know of other similar relatio...

WASHINGTON, DC, United States (AFP) - Lawmakers investigating the deadly assault on the US Capitol voted unanimously yesterday to pursue criminal contempt charges for a key ally of former president Donald Trump for refusing to testify.F...

LONDON, England (AP) - A group comprising dozens of nations, particularly vulnerable to the effects of global warming, has laid out their key demands ahead of the upcoming UN climate summit in Glasgow.These include getting rich countrie...

PHENIX CITY, United States (AP) - Sometimes when she's feeding her infant daughter, Amanda Harrison is overcome with emotion and has to wipe away tears of gratitude. She is lucky to be here, holding her baby. Harrison was 29 weeks pregn...

MOSCOW (AP) - Dr Georgy Arbolishvili doesn't need to see government statistics or hear about the records being broken every day for infections and deaths to know that Russia is struggling through a particularly alarming phase of the nov...

THEY used their bodies as human shields for their two injured colleagues who were shot by alleged cop killer Damion Hamilton on June 12 last year.A year later, that selfless act saw their country, on the day it celebrates its heroes, nu...

AMONG the items on Wayne Messam's bucket list was to meet General Colin Powell. The current mayor of Miramar in South Florida never fulfilled that dream but had an enduring admiration for the former United States secretary of state whos...

NEW YORK, USA - The pall of gloom which descended yesterday over the Jamaican communities across the United States was palpable, as news hit home that an illustrious son of Jamaican parents and a symbol of the successful immigrant story...