United States President Joe Biden yesterday named Jamaican immigrant and veteran New York assemblyman Noah Nicholas "Nick" Perry, as his nominee for Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Jamaica.The 71-year-old Perry was born...

Alleged leader of the St Catherine-based Klansman gang Andre "Blackman" Bryan had a scheme for diverting attention from the criminal organisation for shootings done in the Shelter Rock community in Spanish Town in pursuit of an individu...

Another legislator has called for an increase in the Constituency Development Fund (CDF) to allow the country's 63 Members of Parliament (MPs) to provide greater assistance to constituencies.The latest plea to the Government has come f...

The education ministry says student safety is being given top priority as the country prepares to begin a phased resumption of face-to-face classes for children in grades 7-10.At the same time, the ministry said through the Education i...

Small island states are threatening legal action against larger, richer countries that default on their obligations under the Paris Agreement to deliver funds that will allow them to adapt to the effects of climate change and compensate...

Late cult pastor Kevin Smith ruled his Pathways International Kingdom Restoration Ministries with such an iron fist that he would project death upon congregants and their families who refused to pay him money upon demand. And among his...

The Integrity Commission has shot back at claims by Minister of Transport and Mining Robert Montague that he could not respond to questions about the Airports Authority of Jamaica's (AAJ) multimillion-dollar investment in First Rock Hol...

Today is the 308th day of 2021. There are 57 days left in the year.TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT2008: Barack Obama is elected the first black president of the United States. OTHER EVENTS1530: England's Cardinal Wolsey is arrested for being a trait...

The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) says it is working with countries in the region, like Jamaica, where COVID-19 vaccination rates remain low, in an effort to ramp up the use of vaccines either bought through the COVAX facilit...

PORT ANTONIO, Portland - Five people were admitted to hospital after an equal number of mishaps on the roads in Portland and rural St Andrew over a three-day period last week, spurring the police to urge motorists to be more careful."We...

Nickesha Greenfield, a 21-year tourism veteran, has much to celebrate as the decorated resort sales manager at Beaches Negril, even as she pauses to reflect on the setbacks she encountered on her journey.Some of these challenges, she ad...

Four students who outshone their peers in the 2021 Primary Exit Profile (PEP) examinations on Tuesday received Government scholarships for their excellent academic performances.The students, Adrianna McDougall, who attended Ocho Rios Pr...

PORT MARIA, St Mary - The overgrown shrubs, piles of garbage, vandalised changing room and remnants of a disintegrated rusty fence are telltale signs of the neglect plaguing Clemhards Park - the main football field in the St Mary capita...

ANALYSTS and financial institutions continue to predict whether SpaceX or Tesla will be the company to propel the world's richest person, Elon Musk, into the trillionaire realm, making him the first to do so in our time.Musk is now wort...

The 33 accused on trial for atrocities committed by the St Catherine-based Klansman gang, including alleged leader Andre "Blackman" Bryan, yesterday heard in detail just how a former member double-crossed them, helping investigators get...

The Integrity Commission has issued warning signals that it has begun the process of preparing files for public officials with outstanding statutory declarations to be referred for prosecution.In a special report to Parliament yesterda...

Jamaican-born Winsome Earle Sears is the next lieutenant governor of Virginia after defeating her Democratic opponent Hala S Ayala in yesterday's election, running on a Republican ticket.Sears, 54, who emigrated to the United States wi...

The Klansman gang had connections with incarcerated dancehall artist Vybz Kartel, which even saw them carrying out hits on his instructions, a Crown witness testified yesterday in the trial of 33 people accused of being members of the S...

A man accused of impregnating an 11-year-old in St Thomas is apparently not being pursued by the police, the Jamaica Observer learnt yesterday.Attempts to contact the St Thomas police for an official comment yesterday were unsuccessful....

Team Jamaica has made an exciting new find to boost its chances in international weightlifting competition, with the addition of Chloe Whylie, a grand niece of the late Professor Rex Nettleford, who has been getting attention in Britain...

The House of Representatives yesterday approved proposals for increased legal aid fees for lawyers representing people charged with multiple counts of the same indictment on what is referred to as "complex criminal matters".The regulati...

SAVANNA-LA-MAR, Westmoreland - Delroy and Lucinda Brown have stayed away from church for months, afraid of contracting the novel coronavirus. The elderly couple finally got their second shot of the Pfizer vaccine on Monday, almost a mon...

Head of the Jamaica Stock Exchange Dr Marlene Street Forrest will deliver the keynote address today at the Office of Utilities Regulation's (OUR ) 5th Annual Symposium on Customer Service and Complaints Handling, themed 'Excellent Cust...

Dear Mr Brown,I want to know what the policy is regarding remote work in Canada. With increased vaccination, I am wondering if people will continue working from home or if they will be forced to return to the workplace?VCDear VC,Employe...

MANDEVILLE, Manchester - A memorial service for the 265 lives lost to COVID-19 in this parish up to last Friday was held yesterday. And while mourners absorbed that painful reality they also reflected on the damage that the novel corona...

Chief executive officer of the Mandeville Regional Hospital Alwyn Miller is lauding the Japanese Government for its decision to provide funding for an ambulance to meet the travel needs of patients."We are elated and very grateful to th...

MONEAGUE, St Ann - Taxi operators and commuters are increasing their calls for the authorities to fast-track plans to build a transportation centre in this developing town, where land has already been earmarked for construction of the h...

More than $6 million of critically identified equipment and resources have been donated by the Sandals Foundation and its parent company, Sandals Resorts International (SRI), to strengthen the capacity of the island's health-care servic...

Whether you are a fan of online shopping or in-store browsing, the Jamaica Observer Takes Style Out (TSO) had something for you. With three glorious days of non-stop shopping (plus a bonus 24-hour cyber event to kick things off) Jamai...

SAVANNA-LA-MAR, Westmoreland - In an effort to identify and hone the skills of youth leaders, the Social Development Commission in Westmoreland has rolled out an initiative, the Young Educated Leaders, Lead (YELL) training programme.Con...

JN Foundation, through its JN Money School Assist programme, has moved to improve the water supply at Lloyds Basic School, which is based in the district known as Lloyds, some three miles from Yallahs in St Thomas.The school recently re...

Today is the 307th day of 2021. There are 58 days left in the year.TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT1992: Bill Clinton defeats President George H W Bush in US presidential election. OTHER EVENTS1394: Charles VI orders Jews expelled from France.1534: E...

GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) - United States President Joe Biden argued yesterday that historic progress on addressing global warming was achieved at the United Nations climate conference in Glasgow, Scotland, and expressed optimism for a sim...

More macabre details of the operations of the Klansman gang yesterday tumbled from the lips of the second gang member turned State witness in the ongoing trial of 33 people accused of being part of the criminal organisation at the Home ...

MANDEVILLE, Manchester - Scores of people who turned up for their second dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine after waiting over a month to be fully vaccinated were yesterday upset with the slow pace at Mandeville Regional Hospital.There...

Today is the 306th day of 2021. There are 59 days left in the yearTODAY'S HIGHLIGHT2003: The US Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire installs as its bishop Reverend V Gene Robinson, consecrating the first openly homosexual Anglican bishop...

Health officials say day one of the anxiously anticipated second roll-out of Pfizer vaccines got off to an encouraging start, as Jamaicans turned up yesterday at vaccination sites across the island to receive their second jab.Some 80,00...

The Ministry of Health and Wellness is facing strong criticism from personnel in the health sector over the slow pace of its COVID-19 testing programme, even as allegations surface that it breached government policy by allowing the impo...

Prime Minister Andrew Holness yesterday delivered a sobering message at the World Leaders Summit at the start of the global climate conference in Glasgow, telling delegates the same urgency with which the world has responded to the nove...

GLASGOW, United Kingdom (AFP) - Rich countries' failure to cough up a promised US$100 billion a year to help vulnerable nations cope with climate change has deadly consequences, the prime minister of Barbados said yesterday at the COP26...

Jermaine Robinson, the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) member on trial for being part of the St Catherine-based Klansman gang, was agitated that the gang was losing ground after its alleged leader Andre "Blackman" Bryan was locked up, a pr...

MONTEGO BAY, St James - St James Fire Department Superintendent Dolfin Doeman says Sunday night's fire at Pathways International Kingdom Restoration Ministries in Albion was not the work of arsonists.According to the superintendent, t...

British-Jamaican journalist Kuba Shand-Baptiste can't wait to start her one-week visit to Jamaica, part of the prize for being the first winner of the Barbara Blake-Hannah Award (BBH), named for another Jamaican journalist, in the covet...

Less than six months after Minister of Tourism Edmund Bartlett announced that Jamaica and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia had agreed to sign a document of intent to aid in boosting air connectivity between the Middle East and the Caribbean ...

OCHO RIOS, St Ann - Almost two years into the novel coronavirus pandemic and the sale of masks is brisker than ever in this resort town. This stems from a combination of the entrepreneurial spirit of some residents and the realisation t...

Whenever it rains, some vendors who operate in the Morant Bay Market in St Thomas have to flee from their designated spots to seek shelter for themselves and their produce, due to the decrepit covering of the facility.And just when they...

Chief Justice Bryan Sykes has called attention to the poor conditions affecting courts in the island's second city and elsewhere, saying that the time has come to settle the question of providing judges with proper courthouses and cour...

BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - The diplomatic row between Lebanon and Saudi Arabia is aggravating divisions in Lebanon, already reeling from an economic meltdown and social tension. Some are pushing for the resignation of the Cabinet minister w...

Chief Justice Bryan Sykes has responded to a recent call by the Jamaican Bar Association for lawmakers to rethink certain of the proposed amendments giving the Crown a limited right to appeal not guilty verdicts in criminal cases and to...

The Court of Appeal on Friday gave its reasons for dismissing the appeal of a convicted killer, after a trial that had retired Senior Superintendent of Police Reneto Adams as its sole eyewitness.Christopher Denton was in 2016 found guil...