The second Crown witness in the trial of 33 alleged members of the Klansman gang yesterday told the court about more murders committed by the criminal organisation and revealed how he secretly collaborated with detectives to record phon...

New York , USA - Jamaicans across the United States have reacted with delight over President Joe Biden's pick of Jamaican-born N Nick Perry to be the next American ambassador to Kingston.Biden made the announcement Wednesday at the Whit...

MALVERN, St Elizabeth - Stakeholders, including two Government ministers, are beaming that Jamaica's first solar-powered library located in the deep-rural St Elizabeth community of Malvern will bring enormous benefits and savings.BMR En...

LINSTEAD, St Catherine - A father charged in connection with the death of his seven-year-old daughter attended the thanksgiving service held for her on the outskirts of this town on Wednesday and delivered a tribute."Tianna Russell was ...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) - Executive director of the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) Elizabeth Riley says the protracted nature of the novel coronavirus pandemic has caused a radical shift in the socio-economic ...

Member of Parliament (MP) for Manchester North Western Mikael Phillips is calling for more investment in the public health-care infrastructure in rural areas, and for the health ministry to deliver on its promise of universal health car...

Some of the issues arising from the Supreme Court's temporary injunction against costly traffic tickets will be addressed at today's rare emergency sitting of Parliament scheduled to begin at 11:00 am, according to Justice Minister Del...

President of the Rotary Club of Kingston Ryan Strachan (fifth left) poses with a representational cheque valued at $370,000 which he handed over to the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) during a brief ceremony at the YMCA's Hope ...

Today is the 309th day of 2021. There are 56 days left in the year.TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT2010: Jamaican social anthropologist Professor Barry Chevannes loses his battle with pancreatic cancer. OTHER EVENTS1605: English authorities arrest Gu...

Diana Cleghorn (left) of May Pen, Clarendon, is surprised by Jamaica Public Service customer service team leader in the parish, Kareen Jackson, who visited her home and presented her with e-vouchers and groceries for herself and two gra...

This disabled Jamaica Urban Transit Company bus is left in the middle of Oxford Road, just above the intersection with Knutsford Boulevard, last evening, forcing some motorists heading east to use the oncoming lane at the risk of collid...

In our story carried yesterday headlined 'Now Julian wants more', Member of Parliament (MP) for St Andrew South Eastern Julian Robinson was reported as joining the call for an increase in Constituency Development Fund (CDF) allocations....

SANTA CRUZ, St Elizabeth - A stand-off between a judge and a police sergeant created a few moments of tension in the St Elizabeth Parish Court yesterday, resulting in the cop being warned for contempt.The kerfuffle had its foundation in...

LINSTEAD, St Catherine - As they gathered for the burial of seven-year-old Tianna Russell here on Wednesday, school officials proposed the launch of a system to help teachers detect child abuse virtually. It has been dubbed the 'Tianna ...

Hardware & Lumber Limited has collaborated with the Ministry of Health and Wellness (MOHW) for a community pop-up COVID-19 vaccination drive, resulting in almost 450 people being inoculated. H&L Rapid True Value stores in Ocho ...

ALEXANDRIA, St Ann - Saskia Francis has become all too familiar with grieving after the death of a loved one, having lost her unborn child and her boyfriend within a six-month period. In April, four months into her pregnancy, Francis ha...

PEOPLE'S National Party shadow minister of land, environment and climate change Sophia Frazer-Binns says the Opposition fully supports the 'Action on Forests and Land Use' declaration.The action brings together an unprecedented coalitio...

SENIOR executives of Amadeus, a European-based global travel company that serves as a backbone for the international travel industry, on Wednesday told senior Jamaican tourism officials that the island is experiencing one of the fastest...

STATE minister in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security Zavia Mayne is encouraging employers to recruit more disable people in an effort to achieve a more inclusive society.Mayne was speaking at Wednesday's employee multi-purpose f...

ARKANSAS, u nited States (AP) - President Joe Biden's mandate for many private employers to require their workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19 is facing a wall of opposition from state Republican officials who are passing laws and...

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...

Member of Parliament (MP) for South Eastern St Andrew, Julian Robinson is urging the Government to develop an equitable mechanism to allow MPs to access funding for infrastructure works in their constituencies."There is an urgent need t...

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...