CHAIRMAN of the Integrity Commission retired Justice Seymour Panton staunchly defended Auditor General Pamela Monroe Ellis's membership on the commission, dismissing arguments that it is a conflict of interest."That is not so. There has...

THE Integrity Commission (IC) says it is not backing down from its position that the gag clause in the legislation which governs its operations be removed to allow it to announce and comment on ongoing investigations.Arguing that a gag ...

Having approved the provisions of the National Identification and Registration Act (NIRA) after a lengthy debate last Friday, the Senate will now refocus on the issues of the latest states of emergency (SOEs) which were approved in the ...

SEVERAL Jamaicans, particularly those at the policy level, failing to make the link between violence against women and the spread of HIV/AIDS has led to calls for emergency action by the island's leading non-governmental organisation tr...

JOY Crawford, co-founder and executive director of the female support group Eve for Life, is urging the Government to begin to view violence against Jamaica's women and girls as a pandemic and treat it similar to how it has approached C...

MANDEVILLE, Manchester - Even as three leading schools here mobilised students for a COVID-19 vaccination blitz hosted by the Jamaica National (JN) Foundation yesterday, one principal complained about the undermining effect of vaccine h...

THE police investigator regarded as a linchpin witness in the prosecution's case against 33 alleged members of the notorious St Catherine-based Klansman gang now on trial, yesterday listed 13 scene of crime locations where detectives ha...

Designer Tamia Carey (centre) is flanked by current JAMPRO President Diane Edwards (left), and former President Pat Francis for the official ribbon-cutting ceremony to mark the launch of the Tamia Carey Shoe Collection. The ceremony too...

Today is the 329th day of 2021. There are 36 days left in the year.TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT1999: Five-year-old Elian Gonzalez is rescued at sea after a boat capsizes during a voyage from Cuba, killing his mother and 10 others. Elian is turned ...

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) - Three white men were found guilty of murder yesterday for shooting dead an African American man after chasing him in their pickup trucks, following a racially-charged trial in the southern US state of G...

Member of Parliament (MP) for St Catherine North West Hugh Graham has assured residents of the Orangefield community in his constituency that the National Water Commission (NWC) has committed to completing improvement works to their wa...

MINISTER of Tourism Edmund Bartlett says he is very encouraged by the planned start of flights between Sweden and Jamaica later next year. VING, operated by Sunclass Airlines, will run direct flights between Stockholm, Sweden and Monteg...

THE increasingly worried relatives and friends of missing 25-year-old Leaford "Chubby" Mighty, a resident of Drewsland, St Andrew, will have to wait a little longer to find out if the body of a male found in a barrel in St Mary on Novem...

OCHO RIOS, St Ann - Dancehall artiste Xklusive, who recently donated much-needed supplies to students of his alma mater, Clydesdale Primary in St Ann, plans to make an even bigger impact next year. "I still have a lot of masks at home a...

FOR almost two months not even a drop of water has run through the household taps of scores of residents in some communities in St Andrew West Rural.These include Padmore District and Rock Hall, where residents have been struggling dail...

A: There are four types of documentation you will need to bring with you to your immigrant visa interview: identification, civil, financial, and relationship.IdentificationA valid, unexpired passport (good for at least six months beyond...

Dear Mr Brown,I heard that ICCRC is no longer regulating professional immigration consultants. Why is it being replaced?- IHDear IH,As of yesterday, the new regulator of Immigration Consultants in Canada is the College of Immigration an...

A man died yesterday afternoon after the motorcycle he was driving collided with another motorbike on Chisholm Avenue, St Andrew.The identity of the dead man was not ascertained up to press time; however, a man who who gave his name as ...

Prosecutors in the trial of the 33 alleged members of the Klansman gang were yesterday, for the second day in a row, railroaded in their attempt to have several pieces of evidence authenticated and entered as exhibits into the court's r...

The head of the teachers' union yesterday rejected the notion that educators are greedy and unreasonable as he equated the Government's four per cent wage offer to a show of pity for professionals who deserve to be properly compensated...

Former Opposition Leader Dr Peter Phillips says the version of the Westminster parliamentary democracy which Jamaica inherited is outdated, and ways must now be devised to ramp up and enhance the role of the legislature to, among other ...

Member of Parliament for St Andrew East Central and former Opposition Leader Dr Peter Phillips says the condition of life of the average Jamaican has not been substantially and fundamentally transformed despite the efforts of administr...

Government is being accused by chairman of the Jamaica Police Federation Corporal Rohan James of playing with the national security by refusing to pay salaries owed to rank and file members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force for overtime...

Today is the 328th day of 2021. There are 37 days left in the year.TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT2005: In a potential blow to Caribbean markets, the European Union agrees on a major overhaul of its sugar subsidy programme, cutting prices by 36 per c...

BLACK RIVER, St Elizabeth - The Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) yesterday gave credit to a new unit in its coast guard for a $1.1-billion cocaine bust off the coast of Black River on Monday night that resulted in three men being arrested.Th...

The Jamaica Labour Party vice-chairman for the St Catherine North Western constituency Mr Millholland Barker has taken flak from Jamaica Observer readers for saying that President of the People's National Party (PNP) Mark Golding will h...

NEW YORK, United States (AP) - Santa is back this year, but he pleads caution as he continues to tiptoe through the pandemic."Be smart. Be caring. If you have the tiniest tickle in your throat, the tiniest feeling, worry about yourself ...

SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) - A bus carrying tourists back to North Macedonia crashed and caught fire in western Bulgaria early yesterday, killing at least 45 people including a dozen children, authorities said.The bus apparently ripped throug...

JAMAICA Agricultural Society (JAS) has expressed concern about a recent call by president of the Jamaica Association of Public Health Inspectors Karen Brown for small poultry farmers to obtain a butcher's licence."While we understand th...

WASHINGTON, DC, United States (AP) - The United States is facing its second Thanksgiving of the pandemic in better shape than the first time around, thanks to the vaccine, though some regions are seeing surges of COVID-19 cases that cou...

THE chancellor and board of directors of Mico University College has announced that Christine Gore, attorney-at-law, philanthropist and leader in early childhood education, will be its honorary graduand this year.Gore will receive a doc...

THE Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) has started investigations into a police fatal shooting of a man in Freetown, Clarendon, on November 22. The deceased has been identified as 31-year-old Darrian Anderson.INDECOM sai...

THE JN Foundation, through the JN Circle, is inviting members to submit proposals for projects which will improve their communities and to access grant funding of up to $1.5 million to address issues related to health and safety, and ed...

GENEVA, Switzerland (AP) - The World Health Organization's (WHO) Europe office says projections show its 53-country region could face another 700,000 deaths in the novel coronavirus pandemic by next spring, topping two million in total....

KINGSTOWN, St Vincent (CMC) - Sir James Mitchell, the second prime minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines, died yesterday, his family has confirmed. He was 90 years old.His death has brought to an end an era in the history of St Vi...

EWARTON, St Catherine - While presenting his four new candidates to contest the next local government election in St Catherine North Western, Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) caretaker in the seat Newton Amos urged his colleagues not to under...

OCHO RIOS, St Ann - It's been three weeks since four-year-old Aliekia Linton first sat in a classroom, and the thrill still hasn't worn off. The huge grin on her face said it all, she was happy to be in the same space as her teachers an...

THE Caribbean Community of Retired Persons (CCRP) will pay tribute to outstanding Jamaican seniors tomorrow in its 2021 Living Legacy Awards function.The ceremony, which will take place at the Jamaica Pegasus hotel and be streamed live ...

Andrew Simpson, the president and founder of CCA Capital Partners - the entity whose latest contract with Clarendon Alumina Production (CAP) has been embroiled in controversy - says there's "nothing improper" about the contracts, adding...

The Crown's case against four of the accused for a 2018 murder on Jones Avenue in St Catherine, in the ongoing Klansman gang trial, yesterday hit a snag after it was disclosed that, except for a scene of crime photograph and the evidenc...

Today is the 327th day of 2021. There are 38 days left in the year.TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT1998: The European Union lifts a worldwide export ban on British beef. The ban was imposed after experts announced a possible link between "mad cow" dis...

MANDEVILLE, Manchester - The Manchester Parish D evelopment Committee (PDC) recently affirmed its commitment to empowering citizens in 426 districts to quell domestic disputes plaguing the parish through the launch of a domestic violenc...

THE family of 25-year-old Drewsland, St Andrew, resident Leaford Mighty, who was last seen by loved ones on November 5, are nervously awaiting word from the police about the identity of a body found in a barrel in St Mary on November 9....

More than 500 vaccinated Labourities are slated to participate in the Jamaica Labour Party's (JLP) annual conference this Sunday.The JLP is now putting the final touches to the preparations for what it is describing as 'Jamaica's first...

IN the wake of new data suggesting increased alcohol consumption among local consumers, the National Parent-Teacher Association of Jamaica (NPTAJ) and the Desnoes and Geddes (D&G) Foundation are amplifying their drive to reduce alco...

MAY PEN, Clarendon - When security guards on the job at Clarendon College heard what sounded like gunshots Sunday night they assumed it came from beyond the facility's gates. They had no idea 37-year-old Roydell Senior, who maintained t...

LE GOSIER, Guadeloupe (AP) - Schools closed across the French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe yesterday and France's president warned of a "very explosive" situation in the territory after protests against COVID-19 rules and vaccinations...

Just under $600 million of taxpayers' money has to be found each year to care for the almost 300 Jamaicans who have been discharged from public hospitals but have been left there by relatives unwilling to take them home.The dilemma face...

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Not long ago, Ferishta Salihi and her family had enough for a decent life. Her husband was working and earned a good salary. She could send several of her daughters to private schools.But now, after her husband...

LINSTEAD, St Catherine - Member of Parliament for St Catherine North Western, Hugh Graham has called on residents to stop blocking roads in Linstead, adding that he is only willing to address them in an amicable atmosphere about plans t...