Since 2010, Jamaica has been experiencing a steady decline in births, records from the Statistical Institute of Jamaica (Statin) have revealed.The data reflects that annual births went from 42,372 in 2010 to 34,637 in 2019. In the 10-ye...

IT has been just over 15 months since Rhoda Moy Crawford created a major upset by defeating seasoned Member of Parliament Peter Bunting to end a 31-year winning streak in Manchester Central by the now Opposition People's National Party....

SHE was among a handful of invitees from Jamaica to have flown to elaborate India in late November to participate in the celebration of that country's 75th anniversary of independence.Instructive it was that first-time Manchester Centra...

For the youngest senator in the House of Representatives, Gabriela Morris is quite comfortable with the attempts being made by People's National Party (PNP) officials to achieve unity from within.Divided, following two bruising contests...

It marked her first trip on continent Asia, and for Senator Gabriela Morris, being in India was almost like a wide-eyed in amazement experience.Morris was part of a small Jamaican delegation which visited the continent's second most po...

Jamaican has seen almost 60,000 births to mothers under age 20 over the last decade.A whopping total of 59,591 births to adolescents were recorded between 2009 and 2019, according to data provided by the Statistical Institute of Jamaic...

Two 12-year-old cousins have to walk for over half an hour to a bakery daily, just to get a strong enough signal so they can participate in virtual learning. They boys, from Windsor Forest in St Thomas, said they travel together, even ...

One hundred students who in 2017 successfully bagged the Ministry of Education/University of Technology (UTech) Jamaica, annual full-tuition Technical and Vocational Education Scholarships are now furious at the university for holding o...

UK Privy Council needs to goOne has to wonder why Prime Minister Holness is seemingly so reluctant to start the process of moving Jamaica away from some of the colonial or neo-colonial obstacles that stand in its way.It seems like every...

Heading into the weekend and sharpening up for Christmas shopping, police personnel ensure that the North Parade section of downtown Kingston is well covered. (Photo: Garfield Robinson)  

Motorists compete for space with vendors and shoppers on Orange Street, downtown Kingston, yesterday, while in photo at right a woman demonstrates her strength in carrying articles on her head. (Photo: Garfield Robinson)  

IT'S that time of year when everyone is in a flurry about the festivities of the season. The fit, unfit, and the in-between alike are all making plans to bring good cheer.But, even though the season of festivities can be rather stressfu...

Call him Captain Diedrick. After four years as a pilot and flight instructor with Delta Airlines, the 27-year-old Portmore, St Catherine, youth is now a newly minted captain.Back in June, the Sunday Observer told the story of Jordan Die...

SAGICOR Life Jamaica has donated a 65-inch television to the Clarendon Police Division to assist in its crime-fighting and community surveillance efforts. The equipment will help with the monitoring of multiple cameras across the town f...

MONTEGO BAY, St James - People from all walks of life swarmed the Scotiabank Financial Centre at Fairview here yesterday, where The Edge radio station staged an outside broadcast. Scotiabank customers and other individuals converged on ...

MONTEGO BAY, St James - Minister of Transport and Mining Robert Montague has said that passengers departing from Sangster International Airport over the Christmas holidays will begin to benefit from the completion of aspects of the over...

IT'S the most wonderful time of the year, but it's also a time when criminals are most active.A local security expert is, therefore, urging shoppers, particularly senior citizens, to be cautious when conducting business and traversing p...

Quick-service food gia nt Restaurants of Jamaica (ROJ) is celebrating the start of the Christmas season through its KFC Add Hope outreach programme with a donation of 1,300 KFC meals towards Food For The Poor's (FFP) Angels of Hope pro...

WHEN we compare the lifestyle of today's adult population with that of 50 to 100 years ago, one of the most striking differences is how sedentary our lifestyle has become. Unfortunately, this change in lifestyle is an important contribu...

MONTEGO BAY, St James - After suffering through a life of poverty, disappointments, and resentment, 31-year-old Krishna Narine now sighs with relief as he journeys through his life as an internationally certified butler.Growing up in in...

After investing $34.6 million in February 2013 for an 80 per cent stake in Mountain Peak Food Processors Limited (MPF), Salada Foods Jamaica Limited has transferred the business operations of MPF as of October 1 to itself and intends to...

IT'S the most wonderful time of the year - the season of giving, warmth, lots of food, and also overindulgence.For many, in the midst of the celebrations and fanfare, scant regard is given to the management of chronic illnesses and diet...

RUNAWAY BAY, St Ann - Constable Orlando Irons is known to many as the cop who died in a three-vehicle crash that also claimed the life of Kevin Smith, the controversial cult pastor who founded Pathways International Kingdom Restoration ...

This holiday season the Sandals Foundation is celebrating its love for Caribbean families by helping some of the most vulnerable meet their needs.In what can be described as an aptly-titled fund-raising campaign, 'Here For You', the phi...

She was at home on December 13 when she got an e-mail notification.When Petagay Pinnock casually checked her e-mail, she was blown away when she learnt that it was a scholarship offer from the University of the Commonwealth Caribbean (U...

RETIRED sprint star Usain Bolt and legendary reggae singer Bob Marley held their own in the popularity contest, but cricket superstar Chris Gayle was the king of the property as far as Member of Parliament Rhoda Moy Crawford saw on her ...

To Gabriela Morris, serving her first term in the Jamaican Senate has not been unmanageable.Seated on the side of the Opposition People's National Party (PNP), Morris is actually finding it a rewarding experience, blended with some cha...

THE Republic of Korea has procured medical equipment valued at US$500,000 geared towards helping Jamaica in its fight against COVID-19.The donation is for delivery later this month and will benefit over 20 health facilities across all 1...

After supporting his dream and footing the bill for five years, Kemar Setal's father now refers to him as "mi lawyer son." The 24-year-old Setal of Seivwright Gardens, also known as Cockburn Pen in St Andrew, was called to the Bar on T...

DETROIT, USA (AP) - Hospitals across the country are struggling to cope with burnout among doctors, nurses, and other workers already buffeted by a crush of patients from the ongoing surge of the COVID-19 Delta variant and now bracing f...

LONDON, UK (AP) - Nations across Europe moved to reimpose tougher measures to stem a new wave of novel coronavirus infections spurred by the highly transmissible Omicron variant with the Netherlands leading the way by imposing a nationw...

Caruthersville , Missouri (AP) - Annistyn Rackley was an outgoing and energetic nine-year-old who didn't let a rare liver condition prevent her from the activities she loved - swimming, dancing, and cheerleading - her great-aunt Sandr...

No profit growsWhere no pleasure isTaken in brief,Sir, study what you must affect.- ShakespeareNo profit grows where no pleasure is, but there is always a risk whenever profit is to be made. Nevertheless, we all seek pleasure, it's in ...

FOREIGN Affairs and Foreign Trade Minister Senator Kamina Johnson Smith yesterday expressed shock and regret at the sudden passing, Thursday, of Stefan Keil, ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to Jamaica. Keil, who fell ill a...

THE Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) says it will be working to verify the composition and computation of Jamaica Public Service (JPS) charges after the company advised it of steep increases in fuel costs and other related charges t...

A former Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agent has urged the Jamaican Government to create a fusion centre that would use intelligence to combat the island's crime problem, warning that the country should shore up its capabilities...

Jamaican Courtenay Rattray was yesterday named chef of staff to United Nations (UN) Secretary General António Guterres, a position that places the career diplomat in the agency's senior management group.Rattray's appointment was announ...

MANDEVILLE, Manchester - Justice Minister Delroy Chuck is calling on parents to be integral in the development of their children and not to rely on the Family Court and other sectors of society."I say to the mothers and fathers, don't d...

Egeton Newman, president of the Transport Operators Development Sustainable Services (TODSS), is urging Jamaicans to be cautious of "sick head drivers" on the nation's roads this Christmas.Newman, who was speaking outside the Half-Way-...

Jamaicans were no doubt hoping that this Christmas would be more festive than last year's celebrations that were subdued. Instead, many are opting to stay home and quietly observe the period.For Manchester residents, the economic fallou...

LONDON, United Kingdom (AP) - Christmas revellers across Europe are lying low, and US officials are intensifying calls for unvaccinated Americans to get inoculated in the face of the new Omicron variant, which threatens to wipe out a se...

Pfizer said Friday it was changing plans and testing three doses of its COVID-19 vaccine in babies and preschoolers after the usual two shots didn't appear strong enough for some of the children.Pfizer announced the change after a prel...

IN its heyday, the thriving sugar industry across the Caribbean bore more than just cane fruit. Sugar factories left molasses in their wake and from the factories came distilleries, which produced what the world knows today as rum.While...

From a tender age, Morganne Kellier didn't think twice about her career choice as she only dreamed of becoming a lawyer. That dream finally came true after she got called to the Jamaican Bar on Thursday."I am ecstatic. It is my dream, t...

MONTEGO BAY, St James - The Caribbean's luxury hotels are seeing a rapid recovery in room rates with some even reporting higher average daily rates (ADR) than in 2019, which is being used as the industry yardstick. The rates went down a...

PORT MARIA, St Mary - Six years after a staff member from St Mary High suggested that drivers' education should be offered in schools, the educational institution has been added to the list of schools across the island gifted with simul...

OCHO RIOS, St Ann - Diana Simpson has been selling toys, clothing and household products from the back of a small bus on Market Street in Ocho Rios, St Ann. This is where she has taken up residence for the past two weeks, hoping to grab...

The Integrity Commission and the Financial Investigations Division (FID) yesterday signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) aimed at strengthening both organisations' response to public corruption, money laundering, organised crime, ...

Debate is heating up over the health and wellness ministry's offer of COVID-19 vaccine booster shots against the backdrop of hesitancy continuing to be a major hurdle facing the country, as the Government tries to get just under 1.5 mil...

Steven Causwell, the St Andrew businessman who was sentenced in 2016 to life in prison or the 2008 murder of his girlfriend Nadia Mitchell, has lost his bid to petition the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in London.This comes af...