Today is the 362nd day of 2021. There are three days left in the year.TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT1981: Elizabeth Jordan Carr, the first American test-tube baby, is born in Norfolk, Virginia.OTHER EVENTS1065: The original Westminster Abbey, locate...

The residents and staff at five children's homes in St Andrew, St Catherine, Clarendon, Trelawny, and St James kicked off their holiday celebrations last week with specially catered meals and gifts from Pizza Hut Jamaica.More than 160 ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) - Trinidad and Tobago registered 610 deaths so far this month from the novel coronavirus pandemic, making it so far the worst month since the first case was registered here in March last year.Last month Tri...

NEW YORK, United States (CMC) - Two Democratic Caribbean legislators have paid tribute to the late South African born Nobel Peace Prize-winning Anglican cleric, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, whose civil and human rights work helped to end ap...

BEIJING, China (AP) - Delta Air Lines said yesterday that new pandemic-related cleaning requirements at a Shanghai airport were behind the turning back of a recent flight from Seattle in midair, a move that had prompted a protest from t...

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AP) - The legacy of Archbishop Desmond Tutu's activism for equality continues to reverberate among young South Africans, many of whom were not born when the clergyman battled apartheid. South Africa is holdin...

WASHINGTON, DC, United States (CMC) - The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has welcomed the World Health Organization (WHO) listing earlier this week of an AstraZeneca vaccine produced in Latin America, saying it is already in us...

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti (CMC) - The Episcopal Conference of Haiti (ECH) Friday expressed concern at the ongoing economic, political and security crisis in the French-speaking Caribbean Community country calling on the authorities to assum...

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - The bitter cold of Afghanistan's winter has small children huddled beneath blankets in makeshift camps. Sick babies in hospitals lie wrapped in their mothers' all-enveloping burqas. Long lines at food distribut...

THE Government is being urged to move urgently in the new year to amend the Domestic Violence Act so as to make it easier for perpetrators to be convicted even if the victim decides not to continue with the case.Opposition junior shadow...

Workmen clear garbage outside Cornation Market in downtown Kingston, yesterday, two days after thousands of people did heavy Christmas Eve shopping in the city's market district.(Photo: Karl Mclarty)

THE Jamaica Teachers' Association (JTA) warned yesterday that all COVID-19 safety measures that will keep teachers, support workers, and students safe must be guaranteed prior to the resumption of classes for the new term in January."No...

A man teaches a boy to ride his bicycle, his Christmas gift, on Cassava Piece Road in St Andrew yesterday.(Photo: Karl Mclarty)

THE Alpha Institute had its wishes granted to the tune of $250,000 on Tuesday, December 14, 2021, after it was chosen as pick for the 2021 'Grant a Wish' programme by National Commercial Bank Jamaica (NCBJ) CEO Septimus "Bob" Blake, who...

He is so sweet! State Minister in the ministry of Health and Wellness Juliet Cuthbert-Flynn (right) presents a gift to Denesha Simmonds (left) in celebration of the arrival of her baby boy, Thabang Jordine, who was born at 1:20 am Chris...

Today is the 361st day of 2021. There are four days left in the year.TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT1831: The Christmas Rebellion begins at Kensington Estate, Montego Bay.OTHER EVENTS1741: Prussian forces take Olmutz, Czechoslovakia; Spanish troops l...

THE Caribbean Community (Caricom) said in a statement yesterday that it is profoundly saddened by the death of Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu of South Africa."Archbishop Tutu's strong moral voice was a very significant factor in the s...

CULTURE Minister Olivia "Babsy" Grange yesterday gave tribute to the late Archbishop of South Africa and 1994 Nobel Peace Awardee Desmond Tutu, who died yesterday in Cape Town, South Africa, at the age of 90. "He was widely regarded for...

EFFORTVILLE, Clarendon -When her father died in a traffic mishap two years ago, Crystal Samuels was thrown into a tailspin. Without his financial support, the 17-year-old had to drop out of school and she gave up on her dream of becomin...

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AP) - Desmond Tutu, South Africa's Nobel Peace Prize-winning icon, an uncompromising foe of the country's past racist policy of apartheid and a modern-day activist for racial justice and LGBT rights, died Sun...

JOHANNESBURG, South African (AP) - Reactions to the death Sunday of Nobel Peace Prize laureate and former Archbishop of Cape Town Desmond Tutu:"Archbishop Desmond Tutu was a mentor, a friend, and a moral compass for me and so many other...

REPRESENTATIVES of the Munro College Class of '83 recently presented the school's headmaster Mark Smith and school nurse Jessica Goulbourne with a gift package of medical supplies for the school clinic, with a promise of more to come, a...

JAMAICA Broilers Group Limited (JBG), across its local and overseas operations, designed a series of activities to engage both staff and community members.Activities included social media promotions, Christmas hat and sweater days, deco...

WHITE HORSES, St Thomas - If ever there was a pulsating example of the term "putting your money where your mouth is", this is it. Businessman and communications executive Gary Foster is not only talking the talk, but also walking the wa...

MORANT BAY, St Thomas - When Shanie Johnson accepted the top prize in a make-up competition in November, it made all the struggles that came before worth it.Forced to leave school after a year of sixth form because of financial constrai...

MORANT BAY, St Thomas - For Jamaicans at home and abroad who want to brag about the parish of their birth, Anthony Harvey and his American wife Deidre have just the thing. They've come up with a clever T-shirt design that gets the messa...

The necessary Cabinet changesWell, well, well, a Cabinet shuffle that some of us heard should have been effected from last November, seems now likely for early next year.Naturally, speculation is rife about which ministers will be reass...

She wasn't rich or financially equipped to buy her five children grand, flashy toys and gifts at Christmastime. But she ensured that whatever gifts they got, no matter how small, their value superseded size or cost.Today, 67-year-old ma...

As we approach Christmas and many of us go off on breaks, we are not anticipating our celebrations to be deterred by any illness or accidents. However, sometimes these instances are out of our control. Luckily, needing a doctor's visit...

On Christmas Day many individuals tend to consume alcoholic drinks in excess. While it's the season of good cheer and spirits, it's important to exercise caution and not get too carried away. Below medical internist Dr Samantha Nicholso...

It's not easy to stay healthy during the holidays. Sweets seem to appear everywhere you go, and with all the festivities there's not much time to devote to your health and well-being. However, you still have to be mindful of your oral h...

CONSUMERS continue to reel from unrelenting price increases in recent time. COVID-19 and its variants present uncertainty in the economy, as shipping costs and the price of imports are unstable.The Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) has taken pre-em...

PHILADELPHIA, United States (AP) - Governor Tom Wolf's Administration has taken the extraordinary step of marshalling State employees to handle investigations for a Philadelphia non-profit struggling to hire enough caseworkers to field ...

AS the Omicron variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus continues to sweep through the globe, political leaders in many countries have applied knee-jerk responses fuelled by hysteria and sometimes xenophobia without critical input from scientist...

Author and educator, Frances Coke (right), with Sharon Wolfe, Director, Alumni and Development at Mico University College and Glen Christian, Chairman of the Cari-Med Group. Occasion was the handing over of copies of Coke's book to repr...

At Christmas I no more desire a rose,Than wish a snowIn May's new fangled mirth,But like of each thingThat in season grows.- ShakespeareChristmas is a season that I really like from as far back as my childhood days and even up to now wh...

What do you call a female Santa Claus? Certainly, it is not Mrs Claus. It would be something more along the lines of Sister Susan Frazer.It was David Bednar, American educator, who said: "People of integrity and honesty not only practis...

Neonatal nurse Claudiann Nelson Rodney simply wanted to help.In 2017, she asked someone to donate diapers to needy mothers who had premature babies at University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI).Eventually, Nelson Rodney, who woks at ...

A Christmas tree has been used to describe the appearance of a flaccid (hypotonic) neurogenic bladder, in which the volume is large, pressure is low, and contractions are absent.A Christmas tree or pine cone bladder will present when a ...

Around this time of the year, business operators on Main Street in Ocho Rios, such as cosmetologist Arthur Knibbs, would have been earning more revenue from tourists arriving on ships while they roam the streets of the resort town.Howev...

THE world is on the brink of a demographic milestone, according to the World Health o rganization (WHO).Since the beginning of recorded history, people aged 65 or older will outnumber children under age five. Driven by falling fertilit...

A number of people will agree that having 24/7 access to roadside assistance is of great convenience. However, membership manager at the Jamaica Automobile Association (JAA) Coswayne Samms believes that this service is particularly adva...

Students of St Michael's Primary School join the presentation of 100 care packages to the school on Friday, December 17. The bags, comprising grocery items and holiday treats for 100 students at the Tower Street-based institution, were ...

When you think of jackfruit, you probably only think of rubbing it down with some cooking oil to avoid getting your clothes stained as you pull out and chew the thick, yellow sweet flesh.But how about doing something a little extra this...

The Jamaican police say they will be working with American law enforcers at the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to capture a man living in the United Sates who allegedly offered a $400,000 contract for the murder of three women in...

SOUTHFIELD, St Elizabeth - Residents of Bellevue near here, on Friday expressed immense shock and anger that their community has been stained following the gruesome murder of a Chinese couple, who operated Jojo Supermarket for eight yea...

MANDEVILLE, Manchester - Two families were given Christmas cheer, courtesy of the NCB Foundation in partnership with the Jamaica Observer, through their 'Grant A Wish' promotion.Asheki Spooner and PetaGaye "Aliberry" Golding are smiling...

With intense fear for their safety, vendors at Coronation Market in downtown Kingston were hesitant to voice their concerns about the state of the popular facility for the selling of produce. "In yah terrible. Sometimes yuh talk yuh los...

Sandals Resorts International (SRI) has made Christmas 2021 even merrier with a raft of end-of-year initiatives as part of its appreciation efforts to team members.The restrictions brought on by the novel coronavirus pandemic prevented...

There were praises from various St Ann farmers last Tuesday, who said they have been benefiting tremendously over the last six years from greenhouse farming.Some 20 farmers have been engaged in traditional farming on mined out lands tha...