Today is the 11th day of 2022. There are 354 days left in the year. TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT1964: US Surgeon General Luther Terry issues the first government report saying smoking may be hazardous to one's health. OTHER EVENTS49 BC: Roman em...

WASHINGTON, DC, United States (CMC) - The United States Department of State has announced that consular officers in the Caribbean and other places are now temporarily authorised, through to December 31, 2022, to waive in-person intervie...

MOSCOW, Russia (AP) - Nearly 8,000 people in Kazakhstan were detained by police during protests that descended into violence last week and marked the worst unrest the former Soviet nation has faced since gaining independence 30 years ag...

BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - A court in Myanmar sentenced ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi to four more years in prison on Monday after finding her guilty of illegally importing and possessing walkie-talkies and violating novel coronavirus re...

NEW YORK, United States (AP) - Doctors raced Monday to save survivors of New York City's deadliest fire in three decades as authorities began investigating how thick smoke could billow through the high-rise, trapping many families insid...

NEGRIL, Hanover - Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton has lauded the Issa Trust Foundation and Partners for World Health for contributing approximately $57 million in medical supplies to the country's health-care system. ...

Today is the 10th day of 2022. There are 355 days left in the yearTODAY'S HIGHLIGHT1994: Trial of Lorena Bobbitt, who cut off her husband's penis, begins.OTHER EVENTS49 BC: Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon, signalling the start of civi...

Prime Minister Andrew Holness on Sunday forcefully reiterated that there will be no further lockdown of the country, putting an end to speculation that a recent spike in novel coronavirus cases would cause him to reverse a position he ...

RESIDENTS of Parade Gardens in central Kingston are cautiously welcoming a just enforced zone of special operations (ZOSOs) with some admitting that there are 'trust' issues with the police and others painfully declaring "it can't bring...

PRIME Minister Andrew Holness on Sunday lashed the current leadership of the Accompong Maroon community, asserting that there is no other sovereign authority on the island than the Government of Jamaica."Jamaica is a unitary sovereign s...

Mandeville, Manchester - The Mandeville Police have charged a would-be thief who was caught in the act by security personnel after he broke into a shop in the town on Saturday, January 8.Charged is 33-year-old Zane Brown, otherwise call...

HEAD of the Jamaica Diaspora Crime Intervention and Prevention Task Force Dr Rupert Francis has accused the Government of cold shouldering the entity and ignoring its efforts to offer solutions to solve the island's social and crime pro...

PEOPLE'S National Party (PNP) caretaker for the Kingston Central constituency, Imani Duncan-Price, yesterday welcomed the zone of special operations (ZOSOs) declared in Parade Gardens, but expressed concern that the boundaries establish...

WITH the Disabilities Act set to take effect next month, one senior attorney is imploring the education and transport sectors to not be caught flat-footed.Attorney-at-law Anthony Williams says Sections 26, 27, 28 and 40 speaks to change...

CHILDREN are back at school for face-to-face classes, but due to complications after receiving four strokes, 10-year-old Hannahlisa Hall gets disappointed having to watch other children go out to school while she is confined to her home...

The Disabilities Act, passed in 2014, is expected to take effect next month but, there are provisions which will require employers to restructure workplace policies in order to not breach the legislation.The Act, which will take effect...

WASHINGTON, United States (AP) - Advocates for closing the Guantanamo Bay detention centre were optimistic when President Joe Biden took office. And they were relieved this summer after the US released a prisoner for the first time in y...

NEW YORK, United States (AP) - More than 800,000 non-citizens and "Dreamers" in New York City will have access to the ballot box - and could vote in municipal elections as early as next year - after Mayor Eric Adams allowed legislation ...

UNITED STATES (AP) - If the Golden Globe Awards aren't on television, will anyone care?That's just one of the uneasy questions facing the embattled Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA), which is proceeding with its film awards Sun...

MALVERN, St Elizabeth - She is most remembered as a champion of women's rights in Jamaica and abroad. However, in her native Stanmore, wider Malvern and southern St Elizabeth, Dr Glenda Simms affectionately called "Peggy', who died in C...

Ocho Rios, St Ann - Arguably one of the most recognisable faces and personalities that is associated with the Sandals Ochi brand within this resort town is Sandals Resorts driver, farmer, motivator and a veteran in the organisation hav...

Sister Lorna Mcdonnough (left) of Annotto Bay Hospital assists Renea Rodney with her newborn, the first baby born in St Mary for the new year.Matin McCarthy from Kirk-FP presented the mom with a basket of baby products.Baby Aubrey weigh...

A member of the Opposition People's National Party (PNP) has voiced support for a return to the Cabinet of his political adversary Dr Andrew Wheatley, arguing that the former minister's intellect and abilities as a scientist are needed ...

A filthy fly that made its way into his cell, ironically, restored Cornell Bunting's hope that one day, he would be free.Bunting, a Jamaican man was framed in 2013 in the US, spent 10 months in jail and faced 32 years to life imprisonme...

The ability of the Caribbean to create excellent products and compete at the highest level worldwide was highlighted by Sandals Resorts International (SRI) Executive Chairman Adam Stewart in the January 6, 2022 edition of TravelAge West...

Municipal police personnel are irate following the New Year's Eve killing of one of their colleagues, and are now calling for firearms while on duty and more representation from the heads of the various municipalities.Municipal police o...

Hundreds of worshippers marked the first Sunday services in their respective churches last Sunday, January 2, with many pledging to continue the work that they had started years before, in spreading the work of God.In the Corporate Are...

TWO retired senior crime fighters are concerned that criminals may be inspired by Prime Minister Andrew Holness's tearful expression of frustration over the reality of crime in Jamaica.Revered ex-cops Clive "Karate Georgie" Lawrence and...

Following comments that he should have gone for a more recent dancehall song from a current artiste, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Kingston Kenneth Richards said that wouldn't be a problem in the future once he finds the time to become f...

Ann-Marie Davis is devastated by the death of her brother, 53-year-old farmer Lloyd Davis. However, she's not angry at the cop accused of shooting him Thursday night during a party culminating the annual Maroon celebrations in Accompong...

Sorry Prime Minister, but you walked into itI deeply and honestly have sympathy for Prime Minister Holness, maybe I'll even shed a tear or two with him, as he leads a Government against this missile of mass destruction called crime.It i...

FLORIDA, United States (AP) - One million at-home COVID-19 tests will be available to Florida's nursing homes and assisted living facilities under a new initiative, Governor Ron DeSantis said Thursday.The Republican governor made the an...

ANNOTTO BAY, St Mary - The coloured cartridge papers were hoisted last week Tuesday by, among other people, teachers, but this time not to illustrate anything to students in classrooms. Rather, the papers were used on the second day of ...

MONEAGUE, St Ann - Driven by court action, a 27-year-old mother and her four daughters are yearning for improved living conditions which would see them no longer occupying a dilapidated house and throwing their faeces in bushes in their...

THE novel coronavirus pandemic swept ashore in Jamaica in March of 2020 in a manner reminiscent of Hurricane Gilbert. It has affected every parish and every single facet of life. COVID-19 disease is a national health disaster no differe...

OBESITY is an issue that has been increasingly prominent in both developed and developing economies worldwide. It is associated with the epidemic of chronic disease and more recently, its role in cardiac disease has been recognised. An ...

THE first few weeks of a new year usually feature people rushing to the gym or starting a new diet with hopes of shedding pounds they might have gained during the holiday period.However, as quickly as they start, they are abandoned and ...

Polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) is the most common cause of menstrual irregularities and infertility. It has been described in the medical literature from as far back as the early 1800s; however, we weren't able to get a formal way ...

It's a new year, but it's the same old deplorable road conditions for the communities of Ramble and Windsor Forest in St Thomas.Residents of both have expressed frustration at the condition of the roads and told the Jamaica Observer tha...

WHEN COVID-19 forced the closure of the Dementia Care Center in Gangdong-gu, South Korea, Gangdong-gu Mayor Lee Jung-hun launched a "remote medical assessment" pilot for dementia patients in the city, combined with visiting nurse servic...

AIR pollution - contamination of the indoor or outdoor environment by any chemical, physical or biological agent that modifies the natural characteristics of the atmosphere - can be dangerous for the elderly.Household combustion devices...

THE lack of basic necessities of life had an influence on Norman Hinds, president elect for JN Circle, Morant Bay, so much so that later in life he formed his own foundation which now provides assistance to persons in need in the parish...

WARREN Wilson, head of credit card sales at JN Bank, says, contrary to common belief, a credit card is not a 'debt sentence', if used prudently. In fact, Wilson says a credit card can be an important tool in the quest towards financial ...

AP - It was a healthy year for big gifts to charitable causes in 2021, a year that saw one of the largest multi-billion-dollar contributions in more than a decade, according to a Chronicle of Philanthropy tally.The power philanthropists...

As you from crimesWould pardon'd beLet your indulgenceSet me free.- ShakespeareAssume a virtueIf you have it notThat monster, customWho all sense doth eatOf habits, devil, is angel yet in this.- ShakespeareHere we have a battle of the a...

BRUNSWICK, Georgia (AP) - Three white men convicted of murder for chasing and killing Ahmaud Arbery were sentenced to life in prison Friday, with a judge denying any chance of parole for the father and son who armed themselves and initi...

A US$6.2-million ($958-million) project to conserve biodiversity and reduce land degradation in the Cockpit Country has been put on hold, and could be scrapped, based on demands from colonel of the Accompong Maroons Richard Currie.The ...

WITH trials by jury suspended since 2020 in Jamaica due to the novel coronavirus pandemic, Chief Justice Bryan Sykes believes the death knell has sounded for them.Speaking during the opening of the Hilary Term of the Home Circuit Court ...

MONTEGO BAY, St James - The Port Authority of Jamaica (PAJ) says the decision to deny the cruise ship Emerald Princess entry to a local port was taken after consultation with the Ministry of Health and Wellness (MOH) based on the infec...

Friday's Jamaica Observer lead story that Dr Andrew Wheatley is eyeing a return to the Cabinet has elicited mixed responses from readers.In an exclusive interview with the Observer, the former minister of science, energy and technology,...