T he Indian High Commission in Jamaica last Sunday marked Diaspora Day, a celebration of 176 years of Indians in Jamaica, with a social event held at the high commissioner's offices in St Andrew.A small number of people turned out to...

Desperate for lunch, this billy goat showed off its climbing skills on this fence in Stony Hill Square, St Andrew, last Wednesday afternoon. Even as passersby admired its acrobatic performance, the ram insisted that despite the public a...

A Cabinet shuffle that wounded JamaicaIt took me two days for the foolishness that Prime Minister Holness did last Monday to sink in.And even at this point, I am hoping that someone will step forward and say, it was all a dream.I even h...

TWO pastors have jumped to the defence of Prime Minister Andrew Holness, saying there should be space for a national leader to be emotional or even cry publicly. This comes after three ex-policemen criticised Holness's display of emotio...

The second Haitian president assassination suspect to be caught in Jamaica paid handsomely to get here with his family by sea, and tried to bribe law enforcers who arrested him early Saturday morning in a St Elizabeth village in south-...

Having survived three near-death experiences that have left him unable to use the right side of his body, Manchester-based journalist Glendon Baker is encouraging others to prevent lifestyle illnesses by adopting early practices such as...

The combined blow of the novel coronavirus has wreaked havoc on cervical cancer screening programmes, which are already sparse in low- and middle-income nations.Screening through pap smears is key to the prevention and early detection ...

BLACK RIVER, St Elizabeth - Safety and security in this south-central parish is being boosted courtesy of the efficiency and quick response of the police by way of technological assistance through the Government's JamaicaEye initiative....

BLACK RIVER, St Elizabeth - Minister of National Security Dr Horace Chang says legislative reform is needed to treat people differently from those who smuggle ganja for guns and those who plant for other uses.Speaking at the St Elizabet...

Friendship is constant In all things,Save in the officeAnd affairs of love.- Shakespeare, Much Ado About NothingYes indeed, friendship is constant, except in the office and affairs of love. That has proven to be true so many times, for...

At the start of the novel coronaviruspandemic arou nd March into April 2020, J Wray & Nephew embarked on a work-off-site programme for around 70 per cent of its staff, who were outfitted with the requisite tools to get the job done...

MONTEGO BAY, St James - Up to Saturday, there was no new development in the investigation by the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) concerning the cold-blooded murder of nine-year-old Gabriel King.King, who was autistic, was found with hi...

Liquor giant J Wray &Nephew Ltd has raised its collective glass to its employees by allowing them to spend up to five per cent of net salary to buy shares in parent company Campari Group.The move was fuelled by an internal survey t...

A tooth fracture is a break or crack in the hard shell of the tooth. The outer shell of the tooth is called the enamel. It protects the softer, inner pulp of the tooth. The inner pulp contains nerves and blood vessels.Teeth crack becaus...

IMAGINE a balloon filled with water deflating as you leak the water from its neck. In some ways, that mimics the bladder. The bladder is a hollow organ in the lower abdomen that collects, stores and empties urine. It's a part of the uri...

Retired Parliamentarian Derrick Smith last Thursday donated copies of his memoir, Turning Points, to the National Library of Jamaica.The presentation was made to National Librarian Beverley Lashley and her staff at the library, located ...

While the Duhaney Park Community Development Committee (CDC) claims it was oblivious to plans by the mayor of Kingston to construct eight shops in the community park, People's National Party (PNP) councillor for the division, Norman Per...

SAVANNA-LA-MAR, Westmoreland - Stakeholders have expressed grave concern over the heavy strain that serious, violent crimes have been putting on the public health system in Westmoreland.The sentiments were expressed during a public foru...

FIVE electricians listed by the Ministry of Science, Energy and Technology as certified, are calling for upper-class residents and big businesses to be exposed for electricity theft.In an interview with the Jamaica Observer, the electri...

Just two days after the Jamaica Police Federation complained that cops were depressed on the job and had limited access to mental help, the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) forged a crucial partnership with the Pan American Health Orga...

THE operator of a small funeral home has admitted that he often prays for people to die, so as to allow his business to remain alive.Leo Samuels made the remark against the background of what he called the inequity in the distribution o...

What does it mean "to pay yourself first"? This is an investment term which is important in personal finance and retirement planning.It means to direct a pre-determined amount of your salary to your savings or investment accounts on a m...

THE legal age for a person to begin driving in Jamaica is 18, however, there is no age limit to indicate when a person should stop driving. As driving skills invariably deteriorate with ageing, the decision to discontinue driving is oft...

Fifty-one-year-old Spanish Town taxi driver Urel Christie's intuition has helped him to avoid countless dangerous situations in his almost two decades on the streets.But on one occassion, a few years ago, Christie did not follow "his m...

PRESIDENT of the Jamaica Teachers' Association (JTA) Winston Smith is optimistic that the Government will return to the negotiating table with a better wage offer for educators.At a special virtual delegates' conference on Friday, teach...

SAVANNA-LA-MAR, Westmoreland - Acknowledging that there are limitations to the effectiveness of states of public emergency (SOEs) and zones of special operations (ZOSOs), Minister of National Security Dr Horace Chang says he is banking ...

SAVANNA-LA-MAR, Westmoreland - Security Minister Dr Horace Chang is expressing concern over the growing trend of contract killings emerging across the island."It is an unfortunate trend that we are seeing emerging," the security ministe...

SAVANNA-LA-MAR, Westmoreland - Security Minister Dr Horace Chang has assured Westmoreland residents that plans are in train for the establishment of a zone of special operation (ZOSO) to decrease the spiralling murder rate in the parish...

FIFTEEN days into the new year, Jamaica has recorded more than 40 murders, a trend that is worrying to Commissioner of Police Major General Antony Anderson.Anderson has vowed to recruit more members, the use of technology and other crim...

BLACK RIVER, St Elizabeth - Minister of National Security Dr Horace Chang says the Government will be increasing the penalty for people found with illegal firearms."The Government will be sending a message that it is going to treat ille...

EFFORTS to close the gap on science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education in Jamaica have received a boost with the Digicel Foundation making a $28-million donation towards the Coding in Schools programme. The found...

SAVANNA-LA-MAR, Westmoreland - Blaming outsiders for the mound of garbage in front of the local high school, councillor for the Little London Division Ian Myles (PNP) is warning that the illegal dump poses a health threat for students a...

A section of the crowd in front of the Portland Parish Court on Thursday as people wait to get inside to deal with traffic violations. The court is located at Bryan's Bay in the Boundbrook section of Port Antonio and the nearby road was...

SPANISH TOWN, St Catherine - Thursday's introduction of a new parish manager of public cleansing at the National Solid Waste Management Agency (NSWMA) was the last straw for Spanish Town mayor and chairman of the St Catherine Municipal ...

ST ANN'S BAY, St Ann - Members of the St Ann Municipal Corporation are calling on the National Road Operating and Constructing Company Limited (NROCC) to take another look at what is being described as a poorly designed roundabout that ...

OCHO RIOS, St Ann - After months of lobbying for repairs to be done to roads in his division that were damaged during two tropical storms last August, councillor for the Borrobridge Division Winston Brown (PNP) is finally getting his wi...

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - A powerful earthquake shook parts of Indonesia's main island of Java on Friday, damaging buildings and houses and sending people into the streets, but there were no immediate reports of casualties. Officials sa...

CHARLESTON, West Virginia (AP) - For the first time in half a year, families on Friday are going without a monthly deposit from the child tax credit - a programme that was intended to be part of President Joe Biden's legacy but has emer...

WASHINGTON, United States (AP) - The Biden Administration is threatening to recoup COVID-19 relief funds sent to Arizona over state provisions that it says discourage families and school districts from following federal guidance recomme...

MONTEGO BAY, St James - Questions still swirled up to late Thursday night about the gruesome murder of nine-year-old Gabriel King, which has not only shocked the nation, but has left a top lawman in St James calling for "additional powe...

RESIDENTS of Olympic Gardens in St Andrew said two men killed in the tough community Thursday by gunmen were innocent and hard-working members of the community.Dead are Marlon Madourie, who turned 41 in December, and 48-year-old Wayne S...

Denzmore Harriott has a great deal to be thankful for, and he is crediting the health-care professionals at Kingston Public Hospital (KPH) for helping him recover from the novel coronavirus.The 45-year-old, who has comorbidities, includ...

Today is the 14th day of 2022. There are 351 days left in the year.TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT1907: An earthquake in Jamaica destroys Kingston, takes 1,000 lives, and leaves 25,000 homeless. It causes fires across the capital and triggers a tsuna...

The Jamaica Education Transformation Commission (JETC) says the examination results at favoured high schools versus those from non-traditional institutions are not reliable because they do not take into account the stark gap in the soci...

WASHINGTON, DC, United States (AP) - Two brand-new COVID-19 pills that were supposed to be an important weapon against the pandemic in the US are in short supply and have played little role in the fight against the Omicron wave of infec...

FALMOUTH, Trelawny - People's National Party's councillor for the Martha Brae Division Phillip Service is calling on central government to fund the installion of streetlights along the North Coast Highway in the parish.His call comes in...

Rev Sam McCook (left), chairman of National Leadership Prayer Breakfast (NLPB) Committee; Courtney Campbell (second left), president and CEO, VM Group; Pastor Claudia Ferguson,vice-chairman NLPB; and Rev Major (Ret'd) Canute Chambers of...

MOSCOW, Russia (AP) - Russia on Thursday sharply raised the stakes in its dispute with the West over Ukraine, with a top diplomat refusing to rule out a Russian military deployment to Cuba and Venezuela if tensions with the United State...

LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) - Two US police officers who went off to hunt for Pokemon instead of responding to a robbery have been fired.Louis Lozano and Eric Mitchell cruised the streets searching for fantastic creatures in the au...

MINISTER of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport Olivia Grange announced Wednesday that the ministry plans to honour 60 women in March this year to mark the observance of International Women's Day and as part of the Jamaica 60 celeb...