SAVANNA-LA-MAR, Westmoreland - There were mixed reactions in Savanna-la-Mar on Sunday following the announcement by Prime Minister Andrew Holness that a crime-plagued section of the town had been declared a zone of special operations (Z...

Today is the 17th day of 2022. There are 348 days left in the year.TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT2012: Scientists confirm that 15 pounds (7 kilogrammes) of rock collected recently in Morocco fell to Earth from Mars during a meteorite shower last Jul...

Prime Minister Andrew Holness has declared that "partisan and political" considerations did not influence his decision to retain Dr Horace Chang as minister of national security in his recent shuffle of his Cabinet.Holness has faced cri...

LOS ANGELES, US (AP) - On an isolated farm, greenhouses stand in regimental order, sheltered by a fringe of trees. Inside are hundreds of head-high cannabis plants in precise rows, each rising from a pot nourished by coils of irrigation...

Prime Minister Andrew Holness on Sunday moved to staunch the bloodletting in Westmoreland, where several murders and shootings have been reported since the start of this year, by declaring a section of Savanna-la-Mar a zone of special o...

MANDEVILLE, Manchester - Minister of Health and Wellness Dr Christopher Tufton is warning the country to brace for significant delays at hospitals as the fourth COVID-19 wave reduces the availability of staff."The rapid spread of the wa...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) - The tsunami threat around the Pacific from a huge undersea volcanic eruption receded yesterday, but the massive ash cloud covering the tiny island nation of Tonga prevented surveillance flights from New Ze...

The seventh-largest airline in North America based on passengers carried, JetBlue Airways, is set to ramp up its number of daily flights to Jamaica.In what is being hailed as a huge boost to Jamaica's tourism industry, JetBlue will, by ...

RESIDENTS of Portmore, St Catherine, could see a relief of traffic congestion in coming months, as there will be expansions of several roads in the community. Communications manager at National Works Agency (NWA) Stephen Shaw told the J...

SAVANNA-LA-MAR, Westmoreland - The Jamaica Fire Brigade's Acting Divisional Commander for Westmoreland Rudolph Seaton has dismissed claims that a faulty fire hydrant has led to loss of lives in the Grange Hill Division. But Seaton has a...

MAY PEN, Clarendon - A number of locally elected officials in this parish are growing increasingly concerned that positive results from self-test COVID-19 kits are not being reported to the health ministry, with one councillor calling f...

PORT MARIA, St Mary - Pointing to migration as the primary reason behind almost all the resignations from her team, the head of the St Mary Police Division has called for more cops to be deployed here to help maint ain the downward tren...

Effectively pitching one's ideas is a practical life skill and, if left up to serial entrepreneur James LaLonde, one that will see a global uplift this year.LaLonde, a China-based American with an aptitude for scaling start-ups, is the ...

DRAX HALL, St Ann - There is a strong level of support for the explosion in commercial development happening at Drax Hall along a section of the highway between the bustling St Ann towns of Ocho Rios and St Ann's Bay."We welcome the dev...

Clothes vendors selling in Christiana Market in Manchester are clamouring for more shops and stalls to conduct their businesses.But municipal and commercial services manager at Manchester Municipal Corporation Janice Mundle told the Jam...

Jhenelle Small has never been one to shy away from leadership and advocating for the rights of others.With that drive, the 22-year-old has always been eager to grab those opportunities as they come along.Small has been selected as the y...

 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...

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...

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 at...

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 ...