THE World Health Organization (WHO) has urged countries to lift travel bans and not ask for vaccination proof, according to a story published Thursday by the online publication wionnews.com.It further said that the State parties should ...

A man of faith, Portmore, St Catherine, taxi driver Orthward Thompson says he is dedicated to helping those in need whenever possible.Thompson, who is also a pastor at the Faith Work Church of God in Gregory Park, told the Jamaica Obser...

MONTEGO BAY, St James - The police have launched a top-level probe into the seizure of 20 firearms and 40 magazines at the cargo section of Sangster International Airport on Friday.Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Stephanie Lindsay...

BOUNTY HALL, Trelawny - The Trelawny police have theorised that Friday morning's bloodbath which left three residents, including two females dead and three others hospitalised, is the result of a St James war between two rival gangs tha...

BOUNTY HALL, Trelawny - Despite being confronted by unexpected obstacles in their probe into the grisly murder of a nine-year-old boy, Gabriel King, after hoodlums dragged his mother out of her car on the Tucker main road in St James la...

A woman seen in a recent viral video slapping a toddler in the face has been located by the Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA).The woman, who is confirmed to be the mother of the child, was located by the agency's inves...

JAMAICA'S first female Chief of Defence Staff Rear Admiral Antonette Wemyss Gorman has her troops on alert that she will be holding them accountable in the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) continued support of the national security agenda to...

GENEVA, Switzerland (AP) - The United States and Russia sought to lower the temperature Friday even as they said no breakthrough was imminent in a heated standoff over Ukraine that has raised fears of a possible Russian invasion.Armed w...

UNITED NATIONS (AP) - As he starts his second term as UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Thursday the world is worse in many ways than it was five years ago because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the climate crisis and geopolitical t...

LACOVIA High School in St Elizabeth has received a grant to purchase two school buses for the improvement of the transportation system in the respective school communities. The grant was approved under the Ministry of Education and Yout...

Scotiabank continues to support the local recovery efforts from the novel coronavirus pandemic with a recent donation of $1.5 million to the ongoing Private Sector Vaccine Initiative (PSVI).Making the presentation, Morris Nelson, senio...

THE European Union (EU) on Thursday handed over $3.5 billion (€20 million) to the Ministry of National Security to assist with crucial social services to residents of more than 100 volatile communities across the island, through t...

GRACEKENNEDY Group recently launched its 100th anniversary celebrations (GK100) with the announcement of a share offer for its more than 2,000 employees.The announcement of the offer, which is geared at broadening the share ownership of...

HEALTH and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton has dismissed criticisms that the Government has taken a hands-off approach in its response to the fourth wave of COVID-19, which has now landed over 800 people in hospital, and pushed ...

AMBER Innovations has launched a crowdfunding platform, Amber FundMe, which will, among other things, raise funds for small businesses, particularly charities, social enterprises, and non-profit organisations.According to Michael McNaug...

JOHN Joel Joseph, the former Haitian senator, along with his wife and two children who were arrested in south-east St Elizabeth on the weekend were Thursday ordered remanded when they appeared in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court ...

NEW Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) chief Antonette Wemyss Gorman - the first woman to take the reins of the 60-year-old military body - says mulling over strategies to better support the island's national security apparatus to reverse the ...

MONTEGO BAY, St James - Minister of state in the Office of the Prime Minister, Western Region, Homer Davis, has disclosed that apart from the US$274.5-million contract which was signed last year for the Montego Bay Perimeter Road Projec...

THERE are more woes for the chief accountable officer in the education ministry, Dr Grace McLean, with Thursday's news of her interdiction in the matter involving the loss of $124 million in public funds to the Jamaica Council for Terti...

Walter "Ras Emmanuel" Duncan is a relieved man now that he no longer sleeps on a ledge on the waterfront in downtown Kingston.Duncan had spent many months over the past two years sleeping on a ledge, exposed to the elements.But, with as...

New York, USA - Two influential Jamaicans, who claim they have information linking prominent local officials to corruption and fraud, say they won't be accepting an invitation from the Integrity Commission to share their information in...

OCHO RIOS, Jamaica - "Richard is one of the recipients that I remain absolutely proud of up to this day. He has shown the tenacity to not only receive the scholarship, but was at all times willing and available to give back to those who...

Today is the 21st day of 2022. There are 344 days left in the year.TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT1990: East Germany's Communist Party expels Egon Krenz, the leader who oversaw opening of Berlin Wall. OTHER EVENTS1521: Pope Leo X excommunicates Germ...

YOUNGSTERS at Clifton Boys' Home in Darliston, Westmoreland, are set to receive an academic boost through proceeds of this year's National Leadership Prayer Breakfast.The donation will go towards the academic development plan at the hom...

Andrew Thomspon (right) and his son Andrew Thompson Jr from Sam Isaacs and Son Funeral Homepay their respect to their friend James "Jimmy" Moss-Solomon at the chapel on the University of theWest Indies's Mona campus in St Andrew on Thur...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) - Mia Mottley was sworn in as prime minister on Thursday afternoon, announcing that until she swears in her Cabinet next week, she will take responsibility for the health portfolio amid the ongoing novel coron...

REVEREND Dr Rohan Ambersley is calling on Jamaicans to press forward with the right actions as the country is suffering from the perpetuation of wrongdoings."We have underperformed despite the richness of our heritage, despite the skill...

HAVANA, Cuba (AP) - Cuban courts have wrapped up the hearing phase of six mass trials for people accused of involvement in the largest and most unruly protests on the island in decades, leaving more than 100 defendants awaiting potentia...

VIENNA, Austria (AP) - Austria's Parliament voted Thursday to introduce a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for adults from February 1, the first of its kind in Europe, with maximum potential fines of up to 3,600 Euros (US$4,000) for people who ...

ROSE HALL, St James - The St James Health Department has put the owners of the Sea Castles strata development on a watch list because of persistent problems with raw sewage seeping on to sections of the once-swanky property. The owners ...

MILE GULLY, Manchester - Member of Parliament (MP) for Manchester North Western Mikael Phillips is calling on the Government to be more focused on rural development."We have to put rural development not only [as a] name in a ministry, b...

Minister of Finance and the Public Service Dr Nigel Clarke has indicated that Jamaica collected $2 billion from the bauxite levy in late 2021.Clarke, who was responding to questions raised by the Opposition's spokesman on mining Phillip...

More than five months of complaints about raw sewage from businesses on Half-Way-Tree Road in the vicinity of the Cross Roads Market in Kingston have not invoked a sustainable response from the authorities, posing a health risk to peopl...

Concerned about the build up of traffic and the spread of the novel coronavirus in Ocho Rios, St Ann, Councilor Michael Belnavis (Ocho Rios, Jamaica Labour Party) is urging the police to clear the streets of the resort town of what he s...

Commodore Antonette Wemyss-Gorman (left) participates in Wednesday's rehearsal at Up Park Camp, headquarters of the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF), ahead of Friday's chief of defence staff change of command. She will become the first woman...

Chief public health inspector for St Mary, Rupert Stephens, has appealed for councillors in this parish to help him lobby for the re-engagement of 60 temporary workers to assist in tackling the parish's mosquito problem.According to St...

Adam Stewart (centre), executive chairman of ATL Automotive Group, cuts the ceremonial ribbon at the launch of ATL Automotive Bodyworks in Montego Bay, St James, Wednesday. From left: Patrick Wilson, group managing director at ATL Autom...

BLACK RIVER, St Elizabeth - A change of routine may well have resulted in the tragic death of a one-year-old girl after she was left for hours unattended in her father's car.A relative who asked not to be named told the Jamaica Observer...

MEMBER of Parliament (MP) for St Andrew East Rural Juliet Holness has demanded an apology for former chairman of the HEART/NSTA Trust Edward Gabbidon for what she believes is the injustice meted out to him in the court of public opinion...

The Port Antonio Hospital has received another defibrillator from the Lions Club of Port Antonio.The donation was made last Thursday after the club received a donation from a Jamaican who now lives overseas.In making the presentation, ...

THE employment contract of Dr Janet Dyer, former head of the HEART/NSTA Trust, which has been at the centre of controversy in recent months, was not renewed after she admitted to authorising salaries in April 2020 for senior management ...

A man was injured following a drive-by shooting which took place on Rousseau Road in St Andrew Wednesday afternoon.According to a police source, the man was taken to hospital after the incident, which occurred in front of Wilso's Saloon...

QUICK action from firefighters from the Half-Way-Tree, York Park and Trench Town fire stations i n Kingston and St Andrew wasn't enough to save Best Radiator from being destroyed by fire at Bronstorph Square in Washington Boulevard, St ...

THE new headquarters of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, located at 2 Port Royal Street, downtown Kingston, was officially named The Hugh Lawson Shearer Building, in honour of the late former prime minister, on Wednesd...

Jamaica is expected to start receiving three flights per week from the European countries of Belgium and the Netherlands.Flights are scheduled to land in Montego Bay, St James, by TUI Belgium and TUI Netherlands by April of this year.T...

SEVERAL schools in the Corporate Area are pushing ahead with face-to-face classes despite the sharp rise of COVID-19-positive cases in the past two weeks. Some parents, as well as doctors, have, however, questioned whether physical clas...

With just under 1,400 people vaccinated over the past three months through its series of immunisation drives, the JN Foundation will commence a new round of efforts to encourage and assist to increase the numbers of Jamaicans vaccinate...

Today is the 20th day of 2022. There are 345 days left in the year.TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT1998: Dr James Robl at the University of Massachusetts and Dr Steven Stice of Advanced Cell Technology Inc announce that they have successfully cloned t...

LONDON, United Kingdom (AP) - Face masks will no longer be mandatory in public places and COVID-19 passports will be dropped for large events as infections level off in most parts of the country, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson sai...

BROWN'S TOWN, St Ann - The police in this parish will be keeping an eye out for certain models of cars as they step up efforts to curb crime and dampen the increasing number of fatalities on the roads. "We are trying to do traffic enfor...