Managing director of the Transport Authority Willard Hylton (left) shows Deandria Kerr of grade four, and grade six pupil Shamar Thomas the many features of the tablet, while Acting Principal Arlene Reid of Melrose Primary & Junior ...

A soldier greets a child during a tour of Parade Gardens recently where a zone of special Operations has been established. (Photo: Garfield Robinson)

Dayton Campbell slipping up too oftenDR Dayton Campbell is supposed to be a bright man. But he sometimes does not act like one.Here again is the general secretary of the Opposition People's National Party (PNP) giving a fine example of ...

ABOUT 300 students at Cambridge High School in St James have been unaccounted for since the start of the new school term on January 3, 2022.These students have not turned up for neither face-to-face nor online classes, Harry Hanson, pri...

Small poultry farmers are crying foul over the Government's consideration to temporarily suspend the Common External Tariff (CET) and additional stamp duties (ASD) on imported leg quarters to make chicken more affordable to consumers.Th...

Too many girls and women continue to die and face both short- and long-term negative consequences of unsafe abortion - yet information is lacking on how health-care providers and systems can best provide quality care for girls and wome...

THE use of private investigators (PIs) has grown rapidly in recent times, and those who employ them are drawn from all walks of life, a general check by the Jamaica Observer has revealed.Among the clients are employers who want to know ...

Coming from her junior role at the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, later full control of energy, Fayval Williams knew that to make her mark at the super important ministry that handles education would take an extra special ...

The Inspectorate and Professional Standards Oversight Bureau (IPROB) has launched an investigation, following claims made by 47-year-old Oneil Williams of Rock River, St Mary, that he was badly beaten by a district constable in the ar...

THE Portmore Municipal Corporation gave formal notice on Wednesday that it has moved from six units occupied at the Portmore Pines Plaza and has taken up full residence at its new headquarters in Cookson Pen, Braeton, St Catherine.The m...

SCIENTISTS and health officials around the world are keeping their eyes on a descendant of the Omicron variant that has been found in more than 50 countries, including the United States.This version of the novel coronavirus, which scien...

SAVANNA-LA-MAR, Westmoreland - Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Security Dr Horace Chang has made it abundantly clear that although he is an experienced public health practitioner, he has no interest in becoming minister o...

T he Preemie Foundation of Jamaica on January 25 officially handed over 15 oxygen concentrator machines to the Ministry of Health, valued at over $3,000,000. The machines, which have been tested and promoted for use by the World Health...

MANDEVILLE, Manchester - Pauline Myers enjoys telling how she and her husband Ambie, an avid reader, came to produce a book focusing on the rise of Protestantism which transformed Europe and Christianity in the 16th century."People kept...

MOTOROLA first released the cellular phone in 1983. That phone called the DataTAC weighed in at almost two pounds, had less than a one hour battery life, took 10 hours to charge and cost a whopping US$4,000. Since then, technology has a...

Maids want nothing but husbands,And when they have them,They want everything.- ShakespeareMaids, maidens, wenches, women, ladies, girls, females, call them what you will, they all have one thing in common: they want a husband. And when ...

RUNAWAY BAY, St Ann - The Department of Correctional Services (DCS) on Friday welcomed 107 recruits who graduated from the Carl Rattary Staff College in this coastal parish. The batch of graduates marks the 80th intake of correctional o...

By Tuesday, the first concrete material of converting Portmore into Jamaica's 15th parish could be laid.That is when the House of Representatives, after some deliberations, is expected to vote on the matter, before passing it on to the ...

PEOPLE'S National Party (PNP) spokesperson on National Security Senator Peter Bunting says there are people who are worthy of, and would be able to curtail the current crime numbers if they were serving as commissioner of police."Of cou...

FOR many seniors and pre-retirees, 2022 brings into sharp focus the impact of inflation on the purchasing power of their investment and retirement funds.In particular, pre-retirees who will stop working in another few years, the prospec...

THE Child Protection and Family Services Agency on Friday held its Educational Achievement Awards, where wards of the State who did exceptionally well in their Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations were awarded f...

ROSE HALL, St James - Government minister and former managing director of National Commercial Bank (NCB) Aubyn Hill has weighed in on recently announced banking fee increases, saying banks have a responsibility to help customers who may...

PRIMARY and secondary schools are facing a shortage of nurses as they grapple with monitoring cases of novel coronavirus infections among students since face-to-face classes resumed on January 3.Information received from the education m...

MONTEGO BAY, St James - St James recorded three murders in the space of 24 hours on Friday, pushing its murder tally to 31 - an average of over one killing per day - since the start of the year. The parish is leading the police division...

HAMILTON, Bermuda (CMC) - A 40-year-old convicted Jamaican sex offender with Bermudian family ties has lost a final court battle to stay in the island and will be deported to his homeland.Ten years ago, Brittonie Taylor was jailed for 1...

ROSE HALL, St James - Jamaica will be vigorously exploring the option of helping investors who have a challenge getting visas to other countries, a part of the strategy being proposed by newly minted Minister of Industry, Investment and...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) - A regional forum examining the use of information communication technology (ICT) in education has agreed that while ICT is a fundamental element, in and of itself, it is only part of the solution needed t...

OXFORD, Manchester -Member of Parliament for Manchester North Western Mikael Phillips has reiterated his plea to the Government for urgent attention at the Manchester/Trelawny border, which has been without a bridge since last August."I...

Having spent 24 years driving taxis in and around Spanish Town, St Catherine, 51-year-old Errol Campbell is urging his colleagues to not be "greedy" when looking for passengers.According to Campbell, greedy taxi drivers could be putting...

OCHO RIOS, St Ann- The St Ann's Bay Health Centre is now much better equipped to withstand natural disasters after a $140-million renovation under the Smart Health Care Facilities in the Caribbean Project. Funding was provided through U...

Custos of St Elizabeth Beryl Rochester (seated left); Minister of Justice Delroy Chuck (seated centre) and acting permanent secretary in the Ministry of Justice Grace Ann Stewart McFarlane (seated right) celebrate with newly commissione...

On Saturday, January 15, 2022 members of the Rotary Club of Kingston East and Port Royal (KEPR) handed over a fully covered shaded play area and repainted play equipment to representatives of the board and staff of the Port Royal Early ...

Bahamian Prime Minister Phillip Davis (centre) exchanges pleasantries with Sandals Resorts International (SRI) Executive Chairman Adam Stewart, in the company of Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness, at the opening ceremony of the new...

MANDEVILLE, Manchester - The Manchester Municipal Corporation says it is reaping success from its decision to implement temporary traffic changes in this south-central town.CEO Winston Palmer told the recent sitting of the local munic...

JAMAICANS have blasted increased fees and charges by commercial banks at a time when they are facing tough financial challenges worsened by the effects of the novel coronavirus pandemic.National Commercial Bank (NCB) and Scotiabank Jama...

Today is the 28th day of 2022. There are 337 days left in the year.TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT2008: Thousands of machete-wielding youth riot in Kenya, setting buses and homes ablaze, and hunting down members of President Mwai Kibaki's Kikuyu trib...

FACING public backlash and chiding from both the prime minister and minister of finance about its recent decision to hike some fees, the National Commercial Bank (NCB) has announced a raft of changes.The bank in a release late Thursday ...

PROSECUTORS yesterday called two forensic experts as it sought to establish the chain of custody for critical pieces of evidence collected from the scene of a 2017 double murder and arson allegedly carried out by members of the Klansman...

SANTA CRUZ, St Elizabeth - Charging that Jamaica's largest commercial banks are giving the free-market system a "bad name" and behaving like a cartel, Justice Minister Delroy Chuck said here Thursday that the Government could be forced ...

DEPUTY Commissioner of Police Fitz Bailey is calling on Jamaicans for help with information that can lead to capturing the more than 200 wanted criminals, saying the police cannot actively conduct crime-fighting efforts on their own."I ...

Prime ministers Phillip Davis (fourth left) and Andrew Holness (sixth left) join Sandals Resorts International (SRI) Executive Chairman Adam Stewart (fifth left); Gebhard Rainer (seventh left), SRI CEO; and Adrian Whitehead (third left)...

MINISTER of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Senator Kamina Johnson Smith has given the thumbs up to a joint effort between regional and local partners to increase Jamaica's coffee export into the huge European Union (EU) market.Senato...

THE Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) says Jamaica is among four countries in the subregion which are estimated to face the greatest challenges in 2022, due to their slow pace of COVID-19 vaccination.It's o...

MONTEGO BAY, St James - Minister of National Security Dr Horace Chang has unapologetically labelled as "politically unethical" Opposition Leader Mark Golding's recent call for the head of the country's police force to improve his perfor...

Less than 30 per cent of almost 2,000 businesses across the Caribbean have upgraded their cybersecurity as a direct result of the novel coronavirus pandemic. This is at a time when the scale and number of global cyber threats have incre...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Leondra Kruger, whose mother is Jamaican, is among those reportedly being considered by President Joe Biden to fill the looming vacancy on the US Supreme Court bench. Biden strongly affirmed Thursday that he will nomin...

United States, US - (AP) Gas stoves are contributing more to global warming than previously thought because of constant, tiny methane leaks while they're off, a new study has found.The same study that tested emissions around stoves in ...

FORTY-SEVEN wards of the State, who excelled in their external exams, will be recognised by the Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA) during a ceremony today.Chairperson for the CPFSA's Events Planning Committee, Michelle ...

PORTLAND, Oregon (AP) - The Oregon Court of Appeals, for a second time, has upheld a ruling by the state civil rights division that found that an Oregon bakery illegally discriminated against a same-sex couple by refusing to sell them a...

MINISTER without portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Robert Montague has announced that he will be spearheading the Government's drive to provide 70,000 affordable housing solutions in five years.Montague, who...