St Elizabeth native Keturah "Grammie" Wright was the toast of the South Florida city of Miramar, United States, on January 26, 2022, following a January 3 Jamaica Observer story which highlighted the celebration of her 100th birthday.Th...

MINISTER without portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister Floyd Green will not face criminal charges for his alleged participation in a birthday party on a no-movement day last September.Green, the Member of Parliament for St Eliza...

THE Mico University College Alumni Association (MOSA) Sunday honoured 99-year-old member, Roxie Stephenson, at its 100th anniversary service.Stephenson - a dedicated teacher for most of her life - spent the last 15 years of her career a...

Evangelist Althea Stoddart (right) ministers to Opal Clarke at the 2022 Woman Ignite Success Summit at the Courtleigh Auditorium in New Kingston on Saturday.(Photo: Jason Tulloch)

REAL estate developers could soon find themselves subject to new measures to counter money laundering loopholes.Leader of Government Business in the Senate Senator Kamina Johnson Smith said that, although she was unable to provide detai...

General manager of the Sandals Royal Bahamian Spa Resort and Offshore Island Adrian Whitehead escorts the first two guests to arrive at the hotel Thursday, the same day the resort reopened after its pandemic-forced closure since early 2...

Nassau, The Bahamas - The Rastafarian cabbie, one of many idling in the taxi stand at the upscale Grand Hyatt Baha Mar hotel here, said it best: "Things slow, man. But Sandals coming back. We can't wait. When Sandals up and running, we ...

HAVING a rather difficult time adjusting to school life, while working full-time as a senior human resource executive at Digicel Jamaica, 26-year-old Mitchelle Cole was surprised when she learnt in early January that she was the recipie...

BOSTON, United States (AP) - Gusty winds and falling temperatures plunged the East Coast into a deep freeze Sunday as people started digging out after a powerful nor'easter dumped mounds of snow, flooded coastlines and knocked out power...

NEW YORK, United States (CMC) - A Jamaican-born researc her in New York wants to understand the experience of Afro-Caribbean people diagnosed with heart failure. "This issue is driving research with an online focus-group-style study int...

KEONIE White could not hold back her tears as she thanked Food For the Poor (FFP) for restoring her childhood dream of becoming a paediatrician by funding the remainder of her tuition fee.The 22-year-old, who is a second-year medical st...

BUSINESSMAN Ryan Lloyd, deputy chief executive officer of Intown Group in St Elizabeth, says Government's plan for a temporary suspension of the common external tariff and additional stamp duties on chicken leg quarters will have a nega...

THE Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) has pointed to the dangers of deficiencies in food security that countries in the region are facing, with 40 per cent of households surveyed in the Caribbean experienci...

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 ...

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

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...

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 ...

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 ...