PORT ANTONIO, Portland - Superintendent in charge of the Portland Police Division Kenneth Chin told the municipal corporation meeting last Thursday that there have been lower crime numbers in the parish since the start of this year, wit...

Today is the 46th day of 2022. There are 319 days left in the year.TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT1964: Cassius Clay - who changed his name to Muhammad Ali - becomes the world's heavyweight boxing champion. OTHER EVENTS399 BC: Philosopher Socrates i...

As part of its Safer Internet Month awareness campaign, dubbed Tech Time Online, digital operator Digicel will be educating persons about how to spot the latest online scams. The topic will be in focus during Tech Talk Tuesday - a live...

WITH public schools poised to reopen fully next month after two years in limbo, one organisation is urging the Education Ministry to use the reset afforded by the pandemic to conduct a widescale assessment of so-called problem students....

IN an environment where children's organisations rise and fall in relatively short time frames, Hear The Children's Cry founder Betty Ann Blaine is celebrating the survival of the non-governmental entity for the last 20 years.However, d...

Today is the 45th day of 2021. There are 320 days left in the year.TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT2012: Oscar Pistorious, the double-amputee Olympic sprinter dubbed the Blade Runner, is charged in the slaying of his girlfriend at his upscale home in ...

With the vast majority of Jamaicans opposed to mandatory vaccination against COVID-19, according to the findings of a recent Bill Johnson-Mello TV poll, Opposition Spokesperson on Health Dr Morais Guy says the omicron variant of the vi...

ON Valentine's Day comes a heart-warming story of a creative St Andrew Parish Court judge who sentenced a juvenile offender to attend church every fortnight, report to a police station, and enrol in a school, instead of sending him to j...

IN the article in our Friday February 11, 2022 edition on the Jamaica Environment Trust's (JET) comments in relation to Government's announcement that Cabinet approved specific policy directives to declare the boundaries of the Cockpit ...

Pictured last Friday in a special moment are Prime Minister Andrew Holness (centre), Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton (right), and Jamaica's history-making Dr Sandra Lindsay, the first person to get the COVID-19 vaccin...

LILLIPUT, St James - Crime scene investigators were kept busy in sections of Lilliput, St James, where three people, including a teenager, were shot and killed by unknown assailants in two separate incidents on Saturday.Police identifie...

WHEN the Pan American Health Organization said last week it had found that the pandemic toll on doctors, nurses and other front-line health workers had meant more patients, longer working hours and higher rates of COVID-19 infection, it...

After decades of decline, US unions have a new reason for hope - younger workers.Workers in their 20s, and even in their teens, are leading ongoing efforts to unionise companies large and small, from Starbucks and REI to local cannabis...

MARSEILLE, France (AFP) - France, which holds the European Union's rotating presidency, said on Sunday that the bloc would firmly back its fellow member Lithuania in its brewing trade war with China.French Trade Minister Franck Riester ...

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AFP) - An angry mob stoned to death a mentally ill man in Pakistan, authorities said Sunday, in the country's latest case of blasphemy-related violence.Dozens of people have been arrested over the lynching, which ha...

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) - US President Joe Biden spoke at length Sunday with Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky about Russia's military build-up along Ukraine's borders, with the pair committing to pursue "diplomacy and de...

DESTINY - and Cupid - had definitely made plans for two Ferncourt High school ninth graders whose love story dates back to their first home economics class in 2011 and later blossomed into Shannoya Roberts and Cori Keyes becoming man an...

BRITISH-BORN Jamaican Kuba Shand Baptiste, the first winner of the Barbara Blake-Hannah (BBH) Award meant to level the playing field in UK journalism, which has largely excluded blacks and minorities, is finally here.Shand-Baptiste left...

REGIONAL investment group Dequity Capital Management Limited has acquired a 40 per cent stake in Royale Medical Hospital, Westmoreland. The investment, which is valued at more than $200 million, is the latest move by Dequity to diversif...

ALLEGING that several lottery scammers are seeking refuge in St Mary, head of the police division in the parish Superintendent Bobette Morgan-Simpson has appealed to property owners to be wary of people seeking houses to rent."What we f...

ISLINGTON, St Mary -While helping to unveil a community Wi-Fi hotspot at Islington in St Mary Central last week, Member of Parliament for the constituency Dr Morais Guy lamented the slow pace at which development has been taking place i...

Jamaican-born United States Navy Reserves Lieutenant Commander Diego McKnight brought tears of joy and spontaneous celebrations as he taxied down the Dallas, Texas, runway at the control of his inaugural commercial flight to Guadalajar...

Police gather to clear protestors against COVID-19 vaccine mandates who blocked the entrance to the Ambassador Bridge in Windsor, Canada, on February 13, 2022. Canadian police resumed operations Sunday to clear a key US border bridge oc...

Servicemen of Ukrainian Military Forces move US-made FIM-92 Stinger missiles, a manportable air-defence system (MANPADS), that operates as an infrared homing surfaceto- air missile (SAM), and the other military assistance shipped from L...

THE mother of two boys, aged six and 12 years old, who were among seven children assaulted, is confident that justice will prevail and her sons' perpetrator will face time for his crimes.The alleged perpetrator, Sheridan Shepherd of a S...

A man leaps over sewage which has been flowing along West Parade and Orange Street since early last week, without being attended to by the Kingston & St Andrew Municipal Corporation, causing distress to merchants and shoppers alike....

Community health aid Cadie Jackson hands over a mask to Half-Way-Tree vendor "Don" yesterday as part of the Ministry of Health and Wellness's drive to give away two million masks to members of the public.(Photo: Karl McLarty)   ...

Nicholai Gayle and Shereika Gordon (foreground) of Rex Nettleford Hall, The University of the West Indies, Mona Campus, unveil a mural in honour of slain Guyanese politician, historian, academic, and black conscious activist Dr Walter R...

Who trimmed Rasta girl then?FINALLY! The decisions of the director of public prosecutions (DPP) into the matter of the alleged trimming of the locks of Rastafarian young lady Nzinga King are out. Some had expected, though, that the outc...

He has confirmed that he has been issued a threat by a player in the poultry industry, but Agriculture and Fisheries Minister Pearnel Charles Jr has four simple words for that individual: "I have no fear."The threat, according to Charl...

BLUEFIELDS, Westmoreland - The police here have confirmed that a man who was sitting atop the wanted list in the parish was killed during an alleged firefight with members of a security forces squad around midday yesterday.The police sa...

Although there is hesitancy within education circles about the Sixth Form Pathway Programme and whether or not it is relevant in today's Jamaica, Minister of Education and Youth Fayval Williams continues to embrace it with glee.She main...

MONTEGO BAY, St James - As the world moves towards utilising more sustainable and renewable energy in its mobility, CEO of EV Power Jamaica Ltd (Evergo), Wayne McKenzie said Jamaica will see an influx of electric cars in the coming year...

MONTEGO BAY, St James - President of the National Water Commission (NWC) Mark Barnett has announced that, among the policies that the utility company will be pursuing to push revenue in order to improve service performance, is the disco...

Mayor of Portmore Leon Thomas has accused the governing Jamaica Labour Party [JLP] of political skullduggery in its bid to name Portmore Jamaica's 15th parish.The mayor did not mince words in telling the Jamaica Observer that the JLP wa...

Broad smiles there may soon be, as a plan to explore cheaper and higher-yielding feeds for Jamaican fish farmers is being examined, vigorously, by the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries.Freshwater fish farmers now get most of their s...

Scores of students from inner-city communities in the greater Montego Bay area were feted at a special Pre-Valentine's event dubbed Spreading the Love by Sandals Resorts Montego Bay region in collaboration with the Social Development C...

CONVERSATIONS about sexual gratification are gradually becoming commonplace among consenting adults, but for some it's still a taboo issue that is held close to the chest and oftentimes never addressed.For many men and women sex is a st...

The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) says because of improper and unmonitored Internet use among children, it has noticed a link between social media and human trafficking.At the same time, the force says it also suspects that recent mi...

The wings of low and middle-income Jamaicans are being clipped as they struggle with the escalating price of poultry, in particular, chicken. Figures obtained from the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries last week showed that Jamaica...

BARRETT TOWN, St James - Approximately $44 million was pumped into upgrading Barrett Town Health Centre under the National Poverty Reduction Programme (NPRP) implemented by the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) through grant funding...

We're almost there, folks! There is just a short period of time left to make those last-minute preparations for Valentine's Day. In the midst of the hustle and bustle among lovers, remember to not neglect your dental hygiene. Here I of...

Two years ago, 18-year-old Dijonay "DJ" Harris, a Wolmer's High School for Girls alumnus, was diagnosed with cirrhosis of the liver - an autoimmune disease - and her life has been uprooted since. Today, Dijonay is in dire need of a live...

With Valentine's Day around the corner lots of couples, lovers, and hopeful lovers will have plans in place to make that special someone feel on top of the world for the 14th. Roses, candlelight dinners, trips, and other surprises will...

Set a huge mountain'Tween my heart and tongue,I have a man's mind,But a woman's might.- Shakespeare, Julius CaesarHISTORICALLY, women were expected to be second to men in all walks of life. They were instructed to walk five steps behin...

THE international community celebrated February 8 as Safer Internet Day, an occasion for everyone to join forces to advocate for a safer Internet for all. This year's theme, 'Together for a better Internet', highlights an essential fact...

Patricia Gillings, financial advisor, JN Life Insurance Company Limited, is urging seniors to invest wisely so they can reap the fruits of their labour and enjoy their retirement.Gillings stated that for seniors to enjoy their retireme...

Income inequality refers to the uneven distribution of income throughout a population. It is regarded as "the income gap" and speaks to the unequal distribution of wealth. Speaking at a summit in 2021 on the topic "A New Global Tax Age...

LABOUR and Social Security Minister Karl Samuda is encouraging all Jamaicans to join in celebrating the historic milestone of The Disabilities Act (2014) coming into full effect tomorrow, February 14. The Disabilities Act was passed in ...

Security companies KingAlarm and Guardsman Group are urging the Government to tap into the private security industry to enhance the local crime-fighting efforts.Both companies pointed to the potency and the number of security guards wor...