William Massias is today trying to get out of war-torn Ukraine with his wife and five children. But while their trek from Lviv to the border with Poland is about a two-hour drive, the Jamaican businessman estimates that they won't get t...

THE Government said Thursday that it is deeply concerned about the escalation of violence in Ukraine and that it condemns the clear violation of the United Nations Charter, particularly the obligation to respect the sovereign rights and...

A Jamaican mother on Thursday shared that she is now worried after hearing explosions during a phone call with her 20-year-old daughter, who is studying medicine at Kyiv Medical University in Ukraine.Her anxiety was made even worse by t...

THE Jamaica Agricultural Society's (JAS) inability to complete auditing its properties and what appears to be a growing dispute over candidature to succeed current President Lenworth Fulton have appeared to be the reasons for the delay ...

Bad mind killing the polygamistThe erstwhile polygamist who pretends to be a man of ideas likes to tell people, "You are who you are, not who you used to be." He needs to believe his own change management style and stop envying others f...

CHIEF Justice Bryan Sykes, charging that there seems to be "no end in sight" for the ongoing trial of 33 alleged members of the Klansman Gang - the cost of which is likely to be astronomical - has called on the State to stop dancing aro...

MINNESOTA, United States (AP) - Three former Minneapolis police officers were convicted Thursday of violating George Floyd's civil rights, as a federal jury rejected their arguments that inexperience, improper training or the distractio...

WASHINGTON, DC, United States (AP) - The Biden Administration will significantly loosen federal mask-wearing guidelines to protect against COVID-19 transmission on Friday, according to two people familiar with the matter, meaning most A...

Today is the 56th day of 2022. There are 309 days left in the year.TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT1870: Hiram R Revels became the first black member of the US Senate, as he is sworn in to serve out the unexpired term of Jefferson Davis. OTHER EVENTS...

MANDEVILLE, Manchester - Custos of Manchester Garfield Green says as of Thursday schools in this south-central parish are set to benefit from the launch of the 'Beliefs, Values and Attitudes' (BVA) programme."We are promoting patriotism...

With increasing reports of Jamaican entities falling prey to cyber criminals, the mission to detect and deter hackers has become a major challenge during the pandemic era.To address these challenges using the most advanced technologies,...

Echoes of "To God be the glory!" could be heard at Mamby Park Baptist Church in St Andrew on Tuesday, as The Jamaica Baptist Women's Federation (JBWF) celebrated 100 years of service to communities across Jamaica.The celebratory service...

MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) - Russia's invasion of Ukraine risks making President Vladimir Putin an international pariah, but he does not fear such isolation - quite the contrary, experts say. The attack on Thursday led the United States and i...

BRUSSELS, Belgium (AFP) - Russia has "eliminated" Ukraine's air defences and is looking to mass overwhelming forces around the capital Kyiv, a senior Western intelligence officer said Thursday. He spoke as Russian land forces sought to ...

VIENNA, Austria (AFP) - The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) said Thursday it was temporarily evacuating foreign staff from Ukraine following Russia's invasion. Several hundred OSCE observers from dozens of nat...

LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) - Scotland's former First Minister Alex Salmond said on Thursday he was suspending his show on Kremlin-backed broadcaster Russia Today (RT) after a barrage of criticism in the run-up to Moscow's invasion o...

BRUSSELS (AP) - World leaders Thursday condemned Russia's invasion of Ukraine as "barbaric" and moved to slap unprecedented economic sanctions on Moscow and those close to President Vladimir Putin.The West and its allies showed no incli...

ST ANN'S BAY, St Ann - The four councillors in St Ann North Eastern have adopted a wait-and-see posture regarding their under-pressure Member of Parliament (MP) Marsha Smith, who is being given an opportunity to "redeem" herself by doin...

Registration for the Sagicor Sigma Run in-person road race events close today.This year the charity event will be having two road race executions - its inaugural Team "Bubble" Run, which will take in New Kingston on Sunday, March 13 alo...

A teenager aligned to the St Catherine-based Klansman gangsters gave City Puss - allegedly a top lieutenant in the gang who is serving time - credible information about planned searches by warders way ahead of time and also told him who...

TOKYO, Japan (AP) - World leaders sought Wednesday to back up their tough words over Russia's aggression against Ukraine, announcing financial sanctions, trade and travel bans and other measures meant to pressure Moscow to pull back fro...

Jamaican businessman William Massias, who is now living in Ukraine with his family, is not fearful of Moscow's sabre-rattling, but says he's watching the situation closely with an eye on returning to the island if it develops into war....

AS the Russian war drums continue to beat around the Eastern Europe-based Ukraine, the Jamaican Government has moved to allay fears that it has abandoned it citizens, mainly medical students, in that country.Responding to questions at a...

A World Bank/UNICEF review of Jamaica's education sector says that, while the country's spending on education has remained relatively high, it has not resulted in the expected learning outcomes.World Bank Human Development Programme lea...

SEVERAL residents of Trinityville, St Thomas, say their daily lives are being disrupted because the National Water Commission's (NWC) supply to their community is inconsistent. The residents say this makes necessary tasks such as washin...

DESPITE an estimated $200 million in losses, Ray Ray Market vendors on Wednesday offered praises to 33 firefighters from three fire stations in Kingston and St Andrew who managed to control a blaze which destroyed a section of the marke...

The Department of Correctional Services (DCS) is reporting that the ward of the State who was shot while attempting to abscond the Metcalfe Street Secure Juvenile Remand Centre has died. The name of the ward is being withheld as he is ...

Today is the 55th day of 2022. There are 310 days left in the year.TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT2008: Raul Castro replaces brother Fidel as Cuba's president. OTHER EVENTS1525: Spanish army, using muskets for the first time in war, routs French and...

THE joint select committee (JSC) reviewing the country's 2015 cybercrimes law is divided on a proposal by the education ministry for provisions from the Child Pornography Prevention Act to be subsumed into cybercrimes legislation, to br...

SPANISH TOWN, St Catherine - A businessman is among people pondering their fate after a pre-dawn fire on Monday ravaged two buildings, leaving an estimated $50 million in losses.The blaze affected a furniture shop and a five-bedroom hou...

Agnes Jones-Graham is considering herself blessed after another birthday found her in good health. Jones-Graham reached 101 years old last Saturday and celebrated with her family and friends at her home in New Works, Westmoreland."Than...

" Policy goal met."That was how Minister of Finance and the Public Service Dr Nigel Clarke responded to Tuesday's finale to his efforts to settle the outstanding 2021/22 pay issues with the Government's employees. Having achieved full ...

EMERGENCY responders in St James were kept busy Sunday and Monday this week having to deal with fatal crashes in the parish.A woman, a child and an adult male are listed among the three fatalities of three motor vehicle crashes that occ...

An increasing number of household workers have fallen prey to sexual harassment on the job during the COVID-19 crisis as more employers are now working from home, according to Shirley Pryce who heads the association that represents thos...

TORONTO, Canada - Canada is easing COVID-19 testing regulations for travellers, the country's health minister announced on Tuesday.Starting February 28, the country will no longer require polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests for fully ...

Jamaica has joined a number of countries around the world that have started lifting some COVID-19 restrictions, but the Government is playing cautious by keeping the emergency brake engaged.In a late evening address to the nation on Tu...

MANDEVILLE, Manchester - Regional operations manager for the Southern Parks and Markets (SPM) Waste Management Limited Edward Muir says the agency has increased its nightly operations working to clear a pile-up of garbage in some commun...

NEW DELHI, India (AFP) - Bibhu Prakash Swain believed in soulmates and true love, or so he told at least 18 women he allegedly married and conned across India before his arrest - weeks before his next two weddings.The diminutive 67-year...

Andre "Blackman" Bryan, the alleged leader of the One Don faction of the St Catherine-based Klansman gang, from behind bars learnt of his crumbling empire, which not only saw his men turning away from him, but also signing a "peace" tr...

Today is the 54th day of 2022. There are 311 days left in the year.TODAY' S HIGHLIGHT2000: Preston King, a black man who refused induction into the Army in the 1960s because the all-white draft board wouldn't address him as "Mr", return...

PRIVATE sector groups have welcomed the increases in the national minimum wage announced on Tuesday, but are prompting the Government to advance steps to determine a liveable wage, and to try to bring the salaries of the country's lowes...

LEADERS in the business process outsourcing (BPO) industry have rejected allegations made by employees who said they were experiencing unfair treatment in a slavery-like working environment. The Jamaica Observer's lead story on Monday r...

BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) - Shocked by Russian President Vladimir Putin's order to deploy troops to separatist regions of eastern Ukraine, world leaders moved quickly Tuesday to impose as forceful a response as possible in hopes of avertin...

M ANDEVILLE, Manchester - Two men were on Tuesday killed in a crash on the Gutters main road at the foot of Spur Tree Hill near the Manchester/St Elizabeth border.Police named the deceased as 21-year-old Nevardo Brown and 25-year-old Om...

THE long-simmering dispute involving the Firearm Licensing Authority (FLA) and some gun dealers, which boiled over into the public space last week, is getting hotter.The dispute, which sources say has been ongoing for more than three ye...

MOSCOW (AP) - The East-West face-off over Ukraine escalated dramatically Tuesday, with Russian lawmakers authorising President Vladimir Putin to use military force outside his country and President Joe Biden and European leaders respond...

GENEVA (AP) - The number of new coronavirus cases around the world fell 21 per cent in the last week, marking the third-consecutive week that COVID-19 cases have dropped, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Tuesday.In the UN health...

D ear Mr Brown,What happens if the private school that I am attending shuts down? Does it mean that I have to return to Jamaica? I hear that the school is having financial difficulties because of the pandemic and a lot of study permit r...

NEW YORK (AP) - Stocks fell on Wall Street in afternoon trading Tuesday after Russia sent forces into Ukraine's eastern regions, escalating tensions. The US, European Union and the UK responded with sanctions.The S&P 500 was down 0....

CHILDREN'S Advocate Diahann Gordon Harrison is supporting a call by the Department of Correctional Services (DCS) for more dedicated and sustained psychological support and intervention for juveniles in the country's penal system."We se...