IN a Business Observer follow-up...US President Joe Biden is moving to nullify Russia's attempt to use cryptocurrency to circumvent the impact of the sanctions being rolled out by Western allies over its invasion of Ukraine.Reports from...

MORE than one year after Donald Tapia ended his tour of duty as the United States (US) Ambassador to Jamaica, the island is finally set to get another top diplomat from that country.Reports reaching the Jamaica Observer on Tuesday indic...

Today is the 68th day of 2022. There are 297 days left in the year.TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT1992: A demonstration against Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic and the war in Croatia gathers 50,000 people in Belgrade. OTHER EVENTS1905: Japan de...

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NEW YORK, United States (AP) - Lawyers for Prince Andrew and an American woman who accused him of sexually abusing her when she was 17 formally asked a judge Tuesday to dismiss her lawsuit.The lawyers sent a document to Judge Lewis A Ka...

OCHO RIOS, St Ann - Jamaican health-care workers have given a ringing endorsement to the initiative of Sandals Resorts Executive Chairman Adam Stewart to extend complimentary vacations to 300 of their members across the Caribbean as rec...

CHRISTIANA, Manchester - Taxi operators who on Monday blocked a section of the Succeed main road in protest over the lack of a transport centre will have to contend with the inadequate parking spaces issue on Wildman Street in this sout...

Q. Are there different types of J-1 visas? Do J-1 visas qualify for interview waiver?A: Yes, there are 15 exchange categories that qualify for J-1 "exchange visitors" visas to include au pair, camp counsellor, intern, international visi...

ZAHONY, Hungary (AP) - On International Women's Day, the global celebration of women, many fleeing Ukraine felt only the stress of finding a new life for their children as husbands, brothers and fathers stayed behind to defend their cou...

WASHINGTON, United States (AP) - A Texas man was convicted on Tuesday of storming the US Capitol with a holstered handgun, a milestone victory for federal prosecutors in the first trial among hundreds of cases arising from last year's r...

NEW YORK (AP) - Stocks gained ground, oil prices jumped, and the price of nickel surged so much that trading for it was shut on Tuesday as the US banned imports of oil from Russia and the economic fallout from its invasion of Ukraine ke...

Departmental representatives of the Jamaica Observer's staff gather to cut the cake celebrating the company's 29th anniversary on Monday.From left are Linnette Reynolds Phillips, human resources; Novia McDonald Whyte, editorial; Shaniqu...

NEGRIL, Westmoreland - The resumption of face-to-face classes on Monday showed just how wide the learning gap is among some students. During visits to four schools in Hanover and Westmoreland, educators signalled the issue as a major ch...

CLARK'S TOWN, Trelawny - When the novel coronavirus pandemic forced the closure of the nation's schools in March 2020, it also brought Dianne Livingston's bustling vending business outside Clark's Town Primary School to a grinding halt....

Veteran attorney KD Knight, obviously annoyed that questions being posed to People's National Party (PNP) witnesses in the Trafigura case were being replicated, described the mater as a "rubbish proceeding" as the long-awaited hearing ...

School leaders and students on Monday expressed joy at being back in school for full face-to-face classes, but there are already concerns about the six-feet physical distancing required under COVID-19 protocols, as well as dissatisfacti...

The high-ranking policeman who took the decision not to charge a self-confessed criminal and former gangster turned Crown witness in the ongoing Klansman Gang trial, despite being raked over the coals on Monday, said if the police had ...

MAY PEN, Clarendon - Taxi operators in this parish on Monday complained of fewer-than-expected passengers and heavy traffic, disappointed that the expected windfall from the first day of islandwide resumption of classes did not material...

Today is the 67th day of 2022. There are 298 days left in the year.TODAY'S HIGHLIGHTS2011: The European Union adopts a plan to double its efforts to boost energy efficiency in order to cut greenhouse gases, partly by producing better ho...

PORT MARIA, St Mary - The excitement among students at Port Maria Primary School belied the chronic shortage of classroom space and furniture that left even the institution's principal without a proper desk to use on Monday. The school ...

OCHO RIOS, St Ann - In case students have forgotten about how to safely use the roads and remain safe in challenging situations, police in St Ann on Monday marked the resumption of islandwide face-to-face classes with refresher courses....

D r Nigel Clarke is scheduled to open the 2022/23 annual budget this afternoon at Gordon House full of confidence that the economic decline, which started in 2020/21, has ended.According to Clarke, despite the anticipated negative effe...

A team from Sandals Resorts International (SRI), led by Executive Chairman Adam Stewart, paid an official visit to the Dominican Republic February 16-17, the Jamaican hotel chain stated on Monday.The SRI executives met with Dominican Re...

MONTEGO BAY, St James - While other principals eagerly welcomed all their students back to full face-to-face classes on Monday morning, Principal Kingsley Bailey could only accommodate roughly half of the 820 children enrolled at Irwin ...

BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - The official global death toll from COVID-19 is on the verge of eclipsing six million - underscoring that the pandemic, now entering its third year, is far from over.The milestone is the latest tragic reminder o...

THE Caribbean School of Nursing (CSON), College of Health Sciences, University of Technology, Jamaica (UTech) received a nursing mannequin from alumni of the Kingston Public Hospital (KPH) Teaching Department, an early predecessor to th...

NEW ORLEANS, United States (AP) - Chris Kinney, a resident of Rapides Parish in central Louisiana, has seen his electricity disconnected eight times in the past two years for falling behind on his energy bills to Cleco Power.His family ...

WASHINGTON, DC, United States (AP) - As the prospect of a red wave grows, a series of Republican missteps - including recruiting stumbles, weak fund-raising, and intense infighting - is threatening the GOP's path to the Senate majority....

The Women's Leadership Initiative (WLI) on Sunday staged a forum and exhibition designed to give women the financial and security tools to empower them in their chosen professions.Titled 'Power Woman Lessons' the event, held at AC Mari...

ROSE HALL, St James - Montego Bay's elegant corridor was on Sunday night the scene of yet another fatal crash that is being partially blamed on defective street lights. Rupert Hutchinson, a security guard from Bounty Hall in the neighbo...

MORANT BAY, St Thomas - As it marks its 67th anniversary Princess Margaret Hospital is making a special effort to recognise the role of its 325 health-care workers who play a vital role in the medical facility's ability to care for hund...

MOUNT PROSPECT, Manchester - Scores of farmers in the north-west Manchester community of Mount Prospect are set to benefit from the recent opening of the Wilson Town farm road.Speaking at a recent ceremony for the road opening, Minister...

A man was ordered to pay $180,000 in restitution to his former girlfriend when he appeared before the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court on Thursday, to answer to assault charges.Court documents revealed that on March 22, 2021, 23-year...

APPROXIMATELY 7,000 students, who are on the Programme of Advancement through Health and Education (PATH) are to benefit from transportation subsidies being provided by the Ministry of Education and Youth at a cost of $380 million.They ...

ONLINE educational service provider One on One Educational Services has partnered with the Ministry of Education and Youth (MoEY) to provide some 10,000 high school students with free online extra lessons via its OneX personalised learn...

The Jamaica Observer marks its 29th year of operation today with a commitment from Executive Chairman Adam Stewart that the vision of the newspaper's founders - his late father Gordon "Butch" Stewart, former banker Delroy Lindsay, and C...

Cars navigate both potholes and trash from a nearby gully to traverse Waltham Park Road, near the intersection with Chisholm Avenue in St Andrew yesterday after a brief downpour.(Photo: Garfield Robinson)

AS the world rushed towards the official tally of six million deaths from 446 million COVID-19 infections, Jamaica remained clueless about the true toll of cases and deaths caused by the pandemic, which entered its third year Sunday.But...

THE innards of a questionable $31-million donation by Dutch oil-lifting firm Trafigura Beheer to the People's National Party (PNP) Government in 2006 which has enthralled the country for 15-plus years will this week be exposed when top ...

CREATIVE producer and founder of the Jamaica Best School Band (JBSB) competition, Rayven Amani is elated that after cancelling the competition twice because of the novel coronavirus pandemic, it is now set to begin on March 24.In an int...

FOR St Ann taxi drivers operating in the Ocho Rios Transport Centre, their job has become increasingly difficult over the years since a number of their colleagues decided to no longer work in the centre, instead operating at the Rubis G...

PARIS, France (AFP) - Two years after the official start of the pandemic, some countries are now trying to "live with COVID", however scientists warn that potential new variants and unequal vaccination rates threaten any long-awaited re...

VIENNA, Austria (AFP) - The UN nuclear watchdog on Sunday expressed "deep concern" over reports that communication from Europe's largest nuclear power plant seized by Russia in Ukraine has been disrupted.Invading Russian forces attacked...

KYIV, Ukraine (AFP) - A barrage of Russian missiles destroyed a civilian airport in Vinnytsia in central Ukraine on Sunday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said."I have just been informed about a missile strike on Vinnytsia. Eig...

NEW YORK, USA (AFP) - Social media giant TikTok announced Sunday it is suspending the posting of all video content from Russia in order to keep its employees safe and comply with the country's new "fake news" regulations."In light of ...

THE Kingston and St Andrew (KSA)Parish Court is reporting that in 2021 it heard 3,802 cases relating to breaches of the curfew order and the Disaster Risk Management Act (DRMA), a significant increase from 2020's 106 cases.However, some...

SCHOOLS with established shift systems have an additional two weeks to streamline their operations to facilitate the full resumption of face-to-face classes. This was disclosed by acting chief education officer in the Ministry of Educat...

THE mysterious 'City Puss', who is the only accused yet to be formally identified among the 33 individuals standing trial for various crimes committed by the St Catherine-based Klansman gang, is to be unmasked this week.City Puss, the s...

A $44-million road rehabilitation project is now underway on the Farm Pen to Georges Plain roadway in Westmoreland. The roadway is being repaired by the National Works Agency (NWA), under its Maintenance of Secondary Roads Programme. Th...

MEXICO CITY, Mexico (AFP) - At a police station in Mexico City, women train with riot gear in preparation for an International Women's Day march in one of the countries hardest hit by gender-based violence.The squad of 500 officers is ...