Ambassador of the Kingdom of Spain to Jamaica Diego Bermego (left) in discussion with the Russian Ambassador to Jamaica Sergey Petrovich Thursday evening at the annual Diplomatic Corps Cocktail Reception and Dinner at King's House in St...

Grand Master Mason William Ramsay McGhee (second left), head of The Grand Lodge of Scotland; along with Anthony Beswick (left), district grand master of The Bahamas; and Brendan Watson (right), deputy district grand master of The Bahama...

THE intense focus for reading was evident on the faces of students at St Andrew Preparatory School (STAPS) on Wednesday, as they engaged in small groups on the compound for storytelling activities at an event called Read Across STAPS.Th...

Opposition spokesman on finance Julian Robinson suggested Thursday that the Government's budget projections, presented in Parliament on Tuesday, are not credible."The budget, as laid out by the minister, may balance the books, but it w...

Today is the 70th day of 2022. There are 295 days left in the year.TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT2020: The World Health Organization declares that the novel coronavirus outbreak is a pandemic.OTHER EVENTS1302: Romeo and Juliet's wedding day, accordi...

Director of investigation for the Integrity Commission Kevon Stephenson has concluded that there is sufficient material to consider bringing criminal charges against at least three companies and six individuals involved in a scheme that...

The Supreme Court hearing which sought to bring light to conditions under which Dutch oil-lifting company Trafigura Beheer made a $31-million donation to the People's National Party (PNP) in September 2006 ended on Thursday with an ann...

Former Firearm Licensing Authority (FLA) board member Dennis Meadows on Thursday said has been "singled out and targeted" by the Integrity Commission's decision to refer him to its director of corruption prosecutions for a ruling on whe...

Former Prime Minister Bruce Golding on Thursday accused Colin Campbell of trying to distract attention from what he termed "the indisputable facts" of the Trafigura matter and advised the one-time Cabinet minister and People's National ...

Hola Dominica! Bienvenido Sandals!Did I read that Sandals Resorts is shaping up to step into the Dominican Republic? My girls say they can't wait. Good thing I didn't throw away my high school Spanish textbook. Who knows, I might land m...

OCHO RIOS, St Ann - Police say they expect to lay charges in connection with the brutal murder of St Ann resort manager Clyde Taylor by the end of this week. Two people are in custody and another is being sought.Giving an update on the ...

Minister of Health and Wellness Dr Christopher Tufton has identified the death of 23-year-old Jodian Fearon in April 2020 as one of the lowest points for him during the past two years as Jamaica faced the novel coronavirus monster."Ther...

MARIUPOL, Ukraine (AP) - A Russian airstrike on a Mariupol maternity hospital that killed three people brought condemnation on Moscow Thursday, with Ukrainian and Western officials branding it a war crime, while th e highest-level talks...

IRWIN, St James - When Denise Kelly rushed inside her house after hearing a barrage of gunshots Wednesday evening, she found her one-year-old grandson Ranoy Cooke gently caressing the face of her wounded 11-year-old daughter, Peta-Gaye ...

MIAMI, United States (AP) - Pressure is building on the Biden Administration to begin unwinding sanctions on Venezuela after President Nicolas Maduro freed two American prisoners and promised to resume negotiations with his opponents.Ma...

Sagicor is reporting that all is in place for the execution of the first of its two in-person Sigma 5.5-kilometre charity road race this Sunday.The 'Team Bubble' run kicks off at 7:00 am and will see participants going off in waves of u...

MONTEGO BAY, St James - Montego Bay's acting mayor, Councillor Richard Vernon, has put applicants for building permits on notice that their structures will not be approved by the St James Municipal Corporation unless they are in line wi...

MANDEVILLE, Manchester - School leaders in Manchester and St Elizabeth were on Monday overjoyed at the full resumption of face-to-face classes, two years following the onset of the novel coronavirus, which halted physical learning, affe...

ST MARY, Jamaica - The high turnout of students on Monday breathed new life into Port Maria Infant School, which had been virtually deserted since February 1 when a massive flood inundated the entire coastal town of Port Maria.Principal...

Colin Campbell insisted in the Supreme Court on Wednesday that former Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) leader Bruce Golding lied in Parliament in 2006 when he said that $31 million given to the former People's National Party (PNP) Government...

As Jamaica marks two years since the first case of the novel coronavirus was confirmed in the island, Minister of Health and Wellness Dr Christopher Tufton has accepted that some mistakes were made in dealing with the crisis locally, b...

Today is the 69th day of 2022. There are 296 days left in the year.TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT1959: The Dalai Lama leads a rebellion against Chinese rule. The revolt fails and the Dalai Lama flees to India. OTHER EVENTS1496: Christopher Columbus...

A retired inspector of police, who was the only witness capable of formally identifying City Puss/Lucifer, five months into the trial of 33 accused members of the Klansman Gang on Wednesday, described how he had to disassociate himself ...

MONTEGO BAY, St James - The completion date for the delay-plagued Cornwall Regional Hospital (CRH) has been pushed back by another three years. But minister with responsibility for coordinating special projects and major developments in...

SAVANNA-LA-MAR, Westmoreland - Notorious for the 'lawless' gang named after it, the community of Kings Valley in Grange Hill, Westmoreland, will be going through a social 'reset' in the near future, promised Senior Superintendent of Pol...

THE police have reported that a 16-year-old schoolboy, who was a suspect in a murder, was among four killed in a firefight in the area known as 'Zambia' in Central Village, St Catherine, Wednesday morning.The teenager has been identifie...

MANDEVILLE, Manchester - There is still mystery surrounding how and when a war-era bomb got to a property in Mandeville, but the man who found the explosive weapon is thankful that nothing catastrophic happened.Ernest Moodie told the Ja...

STEPHANIE Christie, alias Mumma - the only woman in the ongoing Klansman gang trial - swore on her child's life to a police officer she was trying to bribe that if alleged leader of the gang Andre "Blackman" Bryan, whom she said was her...

"Educated and humble, fearless, a fighter for press freedom, a defender of the poor, and a voice for the voiceless," were some of the descriptions used to lionise Winston "Babatunde" Witter during a service of thanksgiving for his life ...

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - A Russian airstrike devastated a maternity hospital Wednesday in the besieged port city of Mariupol and wounded at least 17 people, Ukrainian officials said, amid growing warnings from the West that Moscow's invasio...

LINSTEAD, St Catherine - Spanish Town High School student Rihanna Blake missed the morning train to school on Monday, but she's determined that lateness will not prevent her from getting on board in the future. She's among students who ...

NEGRIL, Westmoreland - Sharmika Lloyd could not contain her joy when she watched her four-year-old son, Keandre, being fitted with new leg braces that will change his life."He is a CP [cerebral palsy] child so... I'm trying to give him ...

OPPOSITION Member of Parliament Phillip Paulwell has denied involvement in the payback of $30 million to Dutch oil lifting company Trafigura Beheer after the secret donation to the People's National Party (PNP) was made public by then O...

FINANCE Minister Dr Nigel Clarke has said that there will be no new taxes for a fifth consecutive fiscal year, while sidestepping calls for a reduction in the fuel tax in favour of targeted intervention to help the most vulnerable cope ...

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...

A protruding red handkerchief from a right back pocket, brown Clarks shoes, and a particular hand signal are among the "symbols" a retired lawman with over 30 years' experience in the constabulary said the St Catherine-based Klansman ga...

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...

A firefighter tries to bring a blaze under control at a business place on Lyndhurst Road in Kingston 5, Tuesday. The extent of the damage was not ascertained.(Photo: Karl Mclarty)

A day before the world started celebrating the achievements of women, two Jamaican sisters threw caution to the wind when they jumped into the Rio Cobre and saved a motorist from drowning.Zina and Cassandra Slew, while happy that they h...

CHARGED with the mission to save lives and protect properties, an all-woman firefighting team rolled out at York Park Fire Station in Kingston on Tuesday to mark International Women's Day which was celebrated under the theme 'Break the ...

Dear Mr Brown,I am seeing a few advertisements from a travel agency claiming to have a 100 per cent success rate. I just wanted to know if some agencies have special relationships with the embassy and whether you have that relationship ...

It's a world war of sorts as the global community appears to be more united against Russia than against the novel coronavirus, and if nothing else is certain, the clear aggressor against Ukraine will not come out of this unscathed.The b...

MONTEGO BAY, St James - In a rare move, an all-woman crew of 12 firefighters manned the Ironshore Fire Department in Montego Bay on Tuesday and women also assumed command for the entire St James division, a nod to International Women's ...

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...