AFTER numerous complaints about a sewage nuisance that was affecting stores, streetside vendors and pedestrians on Half-Way-Tree Road in the vicinity of the Cross Roads Meat Market, the authorities have finally effected the repairs.The ...

Today is the 74th day of 2022. There are 291 days left in the year.TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT1937: The world's first blood bank is established at Chicago's Cook County Hospital by Dr Bernard Fantus. It is a breakthrough for surgical procedures a...

MONTEGO BAY, St James - Tired of seeing abandoned cars littering this parish, one councillor has suggested that the State-run waste collection agency partner with scrap metal companies to find a solution. During last Thursday's monthly ...

MORANT BAY, St Thomas - With drivers they are trying to hire failing to pass the driving test and mechanical issues hitting trucks hired from the private sector, Metropolitan Parks and Markets (MPM) Waste Management Limited is having a ...

SPALDING, Clarendon - Knox College has fast-tracked plans to construct a $200-million state-of-the-art building due to an increase in demand for its sixth-form programme, according to Principal Alexander Bourne.The infrastructure is to ...

Lasana Turner-Francis, the stepmother of Morant Bay High School student Michael Jackson, has issued a desperate plea for blood donations to help save the 15-year-old who has been in intensive care at Kingston Public Hospital (KPH) sinc...

Today is the 72nd day of 2022. There are 293 days left in the year.TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS1964: A jury in Dallas finds Jack Ruby guilty of the murder of Lee Harvey Oswald, the suspected assassin of US President John F Kennedy, in November 196...

Amidst raging debate over the images of national heroes and late prime ministers on new banknotes set to be released this year as the country marks its 60th anniversary of Independence, one bill has found favour with Rastafarians and P...

The town Black River in St Elizabeth was the first in the island to receive electricity in 1893 in a house named 'Waterloo' owned by the Leyden family. This was long before many homes in the United States had electric power. In fact, h...

MORE than 50 teams participated in the inaugural staging of Sigma's Team 'Bubble' Run on Sunday, giving the organisers reason to declare it a success."We are elated that we got to do this in an even bigger way this year. And even though...

FINAL year law students at University of Technology, Jamaica (UTech) are on tenterhooks due to the uncertainity of the assessment method to be used for their matriculation to Norman Manley Law School (NMLS).Former representative for the...

MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) - Russian police detained more than 800 people for protesting Moscow's "military operation" in Ukraine Sunday, as the conflict continues for a third week.OVD-Info, which monitors arrests during protests, said police...

WASHINGTON, DC, United States (AFP) - Bermuda says it is suspending certification of Russian planes licensed in the British overseas territory due to sanctions on Moscow, likely impacting hundreds of Russian commercial aircraft around t...

Petrojam has said that all efforts are being made to ensure uninterrupted fuel supply during the Russia-Ukraine war.According to General Manager Winston Watson, current supply arrangements remain intact and the refinery is actively purs...

PORT MARIA, St Mary - St Mary Municipal Corporation Chairman Councillor Richard Creary has instructed his team to start demolishing illegal buildings at an early stage of construction, instead of merely serving notices on the owners."Th...

PORT MARIA, St Mary - There's another attempt being made to have a footbridge swinging once again across the Otram River, which runs through this coastal town and sometimes contributes to widespread flooding.The previous pedestrian brid...

MAY PEN, Clarendon - After an unsuccessful attempt to pass a resolution that would see central Government withholding payments to the State-run National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA), People's National Party (PNP) councillors...

MANDEVILLE, Manchester - Police here are reporting a 32 per cent increase in major crimes committed in this south-central parish between January 1 and March 9 when compared to the corresponding period last year.Speaking at last Thursday...

WASHINGTON, DC, United States (AFP) - Barack Obama has tested positive for a mild case of COVID-19, US president said on his Twitter account Sunday."I've had a scratchy throat for a couple days, but am feeling fine otherwise," Obama t...

GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) - UN agencies on Sunday called for an immediate ceasefire and an end to attacks on health-care professionals and facilities in Ukraine, which have killed a dozen people, describing them as acts of "unconscionab...

One thought was foremost in Jadyn Francis's mind as she participated in the Ministry of Education's Outstanding Achievers' Function last Friday. "I thought about how grandma would feel. I know she would be very proud of me for pushing ...

MANDEVILLE, Manchester - Jamaicans are being encouraged to do yearly screenings as part of a regime to maintain awareness of their risk of getting kidney disease.Nephrology nurse manager at Mandeville Regional Hospital Marika Davis-Mill...

KYIV, Ukraine (AFP) - Conflict talks between Russia and Ukraine are set to resume today, negotiators and the Kremlin have said, after both sides hailed progress at earlier rounds aimed at ending more than two weeks of fighting.The talks...

While this farmer is probably not able to boast about his 'Four Gros Michel, an' four Lacatan', like the banana man in Evan Jones' famous poem, he is no doubt proud of his plantains as he walks home in Walkers Wood, St Ann, last week.(P...

Farming is a legitimate source of income that has helped many Caribbean families out of financial struggles over the past decades. However, today, climate change casts a dark cloud over agriculture where water security is concerned.Car...

Dr Courtney Palmer (right) is congratulated ahead of his installation as the new district grand master of The District Grand Lodge of Jamaica on Saturday by Grand Master Mason William Ramsay McGhee, head of The Grand Lodge of Scotland. ...

The family of 12-year-old Phylisa Prussia is disappointed.It follows a report coming out of the College of Agriculture, Science and Education (CASE) that information obtained in respect of the abduction of a female student last Thursday...

There had been calls for his resignation, but when Robert "Bobby" Montague announced it late Friday night, many were surprised.Even a WhatsApp message that he sent to those in his group was met with cynicism, some even saying that it w...

It is costing the Government over half a billion dollars annually to feed inmates at the island's correctional facilities.Figures obtained by the Jamaica Observer showed that in 2020 it cost $13,000 to feed one inmate per month and the ...

Professor Opal Palmer Adisa (right) signs a copy of her book on the childhood biography of Portia Simpson Miller, former Prime Minister of Jamaica, which she presented to Earl Jarrett (left), chief executive officer and deputy chairman ...

Some parents have admitted that they encourage their children to take "weapons" to school, saying the intention isn't for them to be used at school or against other children, but as safety tools if the need arises when their young ones...

THE Heart Foundation of Jamaica (HFJ) is looking forward to the implementation of a salt reduction policy to reduce salt consumption in the population.This comes as part of the foundation's observance of Salt Awareness Week 2022, from M...

MONTEGO BAY, St James - As news broke that Member of Parliament for St Mary Western Robert Montague had resigned from the Cabinet following a damning Integrity Commission report, calls are being made also for Opposition Senator Peter B...

MARCH is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month and the Ministry of Health and Wellness, through its Non-Communicable Diseases and Injury Prevention Unit, has set out to raise public awareness around the prevention and control of this diseas...

After more than two years of a devastating novel coronavirus pandemic, there is population fatigue and strong desire to return to normalcy. It is arguable whether normalcy is attainable under the current situation. According to the Ne...

Finance Minister Dr Nigel's Clarke 2022/23 budget has received a passing grade in some circles for being comprehensive, but the presentation also left gaps for the minister and the Government of Jamaica to address.Following his present...

Supreme Ventures (SVL) and the Jamaica Gasoline Retailers Association (JGRA) recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to give JGRA members the opportunity to sell SVL products at their service stations. Speaking at the forma...

Jamaica's bobsleigh teams that contested at the Winter Olympics in Beijing, China didn't finish in favourable positions, but the experience landed them the number one spot in the members' hearts. Both the four-man and the two-man team d...

FALMOUTH, Trelawny - Despite the total destruction of the Faith International Harvest Church in this town by fire Thursday morning, Bishop Delton Collins is adamant that the institution will still meet for worship service this (Sunday)...

A few years ago a number of seniors were hesitant about using technology, but since the novel coronavirus pandemic research has shown that seniors have been embracing technology, especially to stay in touch with loved ones.New research ...

MONTEGO BAY, St James - A malicious acid attack has seen a Kingston woman, Stacy-Ann Brown, undergoing countless surgeries to save her life. Now, eight years later, the 47-year-old woman is once again heading under the knife to remove a...

MANDEVILLE , Manchester - Stakeholders at the Bellefield High School, a few miles north east of here, are eagerly awaiting the removal of the school from the shift system following a commitment that development work will begin for 20 ne...

If money goes before,All ways do lie open.- ShakespeareIs that quote implying that money opens all doors, makes life easier, allows more creature comforts? Well, they do say that money makes the mare run. But having money is one thing,...

Being a constant source of assistance for the most vulnerable youth in Jamaica, Children First Agency is now celebrating its 25th anniversary. Founder and Executive Director Claudette Richardson-Pious, popularly known as Miss Little, s...

Nestlé Jamaica presented a brand-new ambulance recently to the Jamaica Red Cross (JRC). The funds were donated in 2020 to aid in the organisation's fight against COVID-19 and part of the proceeds were earmarked for the purchase of an ...

"There is a constant feeling of something pushing down into my vagina, almost like my vagina is falling out. I always have to rush to the bathroom to pee and sometimes I do not make it. I have resorted to wearing an adult diaper every t...

All stalwarts of the oft-maligned community of Flanker in St James, a few committed women were feted for their sterling community efforts on International Women's Day by Sandals Resorts in the Montego Bay region.The women also received...

Hear you, Dr Clarke, but what about PJ?Dr Nigel Clarke bought his mix of theatrics and facts to the opening of the 2022-23 Budget Debate last week, which amounted to a fair presentation, but it might have to face alterations based upon ...

MONTEGO BAY, St James - The police say one of three suspects in the brutal slaying of an 11-year-old girl and her 19-year-old twin brothers in Irwin Heights, St James, on Wednesday evening is a man who is in custody."We are not saying h...

WITH the Government set to miss its target of vaccinating 65 per cent of Jamaicans against the novel coronavirus by this month end, independent public policy think tank Caribbean Policy Research Institute (CAPRI) says a recent study has...