Britain’s top diplomat here held up Jamaica’s strong democratic traditions as an example to the world as he blasted United States (US) President Donald Trump for the rioting that unfolded at the US Capitol building in Washington on Wednesday. Fo...

Following Argentina’s landmark ruling last week to legalise abortion, Member of Parliament Juliet Cuthbert Flynn is hoping the controversial issue can be placed back on the parliamentary agenda and a conscience vote be pursued to amend the existin...

Contrary to earlier reports, reputed gangster Richie Poo remains hospitalised in critical condition, the police told our news team yesterday. On Wednesday, several persons, including family members and law enforcement officers, had reported that he....

Ten members of the judiciary, nine of whom are females, were yesterday appointed to serve at higher levels within Jamaica’s justice system. Appointed were Vivene Harris, who will serve as Judge of Appeal, effective January 11; Carole Barnaby, who....

WESTERN BUREAU: Dalton ‘Red Yute’ Smith has cried every morning since Tuesday, unable to temper his mourning for the man he called ‘Father’, Gordon ‘Butch’ Stewart, whose life was celebrated yesterday at the chapel at Sandals Montego B...

“We can’t lay down our arms in terms of the education of our students. It has to continue,” stressed Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Fayval Williams. And she is beseeching parents to match her passion and determination, calling o...

With the COVID-19-induced disruptions in the education sector since last March, some parents are opting to have their children delay taking the grade six components of the Primary Exit Profile (PEP) tests this year, preparations for which one...

Opposition Spokesperson on Foreign Affairs Lisa Hanna has said that for many who have followed United States politics for decades, yesterday’s development in Washington was disturbing on a number of fronts, particularly against the background of.....

Jamaican leaders in the diaspora have reacted with shock and horror at seeing violent protesters storming the United States Capitol building in Washington yesterday to protest the certification of the election of Joe Biden to the presidency. The...

Prime Minister Andrew Holness yesterday took a swipe at the critics over their “hypocrisy” in calling for an end to states of emergency (SOEs) across the island last year. Pointing out that the Government has spent $40 billion on equipping the.....

Western Bureau: The Hanover Health Department has confirmed that there is an ongoing investigation into reports of a salmonella outbreak last month at the Grand Palladium Jamaica Resort and Spa in Lucea, Hanover. A New York Post report this week......

After a long quest to find his bearing, Romario Mullings has found his voice, having met his purpose as a motivational speaker. What many would consider as his glory days representing his alma mater, Manchester High School, in football was a time......

Reputed gangster Richie Poo is now in hospital battling for life. He was among five people shot yesterday during an attack along Old Hope Road in St Andrew. One of the victims died. Earlier, relatives of Richie Poo said, he too, had succumbed....

With at least 26 taxi operators killed last year even as they battle extortion and the economic crunch caused by the pandemic, one leader in the transport sector is not surprised that roughly 9,000 licences for public passenger vehicles (PPVs) have...

Agriculture and Fisheries Minister Floyd Green promises that there will be more programmes and resources specifically targeted towards female farmers in 2021 as part of efforts to get more women engaged in the sector. Green said most of the...

WESTERN BUREAU: For the first time in their 283-year history, the Accompong Maroons in St Elizabeth held their annual celebration of the signing of the Maroon treaty and the birth of revered hero Cudjoe virtually. The celebrations were restricted......

Julian Robinson, a member of the Joint Select Committee of Parliament examining the National Identification and Registration Act, 2020, has recommended that the proposed National Identification and Registration Authority (NIRA) should be...

Gordon ‘Butch’ Stewart, the man who built an all-inclusive hotel empire which spanned the Caribbean despite having no prior experience in that sector, hung up his sandals on Monday and has walked off into the sunset with footprints of a legacy ...

WESTERN BUREAU: Jamaican craft merchants have credited Gordon ‘Butch’ Stewart’s intervention in their lives, with the success their children have had in accessing university education. “Sandals was the first hotel to welcome craft traders o...

Undaunted by the failure of several newspapers prior to the birth of the Jamaica Observer in 1993, businessman Gordon ‘Butch’ Stewart invested heavily in its growth and later supported the establishment of two radio stations to diversify the lo...