THE Ministry of Education's 'One Laptop or Tablet per Child' initiative received a significant boost yesterday when the Chinese firm Huawei donated 500 devices to be given out to Jamaican students.In accepting the donation, Minist...

HEAD of the Jamaica Employers' Federation (JEF) David Wan says the provisions of the employment termination and redundancy payments law need to be strictly enforced, instead of amending it to deal with issues surrounding entitleme...

Dear readers,Due to steady increases in the overall cost of production, which we have absorbed for as long as we could, we have been forced to increase the price of our daily and Sunday papers.Starting on January 16, 2021, the new...

THE Government believes it has sufficient measures in place to prevent persons entering the island from the United Kingdom (UK), via transit ports, while the present travel ban is in place.The Jamaica Observer has received reports...

Tourism and business icon Gordon “Butch” Stewart will be laid to rest at his Rio Chico property in Ocho Rios, St Ann, tomorrow after a private thanksgiving ceremony to be attended by members of his family only. ...

MONTEGO BAY, St James – The longest-serving worker at Sandals, Dalton “Red Youth” Smith, who has grown from a bus boy to become the maitre'd at Sandals Montego Bay, yesterday described Gordon “Butch” ...

In this final of a three-part article previously published in the Sunday Observer , award-winning journalist Desmond Allen, OD shares the high and low moments in the life of Gordon “Butch” Stewart.   ...

This is the first in a series by our reporters on how they covered the news during the coronavirus pandemic.  

Today is the eighth day of 2021. There are 357 days left in the year.TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT1998: Ramzi Yousef, an Arab of uncertain nationality, is sentenced to life in prison plus 240 years for masterminding the World Trade Center bom...

MONTEGO BAY, St James — Members of the Harbour Street Craft Traders Association on Wednseday paid tribute to hotel mogul Gordon “Butch” Stewart during a brief ceremony at the Harbour Street Craft and Cultural Vil...

GREENWOOD, St James —The St James Municipal Corporation (SJMC) is threatening court action against the property owner of a multimillion-dollar development who has reportedly defied stop orders from the municipality and the N...

POTSDAM, St Elizabeth — Munro College has advanced plans to accommodate students for boarding as the institution prepares to resume face-to-face classes with fewer student next Monday when it officially reopens.Principal of ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) — Chairman of the 15-member Caribbean Community (Caricom), Dr Keith Rowley, the prime minister of Trinidad and Tobago, says the regional body is “deeply saddened and concerned at the unpreceden...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's role in inciting violence at the Capitol and his long refusal to acknowledge his election defeat is prompting some lawmakers to urge his removal from office through the 25th Amendme...

USA (AP) — After years of treating President Donald Trump's inflammatory rhetoric with a light touch, Facebook and Instagram are silencing his social media accounts for the rest of his presidency. The move, which many called...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Friday, January 8, 2021: Influential, intense and precise, you can focus all your energy into one presentation, performance or product, and become famous for it. This year, you explode suddenly on the scene with...

Project director for the National Identification System (NIDS),Warren Vernon, says that the legislative framework for introducing the system is only awaiting approval from Parliament.

President of the Jamaica Teachers Association (JTA) Jasford Gabriel is calling on the Ministry of Health and Wellness to disclose to educators the number of children who have tested positive for COVID-19.With 129 schools cleared ...

Onard Evans' first day of face-to-face classes at his new school was more than the 12-year-old's parents were prepared for.

In this second of a three-part article previously published in the Sunday Observer , award-winning journalist Desmond Allen, OD, follows the intriguing path of business mogul Gordon “Butch” Stewart from humble beginni...

GLEN CHRISTIAN, CHAIRMAN, CARI-MED GROUP LTDThe Cari-Med Group notes with deep regret the passing of Gordon “Butch” Stewart – a true Jamaican patriot and businessman extraordinaire.The loss of this pioneer of Jam...

Prime Minister Andrew Holness is calling on churches across the island to help develop the “heartware” of Jamaicans as the next phase to tackle crime in Jamaica.

WASHINGTON USA, (AP) — A mob invading the United States Capitol, police officers with guns drawn inside the House of Representatives, lawmakers hiding from intruders seeking to overturn a national election, these and other...

THE relatively short period of time in which medical scientists and pharmaceutical corporations have developed COVID-19 vaccines is now a hot topic among sceptics and the anti- immunisation lobby, but local health authorities are ...

Today is the 7th day of 2021. There are 358 days left in the year. TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT1999: The US Senate opens the impeachment trial of President Bill Clinton, the first such trial in 130 years. OTHER EVENTS1537: Alessandro de Me...