CHAIRMAN of the Crime Monitoring Oversight Committee (CMOC), Lloyd Distant Jr has expressed concern that the Jamaica Constabulary Force's (JCF) drive to recruit and enlist over 1,000 men and women by March 2021 has fallen way off ...

The decision to extend the closure of all cays except the Morant Cay and Pedro Cay in light of the recent surge in COVID-19 cases became effective February 12 and will go until February 26. But this has angered small business ope...

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad — Jamaica's Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce (MIIC) and the International Labour Organization (ILO) have launched a landmark partnership to help informal operators in the agriculture and ...

A haven where children can do their homework and be surrounded by positive influences, in the form of the police, is what Waterhouse, St Andrew, resident Leonna Miller envisions the new, multi-storey Olympic Gardens Police Station...

MONTEGO BAY, St James — Kalina Collier, the United States airline worker who, after testing positive for the novel coronavirus, reportedly faked that she was kidnapped in Jamaica and was being trafficked by a local hotel acc...

As the 2020/2021 school year reaches its midway point, school administrators are worried that students who are already behind from the previous academic year will need more time to catch up and still be able to complete the schoo...

ATLANTA (AP), United States — Average daily new coronavirus cases in the United States dipped below 100,000 in recent days for the first time in months, but experts cautioned Sunday that infections remain high and precaution...

Today is the 46th day of 2020. There are 319 days left in the year.TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT2009: President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela wins a referendum to eliminate term limits, paving the way for him to run again in 2012.OTHER EVENTS1677:...

NEW YORK, USA (AP) — The Republican Party still belongs to Donald Trump.After he incited a deadly riot at the US Capitol last month, the GOP considered purging the norm-shattering president. But in the end, only seven of 50 ...

HE was born in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, specifically that mountainous section called Tajikstan, Central Asia, which became an independent nation in September 1991, a mere three months after the USSR was dissolved. ...

CHIEF executive officer (CEO) of Supreme Ventures Limited (SVL) subsidiary Prime Sports Ltd, Xesus Johnston, says the company is placing greater focus on its product, distribution and brand to effectively compete with the new lott...

IT did not take long to know the main inspiration behind the success of Digicel Jamaica's new man in charge: He is Denis O'Brien, the billionaire Irishman who decided to invest in the local economy 20 years ago. ...

In the great era of West Indies cricket, a first-class cricket match and, particularly, an international Test match at Sabina Park was sold out, with additional spectators perched in trees and on rooftops. Some of the most gloriou...

DOCTORS at Annotto Bay Hospital in St Mary are restive over the non-payment of COVID-19 incentives which they say have been owed to them for over a year.One of the affected doctors, who spoke to the Jamaica Observer on condition o...

Members of the Jamaica Defence Force going through their drills yesterday, in preparing for the ceremonial opening of the Jamaican Parliament on Thursday, February 18.

WASHINGTON, USA (AP) — The Senate on Saturday acquitted Donald Trump of inciting the horrific attack on the US Capitol, concluding a historic impeachment trial that exposed the fragility of America's democratic traditions an...

WITH many people now reeling from pandemic fatigue, gymnast-turned-model and life coach Zoya Yaseka has some suggestions on how to cope with the effects of COVID-19 fatigue.Pandemic fatigue, as defined by the World Health Organiza...

Young author Kerese Oakley Williams, a sixth former at St Andrew High School for Girls, presents a copy of her book Paradox to Prime Minister Andrew Holness in Portmore last Thursday. The book, among other things, speaks to values...

IT was not shocking to learn last weekend that the minister of culture, gender, entertainment and sport had moved to lock down a football camp scheduled for the Horace Burrell Football Academy, which was not approved. ...

VERTEBELLE Molloy was last month hailed as a faithful servant of God who was blessed with a beautiful singing voice and who, throughout her almost 80 years on Earth, never thought twice about helping people in need. ...

As part of its 80th anniversary celebrations, Nestlé Jamaica recently gifted one lucky customer a 2020 Toyota RAV4 motor vehicle.

The Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Commission-approved lottery company Lucky Play enjoyed a positive reception from gamers as operations officially began last Wednesday morning with the first live draw at 8:00 o'clock, operators h...

KEY WEST, United States (CMC) — The United States Coast Guard (USCG) says a crew of its cutter Mohawk (WMEC 913) returned to its home port in Key West, Florida, after a 59-day patrol in the Caribbean Sea during which four dr...

SAVANNA-LA-MAR, Westmoreland — The police here were up to late yesterday evening questioning two Nicaraguans whom they said entered Jamaica illegally by boat earlier in the morning.According to commander of the Westmoreland ...

URBAN planners are calling on housing developers to look at more diversifed housing solutions as work-from-home (WFH) arrangements could see more professionals migrating from the cities.