The little-known People's Anti-corruption Movement (PAM), led by human rights advocate Lloyd D'Aguilar, has raised concerns about a lack of government transparency on liability for possible health complications developed in people inocu...

MONTEGO BAY, St James - Upset by a recent pronouncement that the date for the start of construction of the much-anticipated Montego Bay bypass road project has been pushed back until the end of next year, the Montego Bay business commun...

FIVE people were arrested in a major drug/gun bust by a joint police-military operation in Westmoreland on the weekend.The police say a pre-dawn raid in Ketto district in the parish by members of the narcotics division, the St James Ope...

Woman police sergeant Tameisha Powell of the Clarendon Police Division collapsed at her home on Saturday morning.She was rushed to May Pen Hospital, where she was pronounced dead on arrival. Powell, 44, was of a Milk River, Clarendon, a...

NEW YORK, USA - Jamaicans across the United States have given the thumbs up to the US$1.9-trillion America economic rescue plan which President Joe Biden signed into law last Thursday."Obviously, the US$1,400 stimulus payment is the mos...

MURRAY MOUNT, St Ann - The same day an old wagon van used by caregivers at Widow's Mite home became totally unusable, a charitable organisation gave them a new bus. Even better than the old one, it had been modified to meet the needs of...

In his first major interview since being freed of corruption charges just over a fortnight ago, former Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) James Forbes said he felt betrayed by his colleagues who knew of his rock solid integrity.At t...

The March 4, 2021 reopening of Beaches Ocho Rios, the last of the Sandals resorts to roar back to life in Jamaica, has sparked hope for the revival of tourism, in Caribbean defiance of the novel coronavirus pandemic.Reopening of the do...

New York, USA - The Friends of Charlie Mount High School near Linstead in St Catherine is committing further assistance to the institution with the provision of tablets to help students with their distance learning programme. The decisi...

NEW YORK, USA - A Jamaican-born engineer, Marlon Anguin, was one of several people who played a crucial behind the scenes role in the staging of America's largest sporting event, the Super Bowl, which concluded its 55th staging on Sunda...

In honour of Ambassador Henry Gill's stellar professional service to the region, The University of the West Indies (UWI) has launched the Henry Gill Memorial Lecture series, with the first lecture to be delivered this Wednesday, March ...

THE little-known but fast-rising Eagles Deliverance and Empowerment Ministries International (EDEMI) has adopted the Best Care Special Education School saying that after a fact-finding tour it had seen what it liked and would now "pour ...

Dr Romario Simpson, a young medical doctor serving at the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI), has received the 2020 Governor General's Achievement Award (GGAA) for his efforts to uplift the less fortunate, dating back to hig...

KENTUCKY, United States - A protestor brandishes a portrait of Breonna Taylor during a rally in remembrance on the one year anniversary of her death in Louisville, Kentucky on March 13, 2021. Twelve months after the killing - in which p...

Today is the 74th day of 2021. 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...

Kiwanis Club of West St Andrew President Courtney Morgan (right) hands a bag with some of the donated food items to Evelyn Satchell, president of the Red Hills Golden-Agers Citizens' Association, on Friday. The volunteer group made the ...

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) - The United States' top pandemic advisor said yesterday that authorities were considering cutting social distancing rules to three feet - a move that would change a key tenet of the global fight against ...

LONDON, England - Police officers form a cordon around a statue of former UK Prime Minister Winston Churchill in Parliament Square in central London yesterday as protesters calling for greater public safety for women after the death of ...

GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories (AFP) - Hamas elected a woman to its political bureau for the first time ever, the Palestinian Islamist movement that rules the Gaza Strip said yesterday.Hamas had on Wednesday announced the re-electio...

United Nations - UN envoy for Myanmar yesterday strongly condemned continuing bloodshed after at leas t 18 protesters were killed in one of the deadliest days since the country's February 1 coup."The international community, including ...

THERE is one man, inspired by the spirit of Jamaica, who insists that he wants to be a part of the island's fabric.He is French. But it doesn't matter, for Jean Philippe Beyer - the managing director of spirits giant J Wray & Nephew...

Another giant of the Jamaican industry has made his strong support of the COVID-19 vaccine programme public.Managing director of J Wray & Nephew Ltd, and chairman of J Wray & Nephew Foundation, Jean Philippe Beyer, has fully end...

HOWARD Gregory, Anglican archbishop of the West Indies and bishop of the Diocese of Jamaica and the Cayman Islands, received his first dose of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine on Thursday, March 11, 2021 in keeping with a passionate app...

AS concern continues to swirl regarding the safety of the use of the AstraZeneca vaccine, local doctors and the Ministry of Health and Wellness have thrown their full support and confidence behind its continued use on the population.Dr ...

Claudette Grant is near breaking point. Her greatest wish, she confessed, is for her nine-year-old daughter, Hannahlisa Hall, to get over her illness and be well again.In the last three years Hannahlisa has suffered four strokes, and t...

SINCE the pandemic began, a black market has opened up selling all things COVID-19 from protective gear to antigen tests - and now vaccines.The Jamaica Observer has learnt that the unauthorised sale of COVID-19 vaccines is being done by...

Peter Perry is living proof that the funeral industry is anything but a dead business.He is, of course, the CEO of Perry's Funeral Home, the rising organisation that is now in the spotlight for not only offering final care services for...

A crowd of people gather outside St Joseph's Hospital yesterday waiting patiently to access the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine being administered to select groupsin the population. The hospital is administering vaccines primarily to priva...

What's the state of the PNP now?It has become fashionable to highlight one's achievements after his assumption of office in the first 100 days. But for People's National Party (PNP) President Mark Golding, more than 130 days have now sl...

Sandals/ATL Group Executive Chairman Adam Stewart has announced the promotions of three of his senior executives in a move designed to strengthen the company for continued growth and expansion.The three are Jordan Samuda, who will assum...

JORAN Sterling, 13, has autism. But his health diagnosis does not limit his capabilities, especially when it comes to throwing on his chef's apron and whipping up a meal.Though he is a boy of few words, when the Jamaica Observer visited...

THE Jamaica National Agency for Accreditation (JANAAC) has reported an increase in applications for the Pre-Accreditation Approval Programme (PAAP) that allows unaccredited medical and testing laboratories and point-of-care testing (POC...

CROWDED teeth, also called overcrowding or dental crowding, is when there is not enough space in the mouth for permanent teeth to grow in straight.As a result, people with this form of malocclusion (misalignment) have crooked teeth that...

IN the words of one colleague, we are living in "covidious" times.Many feel trapped, as the world is literally on the edge in the face of the novel coronavirus pandemic. A deadlier strain of the virus is here. Some have done all they ca...

PARIS, France (AFP) - Hailed as a cheap, easy to store, not-for-profit vaccine, the AstraZeneca shot has suffered its fair share of hiccups. In the latest, blood clots suffered by some of those vaccinated prompted a number of countries ...

P ARIS, F rance (AFP) - From the first cases in C hina to worldwide lockdowns and vaccination drives, here are the 10 key moments since the coronavirus pandemic was declared a year ago by the World Health Organization (WHO).First deaths...

With all that is happening in the w orld, there are still people who want to make a difference in the lives of others and five-year-old Justin McKane is one of them. He is the son of 25-year-old Sasha McKane and grandson of 54-year-old...

North American wellness firm Silo Wellness has pledged to contribute a percentage of its product sales from a new partnership with the family of the late Jamaican megastar Bob Marley to a local charity.The announcement came amidst conf...

STUDIES representing nearly two million adults worldwide show that eating about five daily servings of fruits and vegetables, in which two are fruits and three are vegetables, is likely the optimal amount for a longer life, according to...

NOVAMED founder and medical doctor, David Walcott is the only Caribbean native to be appointed among Young Global Leaders (YGL) by the World Economic Forum.The announcement was made last Wednesday.Dr Walcott is among the 112 people sele...

I hold him for a foolThat will endanger His body for a girlThat loves him not.- Shakespeare, The Two Gentlemen of VeronaOnly a foolish man imposes himself upon a girl who does not love him back. What am I saying, she doesn't even have ...

MINISTER of Finance and the Public Service Dr Nigel Clarke says the Administration will be engaging trade unions representing Government workers during 2021/22, to fine-tune the public sector compensation review.Opening the 2021/22 Budg...

MINISTER of Agriculture and Fisheries Floyd Green says that the Government's move to formalise the operations of fishers and farmers is critical in ensuring the sustainability of the agriculture sector.He said that, through formalisatio...

"Character is made of duty and love and sympathy, and above all, of living and working for others" - Robert Green IngersollThe Rev Dr Carmen Stewart, OJ was an extraordinary woman who was a source of great inspiration to me and I wish t...

CONCERNS by defence attorneys over "fresh" details contained in a victim impact statement from the father of the man allegedly murdered by Dantay Brooks - son of dancehall artiste Mavado - and co-accused Andre Hinds yesterday interrupte...

SILO Wellness is celebrating the success of its first 'Jamaica Haven Psilocybin-Facilitated Retreat' held at the Coral Cove (Wellness resort) in Westmorland, recently.The six-day, transformative experience provided the perfect set and s...

JEHOVAH'S Witnesses are now advising Jamaicans to look out for e-mail, phone calls and even WhatsApp messages, as gathering restrictions due to the novel coronavirus pandemic have forced them to shift from their usual door-to-door min...

MANDEVILLE, Manchester - Police here are reporting a 26 per cent reduction in major crimes recorded since the start of this year, in comparison to the corresponding period last year Head of the Manchester police division, Superintendent...

Guardsman Limited on Thursday launched its latest company, iProtect, which provides wireless security and monitoring systems for homeowners and business operators. Guardsman executives told the virtual launch, held in partnership with ...

The Jamaica Institute for Financial Services (JIFS), in collaboration with the University of the West Indies, Mona Banking League, a student-led organisation, provides an annual learning grant to a student in the Faculty of Social Scien...