The police have detained a 50-year-old man in connection with the death of 20-year-old Khanice Jackson, a St Andrew High School for Girls alumna and accountant clerk of Manchester Avenue, Independence City, in Portmore, St Catherine.Ja...

Minister of Health and Wellness Dr Christopher Tufton says there could be a fallout in the schedule for the delivery of COVID-19 vaccines to the island over the next month and a half, but is assuring that there are sufficient supplies o...

TO combat the spike in phishing scams, Digicel is stepping up its efforts to block bogus online offers to its customers. The company is also educating customers about how to spot fake, unsolicited offers for them to win cash or other pr...

Owners and operators of gaming machines and prescribed premises are being reminded by the Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Commission (BGLC) to renew their licences by April 1, 2021.Application forms are available on the BGLC website at ww...

MANDEVILLE, Manchester - Like many other low-income earners, Orandy Brown is worried about how he will support his family amid tighter restrictions including three-successive weekend lockdowns imposed by the Government to curb the sprea...

THE go-to home remedy for treating ailments in Jamaica is often a cup of tea brewed by grandparents.It is often scoffed at by medical personnel, who charge that only herbs scientifically proven to cure or help in the management of illne...

MONTEGO BAY, St James - Shoppers across western Jamaica stocked up on a wide range of grocery items Friday afternoon in preparation for the weekend lockdown announced by Prime Minister Andrew Holness. The lockdown was among a raft of ne...

As the novel coronavirus pandemic continues to highlight the need for increased digitalisation, more local small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) across the manufacturing and service sectors are showing an increased level of interest...

BLACK RIVER, St Elizabeth - The sentencing of 26-year-old Jermaine Miller of Hopeton in Manchester, who had previously pleaded guilty to killing his former girlfriend, 27-year-old Nevia Sinclair, at her parents' home on January 12 last ...

MANDEVILLE, Manchester - The Government is being pinned against the ropes by rising COVID-19 cases that have exhausted bed spaces on COVID wards at four of the five hospitals in the southern region and India's decision to temporarily ha...

TWO weeks before Phillip Gibson, a Christian father of two, was killed he called his younger brother and told him to be careful in Tivoli Gardens, a tough community in west Kingston.So, when his family learnt of Phillip's own death on W...

THE parliamentary committee contemplating the proposed sexual harassment legislation on Wednesday found itself hung on the question of whether the tribunal which will be appointed to hear complaints brought by victims should be empowere...

When four-year-old Kelecia Gayle made a public appeal for a "little" house last September, people thought she was referring to a doll-house.However, Sasha-lee Lounds, founder of Right to Life Foundation, after visiting Kelecia, her two...

Leon Hines, the 23-year-old driver of the getaway car in the January 31, 2021 murder of banker Andrea Lowe-Garwood at a church in Trelawny, is a Cornwall College graduate who has six Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) subj...

Today is the 85th day of 2021. There are 280 days left in the year. TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT1997: The bodies of 39 members of the Heaven's Gate techno-religious cult, who committed suicide, are found inside a mansion in Rancho Santa Fe, Calif...

CHIEF public health inspector for St Elizabeth Everod Lewis says the Aedes aegypti mosquito population in the parish has been reduced to seven per cent as vector control measures continue in a bid to counter the spread of dengue fever.S...

THE Legal Aid Council (LAC) is reiterating its commitment to providing legal representation, especially to persons incarcerated who are mentally ill.This forms part of the mandate of the council which was established to administer an ef...

THE Ministry of Justice is considering the inclusion of victims as part of the child diversion process to facilitate the mending of broken relationships within schools and communities.Child diversion is an alternative dispute resolution...

Against the background of an increase in home-based alcohol consumption during the ongoing novel coronavirus pandemic, and the spirits industry's objective of promoting positive, healthy lifestyles, the purveyors of alcoholic beverages ...

JAMAICA is to establish diplomatic relations with two countries in Africa as well as a number of Pacific Island states.These are the Republic of Liberia and the Togolese Republic in Africa, and the Republic of Kiribat, the Republic of t...

THE justice ministry will be intensifying efforts to address the use of abusive methods by some parents and guardians in disciplining children.This is in light of concerns surrounding the connection between child abuse and the deviant b...

MINISTER of Health and Wellness Dr Christopher Tufton on Tuesday officially launched a 25-member National Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) Committee, which is charged with buttressing the ministry's work to effectively combat NCDs in Ja...

OWNERS and operators of the Multilink network, Jamaica Electronic Transfer Services (JETS) has cautioned that while the structure of the proposed National Identification System (NIDS) seems safe, practically, it may not be able to preve...

Gregory Christian, director of Cari-Med Group Limited and Kirk-FP Limited, presents a cheque for $200,000 to Patsy Edwards-Henry, president of the Nurses Association of Jamaica. The occasion was a meeting at Cari-Med Group Limited Tuesd...

West Indies batsman Nkrumah Bonner celebrates his maiden Test century during the fifth and final day of the first Test between West Indies and Sri Lanka at Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in North Sound, Antigua and Barbuda, yesterday. In j...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) - President of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) Dr Warren Smith has identified three priorities for charting economic recovery and securing resilience to counter the COVID-19 fallout - giving a bigger role...

This photo taken and received from an anonymous source, via Facebook yesterday, shows medical personnel taking part in a dawn protest in Mandalay during ademonstration against the military coup in Myanmar. (Photo: AFP) 

WASHINGTON, DC, United States (AP) - President Joe Biden at his first news conference yesterday left the door open to backing fundamental changes in Senate procedure to muscle key parts of his agenda like immigration and voting rights p...

MOSCOW, Russia (AP) - Russian Opposition Leader Alexei Navalny has accused prison authorities of failing to provide proper treatment for his back pain and leg problems, saying in a letter posted yesterday that his physical condition has...

GENEVA (AP) - The UN-backed programme to ship COVID-19 vaccines worldwide has announced supply delays involving a key Indian manufacturer, a major setback for the ambitious roll-out aimed at helping low- and middle-income countries vacc...

LOS ANGELES, United States (AP) - The University of Southern California has agreed to a $852-million settlement with more than 700 women who have accused the college's long-time campus gynaecologist of sexual abuse, the victims' lawyers...

TEXAS, United States (AP) - Texas officials yesterday raised the death toll from February's winter storm and blackouts to at least 111 people - nearly doubling the state's initial tally following one of the worst power outages in US his...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Friday, March 26, 2021: Courageous, adventurous and original, the path forward involves being true to yourself while respecting the beliefs of others. This year, you can retain your independence and still be respected...

THE Government will today begin the roll-out out of the registration for its much-vaunted E-commerce National Delivery System (ENDS) which is designed to enable the quick service industry to continue operating during the hours of the CO...

THE aunt of a man who was shot and killed on Mountain View Avenue, just outside the community of Nannyville Gardens in Kingston, burst into tears yesterday as she shared with the Jamaica Observer how she experienced "a terrible gut feel...

MINISTER of Finance and the Public Service Dr Nigel Clarke says the policy for the allocation of chicken back importation licences has been revamped. The minister, who was closing the 2021/22 budget debate in the House of Representative...

THE Melrose Hill bypass in Manchester is to be incorporated in the new alignment of the May Pen to Williamsfield leg of Highway 2000.This component of the project will entail upgrading of the roadway to a four-lane dual carriageway with...

One of the most prolific trainers in the history of horse racing in Jamaica, Wayne "Anthony" DaCosta, passed away yesterday, leaving the racing industry and the broader sports fraternity in mourning for a man hailed as a legend for his...

OPPOSITION Leader Mark Golding said yesterday that he is still dissatisfied with the concentration of executive power in the hands of the Government, under Tuesday's amendments to the Disaster Risk Management (Amendment) Act (DRMA).Aske...

Today is the 84th day of 2021. There are 281 days left in the year.TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT1965: Rev Martin Luther King Jr leads 25,000 marchers to the state capitol in Montgomery, Alabama, to protest the denial of voting rights to blacks. OT...

THE Ministry of Health and Wellness says up to 5:00 am Tuesday at least 4,108 people had booked appointments to receive coronavirus vaccinations utilising its online registration portal. This was disclosed by permanent secretary in the ...

THE Sean Paul Foundation (SPF), in partnership with the Flow Foundation and the Sandals Foundation, on Tuesday brought added support to growing digital learning needs of vulnerable students in Jamaica with the donation of 100 computer t...

CHAIR of The University of the West Indies (UWI) Chancellor's Commission on Governance Sir Dennis Byron has insisted that there is no link between changes the commission has recommended at the regional tertiary educational institution a...

WASHINGTON, DC, United States (CMC) - Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Director Dr Carissa Etienne said Tuesday that by early next month all Caribbean countries will have received their first shipment of COVID-19 vaccines under t...

HEALTH officials are insisting they have "cauterised" the situation which resulted in dozens of Jamaicans who were not yet scheduled to get the COVID-19 vaccine being on the receiving end over the past two weeks in the initial roll-out ...

NEW YORK, United States - More than three months into the US vaccination drive many of the numbers paint an increasingly encouraging picture, with 70 per cent of Americans 65 years and older receiving at least one dose of the vaccine an...

Finance Minister Dr Nigel Clarke yesterday said the Government will be providing aggregate spending of $126 million to central and local government representatives to assist constituents during the three consecutive weekends of lockdown...

CROSS KEYS, Manchester - Police here have charged 27-year-old Ramalia Rebecca Polkins with the murder of her 84-year-old grandmother, Advira Wilson-Palmer, following Monday's stabbing death of the senior citizen.The incident happened in...

PRINCIPAL of Cumberland High School Darien Henry has claimed that almost 70 per cent of his current grade seven students are reading below the grade four level.Henry said this is a disheartening reality considering the absence of remedi...

Jamaica Observer readers will have the benefit of receiving three special editions of the Sunday Observer over the next three weekends when the country will be under strict COVID-19 lockdown.The publications will offer features, news...