COMING on the heels of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention clearing people who are fully vaccinated for travel, and inoculation programmes picking up steam in major markets, a number of countries are starting to welcome to...

PERMANENT secretary in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security Colette Roberts Risden yesterday pointed to a runaway oversight system in the relationship between the National Insurance Fund (NIF) and its resort management company (NI...

WASHINGTON, DC, United States (AP) - President Joe Biden said yesterday the conviction of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin in the killing of George Floyd "can be a giant step forward" for the nation in the fight against s...

VETERAN Jamaican journalist Michael Sharpe was yesterday remembered as one who was fearless while on the job and who was never afraid to give young people a shot at success in journalism.Sharpe, who spent close to 40 years in the profes...

MINNEAPOLIS, United States (AFP) - "Guilty!" As the jury's murder conviction against white ex-policeman Derek Chauvin was relayed on a loudspeaker yesterday, the anxious crowd in front of the Minneapolis courthouse erupted in joy and ex...

Member of Parliament for Westmoreland Central George Wright, who has been embroiled in controversy regarding a video showing a man beating a woman, has been granted leave of absence from the House of Representatives pending a conclusion...

AFTER nearly 17 years of trying, Cabinet minister Everald Warmington says he welcomes the opportunity to grill the auditor general about her department's expenditure issues, as she has been doing to other government ministries, departme...

Q. I heard that there are currently no available appointments for regular tourist visas at the US Embassy. I've had a non-immigrant B1/B2 visa in the past, but it is expired. Is it still possible to get a visa?A. YES! The non-immigrant...

PRIME Minister Andrew Holness is among two Caribbean heads of Government who have been invited to attend the virtual Leaders Summit on Climate which will take place from Thursday to Friday this week.United States President Joseph Biden,...

THE Caribbean Urological Association (CURA) says there isn't sufficient evidence and research to suggest that there is a clinical link between the novel coronavirus and erectile dysfunction (ED)."COVID-19 is a new infection, so you're n...

THE Ministry of Health and Wellness has reported that of the more than 135,000 people who received the first dose of the coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine, only a few made an Event Supposedly Attributable to Vaccination or Immunisation (ES...

 CONSIDERED a champion in Africa, Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie I received a rapturous welcome from the Rastafarian community when he arrived at Palisadoes Airport in Jamaica on April 21, 1966, 55 years ago today. One of the stops o...

KINGSTOWN, St Vincent (CMC) - Volcanologist Professor Richard Robertson is predicting another natural hazard for the people of St Vincent and the Grenadines already dealing with the effect of an erupting La Soufriere volcano.He believes...

Dear Mr Brown:Please explain the new pathway programmes for permanent residency. I hope to start my application for permanent residency with you despite all of the delays in immigration processing during the pandemic. But I hope I will ...

The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) yesterday advised the authorities in The Netherlands of the United Kingdom Privy Council's dismissal of an appeal by former officers and members of the People's National Party (PN...

TWO public officials, one of them a senior medical doctor, are facing criminal prosecution brought by the Integrity Commission for breaches of the Corruption Prevention Act. The officials are Dr Gitanjali Baburam, who was employed to th...

THE Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA) received another boost to its mobile health unit last Friday when it collected the keys to a Toyota Coaster bus, costing approximately $15 million, from Toyota Jamaica.The CPFSA al...

AS the debate continues over the decision by some employers to demand that employees take the COVID-19 vaccine in order to keep their jobs, a local attorney is warning that criminal action could be taken against the heads of these entit...

THE annual sectoral debate commences this afternoon at Gordon House, downtown Kingston, with Leader of the House of Representatives Edmund Bartlett's opening presentation, which will focus on his tourism portfolio.Opposition spokeswoman...

The plight of a 75-year-old Government pensioner worsened in recent weeks when her attempt to have the court evict a tenant who has not paid rent for a three-bedroom house since January resulted in the matter being set for hearing in a...

Though the gruesome killing will be forever etched in their memory, the Knight family says it has received some comfort from the charge slapped on patriarch, 64-year-old businessman Delton Knight, in relation to the shooting death of hi...

MANDEVILLE, Manchester - Tuesday, March 30, 2021 is a day Kedine Blair will never forget. Not only was it her son Ne-Sean Blair's 16th birthday, but it was the same day he was shot and injured by a gunman at a shop in the community of N...

Firemen carry out cooling-down operations after putting out a fire which destroyed this container used to store new furniture, which was parked on Elgin Road in Kingston 5.(Photo: Karl Mclarty) 

Today is the 110th day of 2021. There are 265 days left in the year. TODAY'S HIGHLIGHTS2014: Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, the American boxer whose wrongful murder conviction became an international symbol of racial injustice and inspired a...

Plans for a European Super League (ESL) have plunged football into an unprecedented crisis. The UK Government has threatened to invoke competition law to block it, while fans have slammed it as the "ultimate betrayal".Jamaican attorney ...

THE annual Administrative Professionals' Week started Sunday with a declaration by Governor General Sir Patrick Allen urging increased recognition and appreciation of the work being done by people in that field.Highlight of the week wil...

METEOROLOGICAL Service, Jamaica (MetService JA) has added a new automatic weather station to its inventory of updated equipment across the island, a move intended to ultimately improve the quality of local forecasts and the reliability ...

THE Roman Catholic church in Jamaica is calling for higher levels of consensus between the two major political parties to fix the issues of criminal violence plaguing the country and has pledged its commitment to help stamp out criminal...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) - As the passengers walked a little dazed through the airport gates they were embraced one after another by family members who rushed forward and dissolved into tears.Elation and relief marked the opening o...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Tuesday, April 20, 2021:Patient, sensual and artistic, your perseverance continues to amaze friends and colleagues. This year, you emerge from working behind the scenes and are noticed by those who matter. Be conserva...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - The murder case against former Officer Derek Chauvin in the death of George Floyd went to the jury yesterday in a city on edge against another round of unrest like the one that erupted last year over the video of the ...

KINGSTOWN, St Vincent (CMC) - The lead scientist monitoring La Soufrière volcano, Professor Richard Robertson, yesterday described as dotish and not an act of bravery the decision by a man to climb the erupting volcano on Sunday."It is...

PRAGUE (AP) - The two Russian military agents believed to be behind a massive Czech depot explosion in 2014 likely targeted the ammunition, not the Czech Republic itself, the country's prime minister and prosecutor general said yesterda...

WASHINGTON, DC, United States (AP) - A federal judge yesterday ordered two leaders of the far-right Proud Boys extremist group to be arrested and jailed while awaiting trial on charges they planned and coordinated an attack on the US C...

SOME churches had to turn away people yesterday after they reached the maximum 30 that the Government allows as part of measures to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus.Bishop Dr Romeon Facey of the Portmore-based Freedom Evangel...

KASSANDRA Smith of Coleyville, Manchester, is a blind woman who felt the sting of the novel coronavirus and vows, "I would never wish it on my worst enemy." It's a thought frequently expressed by people who have had one of those excruci...

AFTER more than two weeks of eruptions from La Soufriere volcano in St Vincent, there continues to be fear and worry among some citizens.Three Vincentians who spoke with the Jamaica Observer recounted tales of the growling and nerve-rac...

CIBC FirstCaribbean has sent a shipment of much-needed supplies to St Vincent and the Grenadines as the region rallies to assist the thousands of people in the island who have been displaced by the eruption of the La Soufriere volcano.T...

SAVANNA-LA-MAR, Westmoreland - The police theorise that yesterday's murder of a 48-year-old man was in reprisal for Saturday night's gun slaying of Andrew Campbell, popularly called Kid, at an illegal offshore party.About 11:20 am 48-ye...

MONTEGO BAY, St James - Participants enrolled in the inaugural articulated truck driving programme being offered by the Jamaica Defence Force's (JDF) Caribbean Military Academy (CMA) in Flanker, St James, say the initiative will provide...

With powerful praise and soul-stirring songs Digicel gave thanks for 20 years of providing communication services to Jamaica at a service of thanksgiving held at Fellowship Tabernacle in St Andrew yesterday.The event, held on the eve of...

FOUNDING pastor of Fellowship Tabernacle in St Andrew Rev Al Miller yesterday urged women to "bawl out" when they find themselves in dangerous situations, as he weighed in on the violent attacks on females across the island.He has also ...

PEOPLE'S National Party General Secretary Dr Dayton Campbell has filed a defamation suit against party member Karen Cross who last month had posted damaging allegations against him on social media.Campbell revealed that he had filed the...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) - Guyana's Minister of Health Dr Frank Anthony has called upon developed countries to make an interim supply of vaccines available to the Caribbean region.Anthony made the plea while speaking on behalf of the Ca...

THE Usain Bolt Foundation last Friday handed over 150 Dell laptops to the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information for distribution to early childhood institutions (ECI) in rural areas.The devices, which are valued at US$40,000, wer...

WASHINGTON, DC, United States (AP) - Half of all adults in the United States have received at least one COVID-19 shot, the Government announced yesterday, marking another milestone in the nation's largest-ever vaccination campaign but ...

Past students of Tarrant High came to the school's aid last week by presenting 35 tablet computers for the benefit of students who are now engaged in online classes due to the suspension of face-to-face learning as the Government tries ...

Today is the 109th day of 2021. There are 256 days left in the year.TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT1994: A Los Angeles jury awards US$3.8 million to motorist Rodney King, who was beaten by a group of policemen.OTHER EVENTS1775: War of American Indepe...

GEORGIA, United States (AP) - In Georgia, faith leaders are asking corporate executives to condemn laws restricting voting access or face a boycott. In Arizona and Texas, clergy have assembled outside the state capitols to decry what t...

WASHINGTON, DC, United States (AP) - Less than three months after former President Donald Trump left the White House, the race to succeed him atop the Republican Party is already beginning.Trump's former secretary of state, Mike Pompeo...