A one-year-old girl was rushed to Bustamante Hospital for Children Wednesday night after she was shot in the leg in Denham Town, one of Western Kingston's gritty communities accustomed to gun violence.Yesterday morning, the police said ...

MONTEGO BAY, St James - Two security guards were gunned down in separate incidents in the parish of St James between Wednesday night and yesterday morning.The deceased have been identified as 34-year-old Jermaine Myrie of John's Hall, a...

Balarama Holness, who is reported to be a distant cousin of Jamaica's Prime Minister Andrew Holness, yesterday announced his candidacy in Montreal's mayoral race set for November this year."A fresh vision to energize Montreal: I'm offi...

THE Government is being urged to take a more forward-thinking and innovation-friendly approach to the development of the energy sector, as some aspects of current laws and policies slow progress and prevents new thinking and money from ...

Months after it ended its COVID-19 Assistance Programme (CAP), the National Water Commission (NWC) is warning Jamaicans that there will be no more concessions for those who fail to pay their water bills.Under the CAP, residential and c...

MEMBERS of the business community with differences to settle now have the option of doing so through a digital platform, removing the need to go through the courts and saving time and money in the process.This is being done through the ...

Manchester Central Member of Parliament Rhoda Moy Crawford shows her support for the UN Global Road Safety Week campaign for a 30 kph speed limit in built-up areas. The National Road Safety Council has appealed to Jamaican parliamentari...

 A clash with exam dates has forced the Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association (JAAA) to push back the National Junior Trials to July 16-18 at National Stadium.The trials, which will help in the selection of athletes to represent...

A news report out of London, England and Toronto, Canada indicates that Jamaican women are likely first in line to benefit from new discoveries that found medical cannabis formulations are 100 per cent effective in killing breast cancer...

DAMIAN Clarke, whose wife Cornelia was laid to rest yesterday at Meadowrest Memorial Gardens in St Catherine, says he is now trying to find a new source of inspiration, motivation and love, which his best friend and wife had effortlessl...

Today is the 141st day of 2021. There are 224 days left in the year.TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT1981: Jamaican reggae icon Bob Marley is accorded a state funeral, 10 days after his passing in a Miami hospital. OTHER EVENTS1471: England's King Hen...

JAMALCO has spent $2 million to procure 100 Samsung computer tablets for students attending schools in its operating areas in Clarendon and Manchester. This initiative is an extension of Jamalco's Tablets in Schools Programme which is a...

PORUS, Manchester - Councillor for the Bellefield Division in Manchester Central Mario Mitchell is appealing for anyone with information on the whereabouts of 75-year-old Norman Carter to contact the police."Anyone who has any informati...

YOUNG people who have ventured into agriculture have been using social media to market produce, eliminating the need for shoppers to go to the physical market.Poultry farmer Michael Mclish, 25, who has been in the business for three yea...

TECHNOLOGY has changed the way students interact, learn and compete but that was no problem for the students of Jose Marti Technical High who harnessed the power of the Internet to claim the top spot and a $1-million grand prize in Digi...

THE historic Bull Bay Police Station will soon be replaced with a modern, fit-for-purpose facility. The station, initially built in the 1800s, was constructed with packed stones and boasts a cut stone finish that tells a historical tale...

THE effects of the novel coronavirus pandemic on the labour market, the relevance of the labour laws in place today, and their historical origins are some of the issues to be raised at a Labour Day panel discussion entitled, 'From raisi...

DERYCK Murray, Trinidad and Tobago high commissioner to Jamaica, says there should be no bad blood following Jamaica's ban on flight from the Caribbean island earlier this month."We have been long-standing friends and have a great relat...

WASHINGTON, DC, United States (CMC) - Even as some Caribbean countries relax entry protocols for travellers who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has strongly advised against going that r...

WASHINGTON, DC, United States (CMC) - Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Dr Carissa F Etienne Wednesday called for closing the "glaring gaps" in access to coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines in Latin America and the Car...

ST JOHN'S, Antigua (CMC) - Prime Minister Gaston Browne has called on "stubborn" Antiguans and Barbudans to get vaccinated against the novel coronavirus, warning again that Government finances could collapse if the island fails to achie...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) - The Caribbean Community (Caricom) grouping Wednesday said it "is gravely concerned" at the escalation in violence between Israel and Palestinian militants."Caricom joins the international community in calling ...

NEW YORK, United States (AP) - Anyone who gets vaccinated at select State-run vaccination sites in New York next week will receive a lottery scratch ticket with prizes potentially worth millions, as Governor Andrew Cuomo tries to boost ...

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - Israeli media say Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Security Cabinet has approved a unilateral ceasefire to halt an 11-day military operation in the Gaza Strip.The decision came after heavy United States p...

FAST-RISING Jamaican film-maker, Los Angeles-based Ruel Smith has joined the team of artists at Stept Studios and their post division, Lockt Editorial as head of animation and visual effects, Post Magazine reported.The announcement from...

MINISTER of Health and Wellness Dr Christopher Tufton says a 10-year strategic plan for renewal and rebuilding of the public health sector has started.The plan which was first announced in 2018, and which is in keeping with the country'...

A severe headache which befell Greenwich Town resident Britney Thompson on Tuesday night close to 11:00 was just a precursor to tragic circumstances which would see her mourning the shooting death of her brother, Oniel Chambers, moments...

EDUCATION Minister Fayval Williams says all is in place for the Grade Six Ability Test component of the Primary Exit Profile (PEP), which will be held on Wednesday, May 26.A total of 37,179 students have been registered to sit the exami...

THIRTY-YEAR-OLD Franze Boothe, alias Cheese, of Franklyn Town, Kingston, had exciting plans to see, for the first time, his son who was born prematurely two weeks ago. But on Monday, a day before Franze had planned to meet his first chi...

PROFESSOR of Caribbean sustainable development at The University of the West Indies Anthony Clayton has described as harrowing the results of a report by think tank Caribbean Policy Research Institute (CAPRI), which indicated that the m...

BARRETT HALL, St James - The death of two little boys in a fire at Barrett Hall, near Lilliput, and major fire damage to Granville Police Station caused much sadness in the St James communities yesterday.The little boys, Aden Flowers, a...

THE Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) is asking for provisions to be placed in the Electricity Act to give it more teeth in the sector, including the authority to direct electricity providers to remedy customers' complaints.The recom...

MANDEVILLE, Manchester - The three people who were charged with murder in relation to the November 26, 2020 stabbing death of 63-year-old businesswoman Marcia Chin-you had their bail further extended when they appeared in the Manchester...

THE Organization of American States (OAS) has partnered with the Government to implement an early warning system that will assist in safeguarding Jamaica's cyber infrastructure, through the use of security information and event manageme...

Today is the 140th day of 2021. There are 225 days left in the year. TODAY'S HIGHLIGHTS1506: Christopher Columbus dies in poverty in Spain. OTHER EVENTS1521: Ignatius of Loyola is hit by a cannonball while defending Pamplona against t...

A St Catherine mother is claiming that her five-month-old son suffered two cardiac arrests because the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) dropped the ball with his treatment. According to Regina Bell, her son Caleb suffered t...

Opposition spokesman on agriculture and water Lothan Cousins has chided the Government for what he claims is a lack of focus on getting reliable potable water to rural communities, despite indications from the minister in charge of rura...

THE St Andrew South police have listed 26-year-old Romario Grant, otherwise called ''Kaka'' and ''Irons'', as wanted in connection with a murder in the parish on Tuesday, May 18. He is asked to turn himself in to the police immediately....

TEXAS, United States (AP) - Republican Governor Greg Abbott yesterday signed a law that bans abortions in Texas before many women even know they are pregnant and differs singularly from similar efforts nationwide, leaving enforcement t...

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to press ahead with a fierce military offensive in the Gaza Strip, pushing back yesterday against calls from the United States to wind down the operation that ...

AN order was issued in the St Ann Parish Court yesterday, barring any further public discourse on the sexual assault case involving a 13-year-old girl who initially reported that she had been buggered by two boys and three men in Golden...

There is consensus for scandal-riddled State oil refinery Petrojam to become a public-private partnership, Minister of Science, Energy and Technology Daryl Vaz told the House of Representatives yesterday.Vaz, who was speaking in the an...

SAVANNA-LA-MAR, Westmoreland - The 15-year-old boy who is accused of accidentally shooting his six-year-old cousin, Jadaine Miller, while playing with an illegal firearm Monday afternoon was handed over to police at the Freeport Station...

The Jamaica Observer yesterday received copies of the contentious e-mail reportedly sent by former Senator AJ Nicholson to now Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Senator Kamina Johnson Smith in 2018 and one sent in 2019.The e...

Auditor General Pamela Monroe Ellis yesterday cleared up statements she made at last week's meeting of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) as to her absence from the entrance and exit interviews for a 2019 internal audit of her departme...

MANDEVILLE, Manchester - An ugly, smelly, illegal dump just a few metres away from a properly installed garbage skip in Royal Flat, just east of here, yesterday triggered disgust, frustration and calls from the island's solid waste mana...

Those who loved 17-year-old Tristan Graham struggled yesterday to understand why it reportedly took so long for anyone to help after the teen clutched his chest and collapsed on his way home from school in May Pen, Clarendon, on Monday...

The Government is anticipating US$2.8 billion in investments in the energy sector by 2037 to modernise the country's electricity infrastructure while diversifying fuel sources and promoting conservation.Updating Parliament yesterday on ...

MEDICAL officer of health for Westmoreland Dr Marcia Graham says residents of the parish must remain vigilant in preventing dengue fever as the Aedes index is on the increase in that area of the island."We have seen an upward trend in o...

THE National Water Commission (NWC) has asked developers to consult the company in order to get information about existing water and sewerage infrastructure in certain areas before starting construction.In making his opening remarks dur...