Former Senator and Member of Parliament for St Elizabeth North Eastern Kern Spencer is saddened by the lack of unity in the Opposition People's National Party (PNP) of which he remains a member.Spencer, 46, who has served as MP for the ...

MONTEGO BAY, St James - Embattled Member of Parliament for Westmoreland Central George Wright, who returned to Parliament last Tuesday after taking leave of absence amidst allegations of him assaulting a woman, said he used the time awa...

THE board of the South East Regional Health Authority (SERHA) is reportedly dissatisfied with the preliminary report on the controversial circumstances surrounding the death of 26-year-old Shanique Armstrong's baby girl.The report, whic...

THE office of the justice of the peace (JP) is by law a voluntary service, but several JPs have turned their duties into fully fledged businesses, charging as much as $40,000 to notarise documents.A probe by the Jamaica Observer reveale...

A document that formed the wage and fringe benefits agreement between the Jamaica Government, and the University of Technology Jamaica Staff Union (UTASU), for the 2015 to 2017 contract period, gave clear guidelines regarding how matter...

He is heading back into the political ring.Kern Omar Spencer, now a seasoned businessman who turns 47 exactly a week from now, is lacing up his boots for a return to elective politics, after spending a decade outside of Gordon House, h...

A woman is still fuming and asking obvious questions after she said her car was part-scrapped on the compound of a police station recently.And as she awaits answers from the police, Sherida Collins continues to scratch her head in disbe...

Custos of Manchester Garfield Green (right) is assisted by an employee of the Forestry Department in planting a fruit tree at last Thursday's launch of the Manchester Tree Planting Programme at Percy Junor Hospital. Under the programme,...

Dwayne Francis (left), CEO at Spanish Town Hospital, joins Lisa Belnavis (second left), human resource manager, Food For the Poor; Lorraine Brown Wright (second right), CEO, Port Maria Hospital, and Pastor Everett Smith, director of Adv...

 From left, Marsha Evans representing the Class of 1991; Helen Hamilton-Richards, book roomadministrator; students Kay-Janae Foster and Kevin Rodgers; and Annmarie James-Pusey, vice-principal of St Mary's College, pose for the lens aft...

That messy Spanish Town Hospital affair WHAT happened to Ms Shanique Armstrong at the Spanish Town Hospital recently, again highlights the many struggles that bleeds Jamaica's public health-care system. And, the first thing you hear fro...

The Kiwanis Club of New Kingston (KCNK) yesterday launched its 2019-2020 administration major project which will see a mural painted at the intersection of Mark Lane and Harbour Street in Kingston to promote wellness and empowerment thr...

DESPITE not having any success so far, local hypnotist Sean Davidson believes, if the conditions are right, people can quit smoking with hypnosis.Davidson, more popularly known as Sean Michaels, uses hypnosis - which he describes as an ...

NINETEEN years ago, Franklyn White saw the difficulties his stepmother faced when she was in dire need of blood. A few years later, he watched as his sister died at Spanish Town Hospital after being stabbed by unknown assailants. She, t...

IF there's ever an oral health problem you might want to avoid, it would be an impacted wisdom tooth.Unfortunately, you can't control the size of your mouth or how your wisdom teeth grow. Since impacted wisdom teeth are most often cause...

THE fallout among People's National Party (PNP) members in St Ann South Eastern deepened last week with the resignation of Ian Bell, councillor for the Beecher Town Division in the constituency, from the party's executive body there.In ...

MONTEGO BAY, St James - The burgeoning business process outsourcing (BPO) sector, now operating in 12 of the 14 parishes across Jamaica, is poised for further growth to come from the over US$70 million in projects being prepared by inte...

In July, the Caribbean Global Network (CGN) Group, operators of New York-based IRIE Jam Radio , will launch Jamaica's newest radio station, The Bridge 99 FM . The Bridge will simulcast to the sister station IRIE Jam Radio, 93.5 FM - ...

Retired President of Jamaica's Court of Appeal, Justice Seymour Panton, one of five judges who dismissed an appeal last Tuesday, lodged by former Bosnia and Herzegovina tyrant Ratko Mladic in The Hague, Netherlands, has praised the expe...

In 2011, Tashina Walker of Trench Town, Kingston, and Henkel Valentine of Rio Grande Valley, Portland, both took a step in faith and enrolled at The University of the West Indies (UHWI), Mona, not knowing how their tuition would be cove...

One year after the emergence of the novel coronavirus pandemic, local health-care innovation business Novamed is making significant strides with its Virtual Innovation Lab to explore innovative solutions and opportunities in health car...

THERE is no 'typical' older person. Some 80-year-olds have physical and mental capacities similar to many 20-year-olds. Other people experience significant declines in physical and mental capacities at much younger ages. A comprehensive...

ARE you thinking of what to do in your retirement or advancing years? Think music. Music lessons are not only enjoyable for senior citizens, but can be quite beneficial.The brainMusic is wonderfully complex and so singing even the simpl...

IN today's digital world, it is almost impossible to get by without a mobile phone, a fact that is true even for senior citizens. While younger and more tech-savvy consumers may be obsessed about camera specs and lightning-fast performa...

FOR the first time in history, most people can expect to live into their 60s and beyond, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). According to the WHO, by 2050, the world's population aged 60 years and older is expected to tota...

DALLAS, Texas (AP) - The airline industry's recovery from the pandemic passed a milestone as more than two million people streamed through US airport security checkpoints on Friday for the first time since early March 2020.The Transport...

SAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) - Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro led a throng of motorcyclist supporters through the streets of Sao Paulo on Saturday - and got hit with a fine for failure to wear a mask in violation of local pandemic restrict...

CARBIS BAY, England (AP) - Leaders of the world's largest economies unveiled an infrastructure plan Saturday for the developing world to compete with China's global initiatives, but they were searching for a consensus on how to forceful...

Fortune is merry,And in this moodWill give us everything.- ShakespeareMoods are so important in our lives, and yet, many people often do not take them all that seriously, unless they're involved with someone who has a vast spectrum of ...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Sunday, June 13, 2021: You are bright, clever, fun-loving and spontaneous. You like to plan ahead; nevertheless, you are excellent at adapting to change. You live by your own unique moral code. This year, your idealis...

At just age two, Anselm Dewar was on his father's work computer flying digital planes and dreaming of actually becoming a pilot when he got older.Thirty-two years later, Anselm, who was raised by adoptive Jamaican parents, surprised his...

Health authorities have indicated that there could be a further reduction of COVID-19 restriction measures if positivity rates continue to trend down, but stressed that any such move will be based on a number of factors."We don't antici...

WRB Energy is urging the Government to eliminate the right of first refusal (ROFR) clause in its arrangement with Jamaica Public Service (JPS) company, as the provision is stifling competitiveness in the electricity market.The renewable...

A strike over wages by gravediggers and other staff at Meadowrest Memorial Gardens in St Catherine yesterday resulted in closure of the cemetery, leaving Jamaicans who had gone there to bury relatives angry and frustrated.Police worked ...

"Weh mommy and daddy deh, and what happened?" Romario Manning repeatedly asked as he lay in a bed at May Pen Hospital. "You met in an accident," members of his family replied.The 26-year-old Manning is experiencing short-term memory lo...

MANDEVILLE, Manchester - Angered by Tuesday's Jamaica Observer editorial focusing on the rampant chaos and total lack of regard for public order that now exists in Mandeville, Mayor Donovan Mitchell yesterday defended the municipal corp...

Minister of National Security Dr Horace Chang has linked the continuing bloodletting in sections of St James to educated, well-funded, and heavily armed gangsters in the parish, but he remains convinced that the security forces are pre...

PRIME Minister Andrew Holness has reiterated Jamaica's commitment to protecting the environment through the continuous strengthening of management policies that are designed to be comprehensive and sustainable."Over the last few years, ...

THE Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) has opened a probe into the fatal shooting of 30-year-old Steven Brown by an off-duty policeman on Irish Town Road, St Andrew.According to INDECOM, the cop had reported that on Frid...

THE team examining the national identification system (NIDS) is warm to the idea of having citizens' national identification number (NIN) linked to their taxpayers registration number (TRN), whenever the National Identification and Regi...

THE US Government yesterday announced that it is providing approximately J$130 million to support Jamaica's response to COVID-19.The funding, provided under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA), is aimed at mitigating the impact ...

THE Public Procurement Commission (PPC) has renewed its commitment to playing a significant role in helping to reduce waste in the public sector.The commission, which noted that public procurement accounts for approximately 30 per cent ...

Today is the 162nd day of 2021. There are 203 days left in the year.TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT2009: The World Health Organization says swine flu is now formally a pandemic, a declaration that speeds vaccine production and spurs government spendi...

ST THOMAS - It was the 107th no that did it. When no one would hire him Dimmitri Munroe decided it was time to make his way back to his dream of running his own business. After graduating with a bachelor's degree in media and communicat...

The Democratic Party has selected a black woman to face Jamaican-born Winsome Sears, a fiercely pro-Trump backer and the first black woman to get the Republican nod to run for lieutenant governor of Virginia.It means that whether the De...

Jamaican and Distinguished Kiwanis Governor Hope Markes was last month elected the first black woman to the Kiwanis International Board. She is a member of the Kiwanis Club of Hopewell, Hanover.Kiwanis is a global organisation of volunt...

ST IVES, England (AP) - US President Joe Biden called on global leaders Thursday to join him in sharing coronavirus vaccines with struggling nations around the world after he promised the US would donate 500 million doses to help speed ...

CLARK'S TOWN, Trelawny - Stephina "Apple" Ralston was yesterday nonplussed when she did not get an opportunity to speak with her "partner", 34-year-old Anthony Bailey, whom she is adamant she has forgiven for brutally attacking her with...

MONTEGO BAY, St James - The police yesterday charged pastor of the New Life Apostolic Church in Montego Bay with raping a 15-year-old member of the church.The man of the cloth has been identified as 39-year-old Jason Omar Rose, who is a...