Professor Neville Ying (centre) reads an excerpt from his latest book Shaping a Servant Leader to Grace Baston, principal, Campion College, and Earl Jarrett, deputy chairman and chief executive officer,the Jamaica National Group, at the...

LUCEA, Hanover - For those weary of the lockdowns imposed by the Government to limit spread of the novel coronavirus, Lucea Mayor Sheridan Samuels had a simple message at last Thursday's monthly meeting of the Hanover Municipal Corporat...

MAY PEN, Clarendon - Describing Sunday's brutal slaying of four people in Havana Heights as "a whole new level" of the crime plaguing the community, Opposition Leader Mark Golding said he and his team were compelled to visit to show res...

Today is the 257th day of 2021. There are 108 days left in the year.TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT1985: The American sitcom The Golden Girls debuts on television; known for its focus on older women - played by Betty White, Rue McClanahan, Beatrice A...

PORT MARIA, St Mary - An unusually high number of complaints about mosquitoes in this parish have pushed local health authorities to appeal for additional resources to intensify what is being described as an integrated approach to tackl...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Tuesday, September 14, 2021: This year you could find your ability to communicate drawing new people toward you. Old friends and loved ones also relish talking to you. Enjoy socialising and expanding your immediate ci...

NEW YORK, United States (AP) - School started yesterday for about a million New York City public school students in the nation's largest experiment of in-person learning during the novel coronavirus pandemic.The first day of school coin...

OLYMPIA, Washington (AP) - Washington state troopers, prison correctional officers, ferry workers and other public sector employees have filed a lawsuit to try to overturn Governor Jay Inslee's COVID-19 vaccine mandate.The Northwest New...

At age seven she lost her father and, soon after, her mother became mentally ill, leaving Phelisia Ricketts-Graham in the care of an ailing grandmother whose very best efforts were sometimes not enough. There were days when the youngste...

THE local tourism industry yesterday provided data showing that Jamaica's adherence to strict COVID-19 protocols has resulted in the island being safe for visitors, and said that the increased availability of vaccines will enhance that ...

THE Major Organised Crime and Anti-Corruption Agency (MOCA) is reporting that it has arrested and charged three people, including a wife and husband, for alleged fraud related to activities at the Human Employment and Resource Training/...

MONTEGO BAY, St James - While frowning on what they see as "never-ending lockdowns", tourism stakeholders and residents say they have no problem with a cruise ship being allowed to dock on a no-movement day.The comments come following a...

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Women in Afghanistan can continue to study in universities, including at postgraduate levels, but classrooms will be gender-segregated and Islamic dress is compulsory, the Taliban Government's new higher educat...

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) - The United States military said yesterday missile tests conducted by North Korea over the weekend posed 'threats' to the country's neighbours and beyond."This activity highlights DPRK's continuing focus...

LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) - The UK Government has dropped a plan to make people in England show vaccine passports to enter crowded events such as nightclubs, the health minister said yesterday.The Government had previously said these...

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AFP) - The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) Europe was Friday pessimistic about vaccines' ability to put an end to the novel coronavirus pandemic, as new variants dash hopes of reaching herd immunity.Face...

Emotional and painful. That was how 21-year-old Sheriffa Cousins described her experience while receiving medical treatment for a broken toe at the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) last Wednesday night.Cousins, who is a thi...

SAVANNA-LA-MAR, Westmoreland - Over the last two months there has been a ninefold increase in the number of children in this parish who have contracted COVID-19, sparking concern among health officials. "We have 652 active cases and 95 ...

The frightful scenes of a roadway plunging below to the valley after being hit by tropical storms Eta and Zeta and the bitter complaints about the inevitable overcharging by taxi drivers that followed, have given way to a bright new ro...

MONTEGO BAY, St James - About 48 of the 377 nurses assigned to the Cornwall Regional Hospital are now in quarantine after being exposed to COVID-19 patients and suspected of contracting the respiratory disease while on duty at the facil...

"CLEAN up your police record and reapply." Those were the last words 36-year old Sheril Bailey wanted to hear after she finally landed a job, following three years of searching, as part of a plan to put her drug trafficking conviction b...

THE dreaded rectal exam which has scared off many men over the years is no longer as critical in the test for prostate problems, if orthopaedic surgeon and general practitioner, Dr Paul Wright is to be believed.It would mean great news ...

SAVANNA-LA-MAR, Westmoreland - Every weekday morning, Donna Marshall, a teacher at the Savanna-la-Mar Infant School, gathers her schoolbooks and double checks that she has an active data plan on her phone before making the trek to Mount...

Today is the 256th day of 2021. There are 109 days left in the yearTODAY'S HIGHLIGHT2005: US President George W Bush says that "I take responsibility" for failures in dealing with Hurricane Katrina, and says the disaster raised broader ...

The American Society of Travel Advisors (ASTA) has lauded Sandals Resorts International (SRI) for continuing to play a leading role in helping Caribbean tourism recover, with the region's top tourism group still very much on course to f...

OCHO RIOS, St Ann - With family fights contributing to the slight increase seen in murders in St Ann, senior superintendent (SSP) of police in charge of the parish, Dwight Powell, is calling on residents to settle domestic disputes with...

MAY PEN, Clarendon - It will cost taxpayers more than $400 million to fix damage done to Clarendon roads by tropical storms Grace and Ida, according to estimaes provided by Acting Chief Engineering Officer Clevon Watson at Thursday's mo...

SPANISH TOWN, St Catherine - The flood waters of recent tropical storms have long subsided but residents of this parish have another problem on their hands. "We have received a flood of calls about mosquito infestations in various commu...

PORT MARIA, St Mary - Farmers in this parish are estimated to have lost crops valued at more than $360 million last month due to Tropical Storm Grace that made landfall here, as well as the subsequent heavy rainfall associated with a tr...

Months of bitter quarrels over conflicting governance styles at the Merl Grove High School community exploded last Thursday when the board of management suspended Principal Dr Marjorie Fullerton, setting off a crisis at the beginning of...

No vaccine? Well, no hospital space for youLast week, another protest by a few misguided souls in May Pen, Clarendon, against the administration of vaccines to fight the novel coronavirus, only served to confirm that the list of fools w...

A number of people are opting to find creative means, or a side job, to earn an income during retirement, which Othneil Blagrove, senior manager for sales, JN Life Insurance Company, says is commendable because the extra income can supp...

PRESIDENT of the Ocho Rios Craft Council Devon Mitchell yesterday welcomed news of the arrival of the Carnival Sunrise cruise ship set to dock in Ocho Rios tomorrow, exclaiming that he was happy and the craft vendors were anticipating a...

Javon Dinnall has one main and urgent goal - to complete medical school.The 27-year-old, who was born and raised in Jones Town, St Andrew, told the Jamaica Observer that as a lad he stuck to his books and heeded his mother's advice - st...

"How do I remember big words? I don't know. I guess it's a gift," says eight-year-old Abysenya Gordon with the directness typical of children.The Free Town Primary School student isn't your ordinary grade three pupil.Last year, Abysenya...

THE Yamaye Council of Indigenous Leaders (YCOIL) is mounting pressure on the Government to meet with them and settle the long-running issue of Maroon sovereignty which sparked controversy last month after residents of Accompong in St El...

THE Paediatric Association of Jamaica is fearing that a noticeable reduction in the number of children being presented for their scheduled routine childhood vaccines since the start of the novel coronavirus pandemic could trigger an inc...

MORE than 200 doses of COVID-19 vaccines were yesterday administered under a pilot programme inside the Ministry of Health and Wellness's new mobile vaccination unit at Fontana Pharmacy on Waterloo Road in St Andrew.The unit, a converte...

With the restart of virtual classes for the new academic year, students with special needs are among those who continue to grapple with learning challenges. The concern was raised by the educators of special needs children at St Christ...

Kiwanians across Jamaica will honour the blind community today as they celebrate Kiwanis for Disability Day, a day dedicated each year to focus on helping people with disabilities.The theme for 2021 is 'Pathway For The Visually Impaire...

A senior member in the legal fraternity is urging young people to make the best of their education so that they can overcome prejudice in the society, as Jamaica, he insists, still mirrors the plantation system.Senior Deputy Director of...

A few weeks ago, Ricardo Green was among the many COVID-19 vaccine sceptics. Today, he is responsible for getting 19 family members and friends to vaccination sites, after he took the jab and went on a crusade persuading others to do th...

Christina Thomas just wasn't happy seeing the setbacks students were experiencing in their education after schools were forced shut by the novel coronavirus pandemic last year. She decided, therefore, to help correct the deficit by sta...

JOHN Allen is one of those men who always stayed on top of his annual medical appointment, but with COVID-19 having a negative impact on many lives, he decided to go earlier - a visit that marked his brush with prostate cancer.The prost...

WITH the increased use of smartphones, tablets and wearable devices among senior citizens comes the conversation about mobile application (app) use in that demographic. Even though more people 65 and over are online, there is still cons...

There are few things I dislike from the depths of my soul - racism and abuse. It's often said that Jamaica does not have racism, and rightly so. Any outsider may wonder how can there be racism in a "black" country so proudly Afrocentric...

A number of blind and visually impaired parents say the move by schools to online classes, forced by the novel coronavirus pandemic, has been particularly difficult for them, even as they acknowledge improvements in technology that have...

SCIENTIFIC research supporting claims that COVID-19 vaccines affect a woman's menstrual cycle is yet to be released, but several Jamaican women are citing changes in their periods since being inoculated against COVID-19.A 24-year-old wo...

MENTION of the word prostate can evoke fear as people either think cancer or the often feared cancer screening test, however, the lime-sized gland present in males plays an important role in body function and should be cared for.The pro...

NEW YORK, United States (AP) - Joan MacDonald's health was in shambles at age 71. She was overweight and on numerous medications with high cholesterol, rising blood pressure and kidney trouble.Her daughter, a fitness coach, warned that ...