Korian Prussia and Latoya Dyer haven't slept since Thursday night when their nine-year-old daughter Phylisa Prussia was abducted from her home in St Thomas by a man who police say is before the court on rape and illegal possession of f...

Residents of Bath in St Thomas expressed anger yesterday as they continued searching for nine-year-old Phylisa Prussia, whose abduction from her house in the community Thursday evening by a man was captured on closed circuit television ...

Well over a week after five-year-old Denique Salmon was killed in her sleep by a stray bullet as rival gunmen engaged in an early morning battle on the streets of New Haven, St Andrew, her father, Michael Salmon, is still hoping that so...

Jamaicans have given mixed responses to Prime Minister Andrew Holness's indications that mandatory vaccination could be inevitable, based on the slow take-up of COVID-19 vaccines.While some people have expressed disapproval, others beli...

ROME, Italy (AFP) - In one Rome hospital, the vast majority of COVID-19 patients in intensive care are unvaccinated - and many are urging Italian anti-vaxxers to get the jab.A 41-year-old patient at the ICC- Casalpalocco COVID hospital,...

ROME, Italy (AFP) - Thousands of people protested at Italian ports and across towns and cities yesterday, against the introduction of one of the world's toughest COVID pass regimes, but fears of widespread disruption failed to materiali...

MORANT BAY, St Thomas - The St Thomas Renaissance Foundation is making a big push to include youngsters from the parish in this year's commemoration of the Morant Bay uprising during Heroes' Month."The event is held in commemoration of ...

LEIGH-ON-SEA, United Kingdom (AFP) - British counter-terrorism officers are leading the investigation into the killing yesterday of lawmaker David Amess, police said, as they probe the second death of a UK politician while meeting voter...

LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) - A British lawmaker since 1983 from the Conservatives' right wing, David Amess was a maverick but courteous Euro-sceptic long before the party leadership embraced all-out opposition to the European Union (E...

Mark Lamont has had many frightening experiences during the 15 years he has worked as a taxi driver, but one which he is unable to erase from his memory is the night two Caucasian men, he believed to be homosexuals, tried to kidnap him....

Health officials are expressing concern over the fact that just under 80 per cent of Jamaicans are yet to receive even one dose of any of the available COVID-19 vaccines with the busy Christmas season fast approaching.Speaking during l...

Justice Minister Delroy Chuck has cautioned against the Integrity Commission's recommendation that it be authorised to announce the start of, and comment on ongoing investigations, arguing that this approach could prove prejudicial and ...

SANTA CRUZ, St Elizabeth - As questions swirled as to how a courthouse building on the compound of the police station here was broken into yesterday, head of the St Elizabeth police, Superintendent Narda Simms, suggested it could have b...

Sandals Resorts Executive Chairman Adam Stewart has been formally invited to join the World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) Executive Committee, a move that the organisation said "represents the actionable change and strides forward m...

CALDERWOOD, St Ann - Prime Minister Andrew Holness yesterday made it clear that no one will be forced to take the COVID-19 vaccine, even as he finally put a timeline on when his Government will roll out what he has now labelled a vaccin...

PwC Jamaica has donated $500,000 to Boulevard Baptist Church's Student Affairs Programme to help 50 needy students seeking support to return to the classroom this semester.Leighton McKnight, territory leader for PwC Jamaica, says the c...

Four secondary school students have been identified as possible game changers in the field of science, and to help them on this path they have been awarded scholarships from Technological Solutions Limited (TSL).The students are Faith C...

"The countries that have the highest burden of mental health conditions are usually the ones that are in fact investing the least in mental health."This was the message brought to a Jamaican audience on Monday, by the Pan American Healt...

Jonathan Grant High School Past Students' Association has donated more than 200 devices, including tablets and laptop computers to the school. The donation came at a time when scores of students have struggled to participate in the onl...

Today is the 288th day of 2015. There are 77 days left in the year.TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT1968: Guyanese lecturer Walter Rodney is barred by the Jamaican Government from re-entering the country. OTHER EVENTS1529: Suleiman I, Sultan of Turkey...

The House of Representatives has approved the extension of the five Zones of Special Operations (ZOSOs) currently in force.Minister of National Security Dr Horace Chang piloted the motions on Wednesday evening to extend the operation o...

The wait will finally be over for hundreds of thousands of students who sat the 2021 Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) examinations, as they can expect their results today. Speaking at the release of results ceremony in Guyana yeste...

MANDEVILLE, Manchester - The Southern Regional Health Authority (SRHA) is reporting a sharp increase in the number of mentally ill people needing help in the region. Regional director of SRHA Michael Bent told the Jamaica Observer that ...

As some international airlines suffer from pilot shortage, Christopher Gooding, co-founder and a director of the Aeronautical School of the West Indies at the Tinson Pen Aerodrome in St Andrew, is urging Jamaicans to gear up to fill tha...

OCHO RIOS, St Ann - It has been a seven-year journey to a place of self-acceptance for Nadia Melville who is now living with one breast, after losing the other to cancer. Following the surgery, Melville simply did not feel beautiful any...

SAVANNA-LA-MAR, Westmoreland - After experiencing a frightening third wave of the novel coronavirus pandemic, this parish is now seeing a drastic reduction in its COVID-19 cases, according to data from the Ministry of Health and Wellnes...

CAMBRIDGE, St James - For head girl of Cambridge High School, 17-year-old Oriel Spence, her role is more than just keeping her peers in line and helping teachers with classes. For her, it also means helping fellow students who are in ne...

Washington, United States (AP) - United States health advisers said yesterday that some Americans who received Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine at least six months ago should get a half-dose booster to rev up protection against the coronavir...

MANDEVILLE, Manchester - For half of his life, 60-year-old Malichi Sinclair has been a taxi operator in this south-central parish.Yesterday, he was among Jamaicans who turned up at the Manchester Health Department's COVID-19 vaccination...

MORANT BAY, St Thomas - Residents of St Thomas are hoping the Government's ambitious US$746-million tourism plan will transform it from the "forgotten parish" and spark a long-awaited rebirth. "We need at least US$205 million of public ...

SIX fathers at Jamaica College (JC) are asserting that they have what they believe is part of the answer to the island's struggle to return to in-person learning.The group is led by Collin Greenland, who is vying for the post of preside...

Former People's National Party (PNP) Vice-President Dr Angela Brown Burke has confirmed that she is throwing her hat into the ring to become the first female chair of the 83-year-old political party.In recent days there have been incre...

The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) says it is working hard to source COVID-19 vaccines for countries, such as Jamaica, that are lagging behind with vaccinating their populations, but is urging those countries to make the necess...

Nearly 30 months after an initial draft Bill was rejected by the Constitutional Court, the National Identification and Registration Act, commonly called the NIDS Bill, was unanimously approved by the House of Representatives yesterday.T...

Acting permanent secretary in the Ministry of Education Dr Grace McLean has been sent on leave ahead of an investigation into the use of $124 million from Government coffers highlighted in an alarming audit report in which two senior c...

Edmund Bartlett yesterday forecast Jamaica welcoming a total of 1.5 million visitors this year and earning more than US$2 billion from tourism.Bartlett, the tourism minister, made the prediction yesterday while giving a parliamentary up...

Fish vendors Namdi Thompson and his brother Jahmall wore broad smiles yesterday when a 220-lb June fish was delivered to them at their Rae Town Fishing Village shop on Norman Manley Boulevard, Kingston.The fish, which the Jamaica Obser...

In a report now before Parliament, the Portmore parish joint select committee has concluded that although the municipality does not currently have all the facilities of existing parishes, it should be given parish status.The committee ...

MANDEVILLE, Manchester - Police in this parish say they are trying to use less lethal force when dealing with mentally challenged people, but there are times when the only option is the opposite. "There is sometimes some apprehension w...

AS it looks to further grow its client base across its banking and investment segments, JMMB Group (JMMB) will be launching its long-awaited mobile app, along with a suite of other digital offerings, to complement its operations for its...

Minister of state in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Robert Morgan, has promised that Jamaica will have a new Child Care and Protection Act within the next 18 months.Making his contribution to the State of the Constitu...

Petrojam Limited was one of 45 companies that came together to construct a COVID-19 field hospital at the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI), in order to enhance service delivery to COVID-19 patients admitted at the facility...

OCHO RIOS, St Ann - When Patrick Green shared the story of how he escaped extortionists and began a new life, he never expected that it would resonate with so many people. Since the story was published in the Jamaica Observer in July, h...

Today is 287th the day of 2021. There are 78 days left in the year.TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT1999: The monuments to the Right Excellent Nanny of the Maroons and Samuel Sharpe are dedicated in National Heroes' Park in Kingston, Jamaica. OTHER EV...

Private guarding and security solutions company the Guardsman Group last Saturday partnered with the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) to host a COVID-19 vaccination blitz in Kingston. The pop-up blitz, which forms a part of the group's vacc...

UNITED STATES (AFP) - Star Trek actor William Shatner finally became a real space traveller on Blue Origin's second crewed mission yesterday, calling it the most profound experience of his life."It was unbelievable," said the 90-year-...

WASHINGTON, United States (AP) - The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is wrestling with whether and when to offer another dose of the single-shot Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine, while a new study out yesterday ra...

MOSCOW, Russia (AP) - Russia is ready to provide up to 300 million doses of its Sputnik V vaccine to the United Nations-backed COVAX initiative, a top Russian official promoting the shot says, even though the World Health Organization (...

KINGSTOWN, St Vincent (CMC) - Caribbean Community (Caricom) Secretary General Dr Carla Barnett will address the United Nations Security Council on Friday when it meets to discuss the ongoing situation in Haiti, St Vincent and the Grenad...

MANDEVILLE, Manchester - Scores of farmers across Jamaica are reeling from rising prices for fertiliser, crop seedlings, and seeds, which have significantly hiked their production costs.President of the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS...