People's National Party (PNP) President Mark Golding has rejected assertions by Prime Minister Andrew Holness that he was included in talks associated with the national vaccination programme.Addressing the private session of the PNP's 8...

MANDEVILLE, Manchester - There is a 21 per cent reduction in murder here, but head of the Manchester police, Superintendent Lloyd Darby says the south-central parish is seeing an increase in three categories of crime since the start of ...

In sickness, in health, and in higher education. It's the tale of two graduates - husband and wife.Michelle Paul-Thompson, 44, and Richard Thompson, 46, have been married for 14 years and are both graduating from The University of the W...

Former Mayor of Montego Bay Shalman Scott wants Prime Minister Andrew Holness to step in and stop the bleeding that has been affecting the Cornwall Regional Hospital.His demands follow the five-year delay of the $4-billion renovation pr...

The Jamaican Bar Association wants lawmakers to rethink certain amendments to two Bills giving the Crown a limited right to appeal not guilty verdicts in criminal cases.Parliament's Upper House, the Senate, last week gave the nod to the...

AS residents of Bath, St Thomas, basked in the fact that nine-year-old Phylisa Prussia has been found alive after being kidnapped on Thursday, they were again plunged into dismay after learning of the disappearance of another girl, 13-y...

After restless nights, days of searching and worry, the pain experienced by Korian Prussia, father of nine-year-old Phylisa Prussia vanished when he saw his daughter alive and heard her calling out for him."As she see mi, she say 'Dada...

Italian postgraduate master's student, 27-year-old Jacopo Butti thwarted disappointment when he jumped at an opportunity to complete a school-required internship in Jamaica.The Bergamo, Italy, native was supposed to have completed his ...

Consistent with its promise to reward Jamaica's workers, J Wray & Nephew Limited will continue its JWN Cares Intervention with a $21.7-million cash award set to benefit 434 front line workers.Managing director of JWN, Jean-Philippe ...

Since the onset of the novel coronavirus pandemic misinformation has clouded the judgement of many. In fact, the World Health Organization (WHO) says it has sourced various myths from Google ' s most-searched questions, some of which ...

Executive director of the National Council for Senior Citizens (NCSC), Cassandra Morrison says greater effort needs to be made to integrate older people within their families and the society as a whole, and called for more intergenerati...

As a result of increased smartphone usage among seniors and the growth of silver tech (technological innovations, products, and services developed for seniors), many older people are turning to mobile technology to simplify one of the ...

Creating equal employment opportunities for Jamaicans living with disabilities was the central focus during the recent Digicel Foundation-hosted virtual conversation entitled 'Why is workplace inclusion so important?'. The robust discu...

SAVANNA-LA-MAR, Westmoreland - Even with half their faces covered by masks, it was easy to see how happy four students from Bethel Town were to be at the Westmoreland Municipal Corporation (WMC) on Thursday. They were there to receive l...

Shamara Morrison is a jovial, fun-loving, and very frank person and on any given day, Morrison enjoys making people laugh and caring for children in her role as a registered nurse at the Bustamante Hospital for Children (BHC). Having s...

In keeping with Breast Cancer Awareness Month and to mark World Mammogram Day celebrated on October 15, the Sandals Foundation donated a total of 100 mammograms valued at $500,000 to women in St Ann and St Mary.The donation made to the ...

One of the major developments in the field of cardiovascular medicine over the past 40 years has been the treatment of narrowing in arteries of the heart by non-invasive means, that is, without the need to surgically open the chest and ...

Viagra , Cialis, Strong Back are commonly touted as the holy grail for improving sexual performance among men in our society. In fact, there are numerous medications and home-made tonics that have been proposed as the solution to reduci...

He was remembered by close friend Dr Ray Fraser as a man of many qualities, which led many to see and love him as if he were a "tourist attraction."It was a notation that set the scene at St James Anglican Church, Hayes, Clarendon, last...

As the debate continues over the recently passed legislation to give Jamaican prosecutors a limited right to appeal court rulings, the Jamaica Observer has compiled the main arguments from both sides.Arguments in support of the prosecut...

Jhanelle Crawford swoons at the thought of roads, bridges, design, construction and maintenance. She is a woman on a mission in a male-dominated field. The 21-year-old is graduating from The University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, w...

'Dog Paw' failed Jamaica, not the other way aroundEnvironmentalist Diana McCaulay's utterances on Nationwide Radio last Tuesday, suggesting that Jamaica failed now-deceased gangster Christoper "Dog Paw" Linton, would have been, for her ...

WASHINGTON, DC, United States (AP) - Many Americans believe their communities are doing a good job meeting the needs of older adults, but white people may be better equipped than people of colour to age within their communities, accordi...

Love me or hate me,Both are in my favour,If you love me I'll always be in your heart,If you hate me, I'll always be in your mind.- ShakespeareThere really is a thin line between love and hate, with both at times merging, conflating, bon...

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...