ROEHAMPTON, St James - Staff and students of Roehampton Primary School in southern St James were excited yesterday as they returned to face-to-face classes. "I am extremely elated to be physically at school. Even though we were engaged ...

OCHO RIOS, St Ann - After a whirlwind global blitz, the tourism ministry's aggressive marketing of Brand Jamaica continues this week - this time on local soil.A group of about a dozen international - Europe, Canada, the US, and Barbados...

  THE Fisherman's Co-operative Beach in Montego Bay received a much-needed facelift when Sandals Foundation ambassadors from Sandals Montego Bay and Sandals Royal Caribbean Resorts cleared more than 700 pounds of garbage and discarded...

Today is the 313th day of 2021. There are 52 days left in the year.TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT1976: The UN General Assembly approves resolutions condemning apartheid in South Africa, including one characterising the white-ruled Government as "ill...

MONTEGO BAY, St James - A stationary front across Jamaica dumped heavy rain on the western end of the island Sunday night into early yesterday morning triggering heavy flooding that damaged roads and other infrastructure and had many se...

Pleasure at being back in classrooms was the general consensus across the Corporate Area yesterday as the country began a phased resumption of face-to-face classes after almost two years of online learning, induced by the novel coronav...

MANDEVILLE, Manchester - Parents, teachers, and school administrators alike were yesterday euphoric at the resumption of face-to-face classes at some primary schools in Manchester and St Elizabeth.Julia Baker, whose two daughters attend...

Nicholas Cummings (right) watches as his brother Adam places the urn with the remains of their father, the late Jamaica Observer Photo Editor Bryan Cummings, into the colombarium at Sts Peter and Paul Church in St Andrew yesterday on th...

The second ex-member of the St Catherine-based Klansman gang-turned-State witness yesterday described the years since he started working with the police to bring down the gang as "hard"."Over the few years I've been through a lot, keepi...

UNITY HALL, St James - The National Works Agency (NWA) is reporting that heavy rainfall between Sunday and yesterday caused flooding on roads between St James and Hanover, leaving some impassable.Janel Ricketts, the NWA's community rela...

THE Jamaica Combined Cadet Force (JCCF) observed its Founder's Day on Sunday with a church service at Holy Trinity Cathedral on North Street, downtown Kingston.The JCCF website states that the organisation came into being on November 1,...

Dr Romario Simpson, a young doctor specialising in internal medicine at the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI), might as well have been given the middle name 'Service'.Just over a fortnight ago when he was appointed a justice...

The World Health Organization (WHO) last month flagged Jamaica as one of two countries in the region which had imported COVID-19 test kits which were substandard.This was disclosed by Cynthia Lewis-Graham, director of the Ministry of H...

More than one million doses of COVID-19 vaccines have now been administered in Jamaica, the health and wellness ministry revealed yesterday, and the development has pleased Dr Christopher Tufton, who commended health-care workers and Ja...

The first week of the global climate conference in Glasgow, Scotland - referred to as COP26 because it's the 26th meeting or conference of the countries that are party to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC...

MONTEGO BAY, St James - The Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA) has now made contact with a family member of the last of 15 children who were placed in State care after the bizarre cult-like ritual in which three people ...

GLASGOW, United Kingdom (AFP) - COP26's first week saw keynote pledges to end deforestation, phase out coal, and mobilise trillions for green investment. But observers say there is a gulf between host Britain's proclamations and the emi...

PORT ANTONIO, Jamaica - The planet's largest private residential ship, MS The World , docked at Ken Wright Pier in Port Antonio, Jamaica, yesterday with 90 passengers who will be enjoying some of the island's attractions until tomorrow...

SAVANNA-LA-MAR, Westmoreland - "Mi soon come back." Those were the last words 25-year-old Romaine Cavalho said to his mother, Sandra Johnson, before he went missing. His casual promise of a speedy return home was his usual way of sayi...

With a market bag and a bottle of juice next to him, a man who appeared to be homeless was found dead at the intersection of Lyndhurst Road and Beechwood Avenue in St Andrew last Friday. A vendor who opted not to be named, told the Jam...

PORT MARIA, St Mary - Amid growing scepticism among residents about the long-awaited transformation of Pagee Beach in this parish capital, the Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF) is urging patience."Bear with us a little," said Johan Rampair...

When Lorna Williams died of renal failure in 2013, her eldest daughter Daneille Lopez Watson automatically took on the role of motherhood, nurturing her younger sisters Tiffany Cox and Kimone Cox-Greaves 15 and 20 years old, respectivel...

NATIONAL Commercial Bank (NCB) Jamaica Limited is set to roll out the pilot phase of its online appointment scheduling system in select branches by November 22, 2021. Following successful completion of the pilot phase, it is expected to...

THE Private Security Regulation Authority (PSRA) now has a mobile registration unit (MRU) and online licence renewal portal aimed at boosting registration and engagement with professionals within the industry. The MRU, which was handed ...

Today is the 312th day of 2021. There are 53 days left in the year.TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT1895: Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen, German physicist, discovers X-rays.OTHER EVENTS1519: Spanish conqueror Hernan Cortez reaches Mexico City with his small S...

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AFP) - Rebels fighting Ethiopia's Government have played down reports that they would face a hostile population or cause a "bloodbath" if they advanced into Addis Ababa, even as tens of thousands joined a pro-mili...

MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AFP) - Under ring-of-steel security, Nicaraguans voted yesterday in presidential elections dismissed as a "sham" by the international community, with all viable challengers to long-term leader Daniel Ortega locked up...

SEVERAL COVID-19 testing facilities have slashed costs associated with testing by more than 50 per cent.The news comes four days after the Jamaica Observer reported that the Ministry of Health and Wellness (MOHW) is facing strong critic...

When it comes to pranks and trickery Dwayne and Kerri-Ann Miller will always say "I do."Last December, one of the YouTube videos of the ruthless pranks of the couple went viral on social media, and the result is that Kerri-Ann has been ...

Thinking of the elderly population one would conjure up images of peace and lawfulness. But over the course of the last five years, some 164 elders - over 55 years old - have been charged with murder.Data obtained by the Jamaica Observe...

Various rural secondary education principals have shed light on bleak sixth form programmes at their institutions ahead of the Ministry of Education's compulsory Sixth Form Pathway Programme come September 2022.According to the ministry...

Nobody wore a broader smile on the day than principal of Long Road Primary School, Audreth Gardner.It was Tuesday, November 2, and a man who had celebrated the anniversary of his birth a day before - medical practitioner Dr Nagendra Ba...

SHEER misery!That's how one member of Long Road in St Mary South Eastern summed up the quality of the community's main road - a sentiment largely shared in the deep-rural village.The roadway, which allows only for one vehicle to travel ...

MONTEGO BAY, St James - The way has now been cleared for baby Ariah Turner to lead a normal life.That's the suggestion from the toddler's mother, Tashoy Brown, following a major anal reconstructive procedure days ago.Brown had appealed ...

Sheryl Williams has been hoping for over two months.Her daughter, 34-year-old Ruchelle Williams, a teacher of Goshen district in St Ann, has been missing since September 15. After paying people to search for her daughter in September, S...

Various rural secondary education principals have shed light on bleak sixth form programmes at their institutions ahead of the Ministry of Education's compulsory Sixth Form Pathway Programme come September 2022. According to the minist...

NOVEMBER is Diabetes Awareness Month and diabetes, often referred to as 'sugar' in Jamaica, is a potentially life-threatening illness and is the second-leading cause of death for Jamaicans under the age of 70 years.Locally the month of ...

FOR many people, their senior years are synonymous with retirement, finally getting a chance to step away from the daily stresses and hassles of the working world and spend more time with friends and loved ones. For an increasing number...

MANY retirees want to engage in post-retirement work for the money or out of a desire to stay active. We are interested in opportunities for encore or second careers that are less stressful than our first, which give us a chance to util...

Three years after she left office as chief executive officer of the Universal Service Fund, Suzette Camile Buchanan was back at an event held by the State agency last week.This time, though, it was to bring words of encouragement to the...

FINANCIAL stress is a global phenomenon, but just what is financial stress, and how can it be managed? The Financial Health Institute describes financial stress as "a condition that is as a result of financial and/or economic events tha...

As electricity and Internet connection went out from time to time, 16-year-old Jamie Lowe resorted to purchasing data plans to keep up with classes and take notes.An investment well made, he deems it, after bagging eight ones with strai...

In recent weeks, there have been some press discussions about rising medical inflation, and health insurance providers have signalled a likely increase in premium payments. Currently, only an estimated 15 per cent of Jamaicans are cover...

Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett has described the United Kingdom leg of his recently concluded international markets blitz as "extremely successful", and it will result in Jamaica benefiting from several new flights and investments."Ja...

Why do women wait so long to file sex-related claims?A hearing will likely determine whether there is truth to the allegation that Jamaica national women's football team Coach Hubert Busby Jr sexually abused a Vancouver Whitecaps player...

It was the best news Nadian Whyte had in September. She was chosen as the first recipient of the Dr Rickert Allen Scholarship from the NCB Foundation.That meant she could pursue her Bachelor of Science degree in Networking with Cybersec...

RECENT conversations on COVID-19 vaccines have flirted with the idea of mixing and matching vaccines. The argument was also touted in local circles when Jamaicans who received the Pfizer vaccine were unable to get their second doses. Th...

We know you sometimes have burning questions that can best be answered by a pharmacist. Get answers by sending your questions to healthandwealth@jamaicaobserver.comQuestion: Can I smoke while taking antibiotics?Answer: We all know smok...

Not shy about invoking her Jamaican heritage, Republican Winsome Earle Sears is the unlikely lieutenant governor-designate of Virginia after defeating her Democratic opponent Hala S Ayala in last Monday's hard-fought elections.Sears, 54...

The pleasing punishmentThat women bear.- Shakespeare, The Comedy of ErrorsMost men love to please women, but we should ask the question, why? Why does a man take it unto himself to please a woman, sometimes one who he hardly knows?The a...