The dispute over the suspension of Merl Grove High School (MGHS) Principal Dr Marjorie Fullerton by the school board appears headed for the Supreme Court finale.Dr Fullerton, through her attorney, Dr Delroy Beckford, has applied for cou...

THE Government yesterday staunchly defended its use of states of emergency (SOEs) as an urgent tool to stem the tide of increasingly brutal murders across the island, with Prime Minister Andrew Holness painting a wretched picture of the...

PRIME Minister Andrew Holness says despite criticisms that crime-fighting strategies have failed, the Jamaica Constabulary Force should be commended for bringing to book some of the most dangerous gangs in the country, using limited res...

SAVANNA-LA-MAR, Westmoreland - National Security Minister Dr Horace Chang says the Government is not doing anything illegal or unconstitutional with the declaration of states of public emergency (SOEs) in seven police divisions in easte...

GOVERNMENT Senator Charles Sinclair, in what could be called a predictable tone, told the Senate on Friday that he would welcome the resumption of states of emergency (SOEs) in western parishes, including St James.Senator Sinclair, a fo...

FALMOUTH, Trelawny - Yesterday morning's arrival of the Emerald Princess at the Falmouth port - the first since March 2020 - was described by Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett as a boost to the recovery of the sector which is set to welc...

THE Opposition People's National Party (PNP) said last night that it is deeply concerned that Government advised the governor general to declare a state of emergency (SOE) in seven police divisions even though the country is still waiti...

New York, USA - Outspent and out-voted by a razor-thin margin in last week Tuesday's Democratic primary, Jamaican-born Dale Holness has vowed to continue his bid to sit in the United States Congress from Florida's 20th District."I have...

"This award acknowledges the leadership role that multilateral development banks can take in building climate resilient futures," said an elated Douglas Leys, QC, former Jamaican solicitor general, after grabbing the Global Leadership ...

Former Prime Minister PJ Patterson (left) and Shipping Association of Jamaica CEO Trevor Riley leaf through a copy of 4Runners, a new book celebrating the lives of Jamaica's fastest female Olympians of the 1940s through to the 1990s.Ril...

OCHO RIOS, St Ann - Annoyed at the length of time it is taking to have repairs done to roads in their divisions, two councillors in St Ann on Thursday vociferously made it clear that they have had enough. Representatives of both the rul...

MAY PEN, Clarendon - The Clarendon Municipal Corporation has ramped up efforts to take back its streets. The goal is to restore order to the town of May Pen ahead of the busy Christmas season. Over the past month, the enforcement team, ...

Using his bare hands, a paintbrush, roller or spray bottles, Anthony Smith is one of the muralists transforming graffiti-stained street walls and large drab structures across the island.Smith's latest canvass is the silo at Carib Cement...

BRINGING the curtains down on Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October, Sandals South Coast, led by General Manager Adrian Whitehead, put a smile on the faces of breast cancer survivors in Westmoreland.The team visited communities and h...

PORT MARIA, St Mary - Fishers who use the Pagee Fishing Village in Port Maria and the Government agency mandated with ensuring that the village is being efficiently used are at odds over the source of problems plaguing the facility. The...

FAMILY and friends of Malcolm Baptiste paid tribute to him last Friday during a thanksgiving service for his life at Parks Road New Testament Church in St Andrew.Baptiste, an affable Rastaman, passed away on October 14, 2021 after a lon...

THE Chain of Hope and Gift For Life Medical Mission returned to Jamaica after a nearly two-year hiatus to assist 12 children at the Bustamante Hospital for Children suffering from heart conditions.The mission, which has been conducting ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) - The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) says the novel coronavirus pandemic is not only a threat to physical health, but fear, depression and anxiety, worry about loved ones, joblessness and financial...

Echoing the sentiments of concerned Jamaicans who have been calling increasingly for a crime plan in recent times, retired Senior Superintendent of Police Reneto Adams posed the question: "Have we ever had a crime plan?"Adams, who said ...

Almost two years after four people were murdered, shocking the community of Dover in Kitson Town, St Catherine, residents say they still aren't able to recognise the cheerful community they once called home. The December 10, 2019 incid...

Mark Hansen is Noranda Bauxite's new big man in town and, as he gets ready to sail over the Atlantic and direct traffic from the company's St Ann plant, there are a few things that he is assuring Jamaicans of.One of them is that there w...

The chief executive of the company that operates a bauxite mining partnership with the Jamaica Government has said that there are no plans now to acquire other entities in the local sector.Rather, Mark Hansen wants to concentrate on bui...

Noranda Bauxite Company will continue to play its role as a firm builder of the Jamaican economy in a tangible way, even as some are critical of environmental issues alleged to be associated with it, the firm's chief executive officer ...

MONTEGO BAY, St James - An incident last week inside a police station here may invite speculation and provide fodder for the spiritually unorthodox following the collapse and subsequent death of an accused man in the State facility.The ...

Deputy Superintendent of Police Dahlia Garrick wants Jamaicans to know that batons are still very much important tools as part of local policing.Garrick's enlightenment comes with what she has referred to as modernised police equipment ...

SAVANNA-LA-MAR, Westmoreland - Community members in sections of this western Jamaica town are bracing for a spate of reprisal killings, following Saturday morning's shooting death of three individials, including a physically challenged ...

The shame of the NHTThe National Housing Trust (NHT) was not established by the great Michael Manley while he served as Jamaica's fourth prime minister to cater to poor people alone. Let us be clear about that.It was set up to enable Ja...

Worldwide the prevalence of diabetes has increased over the years. In Jamaica, approximately 11.9 per cent of the population 15 years and older have diabetes. Women with gestational diabetes have a three-to-seven-fold increased risk for...

Since its establishment in 2016, Mountain View New Testament Church of God Academy has been providing free Caribbean Examination Council (CXC) classes to adult-students in and around eastern Kingston communities with the message: "Jesu...

A statement from Senate President Tom Tavares-Finson brought a surprisingly abrupt end to the issue of whether Opposition member Floyd Morris's plea for a postponement of the debate on the Road Traffic (Amendment) (RTA) Bill last Friday...

MONTEGO BAY, St James - Opposition Leader Mark Golding is reasoning that the looming spending expected to accompany rehabilitation work to infrastructure damaged following the recent flooding in Montego Bay, could have been avoided, had...

Periodontitis is a common chronic inflammatory disease characterised by the destruction of the supporting structures of the teeth (the periodontal ligament and alveolar bone). It is highly prevalent (severe periodontitis affects 10 to 1...

Last week we looked at strategies for improving access and inclusive health-care post-pandemic. We examined ways to improve access post-pandemic; investments in digital health care to enhance the patient relationship and cost-effective ...

TODAY is World Diabetes Day and it provides an opportunity to raise awareness of diabetes as a global public health issue and what needs to be done, collectively and individually, for better prevention, diagnosis and management of the c...

I recently had a conversation with an 81-year-old retiree who feared that she will outlive her money. She was a participant on a virtual retirement seminar where I was one of the presenters.This elderly retiree made a bold decision to i...

YOU may have read the title of this article and thought "Mobile and online gaming for seniors, really?" However, gaming is no longer just for kids or young adults and millions of seniors across the globe and now enjoying the benefits of...

Romarie Bartley's dream of becoming a surgeon is in limbo, as the 2020 to 2021 head boy of St George's College is being hit by heartbreaking financial challenges.Bartley, 19, the national council president for the Anglican Youth Fellows...

Seat belts off and windows down. That's the advice from rescuers to motorists who traverse areas surrounding the Bog Walk Gorge and Flat Bridge in St Catherine.Five men from Kent Village, St Catherine, who were recognised for their cont...

THE family of 14-year-old Jahmila Lawman is making an impassioned plea for her return after she went missing from a State facility in September.According to 25-year-old Antonett Lawman, the older sister of Jahmila, it is the second time...

As the world observes Diabetes Awareness today, the spotlight is placed on the Callums, a close-knit family dealing with the challenges of diabetes.The 77-year-old matriarch Angeleta Callum knew she had 'sugar', type 2 diabetes, but rea...

MARRIAGE and family therapist Dr Sidney McGill believes that hundreds of Jamaicans suffer from depression and are rarely diagnosed because the condition is associated with other physical or psychological problems or they do not want to ...

THE World Health Organization (WHO), in the year 2019, said diabetes was the ninth leading cause of death worldwide with an estimated 1.5 million deaths directly caused by the disease. The diagnosis of diabetes can be daunting for a num...

The top four performers in the 2021 Primary Exit Profile (PEP) exams from Greenwich Town Primary and St Andrew Primary schools were recently awarded five-year scholarships by Petrojam Limited. The 2021 scholars, Adagerine Clarke and Ja...

Three months ago, 70-year-old Byron Pusey's life took a turn for the worse when his family sold the house he was living in, ultimately leaving him homeless.Pusey told the Jamaica Observer that the house belonged to his father who died a...

A man loves the meat in his youth,That he cannot endure in his age.- ShakespeareWhat a man loves to chew on when he's young might just prove too much for him later in his life, and may even choke him. As the old saying goes, craven chok...

THE Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) has started discussions which could lead to major improvements to the security of its staff, passengers and even the buses which it operates.The decision follows recent incidents which have left ...

A former member of the Klansman gang yesterday rebuffed suggestions from a defence attorney that his motivation for turning State witness against the criminal organisation was to avoid prison time. "If I wanted to save myself, I would b...

Opposition Senator Sophia Frazer-Binns says Government must move urgently to remove the 60-year provision in law that people who have been squatting on Crown lands must satisfy before they can pursue legal ownership.She issued the appe...

Andre Francis is quite aware that service is a requirement of his job. After all, happy customers translate into more business and, indeed, profits. But Francis is firm that he won't endure disrespect just to make a dollar."Mi nuh tek d...

SOME Jamaicans say if they are allowed to carry pepper spray it could help to protect lives, but believe such a privilege could be abused on a wide scale. On Tuesday, Leader of Opposition Mark Golding brought two Bills to Parliament whi...