MORANT BAY, St Thomas - For Jamaicans at home and abroad who want to brag about the parish of their birth, Anthony Harvey and his American wife Deidre have just the thing. They've come up with a clever T-shirt design that gets the messa...

The necessary Cabinet changesWell, well, well, a Cabinet shuffle that some of us heard should have been effected from last November, seems now likely for early next year.Naturally, speculation is rife about which ministers will be reass...

She wasn't rich or financially equipped to buy her five children grand, flashy toys and gifts at Christmastime. But she ensured that whatever gifts they got, no matter how small, their value superseded size or cost.Today, 67-year-old ma...

As we approach Christmas and many of us go off on breaks, we are not anticipating our celebrations to be deterred by any illness or accidents. However, sometimes these instances are out of our control. Luckily, needing a doctor's visit...

On Christmas Day many individuals tend to consume alcoholic drinks in excess. While it's the season of good cheer and spirits, it's important to exercise caution and not get too carried away. Below medical internist Dr Samantha Nicholso...

It's not easy to stay healthy during the holidays. Sweets seem to appear everywhere you go, and with all the festivities there's not much time to devote to your health and well-being. However, you still have to be mindful of your oral h...

CONSUMERS continue to reel from unrelenting price increases in recent time. COVID-19 and its variants present uncertainty in the economy, as shipping costs and the price of imports are unstable.The Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) has taken pre-em...

PHILADELPHIA, United States (AP) - Governor Tom Wolf's Administration has taken the extraordinary step of marshalling State employees to handle investigations for a Philadelphia non-profit struggling to hire enough caseworkers to field ...

AS the Omicron variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus continues to sweep through the globe, political leaders in many countries have applied knee-jerk responses fuelled by hysteria and sometimes xenophobia without critical input from scientist...

Author and educator, Frances Coke (right), with Sharon Wolfe, Director, Alumni and Development at Mico University College and Glen Christian, Chairman of the Cari-Med Group. Occasion was the handing over of copies of Coke's book to repr...

At Christmas I no more desire a rose,Than wish a snowIn May's new fangled mirth,But like of each thingThat in season grows.- ShakespeareChristmas is a season that I really like from as far back as my childhood days and even up to now wh...

What do you call a female Santa Claus? Certainly, it is not Mrs Claus. It would be something more along the lines of Sister Susan Frazer.It was David Bednar, American educator, who said: "People of integrity and honesty not only practis...

Neonatal nurse Claudiann Nelson Rodney simply wanted to help.In 2017, she asked someone to donate diapers to needy mothers who had premature babies at University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI).Eventually, Nelson Rodney, who woks at ...

A Christmas tree has been used to describe the appearance of a flaccid (hypotonic) neurogenic bladder, in which the volume is large, pressure is low, and contractions are absent.A Christmas tree or pine cone bladder will present when a ...

Around this time of the year, business operators on Main Street in Ocho Rios, such as cosmetologist Arthur Knibbs, would have been earning more revenue from tourists arriving on ships while they roam the streets of the resort town.Howev...

THE world is on the brink of a demographic milestone, according to the World Health o rganization (WHO).Since the beginning of recorded history, people aged 65 or older will outnumber children under age five. Driven by falling fertilit...

A number of people will agree that having 24/7 access to roadside assistance is of great convenience. However, membership manager at the Jamaica Automobile Association (JAA) Coswayne Samms believes that this service is particularly adva...

Students of St Michael's Primary School join the presentation of 100 care packages to the school on Friday, December 17. The bags, comprising grocery items and holiday treats for 100 students at the Tower Street-based institution, were ...

When you think of jackfruit, you probably only think of rubbing it down with some cooking oil to avoid getting your clothes stained as you pull out and chew the thick, yellow sweet flesh.But how about doing something a little extra this...

The Jamaican police say they will be working with American law enforcers at the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to capture a man living in the United Sates who allegedly offered a $400,000 contract for the murder of three women in...

SOUTHFIELD, St Elizabeth - Residents of Bellevue near here, on Friday expressed immense shock and anger that their community has been stained following the gruesome murder of a Chinese couple, who operated Jojo Supermarket for eight yea...

MANDEVILLE, Manchester - Two families were given Christmas cheer, courtesy of the NCB Foundation in partnership with the Jamaica Observer, through their 'Grant A Wish' promotion.Asheki Spooner and PetaGaye "Aliberry" Golding are smiling...

With intense fear for their safety, vendors at Coronation Market in downtown Kingston were hesitant to voice their concerns about the state of the popular facility for the selling of produce. "In yah terrible. Sometimes yuh talk yuh los...

Sandals Resorts International (SRI) has made Christmas 2021 even merrier with a raft of end-of-year initiatives as part of its appreciation efforts to team members.The restrictions brought on by the novel coronavirus pandemic prevented...

There were praises from various St Ann farmers last Tuesday, who said they have been benefiting tremendously over the last six years from greenhouse farming.Some 20 farmers have been engaged in traditional farming on mined out lands tha...

They have professed their love for bag juice and are now looking forward to strictly "Jamaican food" this Christmas, while they promote their faith and provide their services for Jesus Christ here in Jamaica.They are missionaries - 20-y...

As many as 20 people gather at Fitsroy Chambers' house in Newport, Manchester, each year for Christmas dinner.The 66-year-old is no Santa Claus - just a self-sufficient farmer who shares whatever he reaps with his family, friends and ne...

Saturday marked the first in many years that former national football player Miguel Blair spent Christmas under humane conditions, having received a solar-powered two-bedroom wooden house, made posible in October through a collaboration...

When they were much younger, 58-year-old Andrea Dunkley and her 15 siblings would run to their neighbours' homes to tell them that Christmas dinner was ready. You may be wondering why they made that their duty. It's because their paren...

YANIQUE Walker describes herself as very optimistic in her pursuits. This optimism is a striking feature that earned her the trust of her close contacts and some business success.Walker, a graduate of the University of Technology, Jamai...

More than 800 children in Montego Bay are experiencing a brighter Christmas after receiving toys from New Fortress Energy (NFE).The toy donations, which have become a holiday tradition for the LNG provider, were distributed by the St Ja...

Fierce competition and, in many instances, heavy demand from owners of the motor vehicles being used to offer taxi services have resulted in a general scramble among cab drivers to earn as much as they can.So when a cabbie who will prov...

MONTEGO BAY, St James - Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett yesterday welcomed Jamaica's upgrade from Level 3 to Level 2 designation by the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), but slammed what he said appeared t...

The health and wellness ministry is assuring Jamaicans that all steps have been taken to protect personal data on their digital vaccination certificates as the validation process used to generate, update, and correct information follows...

PORT MARIA, St Mary - Damoni McDonald's lifeguard job in the tourism industry has been dealt a heavy blow by the novel coronavirus pandemic, but her fishing operation has been unscathed so far.Like McDonald, most fishers who spoke with ...

ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica - A Chinese couple was shot, one fatally, in Southfield, southern St Elizabeth, last night.According to the police, the deceased is a businessman who operated Jojo's supermarket in the area.His wife was taken to ho...

ISLINGTON, St Mary - Most people who recently protested over the lack of compensation for work done during a September vaccination blitz in this parish have finally received payment.They did the work on behalf of the Ministry of Local G...

Dr Christopher Tufton, the minister with responsibility for health and wellness has emerged among political watchers as the most likely to be reassigned when Prime Minister Andrew Holness shuffles his Cabinet early next year.Politica...

MONTEGO BAY, St James - Adam Stewart yesterday opened a new wing at Sandals Royal Caribbean in this tourism resort city saying that it is testimony to the all-inclusive chain's strong commitment to Jamaica in which it is investing US$24...

Today is the 358th day of 2021. There are 7 days left in the year.TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT1968: US Apollo 8 astronauts orbiting the moon read passages from the Old Testament book of Genesis during a Christmas Eve television broadcast. OTHER E...

MORE than 1,600 health-care workers at the Cornwall Regional Hospital (CRH) in St James were recognised Tuesday for their selfless efforts in the face of an almost two-year fight against the novel coronavirus pandemic, during a Christma...

A man who gave his name only as Donovan, supervisor of the Kremi ice cream store on Orange Street in downtown Kingston, is celebrating a relief from the stench and health hazard that affected the establishment when raw sewage overflowed...

THE Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ) Public Safety Monitoring Committee is calling on the Government to respond swiftly in fully enacting the Road Traffic Act amidst rising traffic fatalities.This renewed call follows the r...

More than 500 cooked meals and an equal number of snacks were served to children in the north-western St Andrew community of Maverley over a 12-day period ending on December 17 when Santa Claus handed out gifts to more than 100 of them....

TRADE Winds Citrus Limited, manufacturer of the nutrition drink TruSHAKE, has donated 744 units of the shake to aid the nutritional support of hospital workers and patients of the Linstead Hospital during the Christmas season.TruSHAKE a...

OCHO RIOS, St Ann - Food vendors in the St Ann's Bay market district say they are losing sales as the unbearable stench from a week-old garbage dump is keeping customers away. Noting that the mound of smelly garbage, which is in close p...

BROWN'S TOWN, St Ann - As a teenager Wayne would save his money throughout the year so he could spend it all at Grand Market on Christmas Eve. That's when, decked out in his best outfit, he would meet up with high school classmates for ...

OCHO RIOS, St Ann - There is no festivity this Christmas, but rather sorrow and grief for a family of seven as they are now without a place to call home.On December 17, patriarch Anthony Kirkland stood dismayed as he watched the house i...

WASHINGTON, DC, United States (AP) - US health regulators yesterday authorised the second pill against COVID-19, providing another easy-to-use medication to battle the rising tide of Omicron infections.The Food and Drug Administration (...

WASHINGTON, DC, United States (AFP) - The United States is preparing for talks with Russia that could start within weeks, a senior official said yesterday, as Western powers accuse Moscow of continuing a major troop build-up on the bord...