Outgoing Chief of Defence Staff of the Jamaica Defence Force, Lieutenant General Rocky Meade (right) converses with Opposition Leader Mark Golding before the Change of Command Parade held at Up Park Camp on Friday. Rear Admiral Antonett...

MORANT BAY, St Thomas - Kicked out of the public high school system, Horaine Kelly finally outgrew his "rude bwoy" attitude and found his way, through a series of twists and turns, into the police force. Now he has his sights set on imp...

A leading psychologist has labelled the behaviour of Jamaicans who attended parties while ignoring COVID-19 protocols over the Yuletide season as selfish.Professor of psychology at Northern Caribbean University Dr Orlean Brown-Earle als...

The abuse of greatnessIs when it disjoinsRemorse from power.- Shakespeare, Julius CaesarThere are some people who just like to have control over others. They have to laud themselves over them, tell them what to do, when to do it, where ...

THREE prominent attorneys-at-law have said that, though extremely unfortunate, the law could dictate that the case of the one-year-old girl who was accidentally left for hours unattended in her father's car be treated as manslaughter."I...

VERMONT, USA (AP) - A classical music organisation started in Vermont for musicians with mental illnesses and the people who support them is celebrating its 10th anniversary with a free performance in Boston on Sunday.Me2/ is a non-audi...

PEOPLE worldwide are stocking up and taking vitamins like never before, with hopes of building their immunity to ward off diseases such as COVID-19.While there's absolutely nothing wrong with taking daily vitamins and supplements, megad...

Certified electricians have a warning for Jamaicans: "Your neighbour may be stealing your electricity and fattening your Jamaica Public Service [JPS] bills."Christopher Dell, an inspector in Westmoreland, told the Jamaica Observer that ...

MILLIONS of women around the world suffer with pain and discomfort of their reproductive organs throughout their lives. Common symptoms include reduced or lack of vaginal lubrication, pain and discomfort during intercourse, bladder weak...

ONE thing Jamaicans can all agree on is that we hate a thief. They rob us of our hard-earned money and possessions and, even worse, they rob us of our freedom, often leaving us with post-traumatic stress symptoms for life. Endometriosis...

The Ministry of Education and Youth will be embarking on a plan to increase the existing pool of Master Teachers as one way of offering an additional incentive to those who are qualified to be in that category and capable of performing ...

New Haven's newly built canal system must undergo the test of the upcoming hurricane season before it can be approved as successful, the people of the area have said.The sentiments followed those expressed by officials of the Kingston a...

The last time Georgia Richards spoke to her husband, Staff Sergeant O'Neil Richards, was on his birthday, Thursday, January 13. Little did she know that by the following Wednesday she would get a call that he died. Reports are that Ric...

As Flanker Primary and Infant School seeks to improve the performance of its grade six students, the two Sandals resorts in the Montego Bay region - Sandals Montego Bay and Sandals Royal Caribbean - have thrown their combined weight be...

Clinical officials are warning against the psychological effects of crime as they have seen where more Jamaicans, including children, are being treated for increased anxiety and depression as a result of the fast-rising crime numbers i...

Fifteen months have slid by since the horrific crash involving a liquor truck that went over a bridge at Devon Pen in the south-eastern section of St Mary, and landed in the renowned Wag Water River.The driver of the truck, which often...

Wolmer's High School for Boys is the top-ranking traditional secondary all-boys institution, and the only one in the top 10 of the Education Transformation Commission's school ranking for the period 2001 to 2018.Principal Dwight Pennyco...

Watching the West Indies play Ireland in a three-match one-day cricket series, which ended last weekend, was as psychologically painful as walking through a hospital ward and seeing doctors and nurse all armed with needles heading for ...

The St Ann police are striving for another significant reduction in murders this year.Head of the St Ann police, Senior Superintendent Dwight Powell said that law enforcers in the north-east Jamaica parish will be going the extra mile t...

Oneil Williams feels violated, following an incident with a district constable on Friday, January 14 in Rock River, St Mary.After the three-part ordeal, Port Maria Hospital issued Williams an X-ray requisition for a "skull or orbital" ...

Early research is now indicating possible efficacy of cannabis against COVID-19 infection.In Christendom, over the past century, no plant has been studied, researched, and published more than has cannabis.The research is driven by a bo...

Newly installed chief of defence staff of the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) Antonette Wemyss Gorman has been credited for shattering glass ceilings throughout her nearly 30-year career.But Rear Admiral Wemyss Gorman, who on Friday offici...

She kept her feelings on the prospect of retaining her education portfolio before the recent Cabinet shuffle locked away in her personal belongings because, for Fayval Williams, the prime minister was free to do anything he wished and s...

WASHINGTON, DC, United States (AP) - COVID-19 infections are soaring again at US nursing homes because of the Omicron wave, and deaths are climbing, too, leading to new restrictions on family visits and a renewed push to get more reside...

A recent retiree received part of his pension as a lump sum payment. The 65-year-old has been seriously considering investing a portion of his payment.He has been observing the performances of some companies on the Jamaica Stock Exchang...

THE World Health Organization (WHO) has urged countries to lift travel bans and not ask for vaccination proof, according to a story published Thursday by the online publication wionnews.com.It further said that the State parties should ...

A man of faith, Portmore, St Catherine, taxi driver Orthward Thompson says he is dedicated to helping those in need whenever possible.Thompson, who is also a pastor at the Faith Work Church of God in Gregory Park, told the Jamaica Obser...

MONTEGO BAY, St James - The police have launched a top-level probe into the seizure of 20 firearms and 40 magazines at the cargo section of Sangster International Airport on Friday.Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Stephanie Lindsay...

BOUNTY HALL, Trelawny - The Trelawny police have theorised that Friday morning's bloodbath which left three residents, including two females dead and three others hospitalised, is the result of a St James war between two rival gangs tha...

BOUNTY HALL, Trelawny - Despite being confronted by unexpected obstacles in their probe into the grisly murder of a nine-year-old boy, Gabriel King, after hoodlums dragged his mother out of her car on the Tucker main road in St James la...

A woman seen in a recent viral video slapping a toddler in the face has been located by the Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA).The woman, who is confirmed to be the mother of the child, was located by the agency's inves...

JAMAICA'S first female Chief of Defence Staff Rear Admiral Antonette Wemyss Gorman has her troops on alert that she will be holding them accountable in the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) continued support of the national security agenda to...

GENEVA, Switzerland (AP) - The United States and Russia sought to lower the temperature Friday even as they said no breakthrough was imminent in a heated standoff over Ukraine that has raised fears of a possible Russian invasion.Armed w...

UNITED NATIONS (AP) - As he starts his second term as UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Thursday the world is worse in many ways than it was five years ago because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the climate crisis and geopolitical t...

LACOVIA High School in St Elizabeth has received a grant to purchase two school buses for the improvement of the transportation system in the respective school communities. The grant was approved under the Ministry of Education and Yout...

Scotiabank continues to support the local recovery efforts from the novel coronavirus pandemic with a recent donation of $1.5 million to the ongoing Private Sector Vaccine Initiative (PSVI).Making the presentation, Morris Nelson, senio...

THE European Union (EU) on Thursday handed over $3.5 billion (€20 million) to the Ministry of National Security to assist with crucial social services to residents of more than 100 volatile communities across the island, through t...

GRACEKENNEDY Group recently launched its 100th anniversary celebrations (GK100) with the announcement of a share offer for its more than 2,000 employees.The announcement of the offer, which is geared at broadening the share ownership of...

HEALTH and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton has dismissed criticisms that the Government has taken a hands-off approach in its response to the fourth wave of COVID-19, which has now landed over 800 people in hospital, and pushed ...

AMBER Innovations has launched a crowdfunding platform, Amber FundMe, which will, among other things, raise funds for small businesses, particularly charities, social enterprises, and non-profit organisations.According to Michael McNaug...

JOHN Joel Joseph, the former Haitian senator, along with his wife and two children who were arrested in south-east St Elizabeth on the weekend were Thursday ordered remanded when they appeared in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court ...

NEW Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) chief Antonette Wemyss Gorman - the first woman to take the reins of the 60-year-old military body - says mulling over strategies to better support the island's national security apparatus to reverse the ...

MONTEGO BAY, St James - Minister of state in the Office of the Prime Minister, Western Region, Homer Davis, has disclosed that apart from the US$274.5-million contract which was signed last year for the Montego Bay Perimeter Road Projec...

THERE are more woes for the chief accountable officer in the education ministry, Dr Grace McLean, with Thursday's news of her interdiction in the matter involving the loss of $124 million in public funds to the Jamaica Council for Terti...

Walter "Ras Emmanuel" Duncan is a relieved man now that he no longer sleeps on a ledge on the waterfront in downtown Kingston.Duncan had spent many months over the past two years sleeping on a ledge, exposed to the elements.But, with as...

New York, USA - Two influential Jamaicans, who claim they have information linking prominent local officials to corruption and fraud, say they won't be accepting an invitation from the Integrity Commission to share their information in...

OCHO RIOS, Jamaica - "Richard is one of the recipients that I remain absolutely proud of up to this day. He has shown the tenacity to not only receive the scholarship, but was at all times willing and available to give back to those who...

Today is the 21st day of 2022. There are 344 days left in the year.TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT1990: East Germany's Communist Party expels Egon Krenz, the leader who oversaw opening of Berlin Wall. OTHER EVENTS1521: Pope Leo X excommunicates Germ...

YOUNGSTERS at Clifton Boys' Home in Darliston, Westmoreland, are set to receive an academic boost through proceeds of this year's National Leadership Prayer Breakfast.The donation will go towards the academic development plan at the hom...

Andrew Thomspon (right) and his son Andrew Thompson Jr from Sam Isaacs and Son Funeral Homepay their respect to their friend James "Jimmy" Moss-Solomon at the chapel on the University of theWest Indies's Mona campus in St Andrew on Thur...