Minister without portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister Floyd Green greets this family while on a tour of the Registrar General's Department (RGD), Twickenham Park, St Catherine, on Friday. Green says he is working to settle the ...

RESIDENTS of Parade Gardens, Kingston Central, on Sunday expressed confidence in the leadership of newly appointed chief of defence staff of the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) Rear Admiral Antonette Wemyss Gorman, who they have also descri...

THE case of the 18-month-old St Elizabeth toddler who died after being left in her father's vehicle for several hours last Monday is the latest of many tragedies to have gripped the nation, but this time there is significant outpouring ...

MINISTER of Agriculture and Fisheries Pearnel Charles Jr says Jamaica's food security is a top priority for the Government.Charles Jr noted that there is global demand for Jamaican produce, adding that the Government is seeking to incre...

PARLIAMENT is scheduled to be prorogued on Monday, February 7, and resume sitting three days later for the ceremonial start to the fiscal year 2022/23.Minister of Tourism Edmund Bartlett, who is Leader of the House of Representatives, h...

AS the country's COVID-19 numbers continue to balloon and more people seek medical attention, the health ministry has indicated that simply adding more bed spaces in public hospitals may not be as simple a solution as it appears.At a pr...

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (CMC) - The Government of Canada has pledged millions of dollars to the Government of Haiti to assist the French-speaking Caricom nation with security and other projects. This was the outcome of a recent virtual, t...

Workers employed to the Kingston and St Andrew Municipal Corporation clean a section of downtown Kingston in front of St William Grant Park Saturday.(Photo: Garfield Robinson)

OCHO RIOS, St Ann - A former member of the public health system has gone private following what he said was a less-than-satisfactory response from hospital officials after his car was stolen from the parking lot while he worked."The inc...

MINISTER of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport Olivia Grange is congratulating Jamaican-born Winsome Earle-Sears, the first woman to be elected lieutenant governor in the Virginia State Legislature in the United States. Earle-Sear...

THE Jamaica Egg Farmers Association has offered condolence to its late President Roy Baker, JP, who died at the University Hospital of the West Indies on January 7."It is with great sadness that we have learnt of the untimely passing of...

MANDEVILLE, Manchester - Member of Parliament (MP) for Manchester Central Rhoda Moy Crawford says $21 million is being spent on rehabilitating main roads and some community roads in the constituency, while water improvement projects are...

MONTEGO BAY, St James - Following an August 2021 missed date to have the construction of the long-awaited $574-million Barnett Street Fire Station completed, Minister of Local Government and Rural Development Desmond McKenzie has insist...

MINISTER of Local Government and Rural Development Desmond McKenzie says he is dissatisfied with the pace of construction for the Negril fruits and vegetables market.During a tour of the parish last Thursday, McKenzie was enraged at the...

ST MARY, Jamaica -Chairman of the St Mary Municipal Corporation Richard Creary says Jamaicans are focusing only on the murder rate and are not highlighting gains made in combating some other types of crimes."Crime in the parish has actu...

LINSTEAD, St Catherine - Declaring that motherhood has made her a more selfless person, Roujo-k Wilson and her team of volunteers recently treated more than 200 people in and around Linstead to care packages, home-made meals, and techno...

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...

Spare a thought for parents of dead toddlerShocking is too mild a word to describe the bizarre circumstances under which a toddler perished in St Elizabeth last week.And, of course, the people who are now suffering the most are the chil...

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...

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 Antonette...

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...