Today is the 48th day of 2022. There are 317 days left in the year.TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT1990: East Germany announces it will tear down a 180-metre (600-foot) section of the Berlin Wall near the Brandenburg Gate, which will be the first sect...

WITNESS Number One - the former member of the St Catherine- based Klansman Gang who has been testifying against his cronies remotely since the trial began last September - yesterday jarred the court with his brave request to forsake his...

THE majority of children in the country's juvenile correctional system are falling through the cracks of the educational system, according to a recent report from the Department of Correctional Services (DCS).Between January and Decembe...

MOUNTAINSIDE, St Elizabeth - The parents of 18-month-old Shaleah Dobson were just too grief-stricken to attend her funeral service on Wednesday.The just under one-hour service, held at the Salvation Army Mountainside Corps, a small chur...

FEARLESS and feisty Winston Witter commanded the Jamaican media landscape like a colossus for more than three decades.From his early days fresh out of Kingston College to the Jamaica Daily News, The Gleaner, the Jamaica Record, the Sund...

APPROXIMATELY $290.5 million has been earmarked to continue implementation of the Jamaica Foundations for Competitiveness and Growth Project.The sum is programmed in the 2022/23 estimates of expenditure, now before the House of Represen...

The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) has become the first court in the region to be accepted into the prestigious International Consortium for Court Excellence (ICCE).The ICCE is an international network of courts and other organisation...

AS people in sections of St Mary and Portland continue to struggle in the wake of recent heavy rains, which caused flood damage, Food For the Poor (FFP) , operating in partnership with disaster relief agencies, has been bringing much-...

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) - The arrest of former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández and the images that followed - a leader shackled and paraded before the cameras like a common criminal - were a stunning reversal for a man who...

PORT ANTONIO, Portland - Councillor for the Prospect Division in the Portland Municipal Corporation Wayne McKenzie (PNP) is calling for the naming of the town square in Port Antonio, "Nanny Square", as the parish Legacy Project for Jama...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) - The United States Embassy here says the decision to raise the Black Lives Matter (BLM) flag on its compound is to call attention to efforts to advance racial equity and access to justice in the United Sta...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) - Two men, including the husband of a woman, whose body was found hanging from a mango tree, have been remanded in prison until March 3, after appearing in court charged with her murder.Police have charged Diana...

SENIOR superintendent of police Dwight Powell is urging people who travel through St Ann, especially at night, to be cautious as criminals posing as cops have been committing several robberies in the parish.Powell, speaking at the month...

OTTAWA, Canada (AP) - Ottawa police trying to break the nearly three-week siege of the capital by truckers protesting Canada's COVID-19 restrictions began handing out leaflets Wednesday warning drivers to leave immediately or risk arres...

WASHINGTON, DC, United States (AP) - President Joe Biden is ordering the release of Trump White House visitor logs to the House committee investigating the riot of January 6, 2021, once more rejecting former President Donald Trump's cla...

LUCEA, Hanover - Mayor of Lucea Sheridan Samuels has blasted the National Water Commission (NWC), describing the State-owned entity as "a menace to the society".Samuels was leading the charge as members of the Hanover Municipal Corporat...

SHANE Dalling and Dennis Meadows on Tuesday traded allegations of corruption at the Firearm Licensing Authority (FLA) in a war of words that appears headed for court as both men claim that their character and integrity are being besmirc...

A detective corporal assigned to the Counter-Terrorism and Organised Crime (C-TOC) branch of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) on Tuesday testified that he was the one who sought the help of Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) soldiers when ...

Today is the 47th day of 2022. There are 318 days left in the year.TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT1959: Fidel Castro becomes premier of Cuba after the overthrow of Fulgencio Batista. OTHER EVENTS1804: US Marines slip into Tripoli harbour and burn US...

CUSTOMERS of Jamaica National Bank are being urged to be on the lookout for counterfeit manager's cheques."We have communicated with our members and the public to make them aware of the situation, and to urge vigilance when accepting ch...

CONCERNS raised by educators about the hardships facing students and promptings to adjust the administering of the Primary Exit Profile (PEP) examinations this year have found favour with the Ministry of Education.The performance task p...

IN one of his most important assignments since assuming the role of minister of transport and mining a month ago, Audley Shaw will be touring the Jamalco alumina plant in Halse Hall, Clarendon, today.Shaw told the Jamaica Observer yest...

A probe has been launched into the shooting of a policeman assigned to the St Catherine South Division on Monday night. A police report said the cop was driving his motorcycle when he was attacked on Municipal Boulevard in Portmore, St ...

PORT ANTONIO, Portland - Tempers flared during last Thursday's meeting of the Portland Municipal Corporation as councillors clashed over who is to be blamed for the failure to establish a transport centre in Port Antonio.Councillor for ...

EDUCATION Minister Fayval Williams Tuesday proposed an open call period of four weeks, with two weeks of advertisements, starting February 20, for submissions to the joint select committee of Parliament, which has been formed to review ...

LONDON, England (AFP) - A British man said he was left open-mouthed after Spanish authorities returned the false teeth he lost on a boozy night out in Benidorm 11 years ago, the BBC reported.Paul Bishop, 63, misplaced his teeth in the p...

BLACK RIVER, St Elizabeth - Police here have vowed to increase their operations targeting black spots in this south-central parish even as they themselves face difficulty in apprehending motorcyclists in traffic stops.Corporal Albert Si...

AS Parliament grows more accommodating, with most of its committees being chaired by government Members of Parliament (MPs), members were positive about its performance up to the end of the 2021/22 session.Leader of Opposition Business ...

PORT MARIA, St Mary - A number of businesses in this coastal town that were ravaged by flood water two weeks ago are likely to get help under an initiative being spearheaded by Minister of Local Government and Rural Development Desmond...

THE GraceKennedy (GK) Group Monday celebrated its 100th anniversary with a virtual GK100 cake-cutting celebration. The event was streamed live on YouTube from the GraceKennedy headquarters on Harbour Street in downtown Kingston.Several ...

Dear Mr Brown,I think the use of the Emergencies Act in Canada is uncalled for. It tramples on the rights of Canadians and those in Canada to protest the vaccine mandate. I think it is draconian. I want to know if this will affect trave...

SCOTIABANK Jamaica Foundation has donated 132 tablets valued at $3.9 million that will benefit 13 schools across the island through the 'Digital Divide 2022' programme being spearheaded by the United Way of Jamaica. The programme is aim...

MONTEGO BAY, St James - With the resumption of islandwide face-to-face classes after almost two years, students and staff at Whitehouse Basic School have returned to a safer learning environment following the completion of key infrastru...

For the second year in a row, the students and alumni of the St Catherine-based Jose Marti High have shown their support and won big for their school in the BiP 'Rep Yuh School' competition.The competition allowed students across Jamaic...

HARTFORD, Conn (AP) - The families of nine victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting have agreed to a $73-million settlement of a lawsuit against the maker of the rifle used to kill 20 first graders and six educators in 2012,...

Angered by the deplorable state of a section of Waltham Park Road in the vicinity of East Road and Oakland Crescent, taxi drivers and residents used old motor vehicle tyres and large appliances to block the thoroughfare on Monday in pro...

With an alarming increase of COVID-19 positive cases recorded in St Ann for January, medical officer of health in the parish Dr Tamara Henry is urging residents who have been ignoring the protocols to ensure they are washing their hand...

The Westmoreland Fire Department has charged that an increase in illegal electrical connections in the parish is putting the lives of firefighters at risk.Speaking at the regular general council meeting for the Westmoreland Municipal C...

Mayor of Savanna-la-Mar Bertel Moore, in his opening address to last Thursday's monthly meeting of the Westmoreland Municipal Council, lamented the crime situation in the parish and called on Government to engage more youths in order to...

CHIEF Justice Bryan Sykes ruled on Monday that the recordings of purported conversations between alleged members of the St Catherine-based Klansman Gang met the legal standards to be heard by the court.Justice Sykes said the evidence of...

THE Government is determined to avoid introducing any new revenue measures, which could upset its projected per cent growth for 2022/23.Outlining his policy plans for the new fiscal year, which starts on April 1, Minister of Finance and...

THE Jamaica Teachers' Association (JTA) is mounting pressure on the Government to eliminate the performance task component of the 2021/2022 Primary Exit Profile (PEP) for grade six students slated for next month.JTA President Winston Sm...

MOSCOW, Russia (AP) - The Kremlin signalled Monday it is ready to keep talking with the West about security grievances that led to the current Ukraine crisis, offering hope that Russia might not invade its beleaguered neighbour within d...

PORT ANTONIO, Portland - Superintendent in charge of the Portland Police Division Kenneth Chin told the municipal corporation meeting last Thursday that there have been lower crime numbers in the parish since the start of this year, wit...

Today is the 46th day of 2022. There are 319 days left in the year.TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT1964: Cassius Clay - who changed his name to Muhammad Ali - becomes the world's heavyweight boxing champion. OTHER EVENTS399 BC: Philosopher Socrates i...

SAVANNA-LA-MAR, Westmoreland - One of two men who the police say engaged them in a fire fight during an incident in which the most wanted man in the parish was killed, has turned himself in to the cops. Devani "Santa" Bennett surrender...

BROWN'S TOWN, St Ann - Chief Justice Brian Sykes says while the fire that gutted the century-old courthouse in Brown's Town, St Ann, on Sunday night was "very disruptive", the court will continue to sit. In fact, cases were tried at nea...

OPPOSITION Senator Dr Floyd Morris broke out in song on Monday as he expressed joy that the Disabilities Act, which he had championed for more than two decades, is finally now in effect."I feel like jumping, whoo whoo. I feel like shout...

As part of its Safer Internet Month awareness campaign, dubbed Tech Time Online, digital operator Digicel will be educating persons about how to spot the latest online scams. The topic will be in focus during Tech Talk Tuesday - a live...

WITH public schools poised to reopen fully next month after two years in limbo, one organisation is urging the Education Ministry to use the reset afforded by the pandemic to conduct a widescale assessment of so-called problem students....