Unable to host an in-person event last year, Hanover Charities took its fund-raising efforts online. Though the annual Sugar Cane Ball raises much of the funds used to fuel the foundation's work, it could still provide 207 tertiary-leve...

THE relatives of 53-year-old Lloyd Davis, the Bethsalem, St Elizabeth, farmer who was shot dead, allegedly by an off- duty cop in Accompong on January 6, are growing frustrated that the post-mortem has not yet been conducted. Almost two...

LONDON, England (AP) - Northern Europe was battered by the third major storm in five days, with heavy rains and high winds on Sunday and Monday killing at least two more people, disrupting travel and prompting hundreds of flood alerts a...

LONDON, England (AP) - Scientists warned the British Government on Monday not to weaken the country's ability to monitor and track coronavirus after Prime Minister Boris Johnson ends the requirement for people in England to self-isolate...

Today is the 53rd day of 2022. There are 312 days left in the year.TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT1997: Scientists in Scotland announce they have succeeded in cloning an adult mammal, producing a lamb named "Dolly". (Dolly, however, was later put dow...

WASHINGTON, DC, United States (AFP) - US intelligence suggests any Russian invasion of Ukraine would employ a particularly brutal strategy to "crush" the civilian population, National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said Monday.The White...

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) - With all eyes on a possible Russian invasion of Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin is sending his top security envoy to the Balkans where Moscow has been trying to maintain influence mainly through its all...

FORMER Prime Minister Bruce Golding on Sunday expressed shock and sadness at the passing of Dr Paul Robertson, a political adversary with whom he shared an enduring friendship since their high school days."Our association goes back almo...

A string of complaints, including salary alterations and unjust working conditions, have been unleashed by workers in the business process outsourcing (BPO) industry.The employees, who spoke with the Jamaica Observer on condition of ano...

Today is the 52nd day of 2022. There are days 313 left in the year.TODAY'S HIGHLIGHTS1965: Former Black Muslim leader Malcolm X is shot and killed by assassins identified as black Muslims as he was about to address a rally in New York C...

AC Hotel Kingston donated over 1,000 articles of linen and assorted clothing including pillowcases, fitted sheets, bed pads, duvets, bath towels, wash rags, and hand towels to the KSAMC Poor Relief Department through a collaboration wit...

MINISTER of Transport and Mining Audley Shaw says he is pleased that, despite the negative effects of last year's fire at Jamalco, the plant has been able to rescue the jobs of about 1,000 employees."I am glad that, despite the fire, wh...

HUMAN rights group Stand Up Jamaica (SUFJ) is expressing concern over what they describe as alarming data from the Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) highlighting the number of fatal shootings involving the police since ...

MANDEVILLE, Manchester - The Seventh-day Adventist Church in Jamaica is celebrating with those who are disabled as it lauds the passing of the Disability Act. The Disabilities Act 2014, which was passed in Parliament in October 2014 and...

A member of the Union of Clerical Administrative and Supervisory Employees (UCASE) has blasted the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) for its failure to abide by protocols in handling an ongoing wage matter. General secretary at UCASE...

DEPUTY Superintendent of Police (DSP) Coleridge Minto has described the crackdown on illegal parties in the St Andrew South Division as a cat and mouse game between partygoers and the police.DSP Minto told the Jamaica Observer that the ...

PORT ANTONIO, Portland - Ryan Thomas, a 38-year-old fisherman of Manchioneal district, Portland, was on Friday sentenced for his involvement in the illegal g uns-for-drugs trade.When Thomas appeared in the Portland Parish Court he was c...

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) - A gemstone, billed as one of the largest gem-quality opals in existence, was sold for US$143,750 at auction in Alaska on Sunday. The opal, dubbed the Americus Australis, weighs more than 11,800 carats, according to...

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - Ethiopia has started generating electricity from the controversial mega dam that is being built on the Blue Nile.The milestone was reached on Sunday morning when one of the 13 turbines of the Grand Ethiopian Renais...

LONDON (AP) - People with COVID-19 won't be legally required to self-isolate in England starting in the coming week, the UK Government has announced, as part of a plan for "living with COVID" that is also likely to see testing for the n...

MEMBERS of the disabled community are bemoaning the deplorable state of sidewalks they traverse daily, which has left them exposed to danger and injury.Sharon Tennant, an amputee, told the Jamaica Observer that she was hit out of her wh...

OCHO RIOS, St Ann - Service above self is more than just a mantra, but a lifestyle that is lived out daily for the team of butlers at Sandals Ochi Beach Resort as they acquaint guests with the resort's activities that will make their ex...

PORT MARIA, St Mary - The Ministry of Education has declined to give a probable time frame for commencement of repairs to facilitate resumption of face-to-face classes at the flood-ravaged Port Maria Primary School.The institution's lim...

RESIDENTS of New Market Oval in downtown Savanna-la-Mar were all smiles on Friday as they gathered at their football field for a joint initiative by the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) and several other entities such as the National Co...

AFTER 40 years in the business 65-year-old potter Robert Francis is experiencing the best of times of his career, moulding items as small as an ash tray to as large as decorated flower pots.To learn and perfect his craft the St Mary nat...

GIFTED with the talent to conceptualise, design and create several items from a young age, 47-year-old Clarendon native Clifton Granston is eager to make his name globally as inventorso as to be able to generate the money needed to prov...

IT is estimated that about half of all pregnancies worldwide are unplanned. So between me and you, one of us was likely unplanned.Unplanned does not necessarily mean unwanted; in fact most women who have an unplanned pregnancy go on to ...

The time it took from start to finish of Easton McMorris's memorial service on Saturday would have represented a session in a Test or first class cricket match.When stumps were drawn, those who turned up as spectators to hear the verbal...

The world continues to be affected by the SARS-CoV-2 virus and the resulting epidemic of COVID-19 disease. In contrast to the situation two years ago at the start of the epidemic we have more information about the short- and long-term e...

Multiple gunshot wounds, a slashed throat and plucked out eyes - that's the last image a 54-year-old father now has of his daughter after police described to him the state of her body which was found in bushes last Thursday.The woman, ...

Singer Gramps Morgan of Grammy-winning band Morgan Heritage is encouraging people of Jamaican descent living in the United States to seek citizenship in the Caribbean country.He believes it would lead to similar umbilical ties American ...

CALLS are growing for the Government of Jamaica to re-establish a diplomatic mission in the United Arab Emirates.This follows Jamaica's successful showing at the World Expo in Dubai last Friday, with the celebration of Jamaica Day.The e...

OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) - Hundreds of police in riot gear swept through the streets of Canada's besieged capital Saturday, arresting or driving out protesters, towing away their trucks and finally retaking control of the streets in front o...

The Government of the Republic of Korea is providing humanitarian assistance to the Government of Jamaica in the form of goods equivalent to US$500,000.The gift will include the following medical equipment: Electrocardiograph machines, ...

They lie on their beds with masks on and windows shut, but not because of COVID-19. It's because they are warding off dust.Though undeniably happy about the road renovations through the Southern Coastal Highway Improvement Project (SCHI...

In person TO apply for a national senior citizen's identity card in Jamaica, you should submit your application to the National Council for Senior Citizens (NCSC), which is an agency of the Ministry of Labour and Social Security. •...

THIS week we continue our observation of Safer Internet Month with a discussion on how seniors can build and protect their digital brands. Social media can be a great way for seniors to maintain a public presence as they transition into...

ST GEORGE'S, Grenada (CMC) - Acting Chief Medical Officer Dr Tyhiesia Donald Tuesday said there appear to be family members who are deliberately denying medication to elderly people and children diagnosed with noncommunicable diseases (...

PREDICTIONS from economists across the globe suggest that money could become completely digital in the near future.Over the years, physical money in the form of coins and notes has increasingly been replaced by more abstract means of pa...

CHILDREN are the future and they are not satisfied with what is happening at present.They have added their voices to that of officials who have warned that youth are being mentally scarred by killings of other children, and this is not ...

A Ukrainian journalist and training army reservist says the country is ready for whatever attack may come from their neighbour Russia, as they have been preparing for eight years.In an exclusive interview with the Jamaica Observer, the ...

Just five more years - that's how long CEO of Noranda Bauxite Company operating partner, Concorde Resources Ltd, Mark Hansen believes that the amount of land approved under the terms of the Special Mining Lease (SML-173) will serve in ...

Can you imagine working in an institution for close to 40 years and never rising above your entry-level position?Well, that has been the case for quite a few members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) and the cold frustrating fact ...

THERE is no clear indication yet how COVID-19 physical distancing will be maintained in schools, especially those with as many as three dozen students per class, when full face-to-face classes resume in a few weeks, as indicated by the ...

Holly Nover grew up trying to hide her stutter."I was very self conscious," said the 40-year-old St Johns, Florida mom, whose 10-year-old son Colton also has a speech impediment. "So I developed habits to switch my words so it wouldn't ...

British rock icon Mick Jagger, one of the Rolling Stones' founders and lead singer, is in Portland, Jamaica, to complete an album.The 78-year-old musician told the Jamaica Observer on Saturday while at the Port Antonio market that he w...

A woman's heart is more prone to breaking than a man's.Females are seven to nine times more likely than males to develop "broken heart syndrome", which occurs when abrupt or protracted stress, such as an emotional break-up or death, res...

But men are men;The best sometimes forget.- ShakespeareWhat does it take to be a man? A great deal of effort, a whole lot, plenty of things, some good, others bad, to make up the mosaic of what a man is supposed to be. It's complex, not...

TWO former Cabinet ministers, who died four months apart in 2018, left behind over a dozen guns which are still in the care of the Firearm Licensing Authority waiting to be disposed of, the Jamaica Observer can report.It is understood t...

CEO of the Firearm Licensing Authority Shane Dalling has said that earlier comments by him that certain problems at the agency which he leads, day to day, could not be fixed, amounted to an instance when he merely misspoke while doing a...