SINCE the novel coronavirus pandemic there has been an uptick in art sales, via the expansion of digital galleries, primarily in Kingston, with the use of non-fungible tokens (NFTs).An NFT is a digital asset that represents tangible obj...

AGEING is defined as biological changes that result in the body losing minerals and nutrients. This process causes physical, emotional, and psychological changes within the human body. Depending on your skin type, this can result in age...

OCHO RIOS, St Ann - Even though she's one year past the century mark, lost her sight and doesn't hear so well at times, Louisa Harris McDonald still wants to cook and feed her entire community. It's what she did when she was younger. He...

INTERNATIONAL Women's Day, celebrated globally under the theme 'Gender equality today for a sustainable tomorrow', brings into sharp focus inequality in employment and retirement.How much is the society aware of the implications of gend...

THIS year marks the second anniversary of the first identified case of the novel coronavirus in Jamaica and it's safe to say that many people's lives do not look the same as it did before the pandemic.Michael Andre Collins, manager of t...

McIntosh Bedding Company Limited has offered free therapy sessions and a bed to 21-year-old Shavell Peart after reading her detailed recount of her experience in Ukraine two weeks ago in the Sunday Observer.Noting that the company wishe...

DUNCANS, Trelawny - The police have attributed speeding and reckless driving as the causes of Friday night's vehicular crash which resulted in the death of three people in this north-western town.The deceased have been identified as 31-...

AS a newly married woman, I was looking forward to starting a family and living happily ever after. However, those dreams were soon shattered as in 2012, my husband David was diagnosed with multiple myeloma - a new type of cancer that w...

Thursday, March 10 was observed as World Kidney Day under the theme 'Bridge the Knowledge Gap to Better Kidney Care'.The World Kidney Day Joint Steering Committee has declared 2022 to be the year of "Kidney Health for All". Chronic kidn...

THE average life expectancy for women in Jamaica is about 76 years, and the the average age of menopause in Jamaica is 51 years old. That means our women spend around 25 years in this period after menopause commences. The transition int...

It's been a quarter of a century since the shutters came down at the Goodyear Tyre manufacturing plant on the outskirts of Morant Bay in St Thomas.For many residents of the rural town it has been akin to a doctor switching off a life su...

HOPEWELL, Hanover - Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Pearnel Charles Jr left this western seacoast town last Thursday morning full of praise for students of Hopewell High School who excelled in their examinations despite the chall...

Have you ever noticed the way everyone who struggles with a mental illness in Jamaica is categorised as "mad"? It begs the question, what does mad even mean? The dictionary itself seems uncertain and has varying definitions... insane or...

THREE lucky D'Music app users with the most streams of Shenseea's chart-busting album, ALPHA, will win an all-expenses-paid trip for two to see her live in concert in Miami on May 30.Dubbed the D'Music Shenseea Stream to Win competition...

MONTEGO BAY, St James - "If I could give one piece of advice to my younger self, it would be to get all the skills and education you can" - words from newly minted Executive Chef at Sandals Royal Caribbean, Junior Mowatt.Mowatt's rise t...

HOUR-LONG seizures, vision loss in the right eye, and failure to complete sentences are among the challenges that 54-year-old Valrie Anderson has been battling for the last 20 years. These problems stem from a condition called pituitary...

Constant you are, and yet a woman,And for secrecy, no way closer,For I well believe, thou will not utter,What thou dost not know.- ShakespeareA secret can be a very heavy burden to bear, most times being released by the way of conscienc...

THERE is strong support in the chamber for more interested and qualified women to seek firearm licences. This follows statistics from the Firearm Licensing Authority (FLA) that 898 of the 1,560 female applicants over the past five years...

Give us tax-free fuel.That is the call from a major player in the fishing fraternity, as he appealed to the Government to encourage the growth of the fishing for export industry.Roderick "Ricky" Francis, CEO of B&D Trawling Ltd, sa...

The man in charge of B&D Trawling Ltd is leading a Jamaican approach to achieve Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification of this Caribbean island's conch fishing industry, which he believes will redound to the benefit of all s...

MANDEVILLE, Manchester - Mayor of Mandeville and chairman of the Manchester Municipal Corporation Donovan Mitchell says he has not given up on the dream of this south-central town being considered as Jamaica's third city."I really do be...

Educators and student leaders are conflicted.While they rejoice because of the withdrawal of all measures under the Disaster Risk Management Act (DRMA) and a reopening of the entertainment industry, they think cautiously about whether t...

It was a magical moment in the sky when two Jamaican pilots with Delta Airlines ended up on the same flight a few weeks ago.Both men wanted to be pilots from they were young, have family lines hailing from Buff Bay, Portland, and uncann...

Bunting need not resignFollowing the resignation of Bobby Montague from the Cabinet a week ago, calls have come for Leader of Opposition Business in the Senate Peter Bunting to quit also. Is it really necessary though? It seems to me th...

A noisy street protest, staged by residents of communities off Maxfield Avenue in St Andrew on Friday morning, had its genesis in an all-too-familiar story - the police say that they were fired on, they returned the fire and found a man...

WARSOP, Trelawny - The murder tally in the Trelawny Police Division has now reached 10, following the shooting death of a farmer Thursday night by gunmen at a bar. Two others were injured during the shooting.The deceased has been identi...

A declaration from Prime Minister Andrew Holness that efforts are being made to "tighten the screws" on gangsters who continue their criminal enterprise from behind bars should come as good news for residents of sections of Hanover wher...

THE local Christian community was in mourning on Friday as news spread of the death of the Reverend Dr Roy Henry, a former president of the Jamaica Baptist Union (JBU) and the Jamaica Council of Churches.Henry, who died on Thursday in h...

MONTEGO BAY, St James - Residents of Kingston amd St Andrew could obtain their National Identification System (NIDS) cards as early as August when a pilot programme is expected to be rolled out in the two parishes.According to minister ...

WASHINGTON, DC, United States (AP) - Key figures for a war half a world away, President Joe Biden and China's Xi Jinping spoke for nearly two hours on Friday as the White House looked to deter Beijing from providing military or economic...

Thirty-two-year-old St Ann taxi driver Dudley "Dudus" Williams learnt a hard lesson when he decided to begin dating one of his passengers.According to Williams, while the relationship was thrilling in the beginning, the excitement quick...

OLYMPIC 110-metre gold medallist Hansle Parchment and Olympic 100-metre bronze medallaist Megan Tapper stopped by the Sigma Run Secretariat in New Kingston recently to lend their signatures to a worthy cause. The athletes, who are Sagic...

IN an effort to significantly increase the supply of new housing and service lots, Prime Minister Andrew Holness says that the National Housing Trust (NHT ) has been reviewing financing options that would substantially increase the amou...

MAY PEN, Clarendon - It had only been six days but it was like they had been separated for a year. That's how a relieved Howard Hayles describes his daughter's reaction when she was reunited with her family Thursday morning.The 15-year-...

MONTEGO BAY, St James - Ma Cherry, a cow rescued after police interrupted a bizarre ritual involving human sacrifice on October 17 of last year, appears to be expecting. The cow was among the animals removed from the garbage-strewn yard...

DISTRICT Constable Derrick Peart admits that he was tormented to the point of sleeplessness after learning that four-year-old Jordain Clarke had died in a locked car in Rollington Town, Kingston, last month.Peart, therefore, decided tha...

PRIME Minister Andrew Holness yesterday warned Jamaicans living overseas who send guns to Jamaica to end the practice as the Government is intent on working with its law enforcement partners to find and extradite them here for prosecuti...

Religious leaders on Thursday reacted with jubilation to the Government's withdrawal of restrictions under the Disaster Risk Management Act (DRMA) but cautioned Jamaicans to continue observing personal safety measures to prevent another...

SANTOY, Hanover - Several people have been taken into custody by the police as investigations continue into Wednesday night's triple murder that has left this community blanketed by fear. The police theorise that the attack, which also ...

MANDEVILLE, Manchester - Business and security stakeholders in this section of the island have welcomed the lifting of the Disaster Risk Management Act (DRMA) announced by Prime Minister Andrew Holness in his contribution to the 2022/23...

Medical professionals have urged Jamaicans to continue observing health and safety protocols despite the Government's withdrawal of measures under the Disaster Risk Management Act (DRMA) announced by Prime Minister Andrew Holness on Thu...

Prime Minister Andrew Holness on Thursday described the wholesale lifting of the measures implemented under the Disaster Risk Management Act (DRMA) in 2020 to contain spread of the novel coronavirus as a "personal relief", even while n...

Today is the 77th day of 2022. There are 288 days left in the year.TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT1965: The first spacewalk takes place as Soviet cosmonaut Aleksei Leonov leaves his Voskhod 2 capsule and remains outside the spacecraft for 20 minutes,...

WASHINGTON, DC, United States (AP) - As the war in Ukraine drags on, international companies still in Russia are coming under increasing pressure to leave.Some seem to be determined to stay, some say they are reconsidering or trying to ...

ST ANN'S BAY, St Ann - A notable reduction in classroom space at St Ann's Bay Primary has resulted in uncertainty as to when face-to-face lessons will resume fully at the public school located in this parish capital.A block of six class...

Not sure I like Rihanna like thatI'm a fan of Rihanna but seeing her parading about with her baby bump exposed the way it is has left me as a woman uncomfortable. I'm also wondering if that picture befits a national hero of a country. T...

MORANT BAY, St Thomas - It was the lure of free printing services that first attracted Keniesha Henry to the Teen Hub at the Half-Way-Tree Transport Centre in St Andrew.The opportunities it provides for her to help others is what made h...

DAYS after two consecutive deaths in her family, the last thing Pauline Miller thought she would be doing was standing proudly to recieve an award from the St James Municipal Corporation for her invaluable contribution to the tourism in...

OCHO RIOS, St Ann - When his colleague who normally gives him a lift to work didn't arrive as usual and didn't answer her phone, Francios Scott knew something was wrong. But it never occurred to him that she might be dead.Scott's collea...

In a community where residents experiences on and off gun violence, the opening of a new police station at the corner of Franklyn Avenue and Wellington Street was a welcome gift.The official opening ceremony for the police station took ...