Rohan Marley (second left), entrepreneur and son of late reggae icon Bob Marley, is in good spirits with (from left), Steve DeAngelo, a celebrated American cannabis business tycoon and reform activist; Douglas Gordon, founder of Canex &...

Today is the 89th day of 2022. There are 276 days left in the year.TODAY'S HIGHLIGHTOTHER EVENTS1822: Florida becomes a United States territory.1842: Ether is used as anaesthetic for the first time, by Dr Crawford Long in the US.1867: U...

THE word 'nuclear' often triggers fear. However, there are comforting prospects in atomic power, which many countries have started to tap into. In Jamaica, there is the International Centre for Environmental and Nuclear Sciences (ICENS)...

LEONARD Campbell is beloved and known throughout Hertford, Westmoreland, and its environs as the man who raised the community. Surrounded by the very children he raised and other well-wishers, Campbell rang in his 100th birthday at his ...

MONTEGO BAY, St James - Despite myriad challenges facing the education sector recently, the Ministry of Education has declared a steely resolve to afford students across the island the opportunity to realise their full academic potentia...

TWENTY-FIVE small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) will take the journey through a capacity-building experience in the 2022 edition of the Scotiabank Vision Achiever (SVA) Programme.The participants, who represent a cross section of ...

HORDYNIA, Ukraine (AP) - Planting season has arrived in Ukraine. Boot marks stamped in the frozen earth have thawed. But the Pavlovych family's fields remain untouched in a lonely landscape of checkpoints and churches.Over a week ago, t...

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - Russia announced Tuesday it will "fundamentally" scale back military operations near Ukraine's capital and a northern city, as talks to end the grinding war brought the outlines of a possible deal into view.Deputy D...

SAVANNA-LA-MAR, Westmoreland - Opposition Leader Mark Golding, who has described the Government's decision to delay the local government elections as "undemocratic", has called on the ruling party to call the vote as soon as possible."I...

The months-long dispute that has rocked Jamaica College (JC) deepened on Monday when the secretary of the past students' association fired back at accusations of misappropriation of millions of dollars levied against it by the school b...

 WASHINGTON, DC, United States (AP) - A federal judge on Monday asserted it is "more likely than not" that former President Donald Trump committed crimes in his attempt to stop the certification of the 2020 election, ruling to order th...

There will be no sitting of the House of Representatives today as Parliamentarians take a break from what has been one of the liveliest budget debates in decades.However, legislators will return to work next Tuesday, April 5, when Mini...

MONTEGO BAY, St James - Imogene Johnson on Monday admitted that when gunmen ran amok in the Warrica section of Norwood, St James, last Saturday morning, she initially thought the deafening explosions she heard were firecrackers."We were...

THE island's teachers are fuming over non-payment of monies owed to them, and the president of their union, Winston Smith, on Monday issued a warning to the Government that his colleagues will not endure what he termed "disrespect" for ...

KERIECEAN Frankson is still demanding answers from Spanish Town Hospital about what led to the death of her baby in October last year.The 37-year-old woman, who was expecting her first child, told the Jamaica Observer on Monday that she...

PROPER fiscal management will be key to navigating the choppy financial seas facing Jamaica this year, states Senator Don Wehby, who, in the debate on the Appropriations Bill on March 25, noted headwinds which "must be carefully managed...

Today is the 88th day of 2022. There are 277 days left in the year.TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT2006: Charles Taylor is flown to Sierra Leone, opening the way for the former Liberian president to become the first African head of State tried for war...

MONTEGO BAY, St James - Accusations by doctors that internal politics at the executive level is contributing to inadequate health care being delivered at Cornwall Regional Hospital (CRH) have been denied by CEO Charmaine Williams-Beckfo...

WASHINGTON, DC, United States (AP) - President Joe Biden said Monday that he would make "no apologies" and wasn't "walking anything back" after his weekend comment that Russian President Vladimir Putin "cannot remain in power", attempt...

MONTEGO BAY, St James - Minister of Health Dr Christopher Tufton is hoping the delay-plagued rehabilitation of the Cornwall Regional Hospital (CRH) will be completed before 2025, the last timeline provided. "It is very early days and so...

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - With its aspirations for a quick victory dashed by a stiff Ukrainian resistance, Russia has increasingly focused on grinding down Ukraine's military in the east in the hope of forcing Kyiv into surrendering part of ...

ROCK, Trelawny - Attorney at law Marisa Dalrymple-Philibert, who is also the Speaker of the House of Representatives and Member of Parliament for Trelawny Southern, says her client, the 16 year-old accused of fatally stabbing his school...

THE National Land Agency (NLA) will today distribute more than 350 certificates of title to residents of Flagaman, Berlin, Potsdam, and Exton in St Elizabeth.The titles will be issued under the agency's Systematic Land Registration Prog...

SAVANNA-LA-MAR, Westmoreland - Days after Prime Minister Andrew Holness signalled to Prince William that Jamaica will go ahead with plans to move away from being a constitutional monarchy, Opposition Leader Mark Golding on Sunday reiter...

Minister with responsibility for Industry, investment and commerce, Senator Aubyn Hill, has blamed the former 2012/2016 People's National Party (PNP) Administration for the failure of the hedge fund efforts to control local oil prices.R...

New York, USA - A rehashed proposal by Opposition Leader Mark Golding that the Jamaican Senate be expanded to include representation from the Diaspora has again struck a chord among nationals in the United States who want to see it done...

Prince William has a hearty handshake for Jill Stewart, as her husband Adam Stewart, executive chairman of Sandals Resorts International, looks on approvingly at last week's State Banquet at King's House in St Andrew. 

More parents asked by the Jamaica Observer seem prepared to have their children wear masks in the classroom than those who are against, as the education ministry continues its push to have students adhere to the COVID-19 protocol whi...

HOLLYWOOD, United States (AFP) - Mega star Beyonce kicked off the 94th Academy Awards with a performance of the nominated song from King Richard, the tennis biopic that is among the top contenders at this year's Oscars gala .CODA, The...

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AFP) - Iraq is building a concrete wall along part of its border with Syria to stop Islamic State group jihadists from infiltrating, an Iraqi military source said Sunday.In the "first stage" of construction, a wall arou...

RABAT, Morocco (AFP) - Two migrants drowned after their boat capsized and more than 200 others have been detained as they prepared to leave Morocco by sea, state news agency MAP reported Sunday.The bodies of the two migrants washed up...

Kyiv , Ukraine (AFP) - President Volodymyr Zelensky said Sunday his Government is "carefully" considering a Russian demand of Ukrainian neutrality, a key point of contention as negotiators for both sides prepare for a fresh round of tal...

NEW DELHI (AP) - The company behind a COVID-19 vaccine touted as a key tool for the developing world has sent tens of millions of doses to wealthy nations but provided none yet to the UN-backed effort to supply poorer countries - a sign...

No one stopped to explain, but it was noticeable that when Prince William made a brief stop in Trench Town as part of his three-day visit to Jamaica last week, he was following in the footsteps of his younger brother, Harry, and before ...

Andrew Drysdale admits that his drinking, gambling and smoking problems cost him his job, followed by homelessness in December last year. Now, the 31-year-old is living in a cramped space near the bridge at Washington Boulevard and Red...

The People's National Party Youth Organisation (PNPYO) said it has welcomed Prime Minister Andrew Holness' belated embrace of calls for making Jamaica a republic, something the YO said "he had recently touted as mere symbolism".Noting t...

For three years in a row, nine-year-old Nyah Wright, the precocious but cute daughter of Jamaican attorney Tanya Burke Wright and pilot Chris Wright, has carried the Jamaican flag at her school's annual International Day in Doha, Qatar....

Konnexx Services Ltd last Friday hosted a mentoring luncheon for the members of Molynes United, the Jamaica Premier League (JPL) football club that it now sponsors.The event, held at Janga's Soundbar in St Andrew, saw the players being ...

Jamaica's Dr Floyd Morris, whose popularity on the international disabilities front is growing, ended his latest stint this weekend as one of 18 foremost global experts at the 26th session of the United Nations Convention on the Rights ...

Businessman Metry Seaga says the novel coronavirus pandemic and the ongoing Russia-Ukraine crisis should push Jamaica to maximise its greatest asset which, according to him, is not tourism or agricultural products, but rather the countr...

MONTEGO BAY, St James - Thirty micro-business operators in the Salt Spring community of this western Jamaica city are now looking towards brighter days after receiving development grants through the second phase of Jamaica Social Invest...

A woman walks in front of the stalls being refurbished for use by crab vendors along National Heroes' Circle yesterday. The project is being spearheaded by J Wray & Nephew Ltd as part of its Jamaica 60 sponsorship programme. (Photo:...

Honoree R Danny Williams (left) beams with pride beside a portrait of him yesterday, after it was presented by Jamaica College Principal Wayne Robinson. The gift of the portrait followed the dedication of a building in his honour at the...

Inspector of Police Jacqueline Pinnock speaks with enthusiastic students of Franklyn Town Primary School at the reopening of the new Franklyn Town Police Station recently. Looking on is Inspector Rodney Matthews. (Photo: Garfield Robins...

It may have been unexpected, but some United Kingdom citizens cheered when Prime Minister Andrew Holness told The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge that Jamaica was "moving on." The statement, on Wednesday, signalled the intention to remov...

Jah Cure seems incurableEntertainer Jah Cure has confirmed that not only is he stupid, just like Vybz Kartel and the others who clearly believe that prison is a bed of roses, but has also demonstrated that there is no way of him curing ...

ROSE HALL, St James - A call from the business process outsourcing (BPO) sector to have some employees permanently work from home has been favourably received by Minister of Legal and Constitutional Affairs Marlene Malahoo Forte, but sh...

When it comes to retirement planning, often attention is paid to inflation risks and investments risks, with little or no focus on longevity risks. There is also the tendency to confuse longevity with life expectancy. Let's look examin...

PEOPLE who have a significant amount of equity in their primary residence can tap into it, to get funds to purchase another one, or for any other purpose. This can be achieved through a home equity loan, said Petal James, chief of branc...

THE world we live in today provides us with few options on what we can and should eat, particularly the elderly who are diabetic and have dietary restrictions.Being diabetic is complicated; your taste and tastebuds change at a rapid pac...