New York, USA - Jamaicans in the United States are gearing up to celebrate their country's Diamond Jubilee, and the consulate here is putting a year-long set of activities together for the occasion.The slew of events began in January w...

COMMISSIONER of the Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) Hugh Faulkner has given law enforcement bodies tasked with concluding disciplinary actions against rogue cops a failing grade.Faulkner, speaking at launch of rights ...

THE Hope Gospel Assembly in Liguanea, St Andrew, famously describes itself as "an oasis of love in a dry and thirsty land", but Rev Peter Garth, the outstanding evangelical preacher and the church's senior pastor, could use some of that...

GUIDANCE counsellors at high schools say they are currently being overworked, and have been trying to find solutions for emotional disturbance, rising levels of anti social behaviour and violence coming from students.The issue was raise...

The Jamaican producers of LifeSavers Wipes erupted in celebration on March 31 when the product won the top prize in global innovations of 2019-2021 at the International Design Excellence Awards (IDEA) in Miami, United States.Having copp...

Lenorah Thomas's son, a policeman, was shot dead in what law enforcers said at the time was a robbery at a bar in the western sea coast town of Hopewell, Hanover, on April 4, 2015 - the circumstances of which she and others have stou...

Stop the delay - time for local electionThe position taken by Prime Minister Holness that no local government election will be held this year is wrong, and unconstitutional.But then, it tells you about the importance that is placed on l...

The Court of Appeal on Friday gave its reasons for overturning the 20 years at hard labour without parole sentence slapped on a 32-year-old pastor found guilty of rape.The 15-year-old girl was lured to his church compound in Chapleton, ...

Presiding Bishop of the Christian Holiness Church in Jamaica, Rev Dr Alvin Bailey, is urging the education ministry to focus on what he says is an alarming level of homosexuality, occult practices, extortion, crime and violence and gros...

Former Cabinet minister Robert Montague has described as misleading, an Integrity Commission report into the issuing of firearm licences that accused him of granting permits to six individuals with "criminal antecedents".The six applica...

If Donald "Tabby Diamond" Shaw had attended a birthday celebration in Arnett Gardens last Tuesday night he probably would have been alive today, his good friend and party host George Phang believes.Shaw, 67, former lead vocalist of the ...

SAVANNA-LA-MAR, Westmoreland - Justice Minister Delroy Chuck has likened the behaviour of some gunmen in Jamaica who create mayhem in the country to that of Russian President Vladimir Putin.Chuck made the comment during his address at a...

Chairman of the Tourism Linkages Network and executive chairman of Sandals Resorts International Adam Stewart (right) seems pleased with the aroma of some roasted coffee beans from Nakashka Company Ltd official Paula Fletcher, while tou...

At stall 868 in Coronation Market, west Kingston, you will find a higgler and a single mother of six - Victoria Riley - who has spent decades selling at the facility to ensure that each of her six children receive an education.Riley, wh...

When Nadine Thompson was a child, her twin died and she said her older brother Tyrone Thompson, much to her solace, assumed the role as her twin brother.Tyrone was two years older, and they shared a unique bond - being the only two amon...

Opposition spokesman on health Dr Morais Guy is calling on the Government to establish more renal dialysis units across Jamaica.Dr Guy was responding to a Jamaica Observer story that looked into the high costs facing patients with kidne...

Commissioner of the Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) Hugh Faulkner is again calling on the Government to make body worn cameras available and mandatory to members of the security forces.He said the widescale use of the...

Sex sells, always has and always will. So it really should not come as a surprise that vaginal and vulval health have become a hot topic over the past few years. We have seen everything from new medical procedures to enhance function an...

Scores of students from a number of inner-city communities in the greater Montego Bay area were feted at another in the series of "Spreading the Love" by Sandals Resorts Montego Bay region in collaboration with the Social Development Co...

An increasing number of employees and self-employed individuals in their 50s have recognised that they are at a time in their life when each tick of the clock brings them closer to retirement years. Many would want to retire early, but ...

AS you inhale and exhale the beautiful fresh air, it is a reminder that it's what we need to survive. But along with that we also need a healthy and balanced life to stay on track. Yes, you are a senior citizen and diabetic. But we ofte...

OCHO RIOS, St Ann -Centenarian Louisa "Miss Lou-Lou" Harris McDonald got her wish last Wednesday. That's when a team from Grace Foods pitched a large red tent and invited McDonald and her neighbours to a day dedicated to simply making p...

We know you sometimes have burning questions that can best be answered by a pharmacist. Our feature, Ask Your Pharmacist, seeks to address some of those issues. Send your questions to healthandwealth@jamaicaobserver.com.Question: I am d...

Ten institutions located in Kingston, St Catherine, Clarendon, and Manchester were recent beneficiaries of the KOICA Alumni, Jamaica chapter COVID-19 prevention project.These schools and non-profit organisations were: Bethabara Primary,...

HEART disease is estimated to complicate one to four per cent of pregnancies. The occurrence of heart disease in pregnancy is associated with an increased risk of complications and an increased risk of mortality not only during pregnanc...

I've noticed that the term "mind my business" has become common place. The idea of only focusing on matters that directly relate to you seem to be widely accepted and staying hydrated while doing so also seems to have become a big trend...

APRIL is celebrated as Autism Awareness Month and autism spectrum disorder is a developmental disorder that appears early in a child's life. Although autism can be diagnosed at any age, it is said to be a developmental disorder because ...

DESPITE eased restrictions on movement and longer opening hours for businesses, online shopping has become a way of life for more people, including seniors. Convenience and its hassle-free nature are the two main reasons seniors opt for...

With just about four months to go for the Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) to assume regulatory authority over the island's micro credit institutions (MCIs), concerns have been raised about the slow progress towards the target.Speaking to the Jama...

With gross domestic product (GDP) growth of 6.7 per cent for the quarter ended December 2021 and expectations for continued economic recovery for 2022, Access Financial Services Limited (AFS) has taken another step to create more opport...

Jamaicans who emigrated to the United Kingdom between 1948 and 1971 are among the crowd of travellers from former British colonies who became known as the Windrush Generation.The label originated in the UK and refers mainly to people fr...

That man that hath a tongueI say is no man,If with his tongueHe cannot win a woman.- Shakespeare, The Two Gentlemen of VeronaDo you not know that I am a woman?When I think, I must speak.- Shakespeare, As You Like ItBoy, that first quote...

Little Rickella Johnson of Webster Memorial Basic School in St Andrew was in a playful mood last Wednesday at her institution of learning.(Photo: Garfield Robinson)

On Sunday, March 27, 2022 Jamaica Observer Limited published an article titled 'Politicians must go to prison too, not just resign - Analysts' in which the following statement was made: "In October 2006, then Opposition Leader Bruce Gol...

Prime Minister Andrew Holness on Friday urged the United States to consider increased investments in Jamaica as a way of boosting the economies of both countries.Holness, accompanied by Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Sena...

IN a cruel twist of fate, Fitzroy "Bunny Diamond" Simpson died on Friday, two days after the brutal murder of Donald "Tabby Diamond" Shaw, his colleague in The Mighty Diamonds, one of reggae music's iconic groups.His family said the 70-...

DESPITE several ups and downs due to the novel coronavirus pandemic and other factors, operators of Jamrock Farms, which started in 2019 in Arnett Gardens, St Andrew, are pressing ahead to grow their brainchild into a major entity which...

Not one to pass someone in need without offering help, St Andrew taxi driver Ian Bassaragh knew he couldn't stand idle when two men were injured after a truck overturned on his Red Hills Road route.Bassaragh told the Jamaica Observer th...

MANDEVILLE, Manchester - Regional operations manager for the Southern Parks and Markets (SPM) Waste Management Edward Muir says the continued poor containerisation of garbage by some householders and businesses is posing risks to sanita...

THE National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) is reporting that its composting pilot project in the parish of Hanover is showing positive signs, and will soon be moved to full implementation.According to executive director of th...

THE University of the West Indies (UWI) and the Open Society University Network (OSUN) are on a mission to achieve climate justice in the Caribbean, which they say is pertinent to reduce the socio-economic and environmental effects of c...

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - Talks to stop the fighting in Ukraine resumed Friday, as another desperate attempt to rescue civilians from the shattered and encircled city of Mariupol failed and Russia accused the Ukrainians of a cross-border hel...

Gordon "Butch" Stewart did not live to see his dream realised, but the first major world airline will touch down in seven months' time at Ian Fleming International Airport in St Mary, named after the famous author of the fictional Jame...

MONTEGO BAY, St James - When Reverend Howard Nelson was six years old, his father put a gun in his hand and let him pull the trigger during a new year's salute. His father, said the man who now shepherds members at Lilliput New Testamen...

MONTEGO BAY, St James - Faced with a shortage of trained workers and a boom expected in the local hospitality industry over the next three years, the tourism ministry is offering free certification courses as it pulls out all the stops ...

Former Police Commissioner Hardley Lewin has urged the Government to rethink imposing states of public emergencies (SOEs) for extended periods and to instead focus on seriously disrupting the migration of criminals."We have carefully n...

Responding to a Jamaica Observer expose on "depressed cops", the Seventh-day Adventist Church has presented a cheque for $300,000 to the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) Chaplaincy branch to help meet the psychological, emotional, mora...

"Swimming against the tide" is how the youth arm of the Opposition People's National Party (PNP) - the PNPYO - has described a Jamaica Observer editorial cautioning against removing the United Kingdom Privy Council as Jamaica's final c...

WITH less than three weeks for the recommendation of mask-wearing in enclosed spaces to be lifted, teachers and students have shared mixed responses about adhering to the novel coronavirus pandemic protocol in classrooms. Since March 18...

ACCORDING to the latest edition of the Jamaica Survey of Living Conditions (JSLC), poverty rates at the national level had remained stable up to 2019.The survey revealed that both the national prevalence of poverty and extreme (food) po...