FALMOUTH, Trelawny — The pastor of Agape Christian Fellowship Church in Falmouth, Trelawny, where 51-year-old Andrea Lowe-Garwood was shot dead last Sunday, said her murder was collateral damage in the warfare against evil a...

A man who fled the United States just over 20 years ago after pleading guilty to vehicular homicide and was hiding in Jamaica has been extradited to Miami, a release dated February 5 from Florida State Attorney Katherine Fernandez...

MONTEGO BAY, St James — Underscoring that not all fatal shootings by the security forces are of questionable nature, Security Minister Dr Horace Chang says it is unfair to classify fatal shootings collectively. ...

MINISTER of National Security Dr Horace Chang has identified the south-eastern belt of the Corporate Area as the real problem crescent for the security forces at this time.“If you take the border from Bull Bay and come acros...

The Jamaica Observer's 284-page reflection on the life and legacy of Gordon “Butch” Stewart, published with yesterday's Sunday Observer, proved a massive hit among the reading public, so much so that at 9:00 am only a ...

Jamaica's response to the novel coronavirus pandemic has won praise from Appliance Traders Group Executive Chairman Adam Stewart whose suite of companies includes Sandals and Beaches resorts that have been hard hit by the global d...

It's distinct light blue dome is, for many, like the north point on a compass, confirming one's location in Kingston, Jamaica. But, for a whole flock of Christians the Holy Trinity Cathedral is “mother” church. And, Fe...

Carib Cement Company Ltd has donated vouchers, valued at $5.1 million, for the provision of technology and general school supplies to 44 students.The beneficiaries are drawn from communities in proximity to the company's plant an...

The National Water Commission's slogan 'Water is life' is being scoffed at by some residents of Longville in Clarendon as, for the past 10 years, piped water inside their homes has been a distant memory.

NEW YORK, United States (AP) — The north-eastern United States braced for a major snowstorm yesterday, less than a week after a storm dumped as much as two feet on the region.The National Weather Service predicted around up ...

Today is the 39th day of 2021. There are 326 days left in the year.TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT1942: Alexander Bustamante is released from Up Park Camp after 17 months of detention for alleged violation of the Defence of the Realm Act.OTHER ...

WASHINGTON, DC, United States (AFP) — President Joe Biden anticipates the US rivalry with China will take the form of “extreme competition” rather than conflict between the two world powers.Biden said in an excer...

WASHINGTON, DC, United States (AFP) — US Secretary of State Antony Blinken championed human rights and called for an end to the war in Yemen in his first phone call with Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan, the State De...

WASHINGTON, DC, United States (AFP) — Discovering there's intelligent life beyond our planet could be the most transformative event in human history — but what if scientists decided to collectively ignore evidence sugg...

THE HAGUE, The Netherlands (AFP) — The Netherlands and parts of Germany were blanketed yesterday by a snowstorm that disrupted planes and trains and put some coronavirus testing on hold.Britain was also bracing for heavy sno...

LEAGUE CITY, United States (AFP) — A park near Houston has been turned into a five-lane, drive-thru vaccination centre popular with the elderly in this city hard hit by the novel coronavirus pandemic. “I'm 89 and a hal...

TWO health professionals have confirmed that since the pandemic they have noticed an increase in children with obesity and complications related to obesity.Consultant paediatrician Dr Curtis Pryce told the Jamaica Observer that an...

THEY are careful, vigilant if you may, and despite Jamaica having one of the highest crime rates in the Western Hemisphere, the nearly 500 Cuban medical workers are not turned off.

COMMISSIONER of Police Major General Antony Anderson will have his contract, which ends later this month, extended by the Government.Confirmation of this came from Minister of National Security Dr Horace Chang, and was echoed by M...

CHIEF Medical Officer (CMO) Dr Jacquiline Bisasor McKenzie yesterday pointed to an increase in the number of social gatherings across the country, especially in the Corporate Area, as the island's daily COVID-19 count hit another ...

Members of Cuba's Medical Brigade treated over 450,000 Jamaicans in 2020, according to the team's national coordinator, Dr Jose Armando Arronte Villamarin.It was the first time since Jamaica and Cuba established a National Health...

One Member of Parliament (MP) has taken the bold step to call for the cancellation of the 2020-2021 academic year for Jamaica to better handle the challenges of COVID-19 and further protect the country's younger citizens as well ...

WHEN consumers get a prescription drug from the pharmacy, they assume that it's been tested and is safe to use. But what if a drug changes in harmful ways as it sits on the shelf or in the body? One dangerous result has been the c...

WEST Kingston enforcer “Harry Dog” escaped two prior attempts on his life over a one-year period at the same spot where he was shot dead on Sunday, January 31 in the heart of the fiefdom that made him popular. ...

Jermaine Young (left), president, Kiwanis Young Professionals of Kingston receives desktop computers from Dalton Richardson (second right), group chief technologyofficer, group ICT, VM Group. Victoria Mutual Foundation, in partner...