The Government is being urged to provide clear directions on the way forward for the education sector following ambiguous announcements over the past week.

MEMBERS of at least one Muslim community in Jamaica are prepared to observe the Government's two-week ban on burials, even though this goes against a key tenet of their faith.

CHURCH leaders yesterday shared mixed views about the three-week restriction on the number of worshippers allowed in churches due to the jump in the number of active COVID-19 cases across the island.

COUNCILLOR for the Waterford Division in Portmore, St Catherine, Fenley Douglas is calling on parliamentarians to make stronger legislations and to deter would-be kidnappers.

MANDEVILLE, Manchester — The two-week ban on burials imposed by the Government as it struggles to arrest a worrying spike in positive COVID-19 cases has drawn howls of protest from funeral directors fearful that they will ru...

The Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association (JHTA) says it is ready, able and equipped to help with the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines across the island.

Today is the 61st day of 2021. There are 304 days left in the year.TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT1972: Michael Norman Manley is sworn in as Jamaica's fourth prime minister. OTHER EVENTS1678: French forces of King Louis XIV capture Ghent and Y...

WASHINGTON, DC, United States (CMC) — Amid deep concerns about the “targeted” deportations of Haitians and other Caribbean immigrants, the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency says it is...

TEXAS, United States (AP) — The largest and oldest power cooperative in Texas is filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, blaming last month's winter storm that left millions without power.

FLORIDA, United States (AP) — Taking the stage for the first time since leaving office, former President Donald Trump called for GOP unity, even as he exacerbated intraparty divisions by attacking fellow Republicans and prom...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Tuesday, March 2, 2021: Loyal, fanciful and persevering, you mustn't neglect your own needs and development. This year, you devote yourself to your work and block everything else out, and succeed brilliantly. Yo...

DUNCANS, Trelawny — Forty-year-old farmer Nadeen Geddes was today sentenced to 20 years in prison at hard labour in the Trelawny Circuit Court for the murder of her sister 36-year-old Tamara Geddes, who was shot in her bedr...

KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Commissioner of Police, Major General Antony Anderson has given directions that a policeman seen in a viral video in a “compromising position” be interdicted with immediate effect.The vide...

PRIME Minister Andrew Holness yesterday announced a new round of measures, including a mandatory work-from-home policy for public servants, but no extension of the nightly curfew, as the country continues to grapple with a seeming...

NEGRIL, Hanover – The Government is currently undertaking repairs to several aerodromes across the island as the aviation industry looks forward to a strong recovery from the present devastating blow caused by the coronaviru...

DUNCANS, Trelawny — Sentencing for 39-year-old Nadeen Geddes, who at the start of the Hillary session of the Trelawny Circuit Court on February 8 pleaded guilty to the murder of her sister, 36-year-old Tamara Geddes, has bee...

CONTRACTORS repairing the collapsed section of the Gordon Town main road in St Andrew have determined, after removing the rubble from the site, that the infrastructural damage is more extensive than was previously thought. The rev...

THE Ministry of Health & Wellness says that, after spending a considerable amount of time reviewing the available data, there is not enough information to recommend for or against the anti-parasitic drug Ivermectin for use in ...

PRIME Minister Andrew Holness yesterday announced that, effective Monday, March 8, no funeral services or burials will be allowed to take place in the country until the measures are reviewed on March 22.The measure is part of effo...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) — The Court of Appeal in Barbados last Thursday ordered that a Jamaican man, Dean George Scott, who breached the island's COVID-19 quarantine regulations be released from prison This decision was h...

A new market has been built in Port Maria, St Mary, at a cost of $56 million to accommodate all vendors, including those who were selling illegally on the streets of the town.However, vendors have complained that the location is n...

PRESIDENT of the Opposition People's National Party (PNP) Mark Golding yesterday expressed sadness at the passing of businessman Peter Thomas.The founder and managing director of National Property and General Insurance Company of...

Yesterday, the Jamaica Observer published unsubstantiated allegations concerning West Indies Petroleum Limited (WIPL) and its director, Gerald Charles Chambers. We are satisfied that there's no merit to the allegations and that w...

Today is the 60th day of 2021. There are 305 days left in the year.TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT2002: US space shuttle Columbia carries out a mission to repair and refurbish the Earth-orbiting Hubble Space Telescope, so that the observatory w...

WASHINGTON, DC, United States (AP) — Just five weeks ago, Los Angeles County was conducting more than 350,000 weekly coronavirus tests, including at a massive drive-thru site at Dodger Stadium, as health workers raced to con...