Wilbert Parkes, in whose honour Campion College will this morning name its cricket field, has had a stellar career as an educator, coach, sport official, and journalist, stretching more than three decades.A citation prepared for this mo...

COLLEAGUES of murdered Clarendon primary school teacher Nattallie Dawkins said yesterday that, while not having a child of her own, she showed extra care and compassion for her students and went the extra mile to keep them happy while t...

GRANGE HILL, Westmoreland - Police have launched a manhunt for heavily armed men who shot and killed three men in this community Wednesday night.The dead men, all of Westmoreland, have been identified as:* Chrissel Hudson, also called E...

As I sweated profusely between bouts of sickeningly high fever, I was changing shirts three times a day. To my certain recollection, I had never had a fever for more than two days at a time. COVID-19 unleashed on me a 10-day fever like ...

THE Government has identified 20 major crime-producing communities across the island and is devising strategies to quiet them. Prime Minister Andrew Holness made the disclosure last Thursday during a question and answer session with the...

Jamaica Observer has appointed Natalie Chin as its first deputy managing director, as well as a member of the company's board with effect from May 1.Chin, who is the newspaper's dynamic head of Advertising, Marketing and Communications,...

Today is the 107th day of 2021. There are 258 days in the year.TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT1961: Cuba is invaded at "Bay of Pigs" by a US-supported invasion force of 1,500 Cuban exiles, who are defeated by Fidel Castro's forces. OTHER EVENTS1194:...

YOUNG Jamaican men should take notice of what COVID-19 is doing to male erections and go get the vaccine as soon as it is available to you.According to a just-released study, the virus increases the risk of developing impotence by nearl...

PORUS, Manchester - After nearly five weeks since his 75-year-old father's disappearance, Howard Carter has renewed his appeal for the public's assistance in locating his dad, Norman. Carter's plea was highlighted in the Jamaica Observe...

Today is the 106th day of 2021. There are 259 days in the year.TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT1925: Kingston College in Jamaica is declared open. OTHER EVENTS1856: Declaration of Paris abolishes privateering, defines nature of contraband and blockad...

INDIVIDUALS who have received the first dose of the COVID-19 AstraZeneca vaccine are being cautioned that they are not fully inoculated and should ensure that they take the second dose at the required time, or their levels of protection...

MANDEVILLE, Manchester - Twenty-four members of the Rotaract Club of Mandeville have adopted the Candle in the Dark drop-in centre as they continue their efforts to assist those in need, especially homeless individuals in this south-cen...

KINGSTOWN, St Vincent (CMC) - Volcanologist Professor Richard Robertson is warning that while explosions at La Soufriere volcano have been getting weaker and less frequent over the last two days, this does not mean that the eruption has...

EVEN as business operators in Portmore, St Catherine, applaud the Government for its introduction of the E-commerce National Delivery Solution (ENDS), many are expressing concern about the delivery fees charged by some entities particip...

SHE had been diagnosed with sickle cell disease from an early age, but when 35-year-old Felicia "Sheena" Dickenson was admitted to the St Ann's Bay Hospital, relatives never expected that the two weeks she spent at the institution would...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Friday, April 16, 2021: Passionate, brave and steely, when you get into something, so does all your heart. This year, you succeed at a challenging position. Money comes fast and furious, so plug any leaks that might s...

THERE were jitters yesterday in August Town and surrounding communities following a Court of Appeal order that alleged gang leader Christopher "Dog Paw" Linton be set free after serving more than seven years in prison for illegal posses...

DARLISTON, Westmoreland - Two administrators at the Clifton Boys' Home have been suspended, pending the outcome of a probe by the Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA) and the police into allegations of corporal punishment...

With almost 400 murders across the island since the start of the year and increasingly louder calls for the Government to introduce drastic measures to deal with the criminals, Prime Minister Andrew Holness remains adamant that there is...

MINISTER of Local Government and Rural Development Desmond McKenzie says the Jamaican Government is organising support for St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG), now being affected by the La Soufriere volcano."Our Government has been in c...

JAMAICAN employers are being warned that they could find themselves on the wrong side of the law if they dismiss any employee who refuses to take the COVID-19 vaccine.The issue was moved to the front burner yesterday after Caledonia Out...

Minister of National Security Dr Horace Chang says that the Government is making an effort to reduce rape and other types of sexual violence in Jamaica by improving facilities that deal with them.Dr Chang was opening the debate on a mot...

PUBLIC relations officer of the Lay Magistrates Association of Jamaica (LMAJ) Claudette Bryan is crediting custodes and the organisation's disciplinary committees for maintaining order and discipline among justices of the peace (JPs). B...

JUST four weeks ago, Craig Powe, 25, was isolated at the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) battling COVID-19 for the second time and thinking he was going to die.Powe, an entrepreneur, said he had never thought about a will ...

At left, a man and a woman keep themselves busy on their cellphones as they wait at the National Arena in St Andrew on Tuesday to get the COVID-19 vaccine.(Photo: Joseph Wellington) 

The humanitarian and economic crisis unleashed by the eruption of the La Soufriere volcano on the Caribbean island of St Vincent will last months and could extend to nearby islands, a UN official warned yesterday."It is a crisis that wi...

KINGSTOWN, St Vincent (CMC) - Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves yesterday made an impassioned plea for people to leave the red zone area as the La Soufriere volcano continues to erupt, generating possibly pyroclastic density currents (P...

Today is the 105th day of 2021. There are 260 days left in the year.TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT1912: The passenger luxury liner SS Titanic sinks and more than 1,500 lives are lost. OTHER EVENTS1862: A Bill ending slavery in the US District of Co...

THE House of Representatives on Tuesday passed the Tobacco Industry Regulations (Validation and Indemnity) (Repeal) Act 2021.Piloting the Bill, Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries Floyd Green said the Bill emerged from a decision of C...

HEAD of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Dr Carissa F Etienne has called out countries in the region for relaxation of restriction measures amidst worsening outbreaks of the novel coronavirus.Addressing PAHO's weekly virtual ...

THE Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB) is to undertake a competitive bidding process to identify suitable providers of medical insurance and health logistics coverage for purchase by tourists who are visiting Jamaica. This follows Cabinet's ap...

THE zones of special operations (ZOSOs) in Denham Town, West Kingston; Mount Salem, St James; Greenwich Town and August Town in St Andrew, have been extended for a further 60 days.The House of Representatives on Tuesday approved four re...

MORE than 1,000 loyal guests were in Jamaica for the Sandals Select Guest Reunion Week of activities hosted by the hotel chain from April 5 to 9."Sandals Reunion Week is the Caribbean's only annual event of this kind held by an all-incl...

PRIME Minister Andrew Holness says the E-commerce National Delivery System (ENDS) is to be expanded to additional areas by next week.The pilot, which commenced in Portmore, St Catherine on March 26, was extended to Kingston and St Andre...

Liberty Academy at the Priory in St Andrew is hosting a number of activities this April - Autism Awareness Month - to promote awareness of autism. Just recently the school hosted a walk for autism at the institution, located at 32 Hope ...

OTTAWA, Canada (AFP) - Canada will grant permanent residency to more than 90,000 foreign students and workers who helped treat patients during the pandemic, the immigration minister announced yesterday.The programme, in effect from May ...

ST GEORGE'S, Grenada (CMC) - The Grenada police said yesterday that elderly men were sexually attracted to minors, most of whom are well known to the perpetrators."A major concern from the data that we collected is accused persons over ...

WASHINGTON, DC, United States (CMC) - A new study by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has found that alcohol consumption has been responsible for an average 85,000 deaths annually during a three-year period in the Americas, i...

BUENOS AIRES, Brazil - People hold banners depicting Brazil's President Jair Bolsonado reading "The Bolsonaro strain, world danger" during a protest of members of leftist parties outside the Brazilian Embassy in Buenos Aires, yesterday,...

For the next three weekends, starting this Friday, the Jamaica Observer will be publishing a special edition covering Friday and Saturday.Your Sunday Observer, however, will continue to be published as usual.We thank you for your contin...

Beginning tomorrow, your Daily Observer shares with readers the experiences of Jamaicans who have encountered COVID-19 and lived to tell the tale, in our new feature COVID Capers by Desmond Allen. Also, get the latest in the fight again...

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) - US President Joe Biden announced yesterday it's "time to end" America's longest war with the unconditional withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan, where they have spent two decades in a bloody, increasin...

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) - US Vice-President Kamala Harris said yesterday she will visit Mexico and Guatemala as part of her mission to address the "root causes" of an influx in migrants at the southern border.Speaking with repor...

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) - A pause on all US vaccinations with the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 shot will continue for at least another week after members of a Government-convened expert panel said yesterday they needed more ti...

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - Prime Minister Joseph Jouthe has announced his resignation with President Jovenel Moïse saying that his departure "will make it possible to address the glaring problem of insecurity" in the French-speaking Carib...

NEW YORK, United States (AFP) - Bernie Madoff, mastermind of the largest financial scam in history that unravelled during the 2008 economic crisis, died in jail yesterday, US prison officials said.He was 82.Madoff had been suffering fro...

PRIME Minister Andrew Holness has declared that his Administration is moving to systematically address the problem of acquaintance violence which is plaguing Jamaica.Speaking with the Jamaica Observer two days before a video went viral ...

PRIME Minister Andrew Holness has made a plea to countries that have been stockpiling doses of COVID-19 vaccines to release their surplus to Jamaica and other states with a high demand for supplies.Making the call in the House of Repres...

BARROUALLIE, St Vincent (CMC) - The people of St Vincent and the Grenadines needed no reminder yesterday of the 42nd anniversary of the 1979 eruption of the La Soufriere volcano.It did so itself. At around 6:30 am the volcano erupted, t...

A senior health official reiterated yesterday that people who contracted the novel coronavirus should still get inoculated, as the vaccine helps to boost the body's immunity.Speaking at a media briefing yesterday, director of Family Hea...