THE health ministry is concerned that some food labels contain misleading information, and do not give consumers accurate data on the amount of trans fat - the most dangerous type of fat - that these items contain. Health Minister Dr Ch...

Businessman and sport enthusiast Alva Anderson died early yesterday morning. Anderson, who was 83 years old, became ill about a year ago with a medical condition that had proved resistant to treatment.A director of TM Traders Ltd, Ande...

GRANVILLE, St James -Councillor for the Granville Division in St James Michael Troupe, who represents the People's National Party, is calling for a zone of special operations (ZOSO) to be declared in the community following Wednesday ni...

JERMAINE Miller, who was accused of the stabbing death of his ex-lover, 27-year-old Nevia Sinclair, at her family home in Brinkley, St Elizabeth, last year, was yesterday sentenced to life in prison.His attorney, Queen's Counsel Peter C...

MANDEVILLE, Manchester - Donovan Mitchell withdrew his resignation as mayor of Mandeville and chairman of the Manchester Municipal Corporation, reportedly at the urging of at least one senior member of the Opposition People's National P...

THE Integrity Commission has turned its spotlight on some of Jamaica's most senior civil servants, some with decades of service, sending shock waves throughout the leadership of the island's public sector.The Jamaica Observer has confir...

At least 10 of the 15 Honduran crew members from the Falling Star lobster fishing vessel, who had been reported missing at sea last week Tuesday, are now rescued.Five members of the crew are still unaccounted for, but the Jamaica Obser...

MONTEGO BAY, St James - Chief Justice Bryan Sykes yesterday described Winston Jarrett, whom he sentenced to 25 years for murdering his 18-year-old sister-in-law in a fit of jealousy, as a "public health risk" who has shown "the tendency...

PETERSFIELD, Westmoreland - High school track star, fire victim and determined daughter of a street vendor are all accurate descriptions of 19-year-old Kayly Guthrie. Now she has added college student to the list.She's in the final stag...

Novia McDonald-Whyte (centre), conceptualiser and chair of the Jamaica Observer Table TalkFood Awards, poses with this year's scholarship winners, Amariah Taylor (left) and CasanyaMcIntyre, University of Technology, Jamaica School of Ho...

Cubans living in Jamaica protesting yesterday in front of the Cuban Embassy on Trafalgar Road in solidarity with their countrymen who have been staging protests in the capital Havana against hardships, including shortage of food. Cuba h...

Today is the 197th day of 2021. There are 168 days left in the year.TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT1979: Saddam Hussein takes over as president of Iraq. OTHER EVENTS1054: Pope Leo IX delivers an excommunication to the patriarch in Constantinople. Th...

FLORIDA, United States (AP) - For the owner of a small private security company with a history of avoiding paying debts and declaring bankruptcy, it looked like a good opportunity: Find people with military experience for a job in Haiti...

THE JN Foundation has forged a partnership with the HEART/National Service Training Agency (NSTA) Trust, which will facilitate students enrolled in the institution's construction and plumbing programmes to be trained in rainwater harves...

CANAAN HEIGHTS, Clarendon - A recent flare up of violence in this community has its roots as far back as 2017, says a senior police officer who is convinced the imposition of a curfew was necessary. "We have had a number of murders and ...

DESPITE changing locations numerous times, the Moneague College, St Mary campus has remained committed to its mission of certifying and uplifting residents in the parish and adjoining parishes.In a recent interview with the Jamaica Obse...

THE man convicted for the 2017 murder of restaurant worker Shanquille Williams, 23, who was lured by a female only to end up being robbed and shot, is to be sentenced this month-end.The convict, Nicardo Spencer, who was tried before Sup...

SAVANNA-LA-MAR, Westmoreland - Easton Forrest has been watching his house slip further into disrepair for years. Then, earlier this month, the 77-year-old's dream of having a house with a roof free of leaks and floors that can support h...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Friday, July 16, 2021: You are warm and sociable but sometimes shy. You're very intuitive and an accurate judge of other people's character. You are a firm believer in the power of positive thinking. This year you are...

THE Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, working with the Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA), has developed a policy to accelerate family-type placement of children three years and under entering State care. "T...

MINISTER of Education, Youth and Information Fayval Williams says that the long-awaited 211 helpline for children will be launched on September 6. The minister told the House of Representatives on Tuesday that the helpline will be manne...

APPROXIMATELY 1,500 teachers are set to be trained in the coming months under a strategic partnership between the Jamaica Teachers' Association (JTA) and the Flow Foundation. Under the agreement, the teachers will benefit from free onli...

WASHINGTON, DC, United States (AP) - President Joe Biden said yesterday that the US will bolster security at its embassy in Haiti following last week's assassination of that country's president, but sending American troops to stabilise ...

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - Haiti on Wednesday received its first novel coronavirus vaccine since the pandemic began, welcoming 500,000 doses as the country battles a spike in cases and deaths.The Pan American Health Organization said ...

BERLIN, Germany (AP) - More than 60 people have died and dozens were missing yesterday as severe flooding in Germany and Belgium turned streams and streets into raging torrents that swept away cars and caused houses to collapse.Recent s...

AT 41 years old, Kemarie Johnson has been reeling from the effects of stage five kidney disease, but says she is putting up her best fight to deal with the pain in her joints, not being able to breathe on her own and having to be wearin...

TOSHIMITSU Motegi, minister od foreign affairs for Japan, will visit Jamaica from July 19 to 20, the Japanese Embassy in Kingston announced yesterday.During his visit, the minister will pay a courtesy call on Prime Minister Andrew Holne...

THE treatment of blacks by the American justice system could have forced Marie Rattigan to hate the police and court after she was arrested by a white police on trumped up charges and taken before a judge at age 13, while on her way fro...

A significant number of cases which could be settled through restorative justice continue to clog the court system, as a number of people turn to litigation as a first resort, some unaware of the options for mediation provided by the St...

Minister of Health and Wellness Dr Christopher Tufton is urging Jamaicans to step away from traditional foods that are damaging the body while embracing healthier choices.Speaking at the launch of Jamaica Salt Consumption, Knowledge, At...

PRIME Minister Andrew Holness yesterday warned Jamaicans that he could be forced to "take action" should citizens fail to observe protocols concerning the novel coronavirus, noting that since the Government revised the measures last mon...

MONTEGO BAY, St James - Commissioner of Police Major General Antony Anderson has announced plans to establish a specialised police unit of specially trained officers to respond to violent crime in St James.The police commissioner did no...

President of the American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) of Jamaica, Ann-Dawn Young Sang, has announced that AmCham will join with the Rotary Club of Manor Park to launch a domestic violence initiative with the aim of helping to reduce i...

Public relations officer of the People's National Party's (PNP) Women's Movement, Patricia Duncan Sutherland, is urging Jamaican women to continue to push back against the economic, societal, and other inequities.Speaking with the Jamai...

RUNAWAY BAY, St Ann - Rattled by yet another dog attack in St Ann, the third in less than a month, a senior cop in the parish is appealing to dog owners to be more responsible. "I don't know if St Ann has more vicious dogs than any othe...

Although some pharmacists reported a slight downward trend in requests for immune-boosting supplements when compared to last year, they are of the belief that Jamaicans have become more health conscious amid the novel coronavirus pande...

NOMINATIONS are now open for the 2021 Living Legacy Awards of the Caribbean Community of Retired Persons (CCRP). The awards will be presented on a date to be announced in November. These include two awards named for the organisation's l...

Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett left the island on Tuesday to participate in the highly anticipated Tourism Recovery Summit for African Ministers of Tourism, which will be held in Nairobi, Kenya, on Friday.Bartlett has been invited to ...

DETERMINED to make their mark in the short-term rental market, two friends have started a business which they believe will capture the interest of Jamaicans who want an affordable and safe vacation experience. Michael Robinson, 24, and ...

MONTEGO BAY, St James - Government Senator Charles Sinclair has cautioned that the soon-to-be- completed $575-million Barnett Street Fire Station will be less than effective unless there are enough ambulances to respond to emergencies."...

As Sandals Resorts continues to dispense enhanced team member recognition and an even more robust team member engagement experience during the novel coronavirus pandemic, one of the innovations conceptualised has been the General Manage...

The leadership of the Firearm Licensing Authority (FLA) and the Government's chief auditor remain at a stalemate over the termination of the foxed term contracts of five employees in 2017, at a cost of $8.4 million.At Tuesday's meeting ...

Sandy Bay, Clarendon - Disappointed by the negative impact the involvement of young men in crime is having on the community, Theo McLaughlin has decided to flip the script. He introduced a mentorship programme in Sandy Bay to change th...

Today is the 196th day of 2021. There are 169 days left in the year.TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT2011: Rupert Murdoch accepts the resignations of The Wall Street Journal's publisher and the chief of his British operations, as the once-defiant media...

HAMILTON, Bermuda, (CMC) - Police Commissioner Stephen Corbishley has said anyone who refuses to stick to Bermuda's recently introduced mandatory supervised quarantine rules will be "detained, arrested and prosecuted".His warning at the...

Los Angeles , United States (AP) - COVID-19 deaths and cases are on the rise again globally, in a dispiriting setback that is triggering another round of restrictions and dampening hopes for an almost normal summer of fun.The World Heal...

ATHENS, Greece (AP) - Thousands of anti-vaccine demonstrators protested in Greece's two largest cities Wednesday against plans to make coronavirus vaccines available to children 15 and older.The protests took place outside Parliament in...

THE Accountant General's Department (AcGD) is struggling to ascertain if some of its high-risk pensioners - aged 90 and over - are actually alive as it continues to make monthly payments to them.Accountant General Anya Jones says effort...

WESTERN BUREAU - Four people were shot dead between Monday night and yesterday morning in St James and Westmoreland, both in western Jamaica.The police theorise that an internal feud among members of the Elete Squad gang was behind yest...

MANDEVILLE, Manchester - As he prepares to depart after leading the Manchester Police Division for 20 months, Superintendent Gary Francis is expressing satisfaction for a marked reduction in crime during his tenure. "[We] recorded a 23 ...