- B'dos PM announces lockdown, confirms presence of UK COVID-19 strain 9:42 pm
- Maduro's 'miracle' treatment for COVID-19 draws sceptics 9:30 pm
- Education Ministry gets $250k for tablet purchase 9:13 pm
- Republicans move against holding Trump impeachment trial 8:50 pm
- Tokyo seeks 10,000 medical staff for Olympics despite virus surge 8:41 pm
- Gov't holds discussions with China, Cuba and India on COVID-19 vaccines 8:24 pm
News
Manchester stakeholders welcome tighter restrictions to combat COVID
MANDEVILLE, Manchester — With cases of COVID-19 showing alarming increases here, key stakeholders have welcomed the tighter curfew measures and more restrictions on gatherings announced by Health Minister Dr Christopher Tufton, yesterday. Read More
CLARIFICATION
We reference the Clovis Toon published by the Jamaica Observer on Monday, January 25, 2021 and wish to acknowledge that the recent find of guns and ammunitions did not take place ... Read More
Prisons step up monitoring after 21 new cases of COVID-19 detected at GP
MORE than three months after the Department of Correctional Service (DCS) was faced with 61 cases of COVID-19 in the island's prisons, another outbreak has been reported at the Tower Street Adult Correctional Centre in Kingston. Read More
Sandals MoBay stages housing expo for staff
SANDALS Montego Bay last Thursday staged a special 'Owning Your Own Home Expo' which provided team members with information on how to access housing units as well as build on land they already own. Read More
G2K launches branch in Clarendon
GENERATION 2000 (G2K), the young professional affiliate of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP), recently launched a branch in Clarendon, bringing to 14 the number of G2K chapters islandwide. Read More
Carnival cancels more cruises amid jumbled vaccine roll-out
FLORIDA, United States (AP) — Carnival Cruise Line is cancelling and delaying more US trips, with new cases of COVID-19 averaging about 170,000 per day in the country amid a jumbled roll-out of vaccines. Read More
Reset in 2021: Jamaicans urged to think positive this year
COMMUNICATION specialist Dania Beckford is advising Jamaicans to make big strategies and not to make them too finite, as they set their goals for 2021. Read More
We love you, Gurney
Stanford Cocking, public relations officer at Jamaica Cancer Society, greets Andrea Beckford Wray, following the viewing of the body of her father Gurney Becford, at Romans Funeral home on Dunrobin Aveneue in St Andrew, yesterday. Read More
Agriculture ministry develops national yam strategy
THE Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries has established a National Yam Oversight Committee, which will be responsible for charting the future of yam production islandwide through the development of a national yam strategy. Read More
Gustazos among the ways to donate to Sigma Run
THE Sagicor Foundation charity race event, the Sagicor Sigma Corporate Run, has once again partnered with popular e-commerce platform Gustazos , allowing people who wish to donate to the race to contribute between $250 and $5,000 on the website at... Read More
Salem Primary and Junior High hailed as model school in observing COVID-19 protocols
THE Salem Primary and Junior High School in Beeston Spring, Westmoreland, has been hailed by the parish's health department as a model institution in observing the coronavirus (COVID-19) protocols. Read More
This Day in History — January 26
Today is the 26th day of 2021. There are 339 days left in the year.TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT Read More
Trump's sway over GOP tested
WASHINGTON, DC, United States (AP) — The impeachment case against Donald Trump is heading toward a historic Senate trial, but Republican senators are easing off their criticism of the former president and shunning calls to convict him over the deadly riot at the US... Read More
Midwest storm expected to bring more than foot of snow
NEBRASKA, United States (AP) — A major winter storm was yesterday expected to blanket a large swath of the middle of the country with snow and disrupt travel, as more than a foot of snow was anticipated in some areas. Read More
Guyana officially registers protest over seizure of boats by Venezuela
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) — Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Hugh Todd yesterday issued a protest note, firmly condemning the illegal detention of the captains and crews of two Guyanese registered fishing vessels, and calling for their immediate... Read More
ADVERTISEMENT
ADVERTISEMENT
ADVERTISEMENT
ADVERTISEMENT
RSS Feeds
Copyright © 2013 Jamaica Observer. All Rights Reserved.
Terms under which this service is provided to you.