- NCU lecturer found dead in Manchester 9:13 pm
- Coronavirus and corruption focus as Trinidad heads to polls 9:39 pm
- Jamaica records another COVID related death, 29 new cases 8:54 pm
- 22-y-o delivery man facing robbery and firearm charges 8:00 pm
- SDC to stage National Community Cricket Competition 7:15 pm
- A'mari charged for breaching self-quarantine order 6:47 pm
Regional
CHR Solutions to assist SMEs
MONTEGO BAY, St James - Caribbean HR Solutions (CHRS) will this year add small- and medium-sized businesses to its catalogue as part of efforts to move local companies up the value chain. Read More
Bartlett announces development projects for Negril
NEGRIL, Westmoreland - Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett says his Administration is moving to complete a number of development projects, and to pursue others, in the resort town Negril in coming months.... Read More
Sixth suspect held in murder of Tamara Geddes
RESERVE, Trelawny - Members of the Criminal Investigation Branch are now questioning a sixth suspect in connection with the murder of 36-year-old Tamara Geddes who was shot and killed in her bedroom in this rural community, in the presence of her 10-year-old daughter,...... Read More
''Futboss' grabs attention with his sophomore album
MONTEGO BAY, St James - Montego- based dancehall artiste Ritson Fairclough, also called Futboss, is beaming with pride as he promotes his sophomore album titled #Assertive . ... Read More
Western Ja entrepreneur establishes company to minimise COVID-19 spread
SAVANNA-LA-MAR, Westmoreland - As members of the business community continue to hatch innovative ways to stay afloat in the wake of the novel coronavirus pandemic, operators of Nacana Motors Limited a local motor vehicle dealership company recently... Read More
Legal Battle!
MARTHA BRAE, Trelawny - The occupancy of a one-acre parcel of land on which a church, Noah's Ark Children's Home — an orphanage for boys — and a mission house in Martha Brae, now sit is headed for a legal showdown as the occupiers who have been served a notice to quit have... Read More
Pre-season football games will not be free-for-all, says ISSA
MONTEGO BAY, St James - Pre-season games will not be a free-for-all if the Inter-secondary Schools Sports Association (ISSA)-organised schoolboys football season is allowed to go on this year, as there must be guidelines to ensure that all the stakeholders are safe and... Read More
'Operation Appreciation!'
Employees of the Falmouth Public General Hospital (from left) Dr Rojae Hazel, Shakeim Legister and Andrew Eulitt read a copy of the Jamaica Observer at the hospital recently under the Observer's 'Operation Appreciation' initiative, which will see the medical facility's front line workers... Read More
New Chapter!
Former Rusea's High standout athlete Nia Robinson will start a new chapter in her life this weekend when she reports to Barton Community College in Great Bend, Kansas. Read More
Many Thanks, AHSPSA
Anchovy High student Kaylia Pinnock (third left) and mother, Velma Latchman (second left), accept a cheque for $1,454,980.00— which will go towards the student's medical expenses associated with a brain tumour—from Albert Ferguson (fifth left), president of the Anchovy High... Read More
Shada Sinclair is indeed going places
EIGHT years ago Evol Beckford, vice-principal at Hampton School in Malvern, St Elizabeth, said Shada Sinclair was going places. Read More
St Mary SE tell why Dunn should win
The Jamaica Observer visited the constituency of St Mary South East where sitting MP Dr Norman Dunn (JLP) is being challenged by . Residents were asked: “Why should your party's candidate win the upcoming election?” Here is how they responded: Read More
Dunn lists accomplishments in St Mary SE
ANNOTTO BAY, St Mary — Sitting Member of Parliament for St Mary South Eastern Dr Norman Dunn is the first to concede that he hasn't completed all the tasks he set out to do in the constituency in his near three years in the seat. However, he says they are high on his to-do list if... Read More
Voting patterns in St Mary SE since 1989
YEAR JLP PNP NDM UPP1989 Alva Ross 6,476 Harry Douglas 7,3191993 Alva Ross 5,342 Harry Douglas 5,7551997 Don Creary 4,976 Harry Douglas 6,470 Lorane Ferguson 556 Read More
Manchester: Crime trending down, seven wanted
MANDEVILLE, Manchester - Police here have revealed the names of six men and a woman wanted for crimes committed in the parish, even while they report a 28 per cent reduction in serious and major offences since the start of the year.Wanted are: Read More
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