Jade-Ann Smith wins Triple Jump at UAB Blazer Invitational
Latest News, ...
Jade-Ann Smith wins Triple Jump at UAB Blazer Invitational
January 9 10:16 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Former Excelsior High standout Jade Ann Smith of Florida A&M University (FAMU) set a new personal best (12.34m) to win the women’s...
Stray animals endangering Trelawny motorists, says Gager
Latest News, ...
Stray animals endangering Trelawny motorists, says Gager
January 9 09:08 PM
TRELAWNY, Jamaica — Mayor of Falmouth and chairman of the Trelawny Municipal Corporation (TMC), C Junior Gager, has expressed concern about road fatal...
Anger over Minneapolis shooting probe fuels protests
Latest News, ...
Anger over Minneapolis shooting probe fuels protests
January 9 08:57 PM
MINNEAPOLIS, United States (AFP) — Local officials in Minneapolis slammed federal agencies Friday for excluding them from the probe into an immigratio...
Fire guts multi-storey Manchester home
Latest News, ...
Fire guts multi-storey Manchester home
January 9 07:49 PM
MANCHESTER, Jamaica — Firefighters are now conducting a cooling-down operation after fire gutted the top floor of a multi-storey house in Hope Village...

News

News
Obeah enters mainstream commerce
BY ROLAND HENRY Sunday Observer Reporter 
May 6, 2006
THE ritual of obeah has been outlawed in Jamaica for 246 years but its practice is prevalent, and now there are indications that its associated potion...
News
HEART Trust, JAMALCO sign MOU for joint training programme
Observer Reporter 
May 6, 2006
THE HEART Trust/NTA and JAMALCO officially signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to facilitate the training of 3,000 highly skilled technical per...
News
Sexual harassment at the workplace: prevention and cure
By Leahcim Semaj work@ltsemaj.com 
May 6, 2006
PREVENTION is the best tool to eliminate sexual harassment at the workplace. We encourage employers to take the necessary steps to prevent sexual hara...
News
National PTA seeks to improve schools’ performance
BY LUKE DOUGLAS Observer writer 
May 6, 2006
AS schools across the island grapple with the problem of poor academic performance and indiscipline among students, the National Parent Teachers Assoc...
News
A Jamaican obeahman explains his world of magic
Roland Henry 
May 6, 2006
MANY Jamaicans rush to separate themselves from the stigma of obeah, but Simon 'Reader Man' Davis embraces it as a spiritual gift. "Some people get di...
News
Contractor general wants audit done at KSAC
Observer Reporter 
May 5, 2006
THE contractor-general has requested that an audit be done into some aspects of the operations of the Kingston and St Andrew Corporation (KSAC). At th...
News
East Timor residents flee capital city
AP 
May 5, 2006
DILI, East Timor (AP) - Thousands of people fled East Timor's capital yesterday as rumours circulated via mobile phone text messages that disgruntled ...
News
Legal scrap looms over Forum Hotel
Ingrid Brown, Observer staff reporter 
May 4, 2006
The Forum Hotel and Villas in Portmore, St Catherine is at the centre of what is likely to become a legal tussle between the Urban Development Corpora...
News
Opening session of philanthropy conference cancelled
Observer Reporter 
May 4, 2006
MONTEGO BAY, St James - The opening session of the UWI Development and Endowment Fund's second annual Caribbean Philanthropy Conference was cancelled ...
News
More accurate DNA tests coming
KERIL WRIGHT, Observer staff reporter 
May 4, 2006
Montego Bay, St James - The Government's Forensic Laboratory will be able to deliver more accurate DNA test results when it moves from its current 8 M...
News
How Digicel did it
Observer Reporter 
May 4, 2006
DIGICEL, the aggressive mobile telephone service provider, claims that a phenomenal 98 per cent of Jamaicans think of Digicel first when asked about a...
News
Fear grips Rockfort as gangs trade bullets
Observer Reporter 
May 3, 2006
SEVERAL communities in the East Kingston community of Rockfort were blocked by residents yesterday, as they tried to protect themselves from feuding g...
News
Two in custody following Cornwall shooting
Observer Reporter 
May 2, 2006
SANTA CRUZ, St Elizabeth - Two men were last night in police custody in relation to the shooting death of 48 year-old farmer Kevin Watson and the inju...
News
Section of unfinished hotel collapses
CARL GILCHRIST, Observer staff reporter 
May 2, 2006
Runaway Bay, St Ann - A section of decking, measuring about 800 square feet, at the Bahia Principe Club hotel, now under construction at Pear Tree Bot...
News
Delay in arrival of Cuban cement
Observer Reporter 
May 2, 2006
A foul-up in 'shipping logistic' has been cited as one possible reason why a shipment of cement from Cuba failed to arrive in the island last weekend ...
News
Italy’s Berlusconi hands in resignation
AFP 
May 2, 2006
ROME, Italy (AFP) - Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi formally handed in his resignation yesterday after five turbulent years at the helm of Italian po...
News
Cops cut down MoBay wanted man
Observer Reporter 
May 1, 2006
MONTEGO BAY, St James - Garfield Sawyers, who was on the Montego Bay police most wanted list, was killed by cops in an alleged shoot-out on the weeken...

Polls

Recent Posts

Fire guts multi-storey Manchester home
Latest News, ...
Fire guts multi-storey Manchester home
January 9, 2026
MANCHESTER, Jamaica — Firefighters are now conducting a cooling-down operation after fire gutted the top floor of a multi-storey house in Hope Village...

Archives

Logo Jamaica Observer
Breaking news from the premier Jamaican newspaper, the Jamaica Observer. Follow Jamaican news online for free and stay informed on what's happening in the Caribbean
Featured Tags
Categories
Ads
img
Jamaica Observer, © All Rights Reserved