Forex: $159.37 to one US dollar
Latest News
Forex: $159.37 to one US dollar
January 7 05:17 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The United States (US) dollar on Wednesday, January 7, ended trading at $159.37, up 5 cents,  according to the Bank of Jamaica’s d...
NFA accepting applications for 2026 conch season
Latest News, ...
NFA accepting applications for 2026 conch season
January 7 04:33 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The National Fisheries Authority (NFA) is ready to accept applications for licences to fish for conch and the allocation of indivi...
Grenada friendly for Reggae Boyz
Latest News, ...
Grenada friendly for Reggae Boyz
January 7 03:26 PM
Jamaica’s senior men’s football team will face hosts Grenada in an international friendly in St George’s on January 18. With the date falling outside ...
PM reaffirms State’s support for Maroon communities
Latest News, ...
PM reaffirms State’s support for Maroon communities
January 7 03:12 PM
ST JAMES, Jamaica — Prime Minister Andrew Holness, has reaffirmed Government’s support for the Maroon communities. “You are part of Jamaica and you ar...

News

News
KSAC lauds charities for assisting needy Jamaicans
Observer Reporter 
December 6, 2005
TWO charities, Missionaries of the Poor and the Mustard Seed Communities, were commended by the Kingston and St Andrew Corporation (KSAC) for their wo...
News
Telecoms expert says cell calls traced to Crawle
T K WHYTE, Observer staff reporter 
December 5, 2005
A United Kingdom telecommunications forensic engineer said yesterday that telephone records showed that calls were made from three mobile telephones t...
News
PNP finalising nomination procedures for delegates
DWIGHT BELLANFANTE, Observer staff reporter 
December 5, 2005
THE much anticipated announcement of a date for the hosting of the Special Delegates Conference to choose a successor to lead the People's National Pa...
News
Dr Carl Wells loved his family, life and country
TANEISHA DAVIDSON, Observer staff reporter 
December 5, 2005
VETERINARIAN Dr Carl Wells was yesterday remembered as a good father, loving husband and someone who served his country well, by scores of family memb...
News
CXC to award first associate degrees next year
Observer Reporter 
December 5, 2005
DESPITE reservations from some stakeholders, the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) is pressing ahead with its plan to award associate degrees to st...
News
Nine years positive…
December 5, 2005
After having my fifth child - who died nine years ago - the doctors called me in to do tests for cancer and HIV. When they called I went willingly to ...
News
Portia would beat Bruce – Observer/Stone Poll
December 4, 2005
PORTIA Simpson Miller is not only the sole People's National Party leadership contender who could inspire her party to an election victory over Bruce ...
News
Rockfort attempts to shake its culture of criminality
Paul Clarke 
December 3, 2005
FOR 10 years, amidst the murders and gang mayhem that still haunts Rockfort, a movement has been building in the East Kingston community to transform ...
News
Bulbie haunts the PNP
BY ERICA VIRTUE Sunday Observer writer 
December 3, 2005
NEARLY a decade after the ruling People's National Party (PNP) dispatched a team to the troubled South Central St Catherine constituency to assess wha...
News
Oh no, here comes Terrell from sales
Copley News Service 
December 3, 2005
SELF-centred. Arrogant. Temperamental. Narcissistic. Call Terrell Owens (TO) anything you want, but that doesn't do much to deflate his value and allu...
News
The extended classroom
Barbara Blake-Hannah 
December 3, 2005
AS my child grew, the 'school' extended outside the walls of our home. We did not follow a set curriculum of daily lessons because, at that time - 20 ...
News
TVET will be implemented in 15 schools
AP 
December 3, 2005
THE Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) rationalisation programme, which is designed to equip secondary school students with the indust...
News
Judge wants Crawle trial to end by Dec 16
Observer Reporter 
December 2, 2005
CHIEF Justice Lensley Wolfe told the court yesterday that the murder trial of Senior Superintendent Reneto Adams and five members of the disbanded Cri...

Polls

Recent Posts

Forex: $159.37 to one US dollar
Latest News
Forex: $159.37 to one US dollar
January 7, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The United States (US) dollar on Wednesday, January 7, ended trading at $159.37, up 5 cents,  according to the Bank of Jamaica’s d...
Grenada friendly for Reggae Boyz
Latest News, ...
Grenada friendly for Reggae Boyz
January 7, 2026
Jamaica’s senior men’s football team will face hosts Grenada in an international friendly in St George’s on January 18. With the date falling outside ...

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