Latest News, ...
January 1 03:50 PM
Old Harbour United Football Club say they have acquired bottom-placed Jamaica Premier League side Spanish Town Police. Old Harbour, which recently won...
Latest News, ...
January 1 03:48 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica— Despite repeated warnings from police against the dangerous and unlawful practice, two teenage girls are nursing gunshot wounds bel...
Latest News, ...
January 1 03:30 PM
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) – The Antilles Episcopal Conference (AEC) is calling on all Roman Catholics throughout the region to observe Thursday as...
International News, ...
January 1 02:46 PM
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — United States (US) President Donald Trump blamed aspirin for large bruises on his hand and denied falling asleep whi...
International News, ...
January 1 02:21 PM
PARIS, France (AFP) — France will make a fresh attempt to protect children from excessive screen time, proposing a ban on social media access for chil...
Latest News, ...
January 1 02:08 PM
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) – The Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago (CBTT) says domestically, the fluid geopolitical tension between the United ...
International News, ...
January 1 01:17 PM
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AFP) — Saudi authorities executed 356 people in 2025, according to an AFP tally, setting a new record for the number of i...
Latest News, ...
January 1 01:04 PM
Governor General Sir Patrick Allen is calling on Jamaicans to reflect honestly on 2025 and move forward with hope in 2026. In a message to the public ...
Latest News, News
August 10, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica - Jamaica Public Service (JPS) is advising the public that Saturday’s train derailment has significantly damaged its electrical back...
Latest News, News
August 10, 2025
Jamaica Public Service Company says it is continuing repairs to its power delivery network, which was "extensively damaged" by a Windalco train that d...
Latest News, News
July 1, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Jamaica Public Service (JPS) is raising concerns after the Government announced that it will not renew its all-island licence ...
Latest News, News
July 1, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Government has signalled it will not be renewing the Jamaica Public Service’s (JPS) all-island licence to supply electricity w...
Latest News, News
June 16, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Jamaica Public Service (JPS) says its team has restored over 41,000 of the 50,000 customers impacted by a squall line this aft...
Latest News, News
June 16, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica—The Jamaica Public Service says 50,000 or about seven per cent of its customers have been affected by outages caused by a Squall Lin...
Latest News, News
June 4, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Prime Minister Andrew Holness has urged the Jamaica Public Service Company Limited (JPS) to undergo a comprehensive review of its ...
Latest News, News
May 19, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica- Businesses along Haining Road in St Andrew are now without power and internet after several electricity poles and wires were torn d...
Latest News, News
May 18, 2025
With the pending end of the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) licence in July 2027, Opposition Spokesman on Energy, Phillip Paulwell, is again urgi...
Latest News, News
May 14, 2025
Residents of Kitson Town in St Catherine are alleging that men purporting to be plainclothes police attacked and injured a teenage girl and assaulted ...
Latest News, News
May 13, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — People’s National Party (PNP) Spokesman on Energy, Phillip Paulwell has described as a “three-card trick”, the Government’s announ...
Latest News, News
April 11, 2025
TRELAWNY, Jamaica — Custos of Trelawny, Hugh Gentles, has revealed that the parish now boasts 243 justices of the peace (JPs), following the appointme...
Latest News, News
April 7, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica – The Jamaica Public Service (JPS) on Monday led a joint hurricane simulation exercise, built around a ficticious Category 4 hurrica...
Latest News, Observer+ Galleries
March 23, 2025
On March 20, 2025, JPS marked the International Day of Happiness at their Ruthven Road customer service location, continuing the positive energy from ...
Latest News, News
March 11, 2025
Government has allocated $1 billion to assist the first 20,000 first time pre-paid customers of the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) who sign up f...
Latest News
February 6, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica- The number of justices of the peace (JPs) in service islandwide has doubled, according to Justice Minister, Delroy Chuck. “Over the...
Latest News
January 16, 2025
A blown transformer caused a fire just outside the premises of the Accountant General’s Department (AGD) in New Kingston on Thursday, resulting in a p...
Latest News, News
January 2, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica - Hurricane Beryl contributed to a 103 per cent increase in complaints to the Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) during the 2024 J...
Business, Latest News, News
December 9, 2024
The Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) has announced that it plans to invest some $17 billion to improve its infrastructure next year. The company h...
Latest News, News
December 6, 2024
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Member of Parliament for St Andrew Western, the People’s National Party’s (PNP) Anthony Hylton, is calling for the Government to d...
Latest News
December 5, 2024
KINGSTON, Jamaica – JPS has opened a centre of excellence as part of its strategy to train and certify local and regional grid operators. The official...
Latest News, News
November 24, 2024
Jamaicans are set to benefit from a big 53 per cent reduction in the General Consumption Tax (GCT) on electricity from the current 15 per cent to seve...
Latest News, ...
January 1, 2026
Old Harbour United Football Club say they have acquired bottom-placed Jamaica Premier League side Spanish Town Police. Old Harbour, which recently won...
Latest News, ...
January 1, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica— Despite repeated warnings from police against the dangerous and unlawful practice, two teenage girls are nursing gunshot wounds bel...
Latest News, ...
January 1, 2026
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) – The Antilles Episcopal Conference (AEC) is calling on all Roman Catholics throughout the region to observe Thursday as...
International News, ...
January 1, 2026
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — United States (US) President Donald Trump blamed aspirin for large bruises on his hand and denied falling asleep whi...
International News, ...
January 1, 2026
PARIS, France (AFP) — France will make a fresh attempt to protect children from excessive screen time, proposing a ban on social media access for chil...
