Subscribe Login
Jamaica Observer
ePaper
The Edge 105 FM Radio Fyah 105 FM
Jamaica Observer
ePaper
The Edge 105 FM Radio Fyah 105 FM
    • Home
    • News
      • Latest News
      • Cartoon
      • Central
      • North & East
      • Western
      • Environment
      • Health
      • International
      • #
    • Business
      • Social Love
    • Sports
      • Football
      • Basketball
      • Cricket
      • Horse Racing
      • World Champs
      • Commonwealth Games
      • FIFA World Cup 2022
      • Olympics
      • #
    • Entertainment
      • Music
      • Movies
      • Art & Culture
      • Bookends
      • #
    • Lifestyle
      • Page2
      • Food
      • Tuesday Style
      • Food Awards
      • JOL Takes Style Out
      • Design Week JA
      • Black Friday
      • #
    • All Woman
      • Home
      • Relationships
      • Features
      • Fashion
      • Fitness
      • Rights
      • Parenting
      • Advice
      • #
    • Obituaries
    • Classifieds
      • Employment
      • Property
      • Motor Vehicles
      • Place an Ad
      • Obituaries
    • More
      • Games
      • Jobs & Careers
      • Study Centre
      • Jnr Study Centre
      • Letters
      • Columns
      • Advertorial
      • Editorial
      • Supplements
      • Webinars
    • Home
    • News
      • Latest News
      • Cartoon
      • Central
      • North & East
      • Western
      • Environment
      • Health
      • International
      • #
    • Business
      • Social Love
    • Sports
      • Football
      • Basketball
      • Cricket
      • Horse Racing
      • World Champs
      • Commonwealth Games
      • FIFA World Cup 2022
      • Olympics
      • #
    • Entertainment
      • Music
      • Movies
      • Art & Culture
      • Bookends
      • #
    • Lifestyle
      • Page2
      • Food
      • Tuesday Style
      • Food Awards
      • JOL Takes Style Out
      • Design Week JA
      • Black Friday
      • #
    • All Woman
      • Home
      • Relationships
      • Features
      • Fashion
      • Fitness
      • Rights
      • Parenting
      • Advice
      • #
    • Obituaries
    • Classifieds
      • Employment
      • Property
      • Motor Vehicles
      • Place an Ad
      • Obituaries
    • More
      • Games
      • Jobs & Careers
      • Study Centre
      • Jnr Study Centre
      • Letters
      • Columns
      • Advertorial
      • Editorial
      • Supplements
      • Webinars
  • Home
  • News
  • Latest
  • Business
  • Cartoon
  • Games
  • Food Awards
  • Health
  • Entertainment
    • Bookends
  • Regional
  • Sports
    • Sports
    • World Cup
    • World Champs
    • Olympics
  • All Woman
  • Career & Education
  • Environment
  • Webinars
  • More
    • Football
    • Letters
    • Advertorial
    • Columns
    • Editorial
    • Supplements
  • Epaper
  • Classifieds
  • Design Week
Liverpool’s Salah voted Football Writers’ Player of the Year
International News, ...
Liverpool’s Salah voted Football Writers’ Player of the Year
May 9 07:02 AM
London, United Kingdom (AFP)—Mohamed Salah won the Football Writers' Association Player of the Year award for the third time on Friday after inspiring...
{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
Serious threat!
News
Serious threat!
Parents urged to monitor children’s social media use after bomb hoax shuts down school, State agency
BY ALICIA DUNKLEY-WILLIS Senior staff reporter dunkleywillisa@jamaicaobserver.com 
May 9 12:20 AM
Serious threat!
{"xml":"xml"}{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
Heavy load
News
Heavy load
NSWMA removes tons of bulky, residential waste from streets of downtown Kingston
BY JASON CROSS Observer staff reporter crossj@jamaicaobserver.com 
May 9 12:18 AM
Heavy load
{"xml":"xml"}{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
Aidonia gears up for 20-year celebration
Entertainment, ...
Aidonia gears up for 20-year celebration
May 9 12:16 AM
Aidonia gears up for 20-year celebration
{"xml":"xml"}{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
Faster fixes, same old glitches
Business, ...
Faster fixes, same old glitches
More ABMs installed but downtime increases
BY KARENA BENNETT Senior business reporter bennettk@jamaicaobserver.com 
May 9 12:14 AM
Faster fixes, same old glitches
{"xml":"xml"}{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
READY FOR LAUNCH!
Athletics, ...
READY FOR LAUNCH!
Jamaica’s relay teams tipped to shine in China
BY PAUL A REID Observer writer reidp@jamaicaobserver.com 
May 9 12:12 AM
Jamaica’s relay teams tipped to shine in China
{"xml":"xml"}{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
NCB Foundation partners with ‘Di Cawna Library’ to promote financial literacy
News
NCB Foundation partners with ‘Di Cawna Library’ to promote financial literacy
May 9 12:10 AM
NCB Foundation partners with ‘Di Cawna Library’ to promote financial literacy
{"xml":"xml"}{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
Mouttet Mile: A racing spectacle
Horse Racing, ...
Mouttet Mile: A racing spectacle
...local racing premier event set to deliver unforgettable action with US$300,000 purse at stake
BY RUDDY ALLEN Staff reporter ruddya@jamaicaobserver.com 
May 9 12:10 AM
Mouttet Mile: A racing spectacle
{"xml":"xml"}{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
❮ ❯

National Works Agency

SPARK road programme accelerates in western Jamaica this month
Latest News, News
SPARK road programme accelerates in western Jamaica this month
May 6, 2025
ST JAMES, Jamaica — The National Works Agency (NWA) has announced that roadworks under the long-anticipated Shared Prosperity Through Accelerated Impr...
{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
Port Antonio bypass to start construction in 2025/26 fiscal year
Latest News, News
Port Antonio bypass to start construction in 2025/26 fiscal year
May 1, 2025
PORTLAND, Jamaica— Construction of the Port Antonio bypass will begin this fiscal year following Cabinet approval for the project, according to the Na...
{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
Northern St Elizabeth anxiously awaits Raheen Road fix
Central, Latest News, News
Northern St Elizabeth anxiously awaits Raheen Road fix
BY Garfield Myers Observer senior writer editorial@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 28, 2025
SILOAH, St Elizabeth – Bus operator Ziggy Thompson, who transports children to and from school, won’t readily forget November 6 last year. That’s the ...
{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
Spanish Town Road, Mannings Hill Road among roadways being addressed under REACH programme
Latest News, News
Spanish Town Road, Mannings Hill Road among roadways being addressed under REACH programme
January 8, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica – The National Works Agency (NWA) says rehabilitative works have commenced along Spanish Town Road and Mannings Hill Road in Kingsto...
{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
Prime Minister directs NWA to continue REACH programme through Christmas season
Latest News
Prime Minister directs NWA to continue REACH programme through Christmas season
December 20, 2024
Kingston, Jamaica — Prime Minister, Andrew Holness, has directed the National Works Agency (NWA) to ensure that the REACH Emergency Road Patching Prog...
Telegram
{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
NWA to meet with St Elizabeth municipal corp. to address flooding in Santa Cruz
Environment, Latest News, News
NWA to meet with St Elizabeth municipal corp. to address flooding in Santa Cruz
Dana Malcolm 
November 21, 2024
ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica - The National Works Agency (NWA) will be meeting with members of the St Elizabeth Municipal Corporation on Thursday to address ...
Telegram
{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
No reports of significant road damage – NWA
Latest News, News
No reports of significant road damage – NWA
November 5, 2024
Manager for Communication and Customer Service at the National Works Agency (NWA), Stephen Shaw, says the entity has not received any reports of signi...
Telegram
{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
Section of west rural St Andrew main road collapses, impassable
Latest News, News
Section of west rural St Andrew main road collapses, impassable
November 3, 2024
ST ANDREW, Jamaica -- The National Works Agency (NWA) has advised that a section of the main road from Golden Spring to Mt Airy, in west rural St Andr...
Telegram
{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
Traffic changes to Bogue Road to facilitate construction on the Montego Bay bypass
Latest News, News
Traffic changes to Bogue Road to facilitate construction on the Montego Bay bypass
November 2, 2024
ST JAMES, Jamaica —  The public is being advised that the National Works Agency (NWA) has implemented temporary traffic changes along sections of the ...
Telegram
{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
PNP caretakers demand urgent repairs to collapsed bridge linking St Ann and Clarendon
Latest News, News
PNP caretakers demand urgent repairs to collapsed bridge linking St Ann and Clarendon
October 7, 2024
People’s National Party (PNP) caretakers for St Ann Southeast and Clarendon North, Dr Kenneth Russell and Wavell Hinds, respectively, are calling on t...
Telegram
{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
Cabinet to be updated on progress of SPARK Programme
Latest News, News
Cabinet to be updated on progress of SPARK Programme
October 2, 2024
Cabinet will be updated on the progress of the Shared Prosperity through Accelerated Improvement to our Road Network (SPARK) Programme on Monday, Octo...
Telegram
{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
Damage to main road network from Hurricane Beryl estimated at $10.25 billion — Holness
Latest News, News
Damage to main road network from Hurricane Beryl estimated at $10.25 billion — Holness
July 9, 2024
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The preliminary estimate of the damage done to Jamaica’s main road network by Hurricane Beryl that impacted the island on July 3 h...
Telegram
{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
529 reports of roads impacted by Hurricane Beryl — NWA
Latest News, News
529 reports of roads impacted by Hurricane Beryl — NWA
July 9, 2024
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The National Works Agency (NWA) says it has received 529 reports of affected road sections in the aftermath of Hurricane Beryl as ...
Telegram
{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
NWA urges caution at signalised intersections amid post-hurricane traffic light outages
Latest News, News
NWA urges caution at signalised intersections amid post-hurricane traffic light outages
July 8, 2024
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The National Works Agency (NWA) is urging motorists to exercise extreme caution while using signalised intersections where the tra...
Telegram
{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
94 per cent of roads blocked during hurricane reopened, NWA says
Latest News, News
94 per cent of roads blocked during hurricane reopened, NWA says
July 8, 2024
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The National Works Agency (NWA) has reopened some 94 per cent of the roads reported as being rendered impassable due to the passag...
Telegram
{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
Latest News, News
WATCH: Bunting says he is disappointed with JPS, NWA response
July 4, 2024
MANCHESTER, Jamaica — People's National Party representative for Manchester Southern, Peter Bunting says he is disappointed with the response of Jamai...
Telegram
{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
#EyeOnBeryl: NWA opens Emergency Operations Centre
Latest News, News
#EyeOnBeryl: NWA opens Emergency Operations Centre
July 3, 2024
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The National Works Agency (NWA) has opened its Emergency Operations Centre as part of its response to the likely impact of Hurrica...
Telegram
{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
Multimillion-dollar rehabilitation project begins on Santa Cruz to Leeds main road
Latest News, News
Multimillion-dollar rehabilitation project begins on Santa Cruz to Leeds main road
June 27, 2024
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The National Works Agency (NWA) has commenced a multimillion-dollar road rehabilitation project on the main road from Santa Cruz t...
Telegram
{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
$16 million flood mitigation works for western parishes underway
Latest News, News
$16 million flood mitigation works for western parishes underway
June 21, 2024
ST JAMES, Jamaica — In  preparation for the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season, the National Works Agency (NWA) says it is has undertaken a major drain cl...
Telegram
{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
Facebook
Twitter
Instagram
Tweets

Polls

Recent Posts

Liverpool’s Salah voted Football Writers’ Player of the Year
International News, ...
Liverpool’s Salah voted Football Writers’ Player of the Year
May 9, 2025
London, United Kingdom (AFP)—Mohamed Salah won the Football Writers' Association Player of the Year award for the third time on Friday after inspiring...
{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
Serious threat!
News
Serious threat!
Parents urged to monitor children’s social media use after bomb hoax shuts down school, State agency
BY ALICIA DUNKLEY-WILLIS Senior staff reporter dunkleywillisa@jamaicaobserver.com 
May 9, 2025
Serious threat!
{"xml":"xml"}{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
Heavy load
News
Heavy load
NSWMA removes tons of bulky, residential waste from streets of downtown Kingston
BY JASON CROSS Observer staff reporter crossj@jamaicaobserver.com 
May 9, 2025
Heavy load
{"xml":"xml"}{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
Aidonia gears up for 20-year celebration
Entertainment, ...
Aidonia gears up for 20-year celebration
May 9, 2025
Aidonia gears up for 20-year celebration
{"xml":"xml"}{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
Faster fixes, same old glitches
Business, ...
Faster fixes, same old glitches
More ABMs installed but downtime increases
BY KARENA BENNETT Senior business reporter bennettk@jamaicaobserver.com 
May 9, 2025
Faster fixes, same old glitches
{"xml":"xml"}{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}

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
  • Editorial
  • Columns
  • Health
  • Auto
  • Business
  • Letters
  • Page2
  • Football
Categories
  • Business
  • Politics
  • Entertainment
  • Page2
  • Business
  • Politics
  • Entertainment
  • Page2
Ads
img
Jamaica Observer, © All Rights Reserved
  • Home
  • Contact Us
  • RSS Feeds
  • Feedback
  • Privacy Policy
  • Editorial Code of Conduct