Latest News, ...
June 28 08:42 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Fi We Children Foundation (FWCF) has expressed deep concern over reports that grade six students at Ascot Primary School in Po...
Latest News, ...
June 28 08:20 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The People's National Party (PNP) is mourning the passing of former Member of Parliament for St James West Central, Arthur Nelson,...
Latest News, ...
June 28 08:07 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association (JAAA) has issued a public apology to newly crowned national 100m hurdles champio...
International News, ...
June 28 05:23 PM
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Stephen Eustaquio's stoppage-time winner fired Canada to a 1-0 win over South Africa on Sunday in the first match o...
Latest News, ...
June 28 04:44 PM
Reports are emerging that thieves have made off with an undetermined amount of money believed to be in the millions, from an automated banking machine...
International News, ...
June 28 03:32 PM
CARABALLEDA, Venezuela (AFP) — A man and his teenage son were pulled from the rubble on Sunday, nearly four days after twin earthquakes struck Venezue...
Latest News, ...
June 28 03:02 PM
MANCHESTER, Jamaica — Detectives in Manchester and St Elizabeth are following a sequence of the events linking Saturday’s fiery crash on the Williamsf...
International News, ...
June 28 02:36 PM
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Serena Williams has slammed the drug test rules that force tennis stars to declare their location to doping officials, ...
Environment, Latest News, News
June 12, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica— Like the steady flow of a river that nourishes everything in its path before meeting the sea, another transformative environmental ...
Environment, Latest News, News
June 4, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica — A new report released Thursday by Earth Insight has warned that some of Jamaica’s most ecologically significant marine habitats co...
Environment, News
May 31, 2026
Scientists scrap worst-case climate scenario
Business, Environment
BY CODIE-ANN BARRETT Senior business reporter barrettc@jamaicaobserver.com
May 31, 2026
Climate risks reshape insurance for businesses
Environment, Latest News, News
May 14, 2026
Experts are cautioning that Jamaica may be moving too quickly to reopen the bird shooting season following Hurricane Melissa, which devastated the isl...
Environment, Latest News, News
April 30, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Opposition Spokesperson on Environment and Climate Resilience, Omar Newell, has welcomed Wednesday’s landmark ruling by Jamaica's...
Environment, International News, Latest News
February 5, 2026
PARIS, France (AFP) — In an ironic twist, lower air pollution during COVID lockdowns fuelled an unprecedented surge in the powerful greenhouse gas met...
Environment, News
November 19, 2025
Draft COP30 agreement a ‘mixed bag’, says EU climate chief
Environment, Latest News, News
September 30, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — In an effort to prevent further degradation of Jamaica’s coral reefs, the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) launched...
Environment, International News, Latest News
September 15, 2025
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — The Earth's protective ozone layer is healing and the hole should fully disappear in the coming decades, the United Nation...
Environment, Latest News, News
August 21, 2025
ST CATHERINE, Jamaica — The National Fisheries Authority (NFA) says it has achieved major milestones in its pilot project for the production of shrimp...
Environment, International News, Latest News
August 20, 2025
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Hurricane Erin was nearing North Carolina's coast Wednesday, threatening huge waves and flooding as the strengthenin...
Environment, Latest News
August 13, 2025
ST JAMES, Jamaica—The Dream Entertainment team has officially anounced that Dream Wknd 2026 will staged in the resort city of Montego Bay from July 30...
Environment, Latest News, News
August 13, 2025
MIAMI, United States (CMC) — Tropical Storm Erin is expected to become a hurricane in a “couple of days” as it continues to move westward and approxim...
Environment, Latest News, News
August 12, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Caribbean Youth Climate Council (CYCC), a regional network representing young people from CARICOM member states, will host th...
Environment, International News, Latest News
August 8, 2025
LIBREVILLE, Gabon (AFP) — A conservation group says it has photographic evidence of the presence of a female lion in a national park in northeastern C...
Environment, International News, Latest News
August 6, 2025
BEIJING, China (AFP) — Tens of thousands of people have been evacuated as heavy rains batter southern China, flooding homes and triggering landslides,...
Environment, International News, Latest News
July 31, 2025
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — A new world record for the longest distance lightning flash was declared on Thursday — a megaflash that stretched for 829 ...
Environment, International News, Latest News
July 25, 2025
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — United States (US) President Donald Trump's administration is preparing to upend a foundational scientific determina...
Environment, Latest News
July 24, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Recording artiste Cerine Rage is a survivor of domestic abuse. She recently released the song Beater Man , which she hopes will in...
Environment, Latest News, News
July 10, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Of the 663 earthquakes recorded in Jamaica in 2024, only 19 were felt events, 13 of which occurred on the mainland, with magnitude...
Environment, Latest News, News
July 9, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation (MEGJC) has launched its 2025 Plastic Free Summer campaign in an effort to drive ...
Latest News, ...
June 28, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Fi We Children Foundation (FWCF) has expressed deep concern over reports that grade six students at Ascot Primary School in Po...
Latest News, ...
June 28, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The People's National Party (PNP) is mourning the passing of former Member of Parliament for St James West Central, Arthur Nelson,...
Latest News, ...
June 28, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association (JAAA) has issued a public apology to newly crowned national 100m hurdles champio...
International News, ...
June 28, 2026
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Stephen Eustaquio's stoppage-time winner fired Canada to a 1-0 win over South Africa on Sunday in the first match o...
Latest News, ...
June 28, 2026
Reports are emerging that thieves have made off with an undetermined amount of money believed to be in the millions, from an automated banking machine...
