1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (196+ words) KINGSTON, Jamaica – Three people were fatally shot during an alleged confrontation with police on Knightsdale Drive in St Andrew. Observer Online understands that two men and a woman were killed in the incident, which occurred in the wee hours of…...

1+ day, 12+ hour ago   (680+ words) The people behind the forests jamaicaobserver.com The people behind the forests Kimberly Ivey-Blackwood’s journey into urban forestry KIMBERLY Ivey-Blackwood’s interest in forestry began with a simple curiosity about the world around her. As a grade nine student, geography field…...

1+ day, 14+ hour ago   (535+ words) GEORGE’S PLAIN, Westmoreland — After more than two decades in the making, Jamaica’s first solid waste temporary holding area was officially commissioned here last Friday. Minister of Local Government and Community Development Desmond McKenzie is hopeful that, despite public scepticism, complaints…...

1+ day, 15+ hour ago   (567+ words) GRIEF and anger were palpable in the Central Kingston community of Smith Lane on Saturday as it was confirmed that seven-year-old Keriecia Hutchinson and her four-year-old brother Samson Cameron had perished in a mid-morning house fire. Residents remembered the two…...

1+ day, 13+ hour ago   (427+ words) SPECIAL Olympics Caribbean Executive Director Lorna Bell has come out in praise of stakeholders in western Jamaica ahead of the historic 2026 beach games in Montego Bay, St James. The Special Olympics Caribbean Beach Bames, to be hosted at Harmony Beach…...

4+ day, 41+ min ago   (492+ words) BUKAVU, DR Congo (AFP)—A fire ripped through a school in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo city of Bukavu on Thursday, sparking a stampede that killed at least 14 children, local and health sources said. The blaze began while the…...

5+ day, 7+ hour ago   (659+ words) OSLO, Norway (AFP)—Norway observed a nationwide minute of silence on Wednesday at the funeral of King Harald V, a modern and unifying figure whose end of reign was tarnished by scandals. His son and heir King Haakon VIII, Ukraine…...

6+ day, 14+ hour ago   (638+ words) HOLLAND, St Elizabeth — Scorching heat and poor ventilation under a tent being used as a classroom for second and third graders on Monday drove some Holland Primary School teachers and students to seek relief in the shade provided by a…...

6+ day, 20+ hour ago   (334+ words) Tobacco remains a leading cause of disease globally, the study said, noting many “non-smokers exposed to second-hand smoke” were among the estimated total of 8 million people who died in 2023 of smoking-related illnesses. “Exposure to second-hand smoke is a globally recognised…...

1+ week, 3+ hour ago   (511+ words) LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP)—King Charles III on Monday said his son Harry and the prince’s wife Meghan are not to be considered “working members of the royal family” after they moved back to Britain from the United States. The…...